a fox news alert, there is not a lot of optimism right now to striking a deal to reopen the government. just a short time ago, a member of the republican senate leadership said he is placing his bets that the government will remain shut down on monday, which is tomorrow. that's according to senate majority whip john cornyn of texas. but despite that sentiment, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has promised a vote by 1:00 a.m. monday to try to reach a deal on spending. but as the search for a compromise drags on, the rhetoric on both sides is ramping up. now amid the impasse, a bipartisan group of senators is trying to hammer out a deal, both sides can live with.

hello everyone. welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm arthel level. eric: good evening everyone. i'm eric shawn. tempers have been running short all weekend. and the political stakes are sky high as both sides have been blaming each other for the stalemate. now comes toward tonight that republican senate leader mitch mcconnell and his democratic counterpart charles schumer, that they have met face-to-face with an agreement seemingly unlikely at this hour. democrats still demanding protections for those under daca, the dreamers, to protect them from deportation. while republicans in the white house want to focus solely on passing a spending bill right now. arthel: we have fox team coverage. garrett tenney is at the white house with reaction from there, from the trump administration, but we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel who is live on capitol hill where much of this action is taking place. what can you tell us? >> arthel, good evening. there's that bipartisan group of senators trying to find a way out of this government shutdown. they need some buy-in from their

respective leaders, mcconnell on the republican side and schumer on the democratic side. mcconnell's plan right now is a vote in the senate late night tonight on a three-week government funding package. one of the key senators involved in these bipartisan talks says they need to figure it out soon or positions could harden. >> is it realistic to hope there could be a solution to this tonight? >> yeah, because if it doesn't happen tonight, it is going to get a lot harder tomorrow. i'm going to be -- >> democrats rejected a four-week government funding package late night friday night. their base is demanding a deal for the so called dreamers, the young people who were brought to this country illegally by their parents. on fox news sunday, chris wallace pressed a key democrat on what it would take to get him to vote yes. >> i voted against a 30 day cr and to be clear, on friday, an assistant to that secretary of defense, secretary mattis, put out a statement saying we shouldn't have another 30-day cr.

that's why there were republicans and democrats who voted on friday against a 30-day cr. >> so a three week cr, you are going to go for? >> it depends on what's on the table in terms of what we're going to move forward on. >> with it being a weekend, there's a sense the real pain of the government shutdown has not been felt yet. tomorrow starts a work week, with much of the federal government scheduled to be on furlough. arthel? arthel: thank you very much. eric: president trump also making his voice heard during this contentious government showdown. he's been urging republicans to change the senate rules so the rules can work in the g.o.p.'s favor. the president also criticized the democrats again tweeting quote democrats are holding our military hostage over their desire to have unchecked illegal immigration, can't let that happen. garrett tenney tonight is live at the white house with more on the president's day. good evening, garrett. >> eric, good evening to you. this is not the first time president trump has urged republicans to get around democratic resistance using the

nuclear option. you will remember earlier last year, when republicans were in the midst of tough negotiations to try and get healthcare reform, he also urged them to change the senate rules to allow bills to pass with a simple majority of 51 votes rather than 60. he did that again today on twitter when he tweeted in part if stalemate continues, republicans should go to 51% nuclear option and vote on real long-term budget. no cr's which is a short-term spending bill. now, senate majority leader mcconnell has flatly rejected that idea on multiple occasions, and he did so again today, but white house officials have also come out to explain that the nuclear option is just one of the many ways the president is suggesting congress could send this shutdown. today -- could end this shutdown. the today the white house is also pushing back of criticisms from democrats and republicans. chuck schumer claimed he and the president reached a deal to

address daca and avoid a government shutdown but said the president later backed out. >> this evening, the white house is also reacting to statements senator graham made earlier today when he said that white house staff were largely to blame for the white house's failure to reach a deal to keep the government open and to reach a deal on immigration, particularly calling out the president's advisor miller. we just got a statement from deputy press secretary, he said as long as senator graham chooses to support legislation that sides with people in this country illegally and unlawfully, instead of our own american citizens, we are going nowhere. he's been outlier for years. so white house dealing with some blowback on both sides of the aisle at this point. but they insist the president is very much involved, pushing for

congress to reach some kind of deal that he can sign to get the government open once again. eric? eric: garrett, it is not there yet. thanks so much. arthel? arthel: as the stalemate drags on, the blame game on capitol hill is in full swing with senate leaders from both sides pointing the finger at each other for the government's ongoing shutdown. >> everyone has -- everyone has figured this out, this shutdown was a political miscalculation of huge proportions. but it doesn't need to go on any longer. >> americans know why the dysfunction is current, a disfunctional president, hence we are in a trump shutdown. and party leaders who won't act without him. it's created the chaos and the gridlock we find ourselves in today. arthel: joining me now is white house reporter for the washington examiner. a lot of news breaking just

before we went on the air. do you have any reporting to add to senator majority whip cornyn's prediction that the government shutdown will not end in the early hours this morning? >> you know, that prediction is actually interesting because cornyn just a couple hours ago was predicting that they would reach 60 votes and move to a vote on the spending package. so his optimism seems to have deteriorated very rapidly, at least for the overnight vote. arthel: i wonder what happened. i guess we will find out. i don't want to put you on the spot and ask you because i know you're not necessarily in the spot to get that late-breaking stuff but we will get it for you here on fox, the ins and outs of what's going on there specifically. here's the next question for you, listen, americans are watching this closely now. can americans count on congress to be able to figure out a way to coexist to cogovern this country post the shutdown? >> well, what is amazing about this weekend is that there is a

shutdown, but the senate democratic leader chuck schumer and a leading hispanic american democrat in the house, louis gutierrez have agreed to fund president trump's border wall, one of his primary campaign pledges, so they are willing to do that in exchange for passing the spending bill and getting protections for the young immigrants that are protected by daca. it certainly is possible there's a way forward. whether or not that comes quickly or not remains to be seen. arthel: meanwhile senator graham is saying earlier this afternoon he says listen, someone has got to lead. who should take the lead? >> well, if you listen to the senate democratic leaders, president trump is not doing a good job of that. they say that they have made deals with him. he's backed out of deals. they claim to be confused about who to negotiate with, whether it should be the lawmakers on the republican side or if it should be trump. who actually leads the republican negotiations with the democrats is going to become clear i'm sure very soon. but they have that criticism in

mind right now. arthel: yeah, and bracing themselves for that. garrett tenney just reported on this, i will mention it again, a note from the white house deputy press secretary saying as long as senator graham chooses to support legislation that sides with people in this country illegally and unlawfully instead of our own american citizens, we are going nowhere. he's been an outlier for years. what is president trump's culpability in this shutdown and the president's responsibility to help figure a functioning way forward? >> well, if you look at the polls now, there's divided public opinion on who to blame. historically shutdowns, the two big recent examples in the 90s and 2013, they haven't been good for republicans. they have gotten a lot of the blame ultimately. it's unclear who is going to be held responsible here. but the democrats quite clearly are blocking the spending bill from going forward. but the republicans also hold all three branches of government and have at least an opportunity

to negotiate with democrats on some issues here pertaining to immigration. arthel: when this is over, and it is going to end at some point, when the government reopens for business, how will not just the white house address the shutdown and review if the president might have handle it differently, also senator leaders -- senate leaders and you know the house leaders as well on both sides of the aisle? how will they review this, do you think? >> well, president trump has an amazing habit of changing the topic of conversation very quickly. who knows how much reflection is actually going to be going on after this fact? we might be remembering this as a momentary blip in the news cycle or we might be remembering this as the story of how president trump built his wall. we really don't know how this is going to be remembered yet. arthel: well, we will be watching and thanks for your input on this reporting here that's breaking news that

majority whip senator jon cornyn of texas is saying there will be no reopening of the government tomorrow. thank you. >> thank you. arthel: so the question still remains, could there be a deal by tomorrow? or will the government shut down carry over into the work week? that's what majority whip jon cornyn is saying. we will talk about it more after the break. we're still here, sorry. eric: that's okay. there's a lot of other news to tell you about too, besides that, arthel. the second consecutive day, women marches have drawn large crowds across the country, as you can see, including the one we're showing right now. that's in las vegas. a huge rally. there also was an opportunity for those to make a big push for voter registration. nevada has become an important swing state. will carr has been following this from las vegas. >> thousands of women are here in las vegas for the power to the polls rally. the overarching message here is

to get out the vote. they want to turn some seats here in nevada come the midterm elections. now, women have flooded here into sam boyd stadium. they are voicing concerns over a range of issues from women's rights to gun control. take a listen to one woman we spoke with in the stands. >> if women want to be decisionmakers, if women want their opinions known, it's going to be up to the women. nobody is going to give it to us. power doesn't give up anything without a fight. >> another recurring theme that we have heard, holding white women accountable. this event is taking place in nevada because of the state's diversity and speaker after speaker has said they want to send the country a message. >> white women, listen up. we've got to do better. we've got to do better. [cheers] >> it is not up to women of color to save this country from itself. that's on all of us. >> the power to the polls movement is moving on to texas,

pennsylvania, and then ohio. just a short time ago, speakers asked everybody in this crowd to pull out their cell phones to register to vote. their overall goal is to have 1 million people register to vote by the midterm elections. eric? eric: will, thank you very much. arthel? arthel: now for the tease; right? all right. well the budget battle may be taking place on capitol hill, but it is also impacting our troops. serving overseas and here at home. plus vice president mike pence offering words of encouragement to our troops in the middle east. rallying them despite a possible lapse in pay. we will ask our next guest if our elected leaders should be worried about military morale. >> as the president has said, we will be finished with isis very soon. i believe because of you, the day will come when isis, al qaeda and radical islamic terrorism are no more than distant memories.

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arthel: while the government shutdown is being felt here at home, it is also spilling and being felt overseas. as u.s. troops are working at least temporarily without pay. defense secretary james mattis is weighing in and vowing to keep the home stead safe. caroline shively is in washington with the details. caroline? >> two big questions about the

military and a shutdown, one will it still function to protect the nation? yes. will they get paid to do it? maybe. first let's talk about security. defense secretary jim mattis sent out a memo that says, quote, ships and submarines will remain at sea, our aircraft will continue to fly, and our war fighters will continue to pursue terrorists throughout the middle east, africa, and south asia. while training for reservists must be curtailed, active forces will stay at their posts adapting their training to achieve the least negative impact on our readiness to fight. the getting paid part of this whole situation is a little trickier. active duty military members are essential personnel, so they have to show up for work, even without pay. during the last shutdown in 2013, congress passed a stopgap measure so servicemembers didn't miss a paycheck. senator mckass kell a missouri democrat tried to do something similar early saturday. >> we don't want one moment to pass with there being any uncertainty with any soldier

anywhere in the world that they will be paid for the valiant work they do on behalf of our national security. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell shut that motion down, but both sides say they want to make sure the military and their families don't go without pay. but usaa and other organizations have offered interest-free loans to military members in case that does happen. some commissaries and other base services will be shutting down if this goes on this week. practically speaking, the military gets paid around the 1st and the 15th of every month. so congress has about a week and a half to figure something out. there's no legal guarantee that troops will get the back-pay, but it's very likely. arthel? arthel: caroline shively, thank you. eric: for more on the government shutdown's impact on the military, let's bring in the chairman for american defense international and former deputy assistant secretary of the army, so he knows from which he speaks. i mean the shutdown, it's already denied our brave military men and women paychecks as they defend our freedom and the politicians are getting

paid. when does it really start, do you think, to do damage to our military? >> it is doing damage to morale right now. this tells me that we have a lot of folks from washington, d.c. who need a refresher course on american history and a refresher course on the constitution. the reason we even have a federal government, the reason this stuff is taking place in washington, d.c., the reason the states came together, it is in the preamble to our constitution to provide for the common defense. that's why we even have a federal government. everything else is secondary. that's why i believe those who are providing for the common defense, our men and women in uniform deployed all over the world today and also the home front protecting us, they should be paid first before anyone else is paid. >> we saw a democrat from missouri bring that up the other night yet it was shot down by mcconnell. >> he said there was a senate rule -- i think that both sides and i think the budget director mick mulvaney on earlier fox

programming today said the president wants to see this get done. this is having an impact on morale big-time. it is impacting our readiness. think about the message it's sending all over the world to friend and foe alike. this is -- it's a sad commentary we find ourselves in this situation. eric: there mattis has addressed -- mr. mattis has addressed this and dealt with this and warned about what happens when there's continuing resolutions and shutdowns. let's listen to him. >> the value of the american military is grossly enhanced by the sense of the american model of government of the people, by the people, for the people, can function and carry out its governmental responsibilities. eric: he's echoing what you say, and when there is dysfunction, as you say, it damages and hurts the military. >> dysfunction and disarray and we look like we can't get our act together. what kind of message does that send? and this -- and the secretary is on his way to asia right now. china already put out a statement laughing at us.

it sends the wrong kind of message. right now we're dealing with the most complex foreign policy and national security situation i believe we have ever faced. there are bad actors on the world stage more than ever. what kind of message does this send to them? what does it tell them about our state of readiness? about a year ago all of our service chiefs basically testified to congress that readiness was at its lowest level in decades. the secretary talked about maintenance and training. maintenance and training affect readiness. we are in a readiness crisis today in our military. this only compounds that crisis. eric: it's already damaged that because there was 110,000 national guard and army reservists were set to start training this weekend in north carolina, that was cancelled. let me read you part of a letter that the defense secretary sent to congress in september warning of these continuing resolutions. as you just said it impacts training, the impacts are immediate, lost training he says is unrecoverable. the lack of funds to stand up to two f-16 training squadrons

leaving the air force unable to train. the number of pilots necessary. says it will impede recovery of our readiness and may prove fatal in a future conflict. navy will reduce flying hours and steaming days. the secretary of defense says impact the readiness of our forces and equipment at a time when security threats are extraordinarily high. how can they recover from this? it's only been two days. >> also the civilian workforce. we have about 740,000 civilians in the department of defense. >> half of them are being furloughed. >> and eric, that affects our maintenance. a lot of the maintenance work is being done by civilians. they are involved in training. they play a big part in our intelligence operations. the secretary said that our intelligence operations are going to pretty much come to a halt. you go back to the reserves, who 2600 were basically told to go home at fort bragg yesterday, that was a significant training

exercise so many of the foreign specialists we need for intelligence operations, the bulk of them come from our reserve forces. this is really compounding the readiness crisis. what a military planner like general mattis needs or secretary mattis needs more than anything else is predictability. he needs that when when's trying to put together -- when he's trying to put together the military operations for the future of this country. eric: your message bluntly to the politicians? >> go back to the constitution of this country. it is all about providing the common defense of the american people. let's take care of our military. let's get together and send the right message to friend and foe alike all over the world. eric: whether or not you blame the trump shutdown as we see there live with senator menendez from new jersey or the schumer shutdown, the call from van hipp from those people in washington to get their acts together. thank you. >> thank you. arthel: meanwhile vice president pence arriving in israel on his

itinerary a meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu plus an address to israel's parliament. david lee miller has more now from jerusalem. david lee? >> arthel, vice president pence has arrived here in jerusalem. it is the last leg of his visit to the region that has included stops in egypt and jordan. earlier today, he met with jordan's king abdullah. the vice president told the king the u.s. is committed to restarting the peace process and defended the administration's position on jerusalem. >> we take no position on boundaries and final status. those are subject to negotiation, and as i have made clear to you and the president made clear to the world, the united states of america remains committed if the parties agree to a two-state solution. >> later at a base near the syrian jordan border, mr. pence spoke to members of the u.s.

military. he discussed the budget deadlock that shut down the government and accused what he called a minority in the senate of playing politics with military pay. >> we're going to demand that they reopen the government. in fact, we are not going to reopen negotiations on illegal immigration until they reopen the government and give you, our soldiers and your families the benefits and wages you have earned. >> tomorrow the vice president will speak before israel's parliament. he will also meet with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. palestinian officials have refused to meet with mr. pence, citing the u.s. position on jerusalem. arthel? arthel: david lee miller, thank you. eric? eric: as we have been saying it's crunch-time on capitol hill. lawmakers getting back to work at 1:00 a.m. there will be a vote. there doesn't seem to be a lot of optimism tonight at this hour. the latest reports out of those meetings from the hill, no

agreement yet, and the government may remain shut down tomorrow. we will have continuing reaction from a member of the house freedom caucus and all this on what we can expect and what could happen as the fox news channel coverage of the government shutdown continues on this sunday evening. at t. rowe price we've helped our investors stay confident for over 80 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. let's team up to get the lady of the house back on her feet. and help her feel more strength and energy in just two weeks yaaay! the complete balanced nutrition of (great tasting) ensure with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. ensure. always be you.

need a change of scenery? kayak searches hundreds of travel and hotel sites so you can be confident you're getting the perfect hotel at the best price. soak it in. kayak. search one and done. arthel: fox news alert as a top republican senator giving a pessimistic view of the negotiations in washington. senate majority whip john cornyn of texas now predicting that the government shutdown will continue in to tomorrow. and with the shutdown dragging on, president trump saying republicans should use the so-called nuclear option in order to break the logjam. let's bring in now a member of the frae dom caucus r -- freedom caucus, republican congressman of arizona. congressman biggs, good to have you here. i would like to start with your reaction to senator cornyn's

prediction? >> thanks for having me. i'm a little bit pessimistic as well. we're hanging on here. the democrats have the keys to turn the lock to open up the government again, but they are not really giving us good vibes for that. and i tend to agree with president trump quite frankly. we need to be going to the 51 vote rule instead of the 60 vote rule that the senate has. arthel: at this juncture what are the democrats doing? what would you like them to do to unlock this impasse? >> well, they are trying to force in a policy, the daca, the amnesty for the illegal aliens and force that into the budget then's not where it belongs -- and that's not where it belongs. it doesn't belong in the cr. people have been having discussions for weeks outside of it and the last minute they try to pigeonhole that in there and as a result they say we're going to stay off even though they don't object to anything else that's in the cr. arthel: do you think congressman

that there's the trust that some from the senate could say listen to the democrats, let's put the daca into a separate bill, let's make a clean vote on spending, and we will come back to this and look at this in earnest and consider what it is that you would like to have done for the dreamers? >> well, you know, trust is always a tenuous item and it's based on past experience, and i will tell you that i have seen four different versions of different plans for daca bill, but the democrats who are demanding the daca be brought into this issue, they haven't even produced their own plan or a bill. and that's part of their problem. they need to just stay off, stand down, and let's open government up again. arthel: word from the administration is that president trump is working the phones. he's holding strategy meetings, doing his part to try to end the shutdown. do you feel that you're getting substantial and clear guidance from president trump? >> yeah, i think so. i think he's made it pretty clear where he is, that daca and

illegal immigration is going to be something outside of the cr, and that we need to take care of our military personnel. we need to take care of the essential services for people all over this country who depend on the federal government in one aspect or another. that's literal hundreds and millions. we need to open this thing back up, and it's kind of irresponsible -- not kind of -- it is irresponsible to try to leverage the funding for the military and everything else that the federal government does on -- just in order to get this daca deal. arthel: this shutdown got personal really quickly. were you and fellow lawmakers from both parties, both chambers, be able to put this tension behind you to avoid near gridlock in future on other important issues such as infrastructure? >> yeah i think so. you know what happens is right now emotions are high. but things tend to cool down and even though we're kind of verbally jawing at each other

over this, when we realize how important it is, in the end, we also realize we have to govern, and we maintain relationships that most people don't see. arthel: with that in mind, as all lawmakers, congressman, as well as the white house, review and analyze this shutdown, how will you and members of the freedom caucus assess your part in this shutdown? >> well, i think for the most part you will see that the freedom caucus was supportive in getting this cr out, not everybody, but they did get that cr out of the house, but i think the bigger problem that you have here is we've got a budget bill that's been sitting in the senate for four months now, waiting for the senate to act. that's a long-term full year funding and if they would have acted, we wouldn't be doing our fourth cr in four months looking at a fifth cr in just a few weeks. this is a problem. we need to do a full year funding, and if they can't do it because they have the 60 vote rule, then i'm going to keep

urging, i think freedom caucus needs to keep urging to develop a 50 vote rule and eliminate the 60 vote rule. arthel: certainly a substantial continuous spending bill law is very important not only to the military but other aspects of the government operating very smoothly, and that said, i do want to ask you about one of the sticking points from the democrats, which is daca. where do you stand on daca? >> well, i campaigned against daca. i have always been against daca. let me tell you something. we're not talking about that now. we're talking a dream act. that's what people are moving for. i haven't seen a single plan that isn't amnesty, including people who support these different plans say it is an amnesty. that's not what i ran on so i think it is problematic. i think what's going to happen is there's going to be a lot more intense negotiation going on. somebody is going to produce a bill fairly soon, and i think you are going to see a very vigorous debate on this. arthel: how do you feel about

the world watching this? watching what's happening there in congress with a president that is just one year into his presidency? >> well, i think that the world looks up to the u.s. as the leader of the free world, always has and i hope that we give them reason to always look at that. what you see in the constitutional republic, there's a push me pull you that goes on. we're not the only republic or democratic form of government where you have these kinds of very vigorous fights going on. arthel: but you don't fight which is a good thing. you don't get physical. >> that's right. >> congressman, thank you for the chuckle in these very intense times. thank you for your time, sir. take care >> thanks. eric: that was republican congressman biggs on the shutdown. we will hear from a democrat of california on what democrats want, what they may do and how this shutdown could end.

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the lowest prices. eric: we are closing in on 48 hours since the government officially shut down. it does not appear at this hour tonight to be set to reopen tomorrow, making monday day three. right now this is what we know. senate leadership majority leader mitch mcconnell met with the minority leader charles schumer. they were meeting face-to-face on capitol hill late this afternoon to try and hash out a spending bill, but that

apparently was unsuccessful. still the senate majority whip john cornyn is predicting tonight that the government will remain closed tomorrow, yet again, with no deal nailed down at this hour. let's bring in democratic congressman john garamendi of california who is a member of house armed services committee and subcommittee on strategic forces. good to see you tonight. >> good to be with you. >> you have been burning the midnight oil. as we just heard from republican congressman biggs, how would you respond when the republicans and the president blame the democrats for this mess? >> and the democrats blame the president and the republicans. there are plenty of blame going on, the fingers are pointing. i think i suspect over a couple more hours people will get tired of pointing fingers and getting down to solving the problem. there are solutions here. first of all continuing resolutions are very very harmful to government, even though -- even in every solution that i have heard about, there will be another continuing resolution. secondly, we can and must deal

with all of the programs that are out there. yes, the children's health insurance program is in the bill, and that's a good thing. however, 40% of those children get their healthcare from clinics that are going to shut down because the clinic money is not in the bill. and so we need to put in a balance bill. we need to deal with these problems that exist in it. and we're going to have to find a way of dealing with immigration. immigration -- has a comprehensive program as well as the daca issue which is the first thing on the burner here. eric: they won't be able to do that in the next six hours before the first 1:00 a.m. vote. >> that's probably true, but what can be done is a serious commitment that a daca bill or a larger -- larger immigration bill will come to the floor for both houses for a vote. >> would democrats be willing to put daca on the side at least temporarily? is that a way out. you passed a bill on thursday that included chip but did not

include daca? >> this thing started way back in early september when the president decided that daca was no longer going to happen and set a march 6th deadline in that intervening period, many thousands of daca individuals have found themselves in serious jeopardy. and the issue has never come to a vote in neither house nor has there been a hearing on daca in the house of representatives. we need to get on with this issue. make sure if we do an additional continuing resolution, either for three weeks or four weeks, that there is a firm commitment, not a susan collins commitment that we saw out of the tax bill, but a real firm commitment that there will be an up-or-down vote in both houses on a daca solution. eric: what would you do? you have been a businessman. you're the insurance commissioner of california the lieutenant governor, how would you handle this? because that daca deadline is march 5th. they are saying the democrats --

you know, it is being called the schumer shutdown because they are saying they shouldn't have daca in there. yet deal with it as a separate issue as you just say. >> well, the problem is there's been no assurance that it would actually be dealt with. in fact, quite the opposite, it's been over four months since the president terminated the daca program and set a deadline of early march, and it simply has not been taken up. so the crunch occurred. the crunch occurred last week and people are holding firm. what we need is all of us to take a deep breath. i could just as easily call this the trump shutdown as you called it the schumer shutdown. neither really solve the problem. what we really need to do is say okay, let's sit down, not shut down, but sit down and figure this out. we know that the current cr is lacking in many many ways, way beyond just the daca issue, and we also know that the daca is a very real problem for 800,000 young men and women that have

spent their entire life or nearly all their entire life here in the united states. and so we can do this. we really can do it. in fact, we must do it because if we don't do it, and this continuation goes on, we're talking about a flu epidemic that's going on out there with many dozens if not hundreds of clinics across the nation shut down, the center for disease control shut down, yes, the military is a very real problem, and the military, they need to get paid also. eric: you guys are getting paid. they are not getting paid. but you do mention -- >> well, that's true. eric: you talk about sitting down. lindsay graham had a pretty stunning comment. i will play that to you and get your reaction where he called on both houses to have an open debate on this and get this done quickly. here's what he said. >> somebody's got to lead. the white house staff has been pretty unreliable. the house is locked down. so i think the senate is the best body to lead the country to a result.

we need the president support eventually. but i agree with rand paul, if you had an open debate on the floor of the senate and the house, we would get the necessary votes in both chambers and the president would sign it. eric: that was a pretty stunning comment that that white house staff has been pretty unreliable, he said. do you think that type of open debate that he's calling for not just these meetings behind closed doors can finally get something done? >> well, we do need open meetings. it's certainly true. certainly true that the white house has been unreliable. that's been an ongoing problem over the last four or five months. beyond that, yes, we do need that kind of debate. i was looking at the three different immigration proposals, all of which have daca in them, and there is a compromise there. i spent my life working on compromises working out how do you get something done. the art of the possible, not necessarily the art of the deal, that's kind of passe right now, but the art of the possible. if you take a look at those three pieces of legislation that

have been proposed, there is within all three of those a very real compromise that not only deals with daca but also deals with what i think incorrectly but nonetheless the talk around here of chain migration or chain immigration, there's a very real solution, even on that touchy issue, and the issue of agricultural labor. i have a huge agricultural district. nobody is talking about it, but i can tell you that the agriculture community in california is in desperate need of an agricultural immigration program as are very many other states, most of them red states, across this nation. so there's a deal to be made here. and much of it's already been written, so you don't have to go back and start with alphabet soup. you can pick and choose among the various proposals, put it together, bring it to a vote, and if we could -- if out of this crisis, we're able to find a comprehensive immigration solution, then it has been worth

it. eric: all right. >> because that's been out there festering in this nation for more than two decades. eric: we're against the clock. you guys are against a deadline. >> we are too. we are too. eric: we all are as a country we are. congressman garamendi, thank you. >> thank you. eric: we will see if those options that you raised can be taken up. thank you. >> thank you. arthel: there's no shutting down mother nature as another round of winter weather is heading towards the northern parts of the country. we're live from the weather center with the forecast. plus gridlock on capitol hill, as lawmakers remain at odds over a spending bill. stay with fox news channel. our continuing coverage of the government shutdown. how do you win at business?

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arthel: a fox extreatment -- extreme weather alert. large parts of the country are bracing for yet another round of nasty weather. meteorologist adam clock is tracking this. >> i know a lot of folks are like what winter storm? it is gorgeous out today. look at some of these temperatures running up into the mid 60s, areas where it is typically not in mid 60s but there is a very defined cold front, there it is, right along that boundary. a lot of cold air. that's where we have seen the winter weather activity so far. this is the past 12 hours and

through portions of eastern colorado, we've seen a bunch of snow. this will continue to drift in in middle of the country. folks downstream from it will see pretty nasty weather. everything in the red here are blizzard watches and warnings stretching up blue the plains and great lakes -- up through the plains and great lakes region. it is a limited area but at times a lot of snowfall in a short amount of time. forecasted snowfall potential you start to see some deep blues and grays, that's talking about 18 to 24 inches of snow. where is this heading next? if there's any good news and you are out in front of this, so much warm air that you need to be on the back side combining with another system, big thunderstorms running up to the east coast. taking you into tuesday, so most of the folks in the midwest and then running up along the coast, arthel, that's going to be more of a big rain event just because it's been so warm here in the last couple of days. arthel: it is january 21st so it

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>> divides deepening on capitol hill. democrats and republicans digging in their heels and doubling down on their attacks in day two of this government shutdown. senate majority leader promising a vote on a spending deal by 1:00 a.m. eastern time as a small group of bipartisan senators work to hammer out something both parties can agree on. i'm rick leventhal. you are watching the fox report. despite some signs of progress, the political blame game is ramping up. republicans and democrats both refusing to accept fault. >> senate democrats only need to withdraw their filibuster and allow a bipartisan majority to move america forward. if they really care about the big es