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Last-ditch attempt to convince chuck b and nancy that we really need a wall. did not work. senator durbin came out calling it, quote, preposterous and according to "bloomberg" trump actually said out loud to chuck schumer that he couldn't cave on the shutdown now because, quote, i would look foolish. well, maybe it's a little late to be concerned about that? >> we were at the bottom of this incredible room. i said, this is the greatest room i've ever seen. i saw more computer boards than i think that they make today.

Osama bin laden operation. but in the trump administration, the situation room seems more of a kind of catch-all space. it's where john kelly famously fired omarosa, not from "the apprentice," from the white house. >> we're here to talk to you about leaving the white house. it's come to my attention over the last few months that there's been some pretty, in my opinion, significant integrity issues. >> today, the president used the situation room for another stunt team maneuver, a meeting with congressional leaders, a briefing from dhs designed as a last-ditch attempt to convince chuck b and na...

Going after paul ryan, my first thought was, okay, he's playing to his base. this means he will end up negotiating with paul ryan and coming to the middle. check the box off, hit them hard rhetorically because i know i have to make a deal. people don't realize that about washington. he couldn't cave immediately and say we have to meet paul ryan in the middle. >> what he put forward is a minimum of what he has to do, probably barely acceptable in some ways to the progressive side of the party and has to move to the middle and a lot of stuff happens tough for the president's base and has to show...

Politics, things aren't always as they seem. i think this help this president so much, he can make a joke about it there, talks about it in abc on his interview. he paints his opponents as extremist, the media follows up saying there's a race element to it. in the end, it's offensive to many, many people, but politically, it may be good for the president, that his opponents tried to frame him this way. >> i think that's exactly right. at this point, you could argue that it does potentially help him a bit. he couldn't do this if your buddy, mika, the donald were out there leading the birther ch...