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Backstop to make sure that the white house and the republican leadership keeps their commitment on this immigration issue. we'll see. >> we'll see is a great point. i want to make sure i have the math right. five democrats had broken ranks on the initial vote back friday when the government initially shut down. four or five more is what mitch mcconnell needed, maybe five or six more democrats to go into chuck schumer and say, we've had enough. is that math right? >> yes, i think that math is right, and my impression, although i haven't actually explicitly talked enough to eno get it to 60, my ...

Jeff, i'm sure there is no question at all the president is ready to sign this as soon as it gets there. any sense of how the president will react from his public tongue lashing he just received from his friend chuck, democratic leader in the senate, and as you well know behind the scenes, a lot of republicans have also said the only way they've resolved this shutdown is for the president to stay in the house and stay quiet. >> that's exactly what happened. the president has been extraordinarily out of this picture, at least for most of the past three days or so. i've been told by a white hous...

Shutdown. each would have led to a deal on the budget and health care and disaster aid and things like opioids and veterans and pensions and on immigration. my recent offer to the president was a generous one. i put his signature campaign issue on the table in exchange for daca, and still he turned away. president trump's unwillingness to compromise caused the trump shutdown and brought us to this moment. the facts are well known. now i wish to update the senate on where things stand after this weekend. since our meeting in the oval office on friday, the president and i have not spoken. and th...

One public appearance by the president of the united states. now it appears we're poised to end that shutdown with no meetings with the president or key people involved. how can they explain the so-called great deal maker hasn't been present? >> no doubt the president has been on the sidelines with the exception of being on the phones and talking to republicans in the last 24 to 36 hours. he has been absent. i'm told by a white house official as dana and phil were reporting, the white house is, quote, optimistic this is going to pass the senate. they've gotten word from those democratic senato...

Process that is fair to all sides. >> that last part, level playing field, an amendment process open to all sides. democrats in the senate can make the case, okay, we will get to put our proposals forward. again, let's assume we're waiting for this vote that, they vote here to reopen the government. we're talking in 24 hours not about a shutdown but back to the immigration debate. is there any guarantee that something that passes the senate would even be taken up by the republican house? >> i don't think the progressives who are lodging complaints against reopening the government or against th...