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Chance of it, ana. if he feels like he gets through the next three weeks and he is able to frame a message that he believes then maybe his advisers are polling privately and seeing some success with, that essentially he's got to take it up to some kind of level with -- to hold on to his base where he's not agreeing with democrats and he's getting some kind of claim to a wall done. then the national emergency route may look really appealing to him. i mean, i think he does want to come through the next three weeks at least looking like, okay, re-opened the government, which is what the democrats...

National emergency on the issue of immigration to try to get the funding. the president had that option on the table for some time. we talked about it. it's unclear that that would actually work because democrats vowed to try to block that sort of action in court. on the other end, the president could try to secure certain funds from other banks of government in the department of defense, in the treasury department, but it's unclear, according to experts, that he would get anywhere near the amount of money that he's requesting for his border wall. so we're essential l i baly bac where we start...

Break with him throughout this shutdown when you looked at the non college educated white voters. his approval numbers with them were going down, doug. so did not even benefit him with his base to dig in his heels. i know you have seen nancy pelosi firsthand working behind the scenes. she proved through this experience she can go toe to toe with the president and walk away with a victory. given your own personal knowledge of how she operates, what do you expect democrats to ask for in negotiations? >> well, i think ultimately this is probably going to come down to some version of semantics whe...

"washington post," carren demurragen and republican strategist doug hyde. president trump had a working lun p on border security but not a single democrat attended. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell wasn't. there instead some of the most far right members of the party, jim jordan and matt gates, is this productive? >> the short answer is no. and we know that mitch mcconnell now feels that he can't negotiate on behalf of this president, and know that the president is going to be where he was an hour ago, or even a day ago, which is part of why we're here. and ultimately this will have ...

Senate republicans kind of in a bind not knowing what to do, and again, like we've said, not the entirety of the government actually getting this far, and feeling in a way that people have felt it closer to home, in past shutdowns, there just isn't the will to overcome those bad feelings, those bruises, and actually offer anybody out of the goodness of their own heart and the spirit of the holiday season anything at this point because it will weaken your position for the next time and they know they have serious fights coming over the next two years. >> it doesn't sound like we will have a bre...