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The caps, the budget caps. we know where we need to be on c.h.i.p.. and so i think we ought to be able to get it done. now, this place makes a practice of making everyone's life as miserable as possible. i'm not talking about the senators, but the american people as well. and often sells for the lowest common denominator deal. that's what i've seen year after year after year for ten years. so, that could also happen. >> i feel like i should ask you, do you plan on running for election to come back to such a miserable place. >> well, we need to fix it. >> what do you think -- what kind of commi...

>> i know none of you expected to be here late on sunday evening. tell us where things stand. is there any hope of this logjam breaking tonight and not having a shutdown? >> i think a lot of people here hope that's true. i'm one of those people. i'd like us to reopen the government, continue the discussions that we're having on a whole range of issues, not just immigration, but we'll just have to see what happens later tonight. >> senator schumer came out of this meeting with mitch mcconnell. neither one of them said much about what was going on. but our sources tell us that there was -- they'...

From where at this very hour senate leaders are scrambling to try and figure out how to avoid day three of a shutdown. in a sign of progress, chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell met at the capital. the first time they've spoken since friday, under pressure to end this. that came on the heels of a bigger bipartisan meeting earlier in the day. >> when was the last time you saw 22 senators meeting day after day, and the number of senators keeps growing with each meeting that we have? and each one of them is committed to getting to a solution. >> it is absolutely our goal to make sure that there are...