that's armstrong williams, radio talk show and also joined by leonard steinwarned. >> lawmakers are looking to a part a government shutdown. -- a vote a government shutdown. >> christina marcos of "the hill," walk us through what will happen over the next few days. now, congress does not have a clear plan for how it will avert a shutdown. they won't support the spending

bill unless there is progress. they want protections for these young, undocumented immigrants. the trump administration is ending them under daca. hand, there are lks that are loath to create another short-term patch from the pentagon. and then you always have fiscal concerns with the spending bills. chip deadline is in march. and the dreamers debate has been inflamed over the past couple of days. how does all of that play into this debate? democrats are saying they will not vote for another spending bill unless there is something in place for the

dreamers. issue and complexity the controversy of president trump's remarks. if there is some measurable progress for how democrats will come on board -- but right now they see no advantage to simply helping republicans keep the government open. the fourth cr for this congress? ristina: it is, since the september. there were two in december alone. defense hawks are very frustrated. it is not responsible governing to justify a short-term spending bill over and over. host: we are talking with

christina marcos of "the hill." why is this so difficult for congress? christina: immigration has always been a difficult issue. a lot of passionate feelings on both sides. republicans are split. lawmakersnterested who believe these am immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children through no fault of they don't even realize they are undocumented until they are applying to college or something happens. they don't think it is fair to who had noe people, involvement in deciding to come here illegally. have people who want to cut down on illegal

immigration and argue this is the fault of the system. people with certain skills should come into the country. don't --senators agreed to that short-term cash, do the speaker and leader mcconnell have the votes they need in h chamber -- each c hamber to get this through? christina: speaker ryan did manage to acquire a number of votes to pass the bill in december. in the senate, even if majority leader mitch mcconnell manages to get all his pockets on board, they still need several democrats to break the filibuster. senate democrats will be voting to keep the government open.

the holidays were on the line last december. lawmakers did not want to stay in washington after that. democrats are facing a lot more urgency from their base. where do you put the chances of a government shutdown at this point? would say the government shutdown is generally we had one back in 2013. lawmakers recognized how damaging it is. time, democrats know there are midterms on the rise. they want to meet the demands of that base and try and keep liberal energy throughout november.

marcos of "the hill," thank you for being with us. >> last week at the white house, president trump signed a proclamation designating today as martin luther king jr. day. nephew ofned by the the civil rights leader, as well as secretary ben carson. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] president trump: hello, everybody. thank you very much. i want to thank secretary carson , along with with mr. isaac newton farris jr. and guests for joining us today. it is a great honor. earlier this week i had a privilege to join isaac and others to sign into law legislation redesignating the martin luther king jr. national