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The re-election campaign next year. >> gene sperling, from an economic perspective. the one thing for conservative and republican administration, they're stretching out the time line where they've been talking about trying to bring down the deficit and bring the budget into balance. 15 years and not ten years out. so what's the message there? do deficits not matter anymore with democrats as well as republicans and where do you see the economic signals here? >> first of all, i think there are a few things that should be concerning. one is that by declaring the 8.6 billion you are also making th...

Pretty hard to occur again. there are some differences about how to craft that, but i'm certainly opened to it. i think this is an example of government dysfunction, which is, should be embarrassing to everyone on a bipartisan basis. >> as lawmakers work on a security deal to avoid another shutdown the number two democrat in the house says citizenship for dreamers will not be on the table. in an interview with reuters, house majority leader steny hoyer said he did not think democrats would consider the issue in exchange for funding for the wall on the southern border. he told reporters this, h...

Appeal to a minority of people? >> yeah. empathy is not this administration's strong suit but i think you're right, fred, looking at the airport slowdown and some other government dysfunction did eventually trickle its way into the white house and say look, we've got to do something about this or we at least have to take a step back. in the last "the washington post" poll and last cnn poll, the president dipped in the high 30s in terms of polling which is not good, but it is not that far below where he typically has been. he is usually right at, above, below, about 40%. it is that base of supp...

Delaying more government dysfunction. we'll bring you the breaking news on the white house effort to put out the fire it started. d ok, here's the deal. "green book" is now nominated for five academy awards. that was a good time. including... that's good. it's perfect. always a catch. like somehow you wind up getting less. but now that i book at hilton.com, and i get all these great perks. i got to select my room from the floor plan...

Has approved a plan to give short term no interest loans to help them pay for food, gas and rent. ed lavendera has more on the steep price americans are paying for government dysfunction. >> reporter: in washington, federal workers wait in line for food. >> when i saw there was a free hot meal for people who have been affected by the shutdown, i decided to come down and get -- you know, take advantage of that. >> thank you for being here. >> reporter: the chef's foundation is feeding thousands of federal workers going without pay. coast to coast unpaid federal employees are turning to charitie...