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Taken the bills that congress passed and brought them to the floor of the senate to then bring them to the presidents. he is the stop gap right now for the president and the man standing in the way of having a directly in front of the presidents the bills that congress has passed that say let's open a government and have a serious discussion and debate about border security. we want to solve border security. that's in everyone's interest. how much it costs and where it goes is the debate. but let's not hold the american people hostage while that happens. >> you've beinside. if you were the gre...

A deadline on it, declare a national emergency and then reopen it. how does this end? >> maybe it's the senate nerd in me that thinks this may end if more senate republicans feel the heat, pressure mitch mcconnell and say, hey, maybe we should have a stopgap. that's not happening now, though. there's not enough to really push mcconnell in that direction. that's one way we could get out of this which has been sort of closed for now. we'll see. short of that, democrats bud budging, but it's hard to see that happening right now. they feel like they have the upper hand. >> going to that argument a...

This, republican senators who want this to end. >> why not do it, congressman, until february, to sign something at least to keep it going and continue to negotiate? what's wrong with that? >> there's nothing wrong with that. in fact, i think on your show before christmas, i recommended that the house pass the six appropriations bills and then a continuing resolution or a stopgap on the homeland bill. then between now and then, negotiate some border security enhancements in exchange for protection for the dreamers and the tps population. those are the temporary protective status, mostly el sal...

Enough. i mean cory gardner, susan collins have spoken about. but there are other senators i know are very frustrated by this, republican senators who want this to end. >> why not do it, congressman, until february, to sign something at least to keep it going and continue to negotiate? what's wrong with that? >> there's nothing wrong with that. in fact, i think on your show before christmas, i recommended that the house pass the six appropriations bills and then a continuing resolution or a stopgap on the homeland bill. then between now and then, negotiate some border security enhancements in ...

Bring that legislation to the floor tomorrow, which jessica referenced and basically it kicks this whole wall issue and the border off for a month. do you believe -- have any reason to believe at this point that president trump will accept that deal, change his mind and take it? >> well, no, but i mean, we should remember, erin, this is a proposal that was already passed by the senate unanimously, 100-0, so what we're going to do tomorrow is bring to the floor two bills, one which will fund the six other departments, bipartisan agreement has already been achieved with respect to those departme...