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He wants to $18 billion for the wall, end to chain migration, end to the visa lottery. will he settle for something less? that's what mitch mcconnell was saying, this whole idea of what he will actually sign. it's still unclear what he will settle for. you heard lindsey graham talk about this, that you're not going to get everything you want in this deal if you're the president. you're going to have to give a little and get a little, particularly if there's a phase two to the reform which seems unlikely now, even though lipid say graham kee tking about it. >> matt les, he just gave senate demo...

The democrats now? >> yes, it absolutely does. republicans are in a tough spot. we were already in peril of a government shutdown. republicans have to worry about the freedom caucus people who are worried about the budget, you have to worry about the national security hawks who don't think we're funding defense enough. then you have to are wouldry about getting democrats -- why would they do anything to help donald trump and republicans? they have incentive for not cooperating i. cooperating. it's a very delicate procedure, a surgical thing to negotiate a deal. you're trying to delicately purt...

Children's health insurance program, six years. now the president says no to that all of a sudden. he's saying no, we think, to the deal on the table. what's the thought? >> it's blowing everyone's minds on capitol hill. this is the second time this week he's done this. he did this on the senate side, this bipartisan immigration compromise. he came in and said no, they worked so hard to get this deal together and couldn't quite make it happen. now he's doing it again. i think a lot of lawmakers are frustrated. they're saying, okay, we're actually doing the dealmaking here, negotiating on a bip...

D.r.e.a.m.ers is not part of the bill. the first part of the question, without protections for d.r.e.a.m.ers could you vote for extension of government funding? >> i cannot support a bill, continuing resolution that does not deal with funding for community health centers, does not deal with the opioid crisis by providing real resources, that doesn't help our veterans and doesn't deal with the daca issue. right now as i see it, the president of the united states, whether by design or shear incompetence, is taking this country into a government shutdown. that's my best prediction at this point i...

Including whether or not they have to make coverage for pre-existing conditions a requirement. one thing it does not do, one of the reasons it's considered a skinny repeal is that it doesn't deal with medicaid at all, including the medicaid expansion which was at a very important part of the original affordable care act, affordable health care act. so what they're talking about right now, anderson, the particulars of the skinny repeal are really not that important because there are very few people who want this to become law and what mitch mcconnell is trying to do tonight is convince at least...