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Realized. >> it's becoming clearer and clearer that all we're getting is words, words, words. >> reporter: the president was listening and changed course. >> let's face it, i mean we have o r sw hos who basically influe ted president. and we're in a shutdown mode. it's just, i mean, that's tyranny, isn't it? >> reporter: now, with just hours to go and hundreds of thousands of workers in limbo, a mad scramble on the hill to come up with a plan "b." >> what's the next step? next s >> keetep me pp?osted. >> reporter: last week, trump proudly declared he would own a shutdown. >> i will take the ma...

Because it's a lie, and you know, what is a war on christmas? thousands of people going through the holidays without a paycheck. and jen said this is something that democrats previously supported. maybe that was a different time. today we have more i.c.e. agents and border patrol and the least amount of migration that we have seen in decades. again, this is an empty promise all meant to stoke fear in a base that lacks of intellectual curiosity to find out facts for themselves, and -- >> wow. >> let me bring glenn in this. glenn, do you see the irony like i see the inconsistency in the shut dow...

>> senator corkers says, we have two talk radio show hosts -- i don't know if ann coulter hosts a radio show host. -- who basically influenced the president, and we're in a shutdown mode. it's just that's tyranny, isn't it? neera, i don't think you could have written that quote any better for bob corker. >> i mean we all think it's a game, but the stock market seems to be in a free fall. federal workers don't know what's going to happen. we have the most dysfunctional government that we've had in my entire lifetime, and that's what happens when you basically listen to two talk radio show hosts...

Same thing. child separation was to be a deterrent. what we're seeing at the border that's slowing asylum seekers down is a deterrent. this is a chilling effect. that's where their energy is focused. not focused on a comprehensive solution. >> it's a chuck and nancy reboot. no reason for them to trust donald trump based on the last round of negotiations. but if this was this time to go into shutdown mode, it seems that donald trump kind of won the last time but after the mid-term elections how concerned are republicans that the unpopularity of donald trump will really start to touch them? >> t...

Maybe august 1st, they will just be in shutdown mode and not do any report because they don't want to affect the 2018 elections. and they'll be very conservative about it. the department of justice rules are very solid that you are not to interfere with an election. he will take that very seriously, more seriously now because of what happened with comey. >> because at the end of the day he's a by the book guy. cynthia alksne, thank you for coming back on our broadcast. always appreciate having you. coming up for us, we'll take you to the front of a new war the u.s. is fighting right this ver...