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And yet it was a one-day story because it didn't fit the media's narrative. china is not somebody. they're a competitor at best and it's somebody that we're going to continue to deal with. trump instinctively is tough on china. he's been tough on china rhetorically for decades now, so what i want to see is we have this issue with the zte phone company. there's kind of some of the side negotiations going on. how does that play into the overall north korea situation, and very well may be that some of the negotiations are kind of a prelude to getting china to be a little more productive than how ...

Gaetz are the expectations too high for the sit-down with kim jong un? the expectations seem to be so high now. what is your perspective on that? >> expectations are high because we are making progress. but just because we are making progress it doesn't dictate or gain -- guarantee any type of results. on all the comments that trump said about the issue if there are not terms that are favorable to the united states and verifiable way to ensure that north korea cannot continue to do harm we will get up and walk away. we won't make a bad deal. that is a major difference in this administration an...

Gates, are -- to congressman gaetz are the expectations too high for the sit-down with kim jong un? the expectations seem to be so high now. what is your perspective on that? >> expectations are high because we are making progress. but just because we are making progress it doesn't dictate or gain -- guarantee any type of results. on all the comments that trump said about the issue if there are not terms that are favorable to the united states and verifiable way to ensure that north korea cannot continue to do harm we will get up and walk away. we won't make a bad deal. that is a major differe...

Point about side negotiations trying to get republicans in the house to yes. on the democratic side you see the split, too. there's obviously concern among some senators this isn't the way to govern. the conventional was come is that republicans catch the heat for this if there's a shutdown. we are in the new year, in an election year, and there is hell to pay on both sides for a shutdown when washington is not working and not doing its job. the tension on the democratic side is the resistance movement among progressive democrats who say this is where we have to draw the line in the sand over ...

Present. hashtag democrat shutdown. correspondent manu raju joins us now live from capitol hill. so manu, what are you hearing about these meetings? >> reporter: well there is dividing lines stark this morning. i can tell you the republicans in this conference meeting largely united behind their insistence that immigration should not be tied to any bill to open the government. they are saying out of this meeting the government should be reopened first before we deal with any side negotiations on the issue of negotiations before that march deadline where all of those d.r.e.a.m.ers, people under...