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Phone with senator durbin, i was thrilled. He invited senators durbin and graham to the white house. But the hard right attacked again. A meeting that could have ended in a bipartisan handshake instead devolved into one of the most infamous meetings of his presidency. But still, we went back to work. Excuse me, i have a cold. But still, we went back to work to strike a deal with the president. Yesterday i talked to the president in the morning. We were not far apart on the issues. A deal to Fund Military and critical programs for the middle class can be struck. We agreed to the contours of tha...

Its a little bit loud as you can well imagine. Its an excited crowd hoping the president will come forward and really stir things up at the American Farm bureau. We will talk about that in in a moment. There is a lot of nuance, to be honest. As it relates to the white house a possible agreement with the president s legal team to allow him to actually be interviewed by the special counsel. They are considering the possible form of what could be an interview. They are quick to point out it may not ever happen, dana. Let me share you a statement we got from the president s lawyer, who has always ...

Lets listen to speaker paul ryan. On thursday the house will be in order. Members, remove your conversation from the house floor. The house will be in order. Mr. Speaker, let me understand why this happened. On thursday, this house responsibly passed a bill to keep the government open and to extend the Childrens Health Insurance Program which covers nearly 9 million children from low income families. No games. No strings attached. A straightforward bill. We did our job. But Senate Democrats simply refused to do theirs. Last night, they used the filibuster to block our bill and to shut down thi...

And Chuck Schumer didnt speak today. Nas nancy pelosi pleaded for the temperature to be lowered. I think theres a path forward. I think we have to be thinking about what is next. None of us believe in, well, on our side of the aisle for shutting down government. Lets take a deep breath. Lets calm down. When i want to calm down, i bring this guy on, robert costa. When nancy pelosi asks whats next. I ask you, whats next . Reporter you have to put aside all of the public acrimony between the Senate Leaders and think about whats happening privately. The most important meeting happened in the offic...

He continues to remain on the phone. Encourage the bill that passed in the house on thursday. It was his influence to make sure it passed to keep the government open. Following up on majors question, i think whats hard to understand, when theres been an argument over principle. There is nothing in this bill democrats object to. Peter doocy live on capitol hill. I am here right now there is recent activity in the senate that could potentially be working toward a real resolution to get the government to reopen. What are you hearing . Reporter we are hearing that might be sometime this evening. N...