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>> i want to play a little bit of the democratic response last night. so i don't think you would disagree at least with the concept, as you just said, of opposing shutdowns. this was stacey abrams, of course. >> making livelihoods of our federal workers a pawn for political games is a disgrace. the shutdown was a stunt engineered by the president of the united states, one that defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people but our values. >> i know you wouldn't phrase it that way, but the fact is that the american people were against this shutdown. and it muddied up both poli...

That's going to wrap up this hour of "msnbc live." i'll see you tomorrow on "today." andrea mitchell is standing by for "andrea mitchell reports." >> sitting by. thank you very much. coming up, president trump saying unless there's an end to what he calls partisan investigations, there will be no progress on legislation. >> if there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation. it just doesn't work that way. a star is born. georgia's stacey abrams takes the national stage in a powerful rebuke to the president and his policies. >> making livelihoods of our fed...

Woman to give the rebuttal address. her response is being called punchy. abrams didn't pull any punches last night. >> making livelihoods of our federal workers a pawn for political games is a disgrace. the shutdown was a stunt engineered by the president of the united states. one that defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people but our values. so even as i'm very disappointed by the president's approach to our problems, i still don't want him to fail. but we need him to tell the truth. and to respect his duties and respect the diversity that defines america. >> her perfor...

Can take place. it's all up to donald trump. >> on the topic of immigration, it's something stacey abrams addressed in her democratic response. those are always packed with potential pitfalls. i want to play a little bit of what abrams had to say in the 10, 15-minute speech. watch. >> compassionate treatment at the border is not the same as open borders. president reagan understood this. president obama understood this. americans understand this. america is made stronger by the presence of immigrants, not walls. making livelihoods of our federal workers a pawn for political games is a disgrace...

Here we go. >> making livelihoods of our federal workers a pawn for little games is a disgrace. the shutdown was a stunt engineered by the president of the united states, one that defied every tenant of fairness and abandoned not just our people but our values. so, even as i am very disappointed by the president's approach to our problems, i still don't want him to fail. but we need him to tell the truth and to respect his duties and respect the extraordinary diversity that defiance amerine >> she also talked about some of the big issues democrats will be talking about heading into 2020. here ...