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Teachers rallying for more education funding. we'll bring it to you coming up today. back to you. >> i want to bring my panel back. noelle, to you. these walkouts are significant. they're happening in red states, purple states, it's a budget issue. where's the money coming from? >> good question. and area you know, this is just the tip of the iceberg. had is an example of what's going on all over the united states. when we were all talking before this, you know, in the break, this is a bigger problem. we are not attracting teachers, good teachers, good, smart people because we're not paying th...

Held them hostage on these budget deals. every single time -- we have three bipartisan bills right now. the u.s. aid act, the dream act, as well as the framework given to us by the senate, three republican senators, three democratic senators. he hasn't even taken that up. if the dream act went to the floor, it would pass. >> congressman, just to be clear, republicans control congress. you believe a clean d.r.e.a.m. act could pass a republican congress? >> if it hits the floor, i think it passes right now. it is extremely popular among all -- 80% of america is supporting it. if it went to the h...

Leadership? >> right, okay, go ahead. >> how does he define leadership? that he met budgets? that he hired the right kind of people or whatever? or does he define it by the fact that 17 people died? i would say 17 people dying under your watch because your poorly trained or undisciplined deputies department go in and do their job, that's a black mark that kind of outweighs a budget issue. >> but aren't all of these officers or wouldn't all of these officers be sworn to protect and serve? which also means, when there's danger, you go in. what kind of order would there be in place to allow any o...

Referendum on the president. the democrats will stumble their way into this victories this fall. >> we don't know if they're going to take the house. >> i just think they're going to win enough seats that the republicans will not by able to operate with impunity. >> this is hard on republicans and democrats because i just want to go back to the shutdown for a moment. this would be, if we pass it again, a short-term fix for the fifth or sixth time. >> we still don't have a budget. >> blame republicans, blame democrats. how bad are these short-term fixes on our future, on our economy? because yo...

We don't make great deals anymore. but we will once i become president. >> nobody knows the system better than me. which is why i alone can fix it. >> everybody wants me to negotiate. that's where i'm known as a negotiator. >> what we've seen here, mixed messages, dave. we've seen this president keep a distance from this negotiation. i remember that the past administration, the criticism by some was that the president was leading from behind. the question here, dave, is this president leading from behind? is he doing enough? are the mixed messages muddying the water here? >> i think that's acc...