micha micha michael bennet.s elected in 2008 and has done a lot of work in his home state and very well liked at home but not that well-known nationwide, there was some recent chatter that michael bennet might make a run for president in 2020. this is how "the hill" newspaper wrote that up. quote, benne it is a soft-spoken moderate with a lower profile than other senators. perhaps fitting with his mild mannered quiet confidence thing that this was michael bennet's response that he might run for president. quote, i don't have anything to say about that today. so all of this to say is that senator michael bennet is not a loud mouth. he's not known to be much of a chatter box at all. he is an effective senator and a respected senator, but he is almost never the loudest voice in the room. so this happened today. >> so the only thing that is necessary to pass a clean bill paying the salaries of every man and woman in the coast guard is for the democratic senators to withdraw their objection, is that correct? >> that

i think there will be a breaking point where michael bennet will not be the only one. there will be others that jump out and say enough it is enough because the institutions is crumbling. these people are part of these institutions. why do you want to see the senate and the house get dismantled by this president. >> they care about bipartisan. if you are republican you care about bipartisanship. that's not good for the institution, john. >> right. well, in my commentary last year, we published a piece called congress is weak because the members want it to be weak. the incentive structure for members of congress has changed in the last 10 and 15 years. it is better to be an obstructionist than a deal maker. it is better for fundraising and public appearances. better to win reelection. people did well in congress when they were the sorts of people that could take credit for getting things done. and now you have a lot of credit for being an impediment to getting things done because so many people don't want the things done that bipartisan agreement will lead to. and until

. >> joining me now, this first day of the new year, nbc news white house correspondent, jeff bennet, my clegg at the white house. garrett on capitol hill. charlie and msnbc contributor, barney frank, former democratic congressman. thank you for being here and happy new year to you guys. jeff, i want to start off with you. i would like you to set the scene here and the stakes. how is president trump trying to frame this debate, he canceled new year's and he's been at the white house trying to handle all of this and, yet, no signs he is ready to make a deal. >> great to see you, kristin. >> reporter: the president's message is he is here in washington, at the white house, ready, willing and able to do a deal. that talk, that rhetoric hasn't been backed up by action. as we understand, the president has not talked to democratic leaders in at least ten days and is in no mood to make concessions as aides tried to soften his position saying the border wall was a metaphor for border security. we have seen how the president undermined them. here is the latest tweet. the democrats, as i suspec

in case you don't know, he's democratic senator michael bennet.e was elected in 2008 and has done a lot of work in his home state and very well liked at home but not that well-known nationwide, there was some recent chatter that michael bennett migbe bennet might make a run for 2020. he's a soft spoken moderate perhaps fitting with his mild words and he might run for president, his the full quote is that. all of this to say senator michael bennet is not much of a chatter box and an effective senator but he's in the room. this happened today. >> so the only thing that is necessary to pass a clean bill paying the salaries of every man and woman in the coast guard is for the democratic senators to withdraw their objection, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> thank you. >> madam president. >> senator from colorado. >> i seldom rise on this floor to contradict somebody on the other side. i work very hard over the years to work in a bipartisan way with the presiding officer, with my republican colleagues but these crocodile tears that the senator fro

bennet: i rise tonight to talk about the government shutdown. i thank my colleague from minnesota for her remarks. i remember the 2013 shutdown that she talked about. the reason that i remember that is while this place was shut down by the senator from texas, my state was under water with some of the worst floods that we had ever seen, and there were people at every level of government, the local level, county government, the state level, coming together to work with fema, coming together to work with religious organizations, coming together to work with ordinary people to literally dig themselves out of the mud and the rocks that were the consequence of floods we had never seen before. and i had to stand there almost like a fool explaining that the federal government was shut down for politics. and here we are again. mr. president, for ten years, i have come to this floor and said over and over again that this place had become the land of flickering lights, the standard of success was only whether we kept the lights on for one more day or one m

bennet. mr. president, i'm rising today to give my voice to the thousands of alabamans suffering as a result of this government shutdown and it's not just the folks employed, but those that are affected by the shutdown by whatever means necessary. there are people that are not employed by the government that are also affected. you know, in the midst of all of the political posturing that we've seen, the costly government shutdown has hurt over 5,100 alabama workers, their families and the people who rely on them to do their job. thousands more are contractors who won't get back pay, unlike the federal workers that traditionally get back pay, these contractors that are not working now because there is no work to be had with the federal government will not get back pay from their employers. our coast guard employees who aren't paid through the department of defense, and their budget that passed this year, the coast guard, they don't know whether their next paycheck will come or not and by the way,

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. >> jeff bennet is at the white house for us that was all part of that long expected press briefingat is still under way. >> it it is and let me catch you up here. this briefing started about 20 minutes ago and john bolton and steve mnuchin announced these sanctions, so they're against a state owned oil company, and the view of the white house is that maduro uses this company to embezzle skash, and then he pays off the military elite for their loyalty. and the view of the white house is if you sanction this company it is one way to push for regime change in venezuela. the president is asking for all options on the table, they're leveling new angsts against this state owned oil company pushing for regime change. >> jeff bennet for us at the white house, thank you up next, the growing field of 2020 democratic candidates and the billionaire businessman running that is shaking up the field and running as an independent. you're watching msnbc. but when it comes to colon cancer screening... i'm not doin' that. i eat plenty of kale. ahem, as i was saying... ...with cologuard, you don't nee

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let's start at the white house with jeff bennet, good to see you this afternoon. a lot of developments to say the least. talk to me about where we're about right now. >> here is where we are on day 31 of the shut down. the president says it is a common sense compromise. the democrats call it a nonstarter. one could say it is a good thing when there is a deal on the table, but democrats say it is not clear if this is a serious overture because they didn't check with the democrats before the speech. and nancy pelosi says she has not speaking to anyone from the white house since the saturday speech. the president wants that $5.7 billion for a border wall. in exchange he says he will give democrats a three-year extension of the legal status for the young undocumented immigrants and help for those seeking asylum. he saids he wanted less people from what he deemed s-hole countries a year ago from countries like haiti. this is samed to peel off moderate democrats and shifting blame in the american public that so far overwhelmingly showed donald trump responsible for this

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senator bennet and i really believe if we take seriously what we've heard over the last year and if we take seriously what we've heard from people, with he want more options, we want lower cost, then we think we've got the plan that is most likely to gather support. maybe not immediately, but if we really get into problem solving mode we feel good about this proposal. >> a read between the lines on medicare x from paul kaine of the "washington post" he said it's politically significant because it builds on existing law rather than the tear it down approach being offered by senator bernie sanders. as you listen to the 2020 conversation among democrats, are you worried about how out there they're getting on healthcare among other issues. >> i'm not actually worried. let me debunk something that i sometimes read. i read that the dems are deeply divided on healthcare. the difference between the dems is like this, the difference between the dems and the republicans is like that, republicans are still attempting to repeal the affordable care act, either by vote or administration sabotage. de

senator bennet will be a guest coming up later this morning on "morning joe". you don't want to miss that. >>> joining us on set reporter for "the washington post" eugene scott. good to see you in person. >> thanks for coming up. >> he'll also be on "morning joe" later. >> a lot happening. >> so we're starting to see, i feel like a lot of infighting amongst republicans with regards to the shutdown. are there cracks at this point? are we starting to see cracks amongst the republican party? >> absolutely. when you look at the constituents who have expressed such a change in lifestyle because of this government shutdown, many of them actually do come from states represented by republican lawmakers. there's this perception amongst some people that the people, only people affected by this government shutdown are people living inside the d.c. bubble. the reality is we've seen people in food bank lines, people just looking for other ways to find ways to fund their home and in many of these spaces that voted for republican lawmakers and voted for trump. >> let me get y

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senator bennet talked about china landing on the dark side of the moon last week. it's a reminder that we have to compete in this world, but we -- that we can't assume that america is going to be number one in everything again. and yet, while china was landing on the dark side of the moon, our government was shut down. thousands of researchers weren't doing their jobs at nasa and the department of agriculture and so many other places because we were shut down. and the cost to the economy as a whole, as senator hassan pointed out, there are craft breweries in new hampshire, small businesses, who can't get their businesses started because government is shut down. senator klobuchar pointed out that the costs to the economy, according to the president's own advisors, is $10 billion a week. now, at a time when the stock market is going up and down, when we have people losing billions of dollars because of fluctuations in the stock market, $10 billion a week contributes to that uncertainty. and then, of course, senator van hollen and senator merkley and virtually everybo

senator michael bennet joins us now.rning. >> thank you for having me. >> i don't know if you have seen the dramatic video cnn obtained of roger stone's arrest before sun rise with fbi agents pounding on his door. how do you think this moves the needle on the investigation? >> i can't talk about anything on the intelligence committee. but i can talk about your footage. my first thought when i saw those fbi guys on roger stone's door is thank god we live in a country that subscribes to the rule of law. we are a country of laws, not a country of men. that's evidenced by what you showed today. that's still true. there is so much i'm frustrated about with the way the government is working. but law enforcement is doing its job. this investigation has resulted in the indictment of over 30 people. eight people have pled guilty. it is not a witch hunt. it is a professionally run investigation by robert mueller who is respected by law enforcement all over the country. it's incumbent on democrats and republicans to make sure this

i'm going to turn now to jeff bennet my colleague who covers the white house here at nbc news, and fillmore here. as i mentioned, a lot of speculation on what the president might or might not say if he is going to declare a national emergency. how does this change or stand to change that conversation, if at all? >> hey, david, well, on the first point, we should say there is no indication that the president will go as far to declare a national emergency in that speech today. sources familiar tell me what he is going to do is put a new offer on the table to incentivize democrats. democrats, as part of their pressure campaign, to pressure republicans, to vote on the bills they keep bringing to the floor to reopen the government, as you mentioned, they're going to add hundreds of millions of dollars more in border security funding. so specifically, $524 million, for, to repair ports of entry, along the border, and another $563 million, to hire more immigration judges. this is what a democratic aide tells me. as you mentioned, none of that money will be allocated toward the construction of

as senator bennet said on the floor yesterday, our founders contemplated the fact that we're going to have disagreements. that's why we've got 100 people. that's why there are 435 and 9 members of the supreme court. we're going to have disagreements but we don't have to shut down the government over those disagreements especially when they're political disagreements and not true, true substantive disagreements. this shutdown has had many call. some of the losses from the president's misguided shutdown, we can't put a cost on. and it is unfortunate that a while back, back in december the president of the united states said he wanted to shut this government down. he would own the shutdown. it's unfortunate that we had 35 days which he really didn't take that responsibility for. he still didn't do it today. but the fact is he could have avoided it. you know, we've got more than a million contractors. senator warner and others were talking about the contractors that are, that have millions of dollars, tens of millions of dollars of contracts with the federal government. many of those in m

senator bennet hole and i representing maryland, senator warner and can represent virginia have made the point of what this is going to mean for families in our community. this shutdown is outrageous and dangerous, caused by president trump, workers are not going to their paycheck under going to be at risk. our whole country is at risk. let me put this in perspective if i might. it'se like at&t, apple, lockheed martin, google and exxon mobil laying off their entire workforce at one time. that's the impact we have now with the 800,000 workers not receiving theirir paycheck. kevin hassett was the chair of the white house council of economic advisers point out that this will cause a a $1.2 billin per week hit on our economy. america is being held hostage by president trump, held hostage over his desire to have a wall built. it'slr not about border securit. we already have appropriate funds for border security and we are prepared continue to protect our borders. this is about president trump and his wall. we should open government and work together for the american people. madam presiden

are here today and i would recommend every person here, if you haven't seen it, my senator, michael bennet, spoke on the floor of the senate and he was visably frustrated about the state of our government right now and the inability of the senate to get anything done. i would urge every person to watch that because he was expressing the frustration and i and as well are my mayor, the mayor, mayor jones, to talk about what they are experiencing. mayor hancock first. >> thank you congresswoman neguse. every one of us up here following our election took an oath to serve and protect the citizens we have been protected to serve. when you allow for air traffic controllers, the f.a.a. to be overstressed, overworked and unpaid, you have taken the safest aviation system in the world and imperiled. mr. president, we need to open up this government. when you don't allow project managers to sign off on transportation programs, you have now put every citizen who are trying to move about in our transit system in peril. mr. president, we need to open up this depoft. when people are going to have their sn

we have calfire determinated the tubbs fire started on private electrical equipment at a home on bennetthis concerned his clients who worry they will not be able to rebuild.but miller says the report changes nothing for his cases.sot i am reassuring them the facts support ussot we are looking for the party that is responsible and that is pge witne fuse that blew on pge polethe tubbs fire killed 22 people and whipped out thousands of homes in santa rosa.the mayor said the city is committed continuing with litigation because that is in the best interest of the community..sot we can contiue our rebuild efforts -- it has been way to short to stop the litagation at this point nats papermiller questions calfires conclusion.and belives pg&e should have proactively turned-off the power the night of the fire.his ruling - calfire's finding will not hold up in court.sot we are ready to go to trial in septmeber (justine)on tuesday, city council and legal counsel to discuss next steps.as the mayor said they are committed to making the city hole after the fire disaster.in santa rosa justine waldman k

bennet: i rise tonight to talk about the government shutdown. i thank my colleague from minnesota for her remarks. i remember the 2013 shutdown that she talked about. the reason that i remember that is while this place was shut down by the senator from texas, my state was under water with some of the worst floods that we had ever seen, and there were people at every level of government, the local level, county government, the state level, coming together to work with fema, coming together to work with religious organizations, coming together to work with ordinary people to literally dig themselves out of the mud and the rocks that were the consequence of floods we had never seen before. and i had to stand there almost like a fool explaining that the federal government was shut down for politics. and here we are again. mr. president, for ten years, i have come to this floor and said over and over again that this place had become the land of flickering lights, the standard of success was only whether we kept the lights on for one more day or one m

we have calfire determinated the tubbs fire started on private electrical equipment at a home on bennet lane in calisotga. this concerned his clients who worry they will not be able to rebuild.but miller says the report changes nothing for his cases.sot i am reassuring them the facts support ussot we are looking for the party that is responsible and that is pge witne fuse that blew on pge polethe tubbs fire killed 22 people and whipped out thousands of homes in santa rosa.the mayor said the city is committed continuing with litigation because that is in the best interest of the community..sot we can contiue our rebuild efforts -- it has been way to short to stop the litagation at this point nats papermiller questions calfires conclusion.and belives pg&e should have proactively turned-off the power the night of the fire.his ruling - calfire's finding will not hold up in court.sot we are ready to go to trial in septmeber (justine)on tuesday, city council and legal counsel to discuss next steps.as the mayor said they are committed to making the city hole after the fire disaster.in santa ro

information we have determinated the tubbs fire started on private electrical equipment at a home on bennet lane in calisotga. this concerned his clients who worry they will not be able to rebuild.but miller says the report changes nothing for his cases.sot i am reassuring them the facts support ussot we are looking for the party that is responsible and that is pge witne fuse that blew on pge polethe tubbs fire killed 22 people and whipped out thousands of homes in santa rosa.the mayor said the city is committed continuing with litigation because that is in the best interest of the community..sot we can contiue our rebuild efforts -- it has been way to short to stop the litagation at this point nats papermiller questions calfires conclusion.and belives pg&e should have proactively turned-off the power the night of the fire.his ruling - calfire's finding will not hold up in court.sot we are ready to go to trial in septmeber (justine)on tuesday, city council and legal counsel to discuss next steps.as the mayor said they are committed to making the city hole after the fire disaster.in santa ro

we have calfire determinated the tubbs fire started on private electrical equipment at a home on bennet lane in calisotga. this concerned his clients who worry they will not be able to rebuild.but miller says the report changes nothing for his cases.sot i am reassuring them the facts support ussot we are looking for the party that is responsible and that is pge witne fuse that blew on pge polethe tubbs fire killed 22 people and whipped out thousands of homes in santa rosa.the mayor said the city is committed continuing with litigation because that is in the best interest of the community..sot we can contiue our rebuild efforts -- it has been way to short to stop the litagation at this point nats papermiller questions calfires conclusion.and belives pg&e should have proactively turned-off the power the night of the fire.his ruling - calfire's finding will not hold up in court.sot we are ready to go to trial in septmeber (justine)on tuesday, city council and legal counsel to discuss next steps.as the mayor said they are committed to making the city hole after the fire disaster.in santa ro

jeff bennet and garrett hake is joining me. it may just be a political address. >> i think you're right about that. here is the state of play, there is no deal on the or ri zon. so the president is doing what he thinks he does best. he will wage a pr war. you have this speech tomorrow night, then he will dispatch senior administration o if i recalls to the hill on wednesday and then he will follow it up we don't expect the president to declare a national emergency until tomorrow. we're getting that from a white house official, but because there is no deal on the horizon and you have a pressure point on friday, friday is the day these 080,000 affected workers will miss their first federal paycheck, that is why you're seeing the politics and posturing hit warp speed. >> thank you, let's go to the hill, is there any meaningf meaningfultivity -- activity there. >> no, but the democrats have now learned what the respepublis want. the president is asking for money for the wall, for money for more detention beds, more for humanitarian

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jeff bennet at the white house, garrett on capitol hill. jeff, this meeting with lawmakers is set to begin in 89 minutes. what is the expectation? ha is the set up? what are you hearing? >> reporter: based on the reporting we have been doing, the expectations of the meeting breaking the stand off are low. in part because the dynamics of the shutdown haven't budged that much. that said, there is one difference between today and earlier this week when the president met with those eight top congressional leaders. now that speaker nancy pelosi holds the speaker's gavel. all morning, we have seen officials try to message out and pin the responsibility on her. sarah sanders told us reporters on the lawn here thrks will be a test of nancy pelosi's leadership. i asked sarah sanders if the president might be open to changing up the deal, if that might be an off ramp to end the stalemate. here is the exchange. is the president open to widening the scope? >> we are open to making sure we get border security. we are not going to negotiate with the pres

please note this exchange between republican ted cruz and democrat michael bennet. >> the democrats are fond of using the phrase "hostage taking." they are quite literally holding the men and women of the coast guard hostage because they want to win a political victory against the president. their objective here is have the president back down and have not a single mile of border wall built. >> these crocodile tears that the senator from texas is crying for first responders are too hard for me to take. they're too hard for me to take because when you -- when the senator from texas shut this government down in 2013, my state was flooded! it was under water! people were killed! people's houses were destroyed! their small businesses were ruined forever! how ludicrous it is that this government is shut down over a promise the president of the united states couldn't keep! >> the trump administration is coming under fire, not just for the shutdown but what many see as an appalling and obvious lack of empathy for the hundreds of thousands of federal workers not being paid. and a failure to und

and that comment on the floor follows a very enthusiastic colorado democratic senator, michael bennetaised his voice multiple times expressing his disgust with comments made by republican senator ted cruz. >> how ludicrous it is that this government is shut down over a promise the president of the united states couldn't keep! and then america is not interested in having him keep! >> peter: about two hours before these boats were supposed to begin, which should be imminent, the majority leader mitch mcconnell called all senators to the floor. he told the sergeant of arms go round up anybody that did not show up, and that has essentially been the temperature level inside of the upper chamber for the last two hours or so. keep in mind, just outside the upper chamber, mike pence is here holding meetings with senior lawmakers trying to figure out if there is some other way. but as the house moves -- house minority leader mentioned, even if something passes and it's noo out of the senate, they can't send it over to the house for a vote because everybody is at the airport right now, reagan a

in an impassioned speech that lasted over 20 minutes, colorado democratic senator michael bennet b blasted senator ted crz and other republicans for supporting the shutdown, but laid blame for the crisis at the feet of president trump. >> this idea that he is going to build a medieval wall across the southern border of texas, take it from the farmers and ranchers , isn't true.re that is why we are here. because he is now sayining the taxpayers s have to pay fofor i. amy: a republican-crafted bill with funding for trump's borderr wall also faililed thursday. that reportedly prompted republican lawmakers to angrily confront mitch mcconnell in a closed-door meeting over the shutdown and set off a flurry of negotiations on capitol hill. house democratic leaeaders are floating propoposals to end the shutdown that would provide billions of dollars in new funding to pay for more border patrol agents, drones, surveillance equipment, and other measures along the u.s.-mexico border. democratic house majority whip jim clyburn has suggested offering trump $5.7 billion to build a so-called smart wall i

. >> we are all with senator bennet right now, because he is right. this shutdown is tying the country in nothing, and it is the reason that the government has been shutdown in nearly 35 days and the reason that 800,000 people won't get paychecks tomorrow. all because of a promise that the president made to his base, a minority. remember, donald trump lost the popular vote to hillary clinton by nearly 2.9 vote, and nearly 3 million votes. and tathe majority don't want donald trump, and the majority don't want the wall. the majority don't want the shutdown. here we are in a mess. day 34. all because of the campaign promise the majority don't want the president to keep. we will dig into this more next. the experts at rootmetrics say is number one in the nation? sure, they probably know what they're talking about. or the one that j.d. power says is highest in network quality by people who use it every day? this is a tough one. well, not really, because verizon won both. so you don't even have to choose. why didn't you just lead with that? it's like a fun

. >> senator bennet is out front. he's a member of the finance committee. i'm trying to understand what we're actually talking about here because two measures failed in the senate, right? the white house says there's no deal unless there's a large down payment, that was as you heard abbey said a down payment, then it's a prorated down payment. will you vote for that some sort of a down payment? >> we'll have to see what it is, but your point about what are we talking about here i think is exactly the right point. we have been consumed with this broken promise that the campaign promise the president made for 34 days. i'm not saying we politicians, we the great country of america have seemed to have concluded that this is the single most important issue that we could be working on. not figuring out how to get millions of people health care, not figuring out how to educate children in my old-school district, not trying to figure out how to build infrastructure, we can't even keep the lights on around this place much less focus on the things that we actually sh

we heard from senator bennet passionately this afternoon on the floor and he was a member of both oford supporting this including biden, obama, hillary clinton. but i think the issue here for democrats is the false premise that this crisis is predicated on. if you look at border patrol data, apprehensions at the border, down 90% since the year 2000. drugs are not streaming over, coming to reports of injury. >> that's not correct. >> it is correct. sarah sanders got backtracked on then by chris wallace. it was embarrassing. >> shannon: we know that the makeup of who is coming is different, too, that presents a different problem people get here, and they come as a family or minors, you cannot separating them. saagar? >> that's right. the characteristic of the family units that are coming here make it so that they have to be saved for 21 days but then they are catch and release into the country. a totally different type of immigration we are dealing with. we are seeing illnesses at historic rates of the people we are resting and there is a humanitarian element to this which is so under

this is what democratic senator michael bennet from colorado was talking about last week in the veryver delivered on the senate floor on this subject. >> if a president said he was going to use eminent domain to erect a barrier across the state of colorado, across the rocky mountains of colorado, he was going to steal the property of our farmers and ranchers to build his medieval wall, there wouldn't be an elected leader from our state that would support that idea. >> nbc news correspondent cal perry has done years of reporting from the southern border and has visited la lomita chapel. he joins us next on his reporting on the church versus the wall. my experience with usaa has been excellent. they really appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say "oh we can't beat usaa" we're the webber family.

this is what democratic senator micha michael bennet from colorado was talking about last week in thever delivered on the senate floor on this subject. >> if a president said he was going to use eminent domain to erect a barrier across the state of colorado, across the rocky mountains of colorado, he was going to steal the property of our farmers and ranchers to build his medieval wall, there wouldn't be an elected leader from our state that would support that idea. >> nbc news correspondent cal perry has done years of reporting from the southern border and has visited la lomita chapel. he joins us next on his reporting on the church versus the wall. church versus the wall ng old, ng old, and saying, "really?" so capital one is building something completely new. capital one cafes. inviting places with people here to help you, not sell you. and savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. because that's how it should be. you can open one from right here or anywhere in 5 minutes. seriously, 5 minutes... this is banking reimagined. what's in your wallet? each day justin at wor

. >> we are all with senator bennet right now, because he is right. this shutdown is tying the country in knots. it's the reason that the government has been shutdown for nearly 35 days and the reason that 800,000 people won't get paychecks tomorrow. all because of a promise that the president made to his base, a minority. remember, donald trump lost the popular vote to hillary clinton by nearly 2.9 vote, and nearly 3 million votes. and the majority don't want donald trump, and the majority don't want the wall. the majority don't want the shutdown. here we are in a mess. day 34. all because of the campaign promise the majority don't want the president to keep. we will dig into this more next. the amazing iphone xr is perfect for all those new year, new you selfies. and only t-mobile has unlimited with iphone xr included for just 40 bucks. so get the iphone you love most from the most loved in wireless. bring your family to t-mobile and get the amazing iphone xr included for just $40 per line. they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to

. >> the gang of eight said you need to lead with border security michael bennet was very impassioned to put up here, the 2013 bill had this. it doubled the number of border patrol agents, 350 miles of new fencing, universal e-verify nd system, new electronic visa tracking system and the deal was the border security measures go in immediately the adjustment to immigration status for various groups would be phased in. didn't you guys have the model is this deal worth taking off the shelf and making some minor adjustments? >> i think there's elements of it that we can the problem was it was done in one big piece of legislation the more stuff you put in a bill, the more reasons someone can find to be against it. >> some argue the other way, senator. make the bill bigger and, yes, okay, there will be things you don't like, but that's the only way to get some things you like. >> well, i mean, that was the theory that was pitched to me as to why we needed to do one big comprehensive plan so we did. and as you saw, it didn't work one of the arguments was border security will never happen but

bennet: thank you, mr. president. over the weekend, as us may have heard, our government set a new record. it wasn't for the number of roads being built or repaired in this country. it wasn't for higher graduation rates for kids in the united states of america. it wasn't for passing the most bills or investing the most dollars in our future. it wasn't for paying attention to the next generation of americans. it was for the longest shutdown in the history of the united states, a selfish act taken by partisan politicians that is an embarrassment to our country and to our future. it's been 24 days. we have federal employees all over the state of colorado and i'm sure the state of the alaska, the state of the commonwealth of virginia, we heard before, who are out of work because of what washington has done to them. it is nothing that they have done. they have fulfilled their end of the bargain. but because we have a screw loose around here because we are the only modern industrialized country in the world who shuts its go

center michael bennet from colorado has over 400 breweries.ting businesses in the state thousands of dollars while they wait for things like labels to be approved to get the go-ahead on new expansion plans for breweries and they are concerned that some beer they party made, innovative seasonal beer could spoil while they're waiting for them to process all of these applications. dominic ingle tells me where consumers are going to really see the effect is when it comes time for the new seasonal brews to hit the shelf at grocery stores because grocery stores planned several months now. that is how they plan their buying. it may be too late by the time they get the approval to get the new beer on the shelf and grocery stores across the country. neil: thank you, hillary very, very much. in the meantime, kamala harris is pushing medicare for all, which means private health insurance for none. the implications after this. could the right voice - the right set of words - bring us all just a little closer, get us to open up, even push us further? it co

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who in typical senate fashion are not here yet, senator ben sasse of nebraska and senator michael bennet of colorado. they are both great additions and i look forward to working with them and with you to fulfill the committee's critical oversight mandates. before i go to my formal remarks, i want to extend my condolences of this committee to general ashley and his workforce at the defense intelligence agency as well as general nokasoni. on january 16th a dia employee and a naval chief krip tolling technician were killed in northern syria alongside two other americans. this is a stark and sobering reminder of the dangerous work that the men and women of the intelligence community do around the world on crap of the country every single day, often with no public acknowledgment. we thank you for your leadership of this community and more importantly for what your officers do and the sacrifices they make on behalf of our nation. this committee has met in open forum to discuss the security threats facing the united states since 1995. the nature, scale and scope of those threats have evolved gr

. >> senator bennet. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for your welcoming me to the committee. i apologize for being late. but i also want to say what a privilege it is to hear your testimony this morning. and to know that you and the agents and officers who work with you are at their posts, keeping this democracy safe. and it is a reminder to me what's at stake when our partisan politics can't even keep our government open. and you guys are still doing your work, and it's an inspiration to me, and i hope to the people, whoever is watching this at home. in that spirit, actually, director coats, i wanted to start with something you ended with, which was an observation about concerns that the ic has about political uncertainty in europe and the ability for european democracies to push back on what you described as autocratic tendencies. could you say a little more about that? >> clearly, europe has seen russian aggression in hybrid ways. significant cyber incidents, trying to influence not only their view of our alliance but their own view of their own alliance within europe. see

quickly, and you had on the senate floor that got a lot of attention of back and forth between michael bennetwho's usually pretty mild-mannered, and ted cruz over the shutdown. you had headlines yesterday about major airport delays. just a lot of frustration this week in this deal. let that dissipate for now. host: is there anything that's going to change in the next three weeks? do democrats -- they have been adamant about their desire not to give a single penny for a border will between the u.s. and mexico, is there anything that's going to change about that in the next three weeks that you see coming? senators andeard house members being optimistic, hoping that they can reopen the government and maybe that would give them breathing room to come up with some sort of deal where everyone could be happy with fencing instead of the wall. obviously getting that sort of agreement is a lot easier said than done. you have the white house saying we will get the wall, while president saying trump is moving forward with building a wall but without democrats. maybe not the note you want to start off ne

here's michael bennet, democratic senator from colorad colorado.s against it ted cruz. >> these crocodile tears that the senator from texas is crying for first responders are too hard for me to take. when the senator from texas shut this government down in 2013, my estate was flooded. it was underwater. people were killed. >> i don't believe that i have ever bellowed or yelled at one of my colleagues on the senate floor, and i hope that in my time before me, i never do that. >> bill: what is your reaction? >> i'm disappointed in everybody. everybody is to blame for this. think about this. i am a business guy. you don't walk away from negotiations. you don't go home." nancy pelosi has sent house members on. you don't do that. chuck schumer shut down funding of the coast guard. bring about our borders, things like that. don't do that. you stick around, you stay here, and you get something done. how difficult it might be, you do it. if i was the president, i would be so frustrated right now. he is thinking about using his emergency power. when i was g