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Our teams worked over the weekend, and we can talk about terms all day long, but the other side has to put a counter offer on the table. no is not a valid answer if you're serious about solving the problem. as the president started off laying out not why he wants a $5.7 billion, but why the experts that are tasked with protecting our nation, have said $5.7 billion. nancy pelosi said she would support one dollar. the families missing paychecks this week, it is not fair to th them. the president laid out many different options, the president said he will change the definition of a wall to work

Entirely clear that is true. nevermind democrats coming to the table, it looks like republican resolve around the shut down is not strengthening, let's put it that way. >> yeah, i think that is right, i think there are three main points, the first is the official point. the republican senators have been talking about it since they left, that is the idea of unity, these are always pep rallies for the president, with no except n exception. and you heard mcconnell talk about the president's take on it, listen to what he said to say. >> mr. president. >> so that is mcconnell, and he says we're all...

With democrats. he will move off of the number, he sat the vice president down weeks ago to offer a negotiation that would involve a lower number than what our national security experts said. not one single time have they offered a counter other than to say a dollar. the president, and nobody slammed their hand on a table. to mischaracterize some of the things that happened in that meeting is not fair to this process. but at the same time when the president looks at nancy pelosi and says if i give you another 30 days, will you be willing to support some funding for a wall to security the borde...

Of not being able to negotiate but the president has been more than willing to negotiate. meeting with members of staff, trying to move the ball down the field and get us on a path for a solution. the answer today to the president's question, is that speaker pe he will eer pelosi,n the government 30 days from now would you support funding for border security. she said no and the president interrupted that as he rightly should have that the democrats have no interest right now in trying to solve this problem. they clearly want the political issue. >>. >> where do you go from here? >> first of a...

She would never agree to the border security priorities that we have on the table, and that was unacceptable. right here. >> mr. vice president, is the president now closer to declaring a national emergency? will he do it? >> i know the president's made it clear he's looking at that. he believes he has the authority to do it. but the president's belief -- and i know it's the belief of these republican leaders as well, is that congress should just do their job. look, politics is the art of the possible. i served in the congress for 12 years. i remember times when there were strong feelings on e...