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Moving in the right direction? >> i think it's moving in the right direction. have they been in contact with me? no. this is a senate negotiation, as it should be. it really rests in the hands of the senate. you heard senator jeff flake talking about commitments they have made internally. mike and i would agree that's the way it should be. let each clahamber do their wor. the president set a timeline that said that we need to be debating this by march the 5th. well indeed we're going to be debating it in the senate and the house, perhaps changing two separate votes going to conference. that's ...

I'm told we're going to go back to kelly o'donnell now. >> perhaps they've been watching our conversation. a white house source just got back to me and said this was really critical in their eyes for the flake/graham spepiece o this, they could be the voices that would help lead enough democrats along. not declaring victory, but seeing this is shaping up in a way that the white house feels good about tonight. we talked about some of the atmospherics on your end tonight. they're watching this with some relief and optimism that there is a starting point to get democrats along. they're viewing th...

Tomorrow is great progress. i think the fact that senator flake looks ready to support it is really helpful. democrats have argued we didn't cause this shutdown because some republicans voted gern ed gns dr as well. i also think that it's important that senator flake implied that there's not going to be one deal on the dreamers that will be debated as part of this process. we're going to let the senate do its job, debate multiple proposals, amendments offered. go to the house, the house works its will. we've talked a lot about how senate democrats in red states are in peril. the house is on th...

The immigration after february 8th if the government is reopened and a short-term bill to fund it until that date is passed. there would then be, he says, bipartisan negotiations to try to find a broader budget deal. and in the event that nothing is actually agreed to in that time period, that he would make a commitment to put immigration legislation on the senate floor. now, jeff flake seemed to describe that commitment as open-ended, one where different pieces of legislation could come and potentially be voted on. chuck schumer was not ready to take a vote on this tonight. the vote will now ...

Government was headed toward a shutdown. senator lindsey graham said i'm very pleased to hear majority leader mcconnell commit to the senate that if we do not make a breakthrough on immigration by february 8th, the senate will take the issue up. flake and graham were giving quite a bit of cover to the democrats, who had voted to shut down the government, essentia y essentially. there was a lot of concern leading up to that vote about where graham and flake were going to stand if they were going to hold firm and also vote no. taken together,s th s thathat i significant signal to democrats. that...