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Desperately trying to spin the situation as a great success, unnamed sources saying trump is gleeful and trying to make the case that a conversation around immigration and border security is in the president's best interest. after what we saw on november 6th, it's unclear. and top minds in the gop see it as a winning strategy. >> so, congressman, how long should the president keep the government closed? >> you do it until hell freezes over. >> january, february -- >> write that down, hell freezes over. or, you know, maybe that's all for show. i don't know, today nbc news reported last weekend ...

Allies are forced to act as if this tantrum is an actual strategy. >> shutting down the southern border would cost millions of dollars a day. is the president going to do that? to the detriment of the economy? >> the white house is desperately trying to spin the situation as a great success, unnamed sources saying trump is gleeful and trying to make the case that a conversation around immigration and border security is in the president's best interest. after what we saw on november 6th, it's unclear. and top minds in the gop see it as a winning strategy. >> so, congressman, how long should the...

Wall, he'd take half, $2.5 billion, what do you say, chuck? schumer rejected the offer. doesn't sound like trump is in a position of strength. most americans oppose the wall and blame the shutdown on trump, not a surprise given he went on television and proclaimed to the world he would, in fact, take the blame for the shutdown. >> i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. i'm not going to blame you for it. i will take the mantle of shutting down. >> the mantle is yours, mr. president. now democrats take power in the house in six days and their plan is to quickly pass a bill,...

You pointed out, delta, we will only put on two flight to chicago. you can put two instead of eight so that we can charge more money for the seats. that's the allegation right? >> they could potentially charge $600 for what's considered a commuter flight rather than 200. >> if nobody is going there and you got to get there, you got to pay. this is a serious deal. the department of justice is asking for all of the e-mails among the four airlines. talk amongst yourselves you better hand it over. >> there's no smoking gun her. i've got a stack of e-mails from the airlines saying we're working wit...

You pointed out, delta, we will only put on two flight to chicago. you can put two instead of eight so that we can charge more money for the seats. that's the allegation right? >> they could potentially charge $600 for what's considered a commuter flight rather than 200. >> if nobody is going there and you got to get there, you got to pay. this is a serious deal. the department of justice is asking for all of the e-mails among the four airlines. talk amongst yourselves you better hand it over. >> there's no smoking gun her. i've got a stack of e-mails from the airlines saying we're working wit...