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20 blocks for a pre-march rally started on the west side of central park today. that kicked off at 11:30 this morning with speakers including the founder of the #metoo movement. as i was saying before, marchers are here with energy. they are bringing their message and they will be her for quite a while. >>kelly: leah, thank you. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is on the senate floor. let's listen and. >> the only thing preventing chip reauthorization from being signed into law is the democratic filibuster of the bill. therefore, - - [indiscernible] >> mr. president.

Protocols to wine things down. this is happening over the weekend. not everything is going to happen instantaneously, no reason for massive alarm, time to turn this around. will democrats do that? >> well, i'm certainly hopeful they will. i have been talking to democrat colleagues to encourage them to do that. i asked them would you prefer if we take out the chip reauthorization, they said, no, they want to include that in. and so i asked them, do they want us to take out the deferral on the cadillac tax and they said no, they want to leave that in. i found nothing in this. this particular poi...

Policy, but cnn had a poll out today asking people which is more important, to avoid a government shutdown or get a deal to make daca permanent. 56% said they thought avoiding a shutdown was more important. only 34% prioritized daca. so the question just is is a daca fix popular? it is definitely popular, which is part of why you had republicans on the senate floor protesting they, too, wanted to do a daca fix so we shouldn't shut down the government so we agreed we're all going to do this and we should do this, but i think there is it an issue where the democrats can take a policy where the m...

Reauthorize it for years. for now, we don't have a c.h.i.p. reauthorization. this is something you don't see when you just poll people. >> good point. maria, is there a danger for people who otherwise support a path to citizenship saying i don't think you should have shut the government down over it? >> i think a lot of people are. that is a risk that schumer takes. i think the challenge for the democrats is the people who are organizing avidly and the ones showing up in the polls, whether you look at virginia or alabama, it's an appetite for change and they want the democrats to hold strong. ...

Months about the importance of reauthorizing that. you have republicans saying, here, we offered to reauthorization it for six years and you rejected it in order to make a demand about this other issue. so for now we don't have a c.h.i.p. reauthorization. this is hazardous for democrats in a way you don't see by looking at those top line numbers. >> good point. maria, is there a danger that people who otherwise support a path to citizenship for d.r.e.a.m.ers say, i don't know if you should have shut the government down over it. >> i think a lot of folks are. i think that is the risk that schum...