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Guard. they inter dict drugs, and right now some of them are working without pay and some of them aren't working. come friday people are going to start missing paychecks, including agencies we need to help us fight the scourge of drugs coming in. >> so i guess the answer is no, you didn't hear any openings for democrats to have more negotiation with the president today? >> so far we're note n hearing anything from him on that. but i would say this. we put dramatic money on the table last february and you turned it down. that shows that we're serious. >> just so show what the administration has...

Definitely going to ask him those questions and how really i don't make a determination about how i'm going to vote on a nominee until after the hearing, how i'm going to vote on the nominee is going to depend on the entire hearing. i think those questions are going to be some of the most important. >> let's talk about the government shutdown and the president's speech last night. the president made his case for why he thinks a border wall is so important. but he also brought up things that we've been hearing about on both sides. an appeal for more beds. he's called it a humanitarian crisis, w...

The year, the shuttered agencies, except the immigration agencies, they would be funded through february 1. those were bills, alisyn, as you know, that senate republicans voted for just three weeks ago. and the houses that sent those bills to us and said, guys, just be true to your own principles. you voted on these bills, reopen government. and i believe the top priority of congress right now should be to reopen government and quit p punishing workers, stitt zens. >> i know that's your top priority but you shill stil could vote on other things? >> but why when we have the bill on the desk to ...

Your perspective. >> thanks, alisyn. up next, reaction from the other side of the aisle. what will republicans make of not just the president's speech last night but the departure of rod rosenstein, the news that paul manafort shared polling data with a russian inftel. we'll ask a senator next. for in the time it takes to brew a cup... here's the story of green mountain coffee roasters costa rica paraíso. first, we go to san marcos, costa rica. and meet sergio. that's his daughter, maria. sergio's coffee tastes spectacular. because costa rica's land is spectacular. so we support farmers lik...

The united states that sometimes we use remotely piloted aircraft to conduct target strikes against specific al-qaeda terrorists in order to prevent attacks on the united states and to save american lives. we conduct those strikes because they are necessary to mitigate ongoing actual threats and to block future attacks and save american lives. these strikes are legal, they are ethical a. >> alisyn: that was jay carney defending the obama administration's drone policy. and that to target even americans overseas. killing americans even if they are suspected of being leaders of al-qaeda or associ...