>> the senate health committee hearing and last week's -- it is on our website. ent mark warren tweeting yesterday, "president trump signing the short-term the portraitunder of mckinley at the signing of peace treaty signing with spain on 1898." here's more about that from washington journal. >> on the list of this winner , chuck schumer goes

on that and you go on that -- how do you think he fared for the last couple of days? guest: he got himself out of the top situation. senatecconnell and majority leader was not going to make any compromises. he was not going to give the democrats any significant concessions. agree to what he said was a level playing field and he promised an open amendment process. the democrats are claiming that as a small victory. it falls short of what the democrats wanted when they shut down the government. they wanted either a meeting with trump to negotiate on immigration and spending, or they wanted a commitment from the gop leaders to add an immigration bill to a much passed build. they did not get either of those objectives. the republicans argued, they

were going to have an immigration debate anyway in february because of that march 5 deadline to take care of dreamers. host: if i am mitch mcconnell, where do i go from here and where -- is this a victory for him? guest: it is a very big victory for him. 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 was an "massive political blunder by the democrats perko host: -- massive blunder by the

democrats." host: -- guest: joe manchin who is a led the charge along with a susan collins, the moderate republican from maine who often rises above the fray and two attentions and above the crowd whenever there is a crisis or standoff. she is crucial to defeating to the health care legislation earlier this year and also was crucial to pack think -- the passing tax reform. she was hosting meetings in her office. there are more than 20 democratic and republican colleagues. she had a bipartisan group that reached as big as two dozen. weekend and yesterday,

they met a negotiated and they figured out what it would take to reopen the government. the ones that presented a plan to the democratic leadership and ultimately the republican leadership, and they brokered this deal to get the government reopened. it is a criticism of moderates schumer to change his position because what the democrats agreed to on monday was not all that different. it was very similar to what they rejected on friday in terms of the month-long pass. they did get commitment from mcconnell to bring up legislation, but republicans and say, we were going to do that anyway. happened ate moderates had not been meeting? i think the shutdown would have gone on for a few more days. next walk us through the couple of weeks specifically through the immigration debate.

what do you expect to play out? the democrats and republicans, they have retreats coming up at the end of this month and beginning of next month. the present state of the union is coming up -- the presidents's state of the union is coming up. they still have to negotiate the spending caps for the spending bill. then need to negotiate the disaster relief. they have a lot of work to do on the appropriations bills and this pending negotiations have been held up by this demand by the democrats to deal with daca. over the next three weeks, we are really going to see leaders trying to figure out what the getding caps are, trying to a spending package put together, and then they are going to turn to immigration. said, in his pledge in the senate floor, he said if there is no deal on immigration

when the cr expires, i am going to bring an immigration bill to the floor with a level playing field. this will be an open amendment process. i will be very surprised if they reach any immigration bill book -- deal before that date. mcconnell is going to bring what ashas promised the democrats a neutral vehicle. what that is going to look like still needs to be negotiated. isthe house side, there going to be immigration debate, but i do not think it is going to be what senate democrats or --n house number house democrats want or envisioned. whatever passes the senate in terms of immigration is up in the air. speaker paul ryan is indicated he wants to have a debate and vote on a much more conservative bill which is sponsored by the

public chairman of the judiciary committee. that bill is a lot more conservative than what democrats are willing to support. act is the secure americans requiring e-verif y systems and they want to and migration.in there is more in this conservative bill that is going to be a problem for democrats. he wants to ryan -- bring that conservative bill to the house floor and see if they can pass. we will see if he takes up the immigration bill that gte -- gets passed by the senate. alex bolton who is the

senior staff writer at the hill following closely. thank you for your time. guest: thing for having me. >> coming up in 10 minutes on former vice president joe biden. he will be gotten by u.s.-russia relations. that is coming up live at 12:30 eastern. later today, the white house briefing from sarah sanders -- press secretary sarah sanders scheduled for 3:30 p.m. eastern. senior history producer shares some background the upcoming series. >> by popular demand, it is returning. listen to the collars this morning, they are talking about -- callers this morning, they , thealking about race powers of the constitution, and so what we have for season two is seven landmark cases that

took -- take you through the history of the country. we had a very long set of cases and what we wanted to do was take cases that have a human interest story to them. beingsases affect human across the country. the cases came down, did they change the country in their time and how relevant are they today? all of them are relevant. the first case, is the power of congress to write laws that can overrule the states. 1886 thatse in anthony kennedy has mentioned many times and that is all about immigration. guestsave two very good in washington and we have a video journalist that will go out around the country to tell the story of those cases. we will go to san

francisco. for the civil rights cases, the cases that were overturned in 1875 that made it unconstitutional -- jim crow laws went into effect in this country. frederick douglass makes an amazing speech just a week afterwards. we will take you to the place where frederick douglas makes douglass makesck that speech. we will talk about how these are relevant for today. >> the sure to watch these beginning february 26 at 9:00 p.m. eastern live on c-span, c-span.org, or listen with the free radio app. to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony marlow. the book, go to www.c-span.org /landmarkcases. >>