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And when you look at free kindergarten and free tuition, that's going to come at a cost, children may go to kindergarten for free but their supplies will cost more. the everyday expenses will cost more. at the end of the day, had this is a phony bill. it's not going to do anything to help the average american. there's very little infrastructure in it. we're all going to see higher taxes and more inflation. so i'm very disappointed the republicans in the senate are going along with this. i know they're going to pass bipartisan infrastructure bill but following this infrastructure bill as you sa...

>> and i see a lot of things through the lenses of an economic journalist. and i cannot see a democratically controlled house who did not want to fund the wall the normal way agreeing to fund it as a military exercise. >> no, i can't fathom that him either. that last hour was extraordinary. false 450dhoods and misrepresentations. what i've heard from congressional leaders, here's where i think this we are. there will be this working group over the weekend, members of staff from various congressional membership who are involved in these negotiations, staff from the white house trying to see wha...

Does not seem to be much urgency here in washington to resolve this problem, and the shutdown could last for many more days to come. abby philip, cnn, the white house. >> abby, thank you for the reporting. let's bring in james davis, dean of political science at the university of saint gallen. this hour fliefrm us in live for us in munich, germany. >> good morning, george. >> this shutdown, the word now, james, this could go for several weeks into the new year. and neither side really having the motivation to move toward the middle. lawmakers even seem less optimistic. listen. >> if the democr...

Republicans believe he should shut down the government over the border wall. and so although this is hitting his overall popularity and certainly he's extremely unpopular with democrats now, 90% disapprove of him, and very increasingly unpopular with independents, when it comes to his base, which is what donald trump seems to have been preoccupied with ever since he announced his candidacy for president, he's largely delivering on that issue that they care about. >> richard, you know, here's the thing. we're seeing that lawmakers are less than optimistic about what lies ahead. let's listen. >>...

Compromise. i she as a compromise, and so certainly if that's on the table, you would find a number of republican members encouraging the president to go ahead hand accept that. >> i want to ask you about something that happened earlier this year. there was a deal on the table, included 25 billion. >> right. >> now we're talking about 1.3, 25 billion for border security, including the wall in exchange for a number of changes to the immigration system. >> right. >> and -- and at least legal status for so call dreamers, children who come to america illegally with their undocumented parents. give...