the gop has what it wanted and the d.r.e.a.m.ers are still waiting. now we have a great opportunity for you tonight. we're going to go one-on-one with kellyanne conway, counselor to president trump. and as i teased, my friend, tonight you will do something that i've never seen you do on television. >> oh, boy. >> before. >> this is a family show, you know. >> absolutely. my family is watching. my mother included. you know she likes you, but i don't care about that. this is the proposition. i don't get why this was a good deal for the democrats to make. why did the democrats do the right thing today in your opinion? >> because they did the wrong thing three days ago. they basically wasted three days worrying the heck out of parents who have children relying on the c.h.i.p., 9 million vulnerable children relying on that for health care, military families worried if they would get their paycheck going forward, lots of federal employees, some of whom my colleagues here at the white house,...

the government. you got rolled on the tax bill. this was your moment of leverage. we will keep the government shut down until you give us something. that's what they were saying. what happened? >> you know and i know that that -- we were going to get pounded into butter on that position. there is no one single issue, i don't care if it's a balanced budget, health care, immigration, daca, puppies, kittens. no single issue is beloved enough by the american people that you can survive a shutdown. every time the republicans shut the government down, they got beat . >> why did we stop on friday? donald trump said the only person they remembered for a shutdown is the president. >> i do want to say something about president trump because we actually haven't said that much about him in this. it's unfortunate that the instability in this whole process actually starts with the president. yes, congress is looking awful. the democrats got hurt today. but really the president of the united states...