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You get behind some money for a wall? >> we can't do it with government closed. can we get behind a border security package that might be characterized differently, yes. we are for border security. it has to be done for through the normal process in congress. do what's right for the american people. don't waste money. >> would you make a guarantee to vote on some amount of funding for a wall or barrier if the president -- you know, once the government opens? that's a guarantee that leader pelosi has not yet given. do you think democrats would be wise to give a guarantee that, yes, we'll vote o...

For fy-19, acted on it in a bipartisan way. we provided the money for border security. then all of a sudden at the 11th hour the president says, no, i want more. i want more money for our wall. after he told the leadership in the senate he would go along with the resolution. the president changed his whole position on this. we have to be able to consider the president's requests but in a proper manner. if we have a president hold america -- >> how do you explain it to americans who don't get it. you and every senate democrat voted yes for an additional barrier in 2016 and now you are not willi...

>> when the vote for the president's proposal failed, we went to see the second alternative. i voted for that as well. again, because i want to see government get open and government workers get paid. that proposal also failed. now it's going to be up to republican leadership, democrat leadership to come together and begin to negotiate. >> reporter: wolf, those negotiations are, in fact, happening. what everybody on capitol hill is waiting for is where the white house is going to come down. senator lindsey graham spoke with president trump a short while ago, put out a statement saying he belie...

It was heart wrenching. they want government open. they want us to negotiate the way we should on border security. the shutdown is wrong. >> yeah. it is. they shouldn't live like this. a few different things that could open the government. the president backing down $5.7 million for the wall is one. also agreeing to something for wall funding. are we at a point 34 days in where you could get behind that? >> democrats and republicans are trying to figure out a path forward. we agree we can't work out a comprehensive border security package while government is shutdown down. we have to get gover...

It got more votes, 52 votes. both of those failed because they needed 60 to advance. after that happened, bipartisan group of senators said, we need to figure out a way forward. let's go to the floor, tell the president, open the government for three weeks and then let's see if we can come up with a bipartisan agreement on border security. they offered a commitment to figure out a border security package going forward. wolf, just as that was happening, the president issued the statement saying, he wants a large down payment tied to the three-week government spending bill to open the government...