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Opportunity for democrats if it's something that the president wants so much, it is one-tenth of 1% of the budget. in exchange, you can get something that your constituents really want. obviously, the president has a lot at stake, here. you can ask for daca. that was the deal before. there are a million different things. do you feel like it's a little bit of a missed opportunity, that you could have gotten something great in exchange for the money? >> i think at some point we need to have -- we need some kind of immigration reform. we need daca. but you don't throw together, as a last-minute, ...

To go around washington. i ask you for your considered judgment as we begin the hour tonight. are we witnessing a failure of communications direct for the congress or the failure of the president tonight? republican congressman who just >> we're witnessing the failure resigned. she writes to see wholesale of both, ari. the president does not know how to negotiate in good faith. political tribalism any he stabbed mitch mcconnell in semblance is disturbing. the back, his own party. this is the example of the consistent failed leadership of also chuck nice. mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. this is ...

Democrats supports. military last year, $700 billion. recently $716 billion for the military. and here we i're talking about billion. a fraction. but unfortunately, they've devoted their lives to making sure it doesn't happen, and that wasn't for what should happen. that was for political reasons. so we are going to be working very hard to get something passed in the senate. there's a very good chance it won't get passed. it is up to the democrats. so it's really the democrats' shutdown. we have done our thing. when nancy pelosi said you'll never get the votes in the house, we got them and we ...

Legislation. this is according to the pool reporter who's in the room with the president. he said, it's totally up to the democrats as to whether or not there is a shutdown. we are going to be working very hard to get something passed in the senate referring to these votes that are happening right now and then he also said it's up to the democrats as to whether or not we have a shutdown tonight. he said he hope that is there won't be one and prepared to ride it out if there is. now, of course, that underscoring something that's press secretary said earlier today which is that the president pre...

From the pooler, and so these are not exact quotes. they are a sort of the rough log of the reporter in the room writing in real time. he says that now the senate is looking at it, and presumably meaning this latest piece of legislation, and he called it a great meeting. he reiterated something that he tweeted about today and he says that the strategy is totally up to the democrats as to whether or not there is a shutdown and that despite the fact that he is on the camera saying that he would be proud to own the shutdown. he says that we are going to be working very hard to get something passe...