think the democrats are winning. everyone else in america wonder how some folks here made it through the birth canal. >> so far they have cleared a procedural vote in the senate. the actual vote in the upper chamber to reopen the government comes 30 minutes or so from now. >> dana: peter, thank you. what is the message from the white house as law makers move to end the shut down. sara sanders is set to speak any moment and we are live with more. >> it's difficult to see how the ball has moved forward even one inch from where it was friday night. senator chuck schumer claims he has a deal to tackle daca. white house tells you the negotiations were under way and showing signs of progress. democrats moving towards the white house position and the white house moving towards the democrats position. saying the number of dreamers is 690,000. we understand there maybe more and they may need to be considered as well. listen how mark short put it a little while ago from the white house. >> we are happy to continue discussions.

my colleagues, senate democrats shut down this government, and now senate democrats need to open this government back up. stop holding our troops and children's health insurance hot t -- hostage. end this reckless shutdown that is inflicting needless suffering on our country. let calmer heads prevail. come to your senses. do the right thing. open this government back up. i yield. >> the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. >> and there you heard paul ryan, pretty impassioned speech there, from the house floor, all of five or six minutes there, getting things started. we were also watching on the side of your screen the women's marchs erupting around the country both today and tomorrow. d.c., new york, charlotte, dallas, los angeles today, the big one las vegas tomorrow. but of course there's a lot to cover. we're going to get to it here. the msnbc news team is on the ground covering the entire government shutdown. garrett haake is live at capitol hill, jeff bennett is at the white house. betsy and phillip, we'll get to you guys in a second. nbc's garrett haake has been covering the

they say frankly, the democrats blinked. and many in the party are accuse go democrats of caving. a source saying in a house caucus meeting today, the chairman of the congressional black caucus said the senate democrats are, quote, getting their butts kicked. either way, though this shutdown on track to end, we are by no means over difficult days. in fact it might just be beginning. we have the press secretary hogan where we'll talk on one of the gang of six, to corey guard not that i remember, and a dreamer and activist who thinks the democrats caved. let's begin with pam will brown. president trump obviously fancies himself a deal maker but as far as we can tell he's been absent. is there any more clarity going forward on where president trump stands on these major immigration issues? >> reporter: white house press secretary sarah sanders said the president's position hasn't changed. if anything his positions have hardened. she stopped short of saying he would support citizenship for the d.r.e.a.m.ers but she said the white house is hope al deal will get done in a couple of week

five democratic senators voted for it. fast forward to today on the procedural motion and there were 33 senators who caucused with the democrats who backed basically the same bill. the timeline was a little different. the republicans were unified in their message. very aggressive. in 2013 when they were trying to get rid of obamacare funding they were not. they were on their heels. this situation was different, the republicans felt they had the upper hand. a lot of democrats are saying they blinked. let's go through some of notsenate democrats who did support today's action. senator sanders of vermont, elizabeth moran of massachusetts,, harris of california, what do they all have in common? guest: they're all thinking about running for president. those candidate whors thinking about, who are in the senate, they were critical of what senator schumer struck. another vote i thought was interesting, senator tester who is up for re-election voted against this but without a doubt you were seeing, we've written about the intra-pa

certainly a lot of democrats wanted to get ship done. the democrats voted to come for thedebate. specifically cited the children's health insurance program. doug jones, the noah's senator elected in alabama. surprisingly last month. he says it's too inborn. several of their allies say, take the deal on children's health insurance. but it is one of those things that there are calculations on a level i am not privy to that very few people are about where they can exert their leverage. apparently, this is where the democrats will draw the line. >>julie: the president wrote a rare op-ed today. basically touting his one-year accomplishments. it appeared in the washington examiner. he calls this a year of real change. even as democrats continue to obstruct and play politics, i have never stopped fighting for the people.and i have no intention of changing course. i promised january 20, 2017 would be a new day for all americans. the day the people became the rulers of this nation once again. what do we reflect upon when we look back at president trump's first year in office? >> certainly

the democratic leader could end this today. get past this crisis and get onto a host of serious issues that require thoughtful, bipartisan negotiations. the shutdown is going to get a lot worse tomorrow. a lot worse. enday would be a good day to it. all we have to do is pass the commonsense legislation the senate is currently considering. ending a government shutdown and ensuring health care continues for vulnerable children, there is nothing in this measure that my democratic friend cannot support. situation. votething changes, the will be no sooner than 1:00 a.m. tonight. we could resolve this much earlier if the democratic leader would throw out the procedural objection and allow the senate to proceed to a vote. our constituents want us to end this. secretary mattis, our military leaders, and are governors want us to end this. right dayday is the to do it. democrats all need to withdraw their filibuster and allow a bipartisan majority to move america forward. if they really care about the big issues, increased defense fundin

now it's the second day of the senate democrats filibuster in the senate democrat shut down of the federal government. because the president wouldn't resolve months of ongoing negotiations over massive issues in one brief meeting and give the democratic leader everything he wants, my friend across the aisle has shut down the government for hundreds of millions of americans. because he didn't get everything he wanted in one meeting friday with the president. sulu pays the price for that? health care for needy children. training and resources for men and women in uniform. care for veterans who came home and survivor benefits for families of heroes who did not. full funding for the cdc nih and safety inspections of food and medicine. you know, to most americans, those sound like fundamental responsibilities. to the democratic leader, currently they sound like hostage rates for the taking. all of this was totally unnecessary. there is a broad consensus on both sides of the isle that daca another issues relate to illegal immigration require a compromise aleutian. almost everybody here, democrat

five democratic senators voted for it. fast forward to today on the procedural motion and there were 33 senators who caucused with the democrats who backed basically the same bill. ok, the timeline was a little different. the republicans were unified in their message. they were very aggressive. in 2013 when they were trying to get rid of obamacare funding they were not. they were on their heels. this situation was different, the republicans felt they had the upper hand. a lot of democrats are saying that they blinked. host: let's go through some of the senate democrats who did not support today's action. senator sanders of vermont, elizabeth wharton -- warren of massachusetts,, harris of california, what do they all have in common? guest: they're all thinking about running for president. there is no doubt about it that those candidates who are thinking about it, who are in the senate, they were critical of what senator schumer struck. interesting vote was senator tester who is up for re-election voted against this . but wi

put the blame where it belongs on the democrats. >> shannon: the democrats shouldn't be con flating the issues. >> the issues of daca and the individuals that have come here, no fault of their own, is a matter of human dignity. at the same time, that is pending until march. we have a job to do to keep the doors open. this isn't about trying to import a new electorate for the democrats. >> that's exactly what it is. >> i don't that i that's the case. >> what about the dignity of american voters. >> absolutely, i agree with that, that's idea two issues shouldn't be together. we need to give the daca issue and immigration issue its own track. >> shannon: five seconds to kurt. >> i agree, the democrats shouldn't have put them together, a tactical and strategic error, i'm glad they made. >> shannon: thank you for joining us tonight. we are out of time as we cover this shutdown, 55 minutes in. we will be joining the vice president overseas, we will be live from jerusalem with him on monday, the show will be there with an exclusive interview. have a great weekend. we'll see you from the middle

democrats are looking for something. democrats have already rejected in a closed door meeting earlier tonight and a couple times on the floor this idea of a three-week short-term funding bill. the question becomes are they willing to just move on into this shutdown that has already begun, as you talked about, don, or are they going to continue to talk and potentially move towards where senator graham's proposal has been? that is still an open question. this is live. this is all happening right in front of you right now. that's the behind the scenes. that's where the talks are. i've been told by multiple republican staffers that they didn't think anything was going to be finalized tonight. the parties were too far apart. but they were more than willing to continue having the discussions, trying to see if there was some way out of this kind of box canyon that they've all found themselves in this evening. that's what you're watching. it could come to an end shortly. i think the people -- i can tell you this in texting back

when it comes to democrats, democrats do not waiver this wish. saying in the worst-case scenario, i hope democrats have depth ofons about the the constitutional crisis. they should refuse to pass legislation until a real russian investigation restarts. they should use every available tool to block nominees. of "the new york times." your message to washington in 2018 is what we would like to hear. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. starting usrgia, off on the republican line. good morning, what is a message you would like to deliver? would like to give to , especially public the democrats, the message that if they would stop and think how much they have blown their whole lives and they continue to do it. when trump came in, everybody on the republican side knew he would get into the stock market, put money in the stock market. changed my life for the best. my prediction this year is that he will get to elect two supreme court justices. thank you and god bless. democrats line, your message to washi

he stared down a democratic shutdown. the biggest leverage the minority party can have is to block spending, force a government shutdown and less they get what they want. they used their biggest weapon and they came away with very little. a victory for mcconnell. he was vindicated. he refused to offer any major concessions, he refused to give much ground, and he got what he wanted which was a reopening of the government. i think it is a pretty strong victory for mcconnell. if there argue that is not a deal on immigration and "dreamers" are left unresolved after march 5, maybe it is not a good outcome for mcconnell because it is an opportunity to take care of an issue that has strong bipartisan support. that theericans think dreamers it should not be deported. that would be a loss for mcconnell because he missed an opportunity to take care of it now. i do not think that is something he is losing any sleep over. republicans i spoke to yesterday thought it was a big victory. senator from arkansas that is republicans said it

you hav to have democrats. what's happening is the left wing of the democrat party is holding them hostage the same way our right wing has in the past and saying we want a fight on this. i haven't seen a democrat describe -- maybe bakari can tell me -- what's in the c.r. they don't like. they voted for everything that's in this bill they've actually voted for before, and there are -- yes, there are 900,000 lives with the d.r.e.a.m.ers. they're 8 million children on the children health insurance program, and that deadline is tonight. so they voted for this many times, and i haven't heard anyone say, well, we don't like the c.r. because of what's in it. they don't like what's not in it because that's a political fight within their own caucus. >> that's not a political fight within our own caucus. just to clarify the math, they don't have 50 votes for this bill in their own caucus. i think they have between 46 and 48. second, it is about what's not in the bill. it is about d.r.e.a.m.ers. i'd love -- there's nothin

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the democrats blame the republicans. the republicans blame the democrats. and we are running around like this guy is falling -- lease guide -- the sky is falling. in february, it will be back to business in washington, d.c., like it always is. the government does not shut down. go toll still be able to school, your checks will still come in. why do we keep believing the hype? independent. am an we are running around like the sky is falling down, and that is not true. host: we are looking at your tweets. "we cannot let foreign nationals our wages,ive down drought of college costs, then tell us what we must do for them or change our laws to sue them and control government policy. shutdown 2018 is all about daca illegals." writes i blame the dems, who bought gop disinformation and did not vote in 2016. one more from park storm. trump and republican are so inept at governing that it is not unreasonable to say the government will not reopen anytime soon. we will find out perhaps more today when the house and senate are expected to act in to see what the plan is

. >> the only people standing in the way are senate democrats. >> democrats shutting down the government. >> where is the urgency here? there isn't any. >> i'm not trying to play for political points. i am trying to get us to come together. >> each side knows there is no clear path in the senate. >> they will have a hard time figuring out who to blame. >> you don't have the kind of consistency from the white house on this particular set of issues. >> until the president decides he wants to be president and not just some tweeter on the outside, it's just going to go on and on with no resolution. >> congress has done nothing, nothing. it is time to go to work. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> very big day here, obviously. anything can happen on our watch and beyond. good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day". the federal government will shut down in 16 hours, 58 minutes with the senate does not pass a spending bill today. republicans need a dozen democratic votes to keep the government open. most democrats say they ll not support the plan without a prote

democratic voters in the future. this is a cynical move by the democratic party, and i just and --ey would go ahead back in 2013, they actually did not like attaching anything else to the fiscal bill, but now they have changed their mind. so obviously, they are hypocrites. host: what kind of work do you do in topeka, kansas? caller: i am medical. host: what does this mean for you? caller: i believe i'm an essential employee. i believe i am essential. host: james, from virginia, and independent. go ahead. this shutdown over immigration, the people, the 70%crats realize, already are on welfare, and do they realize that in the future, how many immigrants are going to take jobs away from the kids that were born and raised in this country? i think it is ridiculous to shut down the government over a little thing like immigration. linda, line for democrats. go ahead. caller: i'm wondering what happened to this country. all of these republicans are so -- on destruction. i don't understand. why mr. mcconnell will not put bein

you see democrats blaming republicans and republicans blaming democrats. with regards to leadership, the u.s. president actually had thoughts on leadership in the face of a shutdown before he became president. let's listen and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> problems start from the top and have to get solved from the top. the president is the leader and he has to get everybody in a room and lead. >> if there is a shutdown, it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the united states. he's the one that has to get people together. >> from the president's mouth. some are asking about the president's leadership and where it is now. >> we know from president trump and citizen trump's style, he's flip-flopped, depending on the situation and always going to put himself in a good light as having provided the best possible leadership and anybody who disagrees with him, there's got to be something negative about them. i think, when we look at the back and forth of the blame game which has now started, we see the rivalry between the two pa

so what do democrats do with this? >> well, i don't think democrats should touch this. i think democrats should be focused on proving to voters how they're going to help them in their lives. this is not a message that wins campaigns. i think you're going to see two things happen. the first is you're going to see the replica leadership completely ignore this, do everything they can not to address it. i think the so-called evangelical leadership and the republican party has been very bankrupt for a long time. we saw that in the alabama senate race, we're going to see that again here. secondly, donald trump is going to do something else and we're going to move on and talk about something else. but stepping back, my question to the republican party would be, at what point is this too much? we have the russia investigation. we have him blowing up a bipartisan compromise to get a budget passed this week. and now we have this. and we have "access hollywood." there is so much. at what point is this party finally going to stand up and say, this guy is no good. he's a bad person.

some democrats do have the will to do this. but what is helpful for dianne feinstein is not helpful for claire mccaskill. david: one thing they are confident about is if there is a government shutdown, they are confident they can it on the republicans, am i right? >> think might be -- they might be. i think the american people will side with the political party that sides with the american voters. to fight for non-citizens and put the military at risk and government shutdown on the horizon, i don't think is right. the democrats don't want to solve this issue. the fact that there always constant stream of illegal immigrants come into this country, the wall would solve that and that's why they don't want it. david: love is back tomorrow. among his lauren: breaking news this morning. the clock is ticking. no budget deal inside his house conservatives reveal their plan does not have enough support. the latest on a shutdown showdown. [inaudible conversations] and an embarrassing show for the press corps at the white house briefing y

republicans blaming democrats. democrats blaming republicans. and at the center of it all, the art of the deal president who, at this time one year ago, was taking the oath of office. and now according to a new poll is the least popular president at the one-year mark in modern political history. had everything gone to plan, he would be at mar-a-lago right now preparing for a high dollar inaugural anniversary party. instead, president trump is at the white house. his schedule blank for now. but he is making time for tweeting. this is the one-year anniversary of my presidency and the democrats wanted to give me a nice president. democrats shut down. i want to take you live right now to the hill and paul ryan. >> we do so many crazy things in washington, but this is utter madness. here is the simple truth. senate democrats refuse to fund the government unless we agree to their demands on something entirely unrelated. they want a deal on immigration. and then they'll think about reopening the government. it is a shakedown strategy that senate democr

on democrats. here is one tweet, alex. he writes this is this is the one-year anniversary of my presidency and the democrats wanted to give me a nice present, #democratshutdown. he's trying to give this shutdown a name and pin it to the other party. sarah huckabee sanders writing this in a statement. senate democrats own the schumer shutdown. we will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands. this is the behavior of obstructionist losers, not legislators. as you and i were talking earlier today, there wasn't a real urgency behind the scenes at the white house. i think the thinking was something was going to get done on capitol hill. they would figure out a way to fix this. and then yesterday of course, the president called chuck schumer to the white house, the two of them had lunch. they had cheeseburgers. it seemed like they were inching closer to a deal. inching closer to preventing this from happening. and then ev

i'm not a republican, not a democrat. as a before obama, i also voted for donald -- i voted for obama, i also voted for donald. it helps to watch c-span and watch these guys vote. it's so divided. at midnight, if they stopped paying congress if they can't sit down and talk it ch c-span a lot, and i see people doing these. what's the point? host: you mentioned earlier today on the house floor, there were a number of lawmakers who are in trump voting states that proposed that they not get paid unless they do their job. we will have to see how that pans out. chris, thanks for the call from north carolina. the vote 50-48. one person who has not voted yet on the senate floor is the majority leader, mitch mcconnell. one other vote is from arizona senator john mccain, who is back home of course. he is dealing with a brain tumor, cancer. he has been back in his home state, and is not going to be voting tonight. we've got 50-48. mcconnell right now being the only one who hasn't cast his vote. we will keep an eye on it. independent

the one year anniversary of my presidency and the democrats wanted to give me a present, democrat shutdown. the president has shifting views when it comes to a shutdown, alex. during a spending tweet in may he said it would be good for the country. there is real concern about the political costs to republicans and to this president. after all, they control the white house and both chambers of congress. alex, as you mentioned, the president was scheduled to be in mar-a-lago to celebrate the one year anniversary of his inauguration. now that is postponed. what is on tap today? likely the president will be working the phones, trying to twist arms behind the scenes trying to get this mess cleared up, alex. >> so then what you're saying is unless there is a deal, that president is not going to be flying south to florida and greeting his supporters who have paid a pretty hefty price to be with him this evening. >> right. at least $100,000 a ticket for individuals, alex. it goes up for couples. that is the thinking right now. that the optics would just be too bad for the president to be at mar-a-

democrats outperforming, enthusiasm is on democrats' side, there are 24 seat that is democrats need to pick up and i believe 23 of those were districts that hillary clinton beat donald trump in, so there's certainly statistics that are looking favorable for democrats but the last thing we need to do is to think that we've got this in the bag. rob: yeah, let's go over to you, ten months, i count that up in my head while jamile was talking but you have a lot of republicans not running here. do they see the warning signs, what is the reason for so many not going into the fight again? >> well, look, it's not necessarily i think the most fun job in the world and a lot of the congressmen that are stepping down, they have been doing this for many years, there's a lot of good points that were said there and i think it's dangerous for democrats to think they are going to automatically going to win the house, here is what's working for them, the party not in the white house usually does very well in midterm elections specially the first midterm election, i will give the democrats that. the de

how many democrats? i think it should be a pretty simple evaluation if very few democrats vote to keep the government, they shut it down, they ought to be blamed for it. but i don't want to play the blame game. i don't want to play gamesmanship. let's keep this simple and keep the government funded and work in good faith to solve this problem. now, let me ask you a question. why would dick durbin leave that white house meeting behind closed doors and throw a hand grenade in those negotiations? if he actually was serious about fixing this problem? >> you mean about the vulgar word that the president used? >> yeah, okay -- >> describing african immigrants to the united states -- >> so if he really wanted to solve this problem, again, this was a private meeting. i think there would be an expectation what was said behind closed doors in a passionate discussion would stay behind closed doors. why would dick durbin leave that meeting and go public and throw a hand grenade -- is it because they would rather hav

democrat and senates basha democrats and senate, step up. you already saw the movement. been negotiations taking place over the last several weeks. the president and i are few more that within a weeks, we can solve the issues related to the budget. we can resolve issues related to the border wall, chain migration, diversity lottery, daca. now is the time for us to remember, we have troops -- announcer: vice president mike pence on his way to meet leaders stopping in ireland at his -- and his comments from yesterday. here is where things stand in the u.s. house. our capitol hill producer tweeting the houses in recess, subject to they call a chair with their return time later today, tba. thisare possible later afternoon and evening. we know they house republican conference will be meeting in 20 minutes, 3:00 eastern. any briefings or news out of that, we will bring that to you as well. the senate is in session. the debate continues on the senate floor to you can follow that over on c-span two. here on c-span, we will take you back to the discussion from this morning's wash

some will be angry thinking the democrats blinked too soon, thinking the democrats didn't get as much commitment on legislation. we're watching a lot of politics play oucht. i want to bring in dana bash who has covered the senate for quite some time. dana, the democrats saying we got what we needed, a commitment to debate in the senate, but there is no reason to think that if they pass a daca bill, an immigration bill in the senate, there is no guarantee that anything like that will pass in the house, is there? >> no, there isn't at all, and that's why the not so subtle trashing of the president the democratic leader started with by saying, what happened to the guy who was supposed to make deals, was so critical because schumer was taunting the president. he knows if it gets to the point where you're going to need to pass this in the house, that is going to be up to the president. the president is going to be the one who has to step forward and give house republicans cover. from the house speaker, who is going to have to be forced by the president to put that whatever bipartisan deal

democrats are willing. you guys are arguing over whether you'll appropriate it or not but seems as if -- chuck schumer what he thought he had an agreement of that the president changed his mind a few hours later. i guess the question i have for you is who is in charge of the president's position on immigration because what -- look at lindsey graham. he calls them tuesday trump versus thursday trump. what's the difference here? >> president trump has been crystal clear on that and he's to the wavered. what lindy graham and senator durbin offered to the president was to say, here, we've narrowed it down to the four areas, when they came over to the white house and presented them they were woefully insufficient inside the four arrows. we narrowed down the broader debate no a smaller one. well feel like we're making progress on the overall discussion and we think we'll get to a solution. what befuddles us is we're not going to pay millions. you're troops or the border agents until what, we don't know what it is

or republican party or democratic party. record something that attacks democrats is so out of the question. it's even hard to express. maybe i'm just old fashioned and maybe this is the world we live in and everyone's totally partisan and career workers at the white house are ordered to record partisan messages. it's wrong. i do think the disrespect of the trump white house has revealed to me what it's been for an year is incredibly partisan, all about president trump, about what he wants no sense of institution and taxpayer and citizenry. they talk a lot about the american citizens but don't actually act that they are the place american citizens are supposed to look to for nonpartisan guidance and not personal guidance occasionally and for standing above the squabbling of the shutdown. i would say on the shutdown, sadly, this vote i'm not sure will happen in half an hour. might get postponed. i do not believe you'll get a vote where 50 republicans and 10 governments open the government. schumer will not permit that to happe

the democrats lost by 23, then four. democrats lost by 30-plus, then six. you look at those numbers there. even in places where the republicans are winning, they're seeing evidence of a democratic groundswell of turnout. >> i think there are a couple things to worry about. there's democratic excitement, combined with republican complacency, and i think the third part, the secret ingredient, partly in alabama, is a real willingness for democrats to put in work on the ground. wisconsin's a state that's been carved up thanks to all the recalls. it's organized within an inch of its life. they do work on the ground. so those things all combined with the erosion of talent, of course, does not look great. >> and retirements are coming up. look for more house republican retirements in the next few weeks. this is going to be a big thing to watch. and recruiting republicans, as well, that's a big issue. t retirements and recruitments are an issue. >> you don't want to risk losing. you don't want to try to come back into politics and lose. thanks for joining us on "in

polls say who's to blame, republicans say democrats are, democrats say republicans are. this is not an issue where people are persuaded by evidence. they just go to the partisan camp. if ut matters in 018, i agree with mark, it's bad, if uh you're a red state senator trying to hold on to your seat this is a bad posture for you. it's just not good in. the longer term, of course, in the republicans maintain the party not only of donald trump but they turn into the party of tom cotton who wants to cut legal immigration by 50%, then that to me is ruinous for the party. one of the things that's fascinating, one of the reasons there is so much confusion is this is a party who had a strong lindsey graham, john mccain, george w. bush wing, and suddenly that's shifted, and how far has it shifted? 5u89 way to tom cotton? a lot further than a lot of us thought. people are trying to catch up to where the party has shifted and donald trump has mud idea the waters by being here, being there, being there, but mostly pretty restrictionist. >> woodruff: mark, you're saying the democrats

it is up to the democrats. >> plus the partisan blame game kicks into a predictable higher gear. >> democrats refuse to cooperate. >> republicans are dilly dallying. taking their good old time. >> and is chief of staff john kelly on the outs for calling the president uninformed. >> no, he didn't say that. i don't think he said it the way you would like him to say it. he didn't say that. >> got that? this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm chuck todd here in washington, trying to cover our government. but it can't quite govern. less than 31 hours away from a government shutdown. the -- house has been debating after the president threw a giant wrench into the negotiations and deal-makers on capitol hill were unsure of what the president wants or if he understands what is in the short-term deal. and now senate democrats are suggesting they have the votes to kill it any way. folks, here is how president trump set off a chain reaction on capitol hill. one, it all began with a tweet that was intent on blowing up his own party deal as it dangled on the brink of failure. wh

well i think the democrats could be playing with fire here five as as report noted five democratic senators actually voted with republicans to continue the government funding these are senators who represent states that president trump one in twenty sixteen and they are up for election this year states like missouri west virginia north dakota indiana and so those senators are the polling suggests that in those states those senators will be getting the blame if the government doesn't continue with the funding and the darker. issue is not one that really resonates with voters in those states those states tend to have low immigrant low minority populations by and large and so while this may play well in states like california and texas for the democrats it may help them in some of the house elections it could ultimately hurt them in holding some seats in the senate elections in november with some. article about two days ago where he said basically that trump is riding this wave of unprecedented economic reform as a president is born in the markets and that therefore that he will continue to wh

he calls it a gift from the democrats. we are going to ask the white house about that and look back at the year of the president's fir first. >> and rallies and marches in cities across the united states today, pushing for causes like protecting illegal immigrants, and furthering women's rights. ♪ >> and welcome to a special edition of america's news headquarters. i'm leland vittert live at the white house. we have the principal deputy white house press secretary standing by in just a minute. gillian, in some ways as much as the focus is here on the white house, it's just as much with you on capitol hill. gillian: absolutely, leland. there are thousands of people, they're down by the lincoln memorial today and the reflecting pool, just one of the cities here in washington, holding women's rallies. we'll go down there live in a few moments. so stick with us. our own caroline shively is standing by and she'll bring us the latest. both the house and senate working hard this weekend to try and come up with a deal to end the

you heard already some senate republicans and democrats and house democrats saying, you know what? no daca, no deal. so i think that they are -- since the president's comments they are actually digging deeper and make it much more complicated to get a deal. >> what's your sense of the political calculus here for democrats? i mean to a certain extent chuck schumer is in a difficult position. caught between -- first of all and we shouldn't minimize this. there are hundreds of thousands of kids that are really at the center are of all of this. but there's a lot of pressure on the left for democrats not to be seen at all with the president. whereas chuck schumer has a handful of moderate democrats he has to protect in 2018. >> one thing about this particular issue, the dreamers, it's an extremely sympathic position. extending these conditions for daca has remained popular throughout president obama's tenure and trump's tenure. 70% of americans want to see these protections extended. i think for people on both sides what is very tricky about this is exactly what you said. these are hund

not many democrats have. beyond that i don't know who has access or whether it's been shared with the administration. >> dana: i think i read ten democrats have read it. about the text you saw yesterday. there is a little going back and forth about this. listen to the judge this morning talking about this, if you don't mind. >> the government owns the mobile device. the government owns the information and the data that's on it. did they destroy or hide government data? this is the same allegation that they, they let mrs. clinton off the hook. >> dana: do you think there was malfeasance in the loss of the text messages or was it innocent and technical. >> i don't know, dana. it's possible it was innocent. that it was technical. the problem is it's a strange coincidence it involves a period of time and texts that relate to the mueller investigation. when you layer that on other strange and you know fortunate coincidences like the same agents appearing in investigations involving donald trump and hillary clinton

democrats say, no, it's republicans. republicans say it's democrats. in that scenario, if there's not a deal struck you could have one of these deals where it goes 16, 17 days of shutdown. then you are feeling it. because nobody is getting paid. still showing up for work but they aren't getting paid, that's not fair. >> shannon: and they do, we understand most of them, get that pay back. >> bret: not getting paid there. >> shannon: but there are costs with stopping and starting major functions of the government, all kinds of studies nonpartisan that say you know our economy takes a hit, the gdp takes a hit, if this goes on any substantive amount of time. it does cost money to turn levers off and on. a lot of agencies fades people out, they have a -- phase people out, stepdown plan, not like it happens overnight. >> bret: right, but there was a choice the last shutdown, they wanted it to happen overnight. mick mulvaney talked about that today, there's money that can be used to lessen the blow which they, i think, are doing. only other caveat is that a l

democrats were raised in democrat families who crossed over to vote trump. we're one year, one year in. how is he doing? >> fantastic. >> phenomenal. >> better than i ever would have dreamt. i mean that sign serely. >> really? >> i agree. >> he's doing wonderful. he's staying on task. >> reporter: we start with the hot button topic of the moment. how big an issue to all of you is immigration? >> huge? >> really? in youngstown, ohio? >> absolutely. >> as far as i'm concerned, they're stealing jobs of rightful citizens. roim it's also about rules and respect. >> i feel when people come here illegally, that's just disrespectful. you don't disrespect our laws and you shouldn't be able to come here free wheeling like that. >> reporter: a year later, they all want the wall. as for the president's speech, gina says she used to cringe. not anymore. so you don't cringe because you've grown numb to it? >> not at all. i know what he's done. i started to realize why he uses twitter the way he does. if all he had to rely on him is what people said about him, i might not

senate democrats derail bill to avert shutdown. senate democrats block passage of a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open. bloomberg, senate democrats block g.o.p. funding plan as shutdown kicks in. those are just a few of the sort of coverage of this by the media. and so the point i would make, mr. president, is that i think it's not being lost on people outside this chamber what happens happening here. this is purely an attempt to hijack the united states senate over a debate on an issue which, frankly, doesn't have an urgent deadline. there's nothing that says that we have to have the issue of daca solved tomorrow or even the day after that. there's a deadline in march and there were good-faith negotiations underway between republicans and democrats in the house nn the senate -- house and in the senate to solve that issue, and it is an issue that needs to be resolved. there is great sympathy on both sides of the united states senate for how to deal with those young people who were brought into this country here illeg

a lot of democrats are saying they blinked. >> let's go through some of the senate democrats who did not support today's action. senator sanders of verm, elizabeth warren of massachusetts, ka ma la harris f california, kristen jill jill brant of new york. what do they all have in common? guest: they're all thinking about running for president. those candidate whors thinking about, who are in the senate, they were critical of what senator schumer struck. another vote i thought was interesting, senator tester who is up for re-election voted against this but without a doubt you were seeing, we've written about the intra-party fights on the right. there's a lot of intra-party fights on the left. schumer was stuck between his centrist democrats running in red state this is juror and the 2020 possible presidential candidate. host: your colleague was reporting there was a smile on the face of senator mcconnell heas heard the reaction from chuck schumer on the senate floor. guest: yeah, and you don't see mitch mcconnell smile much he keeps his cards to his vest he said there will be no hutdo

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or -- or our democratic friends could continue to take the democratic leader's advice and vote to shut down the governme government, destabilize funding for our troops, shut down the children's health care program, and still not get what they're demanding on illegal immigrati immigration. it's really up to them. i look forward to voting soon on cloture on the house bill. the american people, the citizens who actually elected us, will be wating. they will see which senators make the patriotic decision to stand up for the american people and vote to continue government funding and extend children's health care while we continue our bipartisan talks. and they will see which senators vote to shove aside veterans, military families, and vulnerable children to hold the entire country hostage, hold the entire country hostage until we pass an immigration bill they haven't even written yet. this is completely unfair and uncompassionate for my democratic colleagues to filibuster government funding, harm our troops, and jeopardize health coverage for nine million children because extreme elements

as many left leaning progressive democrats and some of the most well known democrats bernie sanders and elizabeth warren but also cory booker and kirsten gillibrand voted against this bill so this could be spelling trouble for the democrats. in the future come november what does this mean then in terms of another shutdown i mean does this mean that the matter is off the table and that the government will now be funded indefinitely no no it doesn't it's just again kicking the can down the road so to speak does this extension of the funding just runs until early february and then the whole matter will come up again in the congress and it remains to be seen if congress can come up with a full full fledged resolution of this issue of once and for all but until then we could face the same situation again early february for this shutdown basically a two or three day shutdown over the weekend we can talk about a lot of impact that it had on the lives of many americans can we. no it didn't really have such a big impact because the as you said this was this was mostly just over the weekend a

no doubt. >> democrats are you motivate snd. >> as much as i like a democratic to win that seat at the rate we're going we don't have a platform that fires people up in the way that trump's speeches and slogans do. >> you're looking for the rock star candidate. >> absolutely. >> do you think trump won over independent voters. >> i think time will tell. we need to do better job unifying the message and having tough discussions to see what we're going to fight for. >> our thanks to tom. and we'll be right back. >> announcer: abc news "nightline" brought to you by -- this is charlie. and this is charlie not coughing because he took delsym 12-hour. this is charlie not coughing while trying not to wake zeus. this is charlie not coughing while sitting very still. and this is charlie not coughing while getting a little too into nana's party. because he took delsym. nothing lasts longer for powerful cough relief. delsym. the joy of not coughing. and don't forget kids 4 and up. delsym is #1 pediatrician recommended. but their nutritional needs (vremain instinctual.d, that's why there's purina o

at least with the democratic face. the reason i use the phrase short-term is because the hope among senate democratic leaders is to take the short-term hit with the base and in the broader sort of political in the hopes that at the end of the day that they can get a bill and a promise on a bill that will allow these dreamers to stay and get it through the senate. now, that's a big gamble particularly since they went past the brink with this shutdown. in the short term it certainly is a political hit that shumer has had to take, but my understanding is that he had a lot of pressure from the democrats who ended up voting yes. it was about 18 or 19 democrats or so who voted no. many of them are from sort of progre progressive ring. the majority of the democratic caucus wanted to find a solution. >> so here is what congresswoman says. senate democrats and schumer got to potential for momentum. is that a thing? didn't they have a promise before? didn't they say we can talk about this later? wasn't that exactly what happened

he said the reason the democrats own this shutdown is because democrats must work with republicans. they do have to get to 60 votes in t in the senate, they only got 50. so to pass whatever's in front of them they had to get to 60. >> that's correct. it was a by tart san rejection in the u.s. senate of the harmful house concerning resolution. and let's make this very simple for the american people. continuing resolutions harmful to our military. secretary of defense mattis said that a few days ago and we have been continuing to do these short-term spending measures without ever passing a budget. i have been in congress for three years now, i've not seen a single budget from the republican leadership. that's ridiculous. we need to take a stand and fully fund our military and not keep doing these harmful short-term crs. >> how about this one. at the top of the show your clique said he'd be willing to concede some funding for the border wall in order to protect d.r.e.a.m.ers and then make republicans pay at the polls in 2018. does that prospect work for? you do you agree with that one?

the democrats have now allowed this to move forward. hopefully the house will move this through quickly and it will be at the white house for the president to sign. we can start immediately on discussions on immigration reform. >> when will we see him? >> we'll keep you posted. we'll certainly make sure you guys are aware when that time comes. >> will we see him sign the thing? >> certainly possible. we'll let you know. the timing of that isn't finalized. we have to wait on the house piece. there is also omb and legal reviews that have to take place before it actually finally hits the president's desk. a little bit of that is a timing and formality issue. >> will we see him today regardless of what the house does or doesn't do? >> we'll let you know. maggie? >> just going back to the nafta discussions does the president still have faith in wilbur ross? >> absolutely. i spoke with the president directly this morning. he has 100% confidence in secretary ross. he loves wilbur, thinks he's doing a great job and has been a strong advocate fo

one of our democratic colleagu colleagues, aid to one of our democratic colleagues was reported as saying i'm concerned we don't have an exit strategy. well, i think the exit strategy is pretty straightforward. at 1:00 a.m. tonight, early tomorrow morning they will have a chance to vote to reopen the government for three weeks. again, governing by continuing resolution is a lousy way to govern and a miserable way to govern. it is irresponsible better than a shutdown. i hope our collies will take advantage of this opportunity of the conciliatory gesture that the majority m leader has made o shorten the length of continuing resolution that they filibuster that resulted in a shutdown and that they will now vote for this three-week continuing resolution, w during which we reopen negotiation on the daca issue. it could be there is no guarantee but it could be given three weeks more time we could come up with a solution to all those issues and more. disaster relief for puerto rico for florida for the virgin islands, for taxes, disaster relief for california and the wildfires have devastated pla