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Earlier this week. members of the problem solvers caucus is what they call themselves. there were a handful of democrats in on that meeting. people like gonzalez who has been there before. he's in the moderate district in texas and has been someone in the past who has been willing to listen to the president on issues of immigration, as well as a new democratic congress member from virginia who was there, a new democratic congress member from minnesota who was listening in. so there have been some democrats at the table. some democrats, the problem solvers caucus has its own problems, and i don...

Interested in finding a way out. obviously i think it's very important that we reopen the government. you have a lot of -- the economy taking a hit, affecting jobs and safety and security. so we have to open the government. but i think there was an agreement that both sides should come to the table and really look for a way out. >> neil: congressman, did any of your party leaders tell you not to go? we heard reports of that? >> no. in fact, talking to leadership along the way as we should, but i think a group of us, the problem solvers felt we should go on a bipartisan way and talk to the pres...

President's position to nancy pelosi's position in finding middle ground. i think at this point that, since the congress -- it's clearly not going to do anything to get their act together on this. i think the president and his team need to start looking at what other measures they can get to build this wall. i just don't see them being able to negotiate. as we talked about, i believe it was on monday, it was very difficult to negotiate with people who not only don't believe in a wall -- they also believe that ice should be abolished. they also believe that our borders should be open. the democ...

Comes to that. so let me start with you. the president said today that he told those congressional leaders that he'd be willing to let this go on for months, maybe even a year. what is your -- do you think it is realistically possible this thing? we're measuring it in two weeks right now. is it possible this could stretch on into months? >> i think that's absurd. i think what we need to do is actually stay the table, both sides, and keep working together until we get the government reopened. i just don't understand. we passed this week out of the house legislation to reopen the government. one...

And jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. congressman, you're the only one on this panel with a vote on this potentially if and when it comes to that. so let me start with you. the president said today that he told those congressional leaders that he'd be willing to let this go on for months, maybe even a year. what is your -- do you think it is realistically possible this thing? we're measuring it in two weeks right now. is it possible this could stretch on into months? >> i think that's absurd. i think what we need to do is actually stay the table, both sides, and k...