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Infrastructure, build the infrastructure which i truly believe he wants to do. build the infrastructure of our country in a green way. i'm not sure about that. to raise the paychecks of the american worker. infrastructure is a national security issue as president eisenhower demonstrated in the 50s when he instituted the interstate highway system as a national security issue to unify america. so i don't take any responsibility for the president's behavior. except to say we're going to hold him accountable for it. >> i understand the white house is floating some new offers to democrats, they wer...

It during that meeting that he held. >> literally said i will take credit for it. >> he did, and so democrats feel as though they're in a pretty strong position here, and we did hear even after that meeting and this morning from some white house officials that, oh, the president didn't exactly mean it. he will come to the table on budget caps and come to the table on a spending agreement because republicans also don't want a shutdown. that's the last thing mitch mcconnell wants. >> i can absolutely see that. can't you, david? >> yes. without a doubt, i can see that. listen, i do think it is cl...

On the must-pass bills. like never before store. that's not infrastructure, and that's not, you know, other the xfinity store is here. maybe deals that they want to and it's simple, easy, awesome. pass, but on the budget caps and on spending deals, it looks like the president will still be talking to democrats. >> was it a mistake, just to put yourself in the president's shoes, was it a mistake for nancy pelosi to accuse him of a cover-up, which is ramping up the rhetoric out of her mouth, not everybody's mouth, but out we're back and we're following all the fallout of of her mouth, minutes ...

Americans, they pay their taxes and they need help and they need their president to work with their congress to get them the help they need. this is not a reality show, mr. president. this is reality. and good people are suffering, because of what you're threatening to do. >> and democrats have said, laura, that one of the reasons they think this happened is because mick mulvaney, the white house chief of staff, hates the idea of any sort of $2 trillion fracture deal. he doesn't want to spend that money, doesn't want to give the democrats any sort of a victory, even if president trump gets to ...

Goals but probably is something he's not going to fulfill. >> balancing in 15 but essentially locking in trillion-dollar deficits. you've got your finger on the pulse of house democrats more than anybody right now. the budget caps come into play in september, and to not walk into it too much, it would essentially authorize $2 billion. >> i think everyone knows the caps need to be raised. the president might be talking about his wall and privately might want to go to some sort of showdown in september when the federal budget needs to be renewed. on capitol hill, again, i don't see an appetite f...