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A shutdown. it's very likely that this is not going to be the last short-term spending bill. if nothing's done on immigration by then, then the stakes are definitely raised. so i think the prospects for the next two weeks for a shutdown anyway are not very likely. looking ahead, all bets are off the table, especially if mcconnell doesn't follow through. >> the progressive base will be, no doubt about that. the president, though, not really having much of a hard line. saying he would talk about a period of 10 to 12 years as a possible path for dreamers. breitbart, jake, the headline was amnesty...

Gains in november. there's very little incentive for them to work with donald trump. if they do so, the progressive base would go nuts. on the other hand, conservatives don't have an appetite to spend any more money, especially after they just did massive deficit spending to advance tax reform. he'll have problems from his own base. >> $1.4 trillion over a decade. even paul ryan saying he's not exactly sure whether those numbers are going to add up. at the end of the interview, the president spent some time talking about his favorite topic, talking about us, talking about the media. this is wh...

Modern presidencies go, 42% approval, but 96% of his supporters, 96% of the people who voted for him would do it again. this kind of polling, these kind of numbers got this president into the white house. why should he care about these numbers now? >> look, i'm not surprised that his base is still very much with him. you know, they were with him through mexicans are rapists, they were with him through women are pigs, they were with him through mccain's not a war hero. they were even with him when he bragged about groping women. so, it's not surprising that his base is solid. but what should co...

His cabinet. even though the reality is this wasn't a filibuster, there wasn't anything they could change about what happened overnight. but they really do want to make a show of it. and i think you'll see the show continue through the week as they try to delay the future cabinet nominee. jeff sessions for attorney general, for example. tom price at hhs. as far along as they can, at the end of the day, there's really not that much that democrats can do. that's the bind they are in. chuck schumer, the democratic leader, having impulses to try to get things done, but in the wake of the climate c...

Many analysts are now pointing to democrats as the party at war with itself. let's bring in kevin surilly, a reporter for "the hill." >> hi, arthel. >> let me get your take on why k cassidy beat landrieu. >> it's not surprising senator landrieu lost. we all expected her to lose, but what is surprising is the margin of victory that he was defeated. she lost by ten points. that was a little bit surprising, but we always talk about the gop interfighting with the tea party left centerist republicans and all that, but probably one of the -- we don't talk about as much is the debate within the democ...