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The president has not seen wilbur ross' remarks but does think that perhaps he could have phrased what he said differently. for those viewers who didn't see what he said, wilbur ross said he didn't understand why federal workers were going to food banks instead of just taking out loans and then did admit that they may have to pay interest on get the. wolf? >> the president repeatedly said, kaitlan, we have a lot of alternatives and i will do those alternatives if there is no compromise deal. i assume he's talking about declaring a national emergency and coming up with building a wall on his ow...

Order to do so. what would you do if he decides to take those unilateral steps without congressional legislation? >> i think donald trump should reopen government and then if he wants to do that, that's up to him. we can fight it out in the courts. but the democrats in the senate and in the house are not going to cave to donald trump's demands in the middle of a government shutdown. now, donald trump reopens government, then everything is on the table and i'm happy to consider the call in the context of a large immigration reform bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship as well as daca...

Remains open right now and that largely sits in the president's lap. >> he called in the white house press pool, making some statements. so far, we're told, he hasn't yet spoken about the negotiations to try to end this shutdown. but we'll have that fairly soon. i want to bring in our white house correspondent kaitlan collins. reporters now are listening to what the president had to say. first of all, what are you hearing? >> wolf, that's going to be the first question those reporters have for the president, is what his thinking is in on all of this as phil noted the president and the white ho...

>> when the vote for the president's proposal failed, we went to see the second alternative. i voted for that as well. again, because i want to see government get open and government workers get paid. that proposal also failed. now it's going to be up to republican leadership, democrat leadership to come together and begin to negotiate. >> reporter: wolf, those negotiations are, in fact, happening. what everybody on capitol hill is waiting for is where the white house is going to come down. senator lindsey graham spoke with president trump a short while ago, put out a statement saying he belie...

Term and, to be fair, the idea that they would give money for a wall in the long term is not something anybody is willing to agree with at this moment. there are absolutely talks going on, both at the highest levels, mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer meeting, and lower level on rank and files, trading ideas back and forth, continuing discussions, though they haven't been fruitful up to this point. on the top line, the reality is that the democrats, not only do they hold that position of not giving in on any policy concessions at this point, they also believe they hold the stronger hand here. t...