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The republican resolution to fund chip and keep the government open. so did the president really not understand his own party's resolution? or is he for some reason trying to sabotage members of his own party? is he rooting for shutdown will end up being if good for him? after all, only last may when trump tweeted our country needs a good shutdown. >> and phil mattingly is on capitol hill. what are the chances it passes? >> erin, confusing morning, furious lobbying inside the house republican conference, top republican leaders trying to swear their members to come on board. erin, i can tell yo...

For the gop? they are going to try. but it's hard to control it. >> open question. i've always been skeptical it would get to this point where it would be a shutdown but now it looks plauzable and republicans are right on all three elected branches and washington. but they don't own 60 votes in the senate. so in any circumstance they are going to need nine, ten democrats to vote for this. >> democrats. >> and looks like they are not there. plus republicans are bleeding a few votes from lindsey graham and others which make the hill higher to climb. my general take on shutdowns is they never wor...

Delusional. also it cob a great respite from the ongoing russia investigation and the continuious breaking nes on that front. but i want to say there is a bill that can get 60 votes in the senate. and it is the durbin graham men menendez and flake bill. adds a little bit of movement toward merit based immigration, which i know is a big thing. >> it's not what republicans want but something in that direction. we'll see. you may still have a shutdown to get that that point as talking about where we are now. april, what is the president's goal here? >> the president's goal is to win, always. but ...

A shutdown, this will hurt his brand. president talks about the economy and how it's been so great. well, this one the president is going to own. because there has been a great debate since he took office whose economy is this really. will this be his economy? or is it residue of barack obama? in his tweets it will effect the military yes we want to support the military. but also you have other people who will be furloughed who will lose their jobs. and this president keeps talking about i'm helping people to get raises. that is a big zero. a big goose egg if there is a situation where people ...

But we do know ha according to senate democrat aides that they believe that they have enough votes in the senate to block this bill once it comes over to the house. which means that it might be going no where fast. and there is certainly a lot less to iron out between house leadership and senate leadership if they do indeed want to avoid a shutdown before tomorrow night at midnight. >> sunlen, thanks very much. we'll keep this up. magic number we are looking for is 215 yea votes. out front now democrat senator ed mark ie. senator, thank you for being with me. we are close to that magic number....