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And i think it's very unfortunate. >> sandra: mike emanuel is live from capitol hill this morning with more. mike, good morning. >> good morning. senate republicans are saying they're hopeful there will be movement today. it is not clear if it will be on a short term government funding extension or longer term through next september. president trump is tweeting on the topic this morning saying illegal immigration costs the united states more than $200 billion a year. how is this allowed to happen? a key senate republican says he does not see any benefit to a partial government shutdown. >> i j...

What i said was that i support border security. i think walls work. and i would like to see the president sit down with, i think, soon to be speaker pelosi who i think is calling the shots here. on this issue, i don't think chuck's involved, really. i think it's speaker pelosi. i think on this issue, if you turn speaker pelosi upside down and shook her, chuck would fall out of her pocket on this one. i think she's taken the lead and i think we ought to try to work it out but i would like to see -- let me put it another way. i haven't heard any arguments from speaker pelosi as to why a wall wou...

I mean, this is a small price to pay for the great country i've had the privilege of living in and being an american so i'm not going to give up on it. i don't have one republican that i consider not my friend. i want to work with them. >> if the shutdown had continued, would you have not filed for re-election? >> i would have been hollering. a lot louder, probably. i don't think chuck had the stomach to go on. he plays a part differently and i don't understand where -- i understand the dynamics. of our caucus, much different. the democratic caucus, that's a big tent, chuck. that is a big tent...

Language but that's how they talk. when chuck and i talk, we talk west virginia to new york. that's a little different. i said, chuck, this place sucks. i said it. >> if it sucks, why are you running for re-election? >> because i think i can make it better. i think i can contribute to bringing people together. i'm not giving up on it. i mean, this is a small price to pay for the great country i've had the privilege of living in and being an american so i'm not going to give up on it. i don't have one republican that i consider not my friend. i want to work with them. >> if the shutdown had con...

The polls are closed in both of the states. what are you going to be watching for it's interesting to hear the santorum campaign telling our embed, they think they won by making the romney campaign sweat michigan. oh, i don't think chuck is giving that a long thought. chuck, are you there? >> i am now. i didn't realize that question was dealt for me. they do feel that way because we know it's a tight race and we know it's likely to be a tight race in this instant, for what it's worth, michigan is a large state, a lot of people and always geforget, there way is michigan, this way is wisconsin o...