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Statements on the floor of the senate at 10:00 p.m. eastern time on sunday, it was with minimum partisan jabbing and minimal criticism of the other side. and that was a positive sign. it suggested what mcconnell was doing was allowing for more time for the back-room talks to come to fruition and reach a deal. that was a positive sign and suggests they could be getting somewhere. on the other hand, there will be some distance between the two sides and ultimately i think democrats are going to have to be satisfied with levels of assurances given by mcconnell. i don't think they will give him wha...

Nothing and no leverage, daca administration will be discuss told for another couple of weeks instead of other issues like infrastructure that republicans may want to discuss and it keeps the issue on the front burner. it is not ideal. it is divisive within the party because progressives are upset, d.r.e.a.m.ers are upset and that's not a good place to be in. democrats keep the issue alive and that's not a total loss. >> i think a reasonable and cynical person could look at the situation and ask. did the democrats want to flex their muscle to appease their base and stage a weekend government s...

And talk to voters. republicans still have to look at the aspect of whether or not they will let a minority in the senate dictate final terms on a deal. they would have their own voter stance or two if they do that. the same way democrats right now have their base to talk about when it comes to why they are leveraging a shutdown to solve the daca issue. >> it is interesting with chuck schumer. the last tigme we had a shutdow, schumer called it the politics of idiocy. how do you deal with this issue? >> and we have seen from "the new york times" issue on friday, the president likes to deal with...

Believe every member of congress wants to address. the president has never -- in my conversations with the president, he has never waivered on his desire to address a solution. let's put aside the rhetoric and the attacks and let's get something done. >> senator gardner, always good to see you. thank you. i want to play some sound from senator lindsey graham. he was talking about the difficulty they face when dealing with this because of staff members at the white house. >> his heart is right on this issue. i think he has good understanding of what will sell. and every time we have a proposa...

Legislate the fix. joining me, he was brought from convenient venezuela with his brothers. he was age 11. thanks for joining us. you think democrats failed today to protect you and your fellow d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> i think so. they had a really strong negotiating position in which they can carve out a deal that protected as much of the deal. in good faith, also republicans. what we see here now is that the democrats have seen the way and we have until march 5. but uniformitily, what will happen is that the senate may actually have a timetable to deal with this issue. what about the house? what has...