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Done. those hopes faded but now somewhat maybe they unfaded over the last few hours because they've sat down for another round of talks. dana bash is following the action. she joins us now. what is the status right now with this new meeting? >> unfaded is definitely the word of the night, john berman. this is something that is coming from the room where the negotiators are meeting inside the capital on the senate side. our team up there is reporting that democrats and republicans are feeling much better about how things are going. in fact, one democratic aide has said negotiations are very, ve...

Particularly this one from 2017. >> you were here long before any of us were here. although we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. they call her pocahontas. but you know what? i like you, because you are special. >> the white house position on that was, you guessed it, you didn't hear what you heard and surely the president didn't mean what he obviously meant. >> when is it appropriate for him to use a racial slur in any context? >> i don't think that was the president's intent. >> keeping them honest. when he uses racist slurs and makes light of genocide, ...

This all has to do with the battle over border funding and one of the people is congressman graves, committee of the house appropriations. thank you for being with us. dana bash just told us there is new optimism that maybe the negotiators are moving closer to a deal. can i take it by your smile that that's true? >> dana has great sources, obviously. optimism, maybe that's more optimistic of a word than i would use at this point. we went through hopeful to doubtful. what is the status of talks right now? what are the sticking points? >> she was right, tracking into the weekend ierk thought we ...

Our new report on the impeachment threat suddenly shrinking for the lieutenant governor while the governor promises to stay in office talkital talking today about white privilege and blackface. >> you didn't know the history? >> i think we're all on a learning curve. >> plus the two women getting into the 2020 mix. how to take on donald trump and the new twist involving jeff y bezos' fight against the inquirer. we start with the breakdown and shutdown talks. this time it's not because of the border wall the president wants. the main sticking point is the number of beds in ice detention centers...

If you don't assure me that you're not going to subpoena me by 6:00 tonight, i'm not showing up. let's go to abby phillip. she covers the white house for us at cnn. what did the president say about his acting ag? >> reporter: president trump took a couple of questions right at the end of that spray and he answered some questions about acting ag whitaker. he also answered some questions about the shutdown talks. he basically implied we'll see to the answer to the question of whether or not the -- how the shutdown talks are going, but it's not clear exactly what's going to happen tomorrow. the w...