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Of the week, friday at midnight, it's unclear if lawmakers will be able to come to a consensus on the issue of immigration, if we may see potentially the passing of another continuing resolution, a stopgap bill that would keep the government funded and then kind of punt this debate further down the line, or if as some democrats have threatened, we may see a government shutdown, keep in mind, that some like congressman john lewis has said that they will simply not vote for any kind of budget unless there is a solution to the legal status of dreamers, those young adults brought into the united s...

Others, like republican senator lindsey graham said in a statement that he confronted the president about his remarks, though he didn't specify what those remarks were. reportedly, he did tell fellow republican senator from south carolina tim scott that the reports about the president's conversation was accurate. beyond that you have senator dick durbin confirming that the president made those remarks, and saying that they were hate-filled. all of that the backdrop of this not only a disagreement what the president said, but also on policy with the government shutdown looming on friday, we cou...

Me today covering every angle of this story. garrett haake is with us from the white house. lawmakers want to get out of dodge, they want to get out of town, back to their families. but what are they going to do in order to make sure that this stopgap bill gets passed so they can leave? >> as one senior republican aide said to me this morning, there's a little bit of christmas margic in the air. the pull of people's home districts and states. they want to get back. they have stripped out everything controversial out of any kind of long term spending deal, any kind of big end of the year packag...

Leland. >> a lot of mid thooit oil burned up on capitol. thanks, peter. >> it took post democrats to help pass this one week stopgap bill in the house and among those democrats california democrat john garamendi who voted for the measure. welcome, great fofr you here today. >> always good to be with you. >> did you decide to support this extension over after my yort leader pelosi gave the green light to reverse course or were you already on board to find a way out? >> we have to find a way out. i think all of us 435 of us are looking for a way out of this. where he got ourselves backed into a ...

>> here we are in the house, being blackmailed, being blackmailed to vote for an appropriations bill. this is a moral hazard. we're being asked to vote for a moral hazard. why is this an appropriations bill? because it was the price to pay to get an appropriations bill. i'm enormously disappointed the white house feels that the only way they can get a bill is to go along with this. >> blackmail or compromise, it passed. but many are crediting senator elizabeth warren who has been urging lawmakers to take a stand against the wall street friendly provisions in this bill, which sparking the last ...