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Things, let's focus on what is good for the country, we will have less human trafficking if we secure the border and build a border security wall. we have to keep making the case, keep pushing because we know when it comes down to it the american people are with us, this is why they put donald trump in the white house, we have to deliver that message will get to them and we will get something. >> two important members of congress, thank you for taking time to speak to this. prominent democrats from all over the country have vowed to fight donald trump tooth and nail over any plan to secure the...

On their terms. obviously the president's negotiating position was best in the last two years, right, let's just remember this. this was an all republican town. the president had every -- his best shot in a republican house and a republican senate, albeit with democrats that could filibuster and block him, that was his best shot. it doesn't get any easier on january 3rd. it only gets tougher because then it's pelosi doing the main negotiating, not the republican leadership. mike: a recent poll shows most americans oppose, 62% oppose to shutting down the government over wall funding. might that...

To avoid the shutdown he says yes he thinks he does. i cannot tell he said but probably not today probably for the point of the luncheon, they say nothing terribly optimistic coming from the meeting.prior to the luncheon meeting, the senate minority leader, chuck schumer took to the senate floor and it took a very hard line on this order will funding. here he is. >> it will never pass the senate. not today, not next week. not next year. so mr. president, president trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. plain and simple. >> most analysts really do believe that the...

>> we arrived at this moment because president trump has been on a destructive two-week temper tantrum, demanding the american taxpayer pony up for an expensive and ineffective border wall. arthel: let's go to doug mcelway, live on capitol hill. doug? reporter: the bottom line, arthel, is that there is no immediate end to the shutdown in sight. things are at an absolute stalemate and that became obvious today, when senate minority leader schumer took to the senate floor to basically say there's going to be no negotiation on a border wall. here he is. >> it will never pass the senate, not today...

Mclaughlin. let me begin with you. 5 years ago the entire democratic senate congress voted for a barrier back in 2006, they voted for the secure fence act that included barack obama, hillary clinton, chuck schumer, the whole gang and all of a sudden they are against it. only because trump is for it, right? >> without a doubt. when you hear senator schumer say donald trump is not going to get his wall this is not about donald trump or his personality but the constitutional duty and responsibility of elected officials in the house and senate and that constitutional responsibility is to protect t...