with her party accept it? on the other side of that issue, why are house republicans giving the president a pass for his silence on the bigotry of steve king? if it matters. it should all matter. that s our great didn t debate. what do you say? it s monday. let s get after it. four days to go before the government shutdown. if it actually happens. it shouldn t. it shouldn t be an option but we saw what happened last time. longest in history. but an announcement minutes ago from capitol hill, all four lead negotiators emerged from talks to report they reached an agreement in principle to avoid a second shutdown. no details. pushed about whether or not that means some sort of barrier and funding therefore and the resolution to the detention bed issue, senator richard shelby, republican said, we got an agreement on all of it. and the staff will now work on drafting it into actual legislation.
pushed about whether or not that means some sort of barrier and funding therefore and the resolution to the detention bed issue, senator richard shelby, republican said, we got an agreement on all of it. and the staff will now work on drafting it into actual legislation. we have our man up there on capitol o rou what does it mean? the chances of averting a shutdown have significantly increased. it s very unlikely at the moment there will be a shutdown because we expect the congressional leadership to get behind this emerging deal that these four top negotiators have been discussing behind closed doors. you recall yesterday they said they re not talking anymore. they said this was stalled over democratic demands from friday night calling for a limit on the
heartburn today. it s the democrats that are walking around here on capitol hill with a smile on their face today, not republicans. i don t know, i talked to quite a few both including on fox business, and one of the things that they were telling me is, we are not happy with the way the leadership settled on this detention bed issue. we wanted it more down to like 16,000 bed and i.c.e. still gets to keep it north of 40,000 and they are not that pleased. it s not that good of a thing when the deal is finally meted out that takes off the sides. maybe that is something that marks progress. there s a whole lot of talk going on right now, and after the bill is signed into law, you will see a very different style of rhetoric coming out. they may be complaining about ice beds today but in the end, we are talking about 55 miles of
detainee beds has thrown a wrench in at a critical time. sandra: mike, thank you. bill: want to bring in the a-team now. liz peek, bill mcgurn main street columnist for the wall street journal and jon summers is back with us. nice to see you three on the monday. let s wake it up. are the goalposts being moved by the other side, liz? absolutely. democrats feel like their most winning moment was during the government shutdown and they want to go back to a shutdown. president trump had a great week last week. the state of the union address boosted his poll ratings. at the same time you had the catastrophe in virginia. distracting the media from this negotiation that was going on. and elizabeth warren s american indian claims arose again. democrats had a terrible week. they view this as sort of regaining the high road but let s face it. the detention bed issue is
ones that pressured the president into getting the last one over with, they do not want another shutdown. democrats don t want another shutdown. they never have. so that reality is different than the last time around. however, we are at an impasse that is over something that is different than where we were last time, that the barrier/wall issue had almost been resolved. richard shelby when he talked to reporters thursday said the white house gave him some flexibility to work around that, and democrats seemed willing to build some barriers. this time it s this detention bed issue. i think what we re wait to find out is whether democrats potentially overplayed their hand and lost some higher ground here. my god, this is a complicated issue. kasie, you have your work cut out for you on this one. thank you. we do. thanks, guys. president trump is headed to el paso, texas, tonight, he s taking a pitch his pitch for a hard line stand on the wall to the people at the border. he s goin