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>> now is the time for congress to show the world that america is committed to ending illegal immigration. in the past most of the people in this room voted for a wall, but the proper wall never got built. i will get it built. simply put, walls work and walls save lives. so let's work together, compromise and reach a deal that will truly make america safe. >> if you're an optimist you did hear the president say the word compromise and nowhere in the 82-minute speech did the president hint where or how he would budge off his wall demand. the top democrat in the senate today sounding sour on the...

Thing. that is compared to 32% who do blameing of the democrats, one of f the newest members of congress is not biting his tongue. here he is. >> we should all be outraged and we should call it what it is. this president is effectively taken b our government hostage simply because he won't and can't get his way. >> cnn political director david challen is with me and a source familiar with trump's thinking tells cnn he is digging in on his wall demand and quote not going to budge even an inch because he thinks he is winning the pr battle, but the numbers show the shutdown may be having an impac...

800,000 federal workers have become pawns in an unrelated policy fight for congress. immigration is not the issue when you're talking about government funding. it's simply to keep the lights on, to keep government functioning. what's happening now, about half of these 800,000 federal workers are going to continue to have to work, not getting paid for the duration of the shutdown. but your previous guest was right, it's going to take the rest of the american public feeling the negative impacts of the shutdown before, i think, the pressure mounts on the white house to, i think, back down from th...

>> jared and his wife avon ka trump, there was a period they were pushed out and did not have full power, they are taking advantage of the vacancy and the administration to assert power with the president. they're behind the new selection of the chief of staff, in part. >> you know, hey, ron, don't you miss the fact that your dad could have made you in charge of middle east policy, criminal justice reform? don't feel you were left out? did you have any toys at christmas? >> i do. i could have had a huge portfolio. but then my father was sane. >> i know he was that. >> the president by the way ...