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Nobody's talking. for the president to put this out there was a bold move. i wish it happened a few weeks ago. for the democrats just to reject it because there's a barrier this there, come back with a counterproposal that's serious then, but not one that says here's a counterproposal, but in no way will we ever talk about a barrier. this is an idiotic shutdown. the american people deserve far better from those of us that are elected to represent 750,000 people, to be adults, to be grown-ups, to understand we're not going to get our way. this is to republicans and democrats, by the way. and le...

I think the fact that tps is included is important. the tps population is similar to the daca population. some of these individuals have been in the united states for 18, 19, 20 years u and they do did he ne deserve a permanent solution. hoping they will at least consider making a counterproposal, a counteroffer to the president, perhaps that would deliver permanent protections for daca recipients and the tps population. >> but you're already hearing from people like ann coulter and i'm sure we're going to hear from some conservative republicans saying this is amnesty, and there she is. trump ...

>> it sounds like -- it sounds like a lot of democrats think you guys need to start pushing your investigation faster because mr. mueller is taking too long. where are you at on that? >> i want to get this done as fast as we can. i have as much frustration as anyone, but we have to do it in a thorough way. there are a number of key individuals who we've either not seen or need to come back. and we're in those conversations right now. >> was it news to you when "the new york times" reported that a counterintelligence investigation was opened on the president? >> again, i'm not going to comment ...

Irresponsible is the fact that speaker pelosi and chuck schumer and the leadership won't sit down and negotiate. this could be a win-win situation for both sides. they could find a pathway for daca, the 1.8 million people -- >> the project has rejected that, mica. >> he is willing, where is the counterproposal? they supported the wall in 2018 -- >> hold on, that's just not true. that's just not true. >> the security border act of 2003. >> senator graham went to president trump and said, how about this dreamer deal for the wall funding. he rejected that. he went back to the president and said h...

Trump an congressional democrats locked in the stand-off, who blinks first. steven nelson is the white house reporter for the "the washington examiner". senator graham said if we can get people talking. how do we do that and what's the possibility of that happening moving forward this week? >> well, there are reportedly have been talks with a white house counter proposal to democrats for something less than $5 billion. of course, that was behind closed doors. what we do know is that pressure is going to build significantly for there to be some sort of deal. saturday is the end of the next fede...