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Impasse. >> president trump's unwillingness to compromise caused the trump shutdown and brought us to this moment. the facts are well known. since our meeting in the oval office on friday the president and i have not spoken. the white house refused to engage in negotiations over the weekend. the great deal-making president sat on the sidelines. >> let's go to cnn congressional correspondent liz rafati live on the hill. how did they find a solution and what did the democrats get out of this? >> reporter: that's the big question, brooke. a contingent of democrats are asking that question today e...

Around for a population larger than just those with daca? >> we are open to having a debate on a level playing field on this issue and negotiating that with congress and making sure we get the deal that meets the criteria we have clearly laid out. blake? >> one clarification. the president is still planning to go to davos? >> if all things go as expected this afternoon with the re-opening of the government which we expect they will the president's delegation leaves tomorrow and the president will continue on his trip later in the week. >> the priorities of a daca fix, where exactly does that r...

I'm left with a cartoon with the head spinning around. how will this not be groundhog day in three weeks because of your point about the other chamber and the house? game it out. what do the next three weeks look like? >> listen, that's a good point. because we have seen what's happened when the republicans and democrats have relied on the president to show leadership, my sense in observing both mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer and talking to sources around them is that this is taking the reins back and trying to force a solution. mitch mcconnell has a history of doing this. it's different no...

The c.h.i.p. six-year expansion was there. he said on saturday he wouldn't accept a three-week c.r. li that's what this is. you are putting a lot -- a lot if you are chuck schumer and the other democrats who voted for this on mitch mcconnell's word and intention. that's the word he used sunday night and this morning. my intention is to proceed to daca. it will be a level playing field process. even if he holds to that and he may well before february 8. there is the other chamber that republicans control. >> right. >> and a guy in the white house named donald trump who is a republican. >> yeah....

Right and you can have a different point of view about these things. i get that. look, i have always been for the d.r.e.a.m.ers since long before i got into public office. my goal is to make something happen. i think given this set-up. we know he's in the white house. it might be different if circumstances are different. but we are living in a reality, i think is the most likely path to find a solution for d.r.e.a.m.ers. you know, i hope they stay at the table. i hope they lean on senators and house members and we get a good senate bill passed. we need their energetic actors to make it come ou...