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President? >> as the gentleman knows, you don't control the senate when you have 51 or 52 members. that is why when you don't have a cap agreement that you need all 4 leaders to go to the white house. when two won't show up, the best thing to do is don't show up, don't complain i don't have an agreement. >> neil: they're not talking about tax cuts. they're talking about a temporary spending measure to get through them through the hump that will be a deadline around the 22nd of this month. so close to christmas time, the lights could be going out. not just on your christmas tree. emily is here ...

>> marian brown, is that her name? i heard what she said this morning on nbc. no one should have to go through something like that let alone here in congress. i think he should resign immediately. i've just been briefed on the allegations and i think he should. your second question on tax reform. i'm not a guy in the guarantee business. i can only control this side of the capitol. i'm confident we can get this done this year. [inaudible question] >> it would be nice if they show to meetings and participate in the negotiations necessary to not just keep the government open but get a cap agreeme...

Necessary to not just keep the government open but to get a cap agreement. i don't know why they decided not to show up for these negotiations. when you negotiate legislation, congress passes a bill, the president signs it, and that's why congress and the president's negotiate legislation. i did it when bush was president. i did when obama was president. donald trump is our president. people should show up for negotiations. so i'm getting there. so when they go -- when they decide not to participate in the negotiations they're hardly in a good place to make a demand i would say. we're going to...

>> budget caps limit how much congress can spend on military and domestic programs. on wednesday house speaker ryan said he thought they were making some progress on a cap agreement, senate minority leader said discussion on the cals deal is going very well -- on the caps deal is going very well. seems like pelosi isn't there just yet. republican leaders say they are sure there will not be a shutdown this week. julie? julie: ellison barber, thank you very much. for more on this now, we're bringing in deputy news editor. thank you very much for talking to us. >> thank you. julie: the memo itsel...

Time to come up with a final deal. >> the president is willing to grant legal protections to this population of illegal immigrants in return for adequate security and ending extended family chain migration and ending the diversity lottery. there is no change in those parameters. >> >> top democrats are trying o link addressing the status of those young people with budget government funding talks. the government is due to run out of money in eight days. speaker paul ryan has acknowledged other short-term continuing resolution will likely be needed. that way, there won't be a partial government ...