manu raju is on capitol hill with this. the president's tweets this morning really couldn't have come at a worse time, manu? >> forced republican leaders to scramble to make sure that they had the votes in order to get this through. i just actually had a chance to talk to the house majority leader kevin mccarthy about whether or not this tweet effectively -- essentially stopped this bill from going forward, and what mccarthy told me it won't. they're in good shape to pass this bill. they're starting to vote on one of the amendments right now, an amendment that republican and democratic leaders were supporting the bill do not want to see passed, an amendment supported by civil libertarians on the right and left that would propose new safeguards and much more oversight and stringent requirements on the warrantless surveillance program but paul ryan on the floor moments ago argued this amendment would essentially scuttle this bill so they're trying, working very hard to make sure that this amendment that the president seemed t

on capitol hill, the sides are farther apart. house republicans last night introduced a short-term spending bill that would fund the government through february 16th. it includes six years of funding for the children's health insurance program. it delays various unpopular obamacare taxes. republicans hope the add-ons put pressure on democrats to support the bill. right now, even some republicans oppose it. >> the chairman of the hard right house freedom caucus, mark meadows, says there are enough nos and undecideds among members that the measure won't pass with just gop votes. meantime, democrats face their own tough choices. many of them coming out against stopgap funding without a long-term fix for daca. some democrats especially those facing tough races in the fall, worry about taking the blame for a government shutdown in this fight for dreamers if there's no agreement in sight. >> on that front, white house chief of staff john kelly meets with the congressional hispanic caucus later today. from capitol hill, phil mattingly w

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let's go to capitol hill. negotiations are ongoing. >> cnn's sunlen serfaty is up there. sunlen, what are you hearing? >> reporter: john, this just enters the next phase up here on capitol hill and the hard phase, i should say, after that extraordinary meeting yesterday at the white house. lawmakers have backed off here on capitol hill and have to actually go through what this legislation would actually look

that meeting taking place just down pennsylvania avenue from capitol hill. n molly hooper, congressional reporter for the hill. let's start by getting your reaction to this. the development we learned about here just about an hour ago that there was going to be this one on one meeting at the white house. how does that change what you see playing out here over these next few hours. >> well, it's a promising move. i've talked to several gop leaders who have privately confirmed that there will be no government shutdown. they don't think it's going to happen. they think quote/unquote cooler heads will prevail. if that means senator schumer has the cooler head and the president manages to cool down, then we should see some movement. but, you know, the senate is moving a four or five-day measure. however, that sends it back to the house and the house isn't necessarily guaranteed going to vote for that. >> molly, let me ask you to help with the rhetoric. i'm going to use president trump's twitter feed. looking back at a tweet in 2013. here is the truth. he wrote. th

we have postmenopausal osteoporosis... >>> back live to capitol hill.on d.r.e.a.m.ers in this country. the overwhelming majority of this nation understands that these are folk who is serve in our military, teach in our schools. these are some of the best minds we have in our country, with degrees in things that i might have a hard time spelling. these are folks who i believe most americans understand, they have value, they have worth. they're a part of our economy. they help to create jobs. they're our hope, they're our future, as well. so i think there's a pathway forward. i hate the fact, though, that there is all these folks in our country who are right now living an anguished an anxiety, watching themselves being used, citizens who have proven themselves to this country, served this country, sacrificed this country, and first responders, military people that are now being used as political pawns to achieve things that even people who deal in homeland security know we don't need, which is a massive, continuous wall. so we each have a lot of shared go

from capitol hill. >> reporter: dave and christine, good morning from capitol hill. it turned out to be earlier night than anyone expected. that is not because a grand bargain was struck with democrats and republicans. they just extended the debate for a little bit longer hoping that noon today eastern time is a great opportunity for the bre breakthrough and the government will be open. this is what senator mitch mcconnell said. >> it is my intention to address these as quickly as possible to move on to other business that is important to our country. assuming the government remains open. it would be my intention to proceed the legislation to address daca, border security and related issues. >> reporter: but mcconnell's olive branch not enough for democrats as they decided not to vote on the measure and give their members time to sleep on the issue. there appears to be an issue of trust with republicans and democrats. democrats are insistent that a vote on immigration and in particular protection for th

what did you observe from lawmakers on capitol hill? >> i spent my last couple of days talking to democrats. they are saying we are not going to vote for any more funding measures until daca is dealt with. they feel confident that they are going to be able to come out on top and that voters will blame president trump and the white house. first of all, republicans do control everything and, secondly, the fact that president trump really has been all over the map on the daca issue. just a couple of weeks ago, having that big meeng in the cabinet room saying i want to sign a bill. i' sigteven whacongress brings to me and suddenly rejecting the bipartisan compromise that six senators came up with. they feel confident about that. there are democrats who are uncomfortable with this and they worry that the way republicans are framing this could do damage to them, particularly the argument that democrats are choosing illegal immigrants over the military. you started to hear that from the house floor leaders. if it goes down to a daca negotiatio

we're hearing there are smoke signals coming from capitol hill. that was the phrase used by the senior white house official. smoke signals coming from capitol hill giving them reason for optimism, but the clock is still ticking down to a shutdown. president trump declined to answer questions about the looming government shutdown, preferring to do his talking behind closed doors with a special guest. no, not with fellow republicans but with senate minority leader chuck schumer. a source said it was a sign the president wants a deal. schumer returned to capitol hill apparently without an agreement. >> we made some progress but we still have a good number of disagreements. the discussions will continue. >> reporter: despite their party being in control of the white house and congress -- >> we're preferring for what we're calling the schumer shutdown. >> reporter: trump administration officials are saying don't blame us. how can it be the schumer shutdown when republicans control the white house, the house and the senate? >> come on. you know the answ

. >> dana: negotiation on capitol hill amid growing fears of a government shutdown. as president trump prepares to face congressional leaders at a ceremony honoring former senate majority leader bob dole, republicans are floating a plan to keep the lights on past friday's midnight deadline. hello, everyone, i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." tensions running high as democrats hold the budget hottage for other priority. house republicans are testing support for another stop gap measure extending into mid february. sarah sanders supporting the gop effort to keep this government running. >> we do support the short-term cr. however, that's not our first choice. the president doesn't want to shut down. if one happens, i think you only have one place to look, and that's to the democrats, who are holding our military and our national security hostage by trying to push through other policies that have nothing to do with the budget. >> dana: peter ducy is live on capitol hill. are any democrats willing to agree to a spending bill if daca is not addressed? >> re

>> reporter: alisyn, good morning from capitol hill. senate rublica are scrambling to pick up the 60 votes they need to pass a short-term spending bill passed by the house yesterday. but at this late hour, as you mentioned, less than 18 hours to go before the government shuts down. the votes just simply aren't there. >> i object. >> objection heard. >> we are in an urgent situation. this is irresponsible and i just don't understand it. so i object to the motion. >> tensions rising on the senate floor as the government barrels towards a shutdown with a deadline at midnight tonight. a 60 vote majority is needed to pass the proposed short-term spending bill that republicans passed in the house. the future of the bill is uncertain. more than a dozen are ready to

kasie hunt covers capitol hill for us and has the latest. >> reporter: on capitol hill today, dozens of arrests and jasmine gonzalez is terrified. >> i have four u.s. citizen children that afraid to take to mexico country that i don't even remember. >> reporter: she's here trying to convince democrats to take a stand and refuse to back the republican spending plan to keep the government open unless there's a deal to help the 800,000 d.r.e.a.m.ers who are protected by the daca program. do you have enough republican votes to keep the government open this week? >> we've been very clear, we want to see a daca solution, but a daca solution has got to be a balanced solution. it makes no sense for democrats to try and bring us to a shutdown. >> reporter: the president's aides trying to convince conservatives in the house not to sink the plan. >> no one in our caucus wants a shutdown. >> reporter: president trump himself -- is there any daca rule you're willing to sign? >> we're working on it. we're working on it. >> reporter: adding to the confusion. >> i'm looking for something that presid

cnn's sunlen certificaserfaty i capitol hill. are there enough votes to avoid a shutdown in the house? >> we simply don't know yet. speaker of the house paul ryan staying far away from making any sort of predictions on vote counts himself. he spoke at the press conference here on capitol hill and he was asked do you think that this new plan that you guys have together will have enough support in the house to pass? he said, look, we haven't even whipped it yet, staying away from any, making bold predictions whether it would pass or not. certainly house republican leadership behind the scenes they are feeling a bit more confident and spending bill that came together overnight and presented to their conference. that keeps the government funded for at least the next 28 days until february 16th. the new plan does not address d taxt ca, what many democrats want to see included in the spending plan. but it does add funding for the children's health insurance program, extends that for another six years, something that many democrats want

chad pergram, senior producer on capitol hill, thank you. president trump was scheduled to meet with his national security team this afternoon and we're waiting to hear whether he announce as decision on the iran nuclear deal. secretary of state rex tillerson said a decision is coming this afternoon. minutes ago the treasury sticktry, steven mnuchin, said he expects more sanctions against iran. rich is live at the state department. >> the state department is describing the meeting at the white house as decision meeting on these iran nuclear deals deadlines that are upcoming. the white house has to figure out. aids are pushing the president, some of the aids pushing the president, to continue waiving sanctions against iran, keeping the united states the iran nuclear deal, even though the president has called it an embarrassment and the worst deal ever. the aids' point, it keeps the u.s. in the deal while the united states congress continues to deliberate on how to change u.s.-iran policy. they're looking at a host of different things, changin

what did she have to say about the state of play on capitol hill? >> nancy pelosi's press conference was off the big topic of the moment, she was surrounded by 19 democratic women talking about budget priorities the democrats would like to see in any big deal to reopen the government. the bottom line is still on the senate side of things. the house passed its by they're not doing anything else until the senate acts. based on what we saw this afternoon when they took the floor, both sides are pretty well did you go in. here's chuck schumer starting the day. >> the shutdown was a political miscalculation of gar gantwan pro-portions. but it doesn't need to go on loor longer. it can stop today. so let's step back from the brink and stop vibratingizing the american people. and get back to work on their behalf. >> the way out of this is simple. our parties are close on all the issues we've been debate, so close i believe we might have a deal twice, only for the president to change his mind and walk away. the president must take "yes" for an answer. >> dav

as you know these top tech titans have been testifying on the capitol hill. we got an exclusive interview that was response to our reporting allegations that facebook did not do enough to protect its users in the lead-up to the 2016 election when there was allegations of russian meddling and this is what the facebook executive had to say. >> reporter: on capitol hill, tech giants facing tough new questions. exclusives from facebook, youtube and twitter grilled will by lawmakers about the threats posed by foreign governments, extremist groups and false information. >> our democracy is at risk here. we've got to figure out how to get this done and get it done right and quickly or we may not have a democracy up to hear you out. >> reporter: social media now a battleground used by terror groups and governments like russia to pedal propaganda. the company's say they're using new techniques to fight questionable contact. >> we work an a daily basis with law enforcement particularly the fbi and respond to any requests they have. >> reporter: for some it's russia's u

>> dana: mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. where does congress stand on a deal for those people brought to the country illegally by their parents? >> there are still talks but most of us don't believe -- there were six bipartisan senators last week that say they reached an agreement and they want to bring it to the floor to see if they have enough but bottom line, the white house and some conservatives rejected it. >> the president challenged this in his cabinet meeting. they had four major elements in it. we did everything he asked to present it to him on thursday. it's the only bipartisan agreement and we spent four months putting it together. we met the president's criteria. >> lindsey graham is a part of the six-member group that the -- said the president had a change in tone last week. >> we had a president that i was proud to golf with and call my friend, who understood immigration had to be bipartisan. i don't know where that guy went. i want him back. things are going to get better. it's not going to end this way. the

nbc's kacie hunt is on capitol hill. kacie hunt, let's start with you. i understand we have some breaking news on daca. what do we know? >> craig, that's right, our capitol hill team here has been talking with senators and senator jeff flake telling reporters on capitol hill that the bipartisan working group over in the senate has reached a deal, he says, on daca, to -- and that he also says, quote, we've pretty much got a bill. he says they're talking to the white house about that. so i want to stress that this is not a formal announcement from that working group about a deal but, rather, one of the senators who's been at the center of those negotiations saying that they do feel as though they have reached a deal in principle, that then could potentially turn into a public release at some point this week. we have been tracking this and we know those conversations were very positive. they had several meetings throughout the day yesterday. and i think that the democrats in that room came out saying that they were pleasantly surprised by how the white hous

let's begin, though, on capitol hill. we're about to hear from leader mcconnell. sunlen serfaty is there. >> reporter: certainly a lot of fast moving developments this morning. we heard from many senators leaving that meeting behind closed doors. and essentially saying, look, we don't know the path forward here. some democrats saying we want more promise, more firm assurance from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to have -- to move forward on immigration, move forward if they agree to the spending bill before february 8th. that's something that we heard from a democrat leaving the meeting a few minutes ago, senator amy klobuchar. >> hopefully we can resolve this in the next day or two. but this group's importance is not going to end there because we're going to, as we move forward with the dream act, we need a group of democrats and republicans, some version of the dream act. >> you said in a day or two. does that mean the vote today is not going to happen? >> i would hope it gets resolved as soon as possible and i can't tell you what day. >> reporter: so no

daniel came to capitol hill before bob dole. he was first a congressman from hawaii and then moved to the senate. he sent him a telegram and said why aren't you here yet? bob dole came a few years later to the house of representatives. he then came to the senate. probably steny hoyer, the minority whip put it put. he said it's appropriate that we give bob dole the gold medal because he set the gold standard. that's the key here on capitol hill, how revered he was. pat roberts said when they talked about giving congressional gold medal, it took him two days to get all 100 senators to sign on. the president commented a lot about bob dole's legacy. not so much in legislation, which is significant. he's one of the most significant senators of all-time here, but getting the world war ii memorial built just about a half mile from here on the national mall. 94 years old, it was his life's work after he left the senate and that opened several years ago and is a legacy to bob dole and the president mentioned that during his remarks today

relief and remission within reach. >>> there's a lot of activity on capitol hill. not unfortunately toward a solution to the government shutdown. cnn's sunlen serfaty is on the hill for us. what is this we're hearing, legislative business had to be momentarily halted on the house floor? >> this was just a few minutes ago. you know from your time covering capitol hill, these moments of heated partisan rhetoric typically happen on the house floor. today, one member called out another member for that very thing. we had texas republican congressman pete sessions down on the floor, and he was criticizing chuck schumer, the way he's handling the government shutdown. and his democratic colleague, congressman perlmutter called him out. he demanded for him to be sanctioned for his words to be struck from the record for impugning the character of someone else. so it led to a temporarily legislative halt on the floor of the u.s. house for just a few minutes, led to just a sort of side huddle with some members of leadership, and ultimately, it was withdrawn. so at the end of th

physically and rest. >> so back with us from washington, capitol hill reporter for the hill, molly hooper don't know if that interview there fuels anymore speculation object what joe biden is going to do. >> it does. it does. >> he's maintained a pretty good relationship with lawmakers. actually very visible. seeing him on the hill. not just the swearing in ceremonies. very vocal person in washington, d.c. last several decades. maintained those relationships. what kind of sentiment is there on the hill right now about a biden 2020 run. especially in the wake of criticism from within the party that's like we got to go forward away from the old guard. >> well, i got to tell you, this was fascinating to me because i was covering you know doug jones on tuesday, the new senator from alabama democrat. big deal. and i didn't even know about this whole bannon trump feud and the book stuff. i was outside doug jones's office. eric holder, joe biden were going. big wigs. when joe biden showed up after escorting doug jones to getting sworn in on the senate floor, it was like, oh. everybody was so exc

new details overnight about his marathon ten hours on capitol hill and why he's refusing to answer questions. >>> immigration firestorm. one senator now calling the current situation a, quote, "s" show. the supreme court now being asked to weigh in on the fate of the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers and new overnight what attorney general jeff sessions wants every immigrant to be able to do before being allowed into the u.s. >>> get ready for a messy morning commute. millions of americans from the deep south to the northeast are bracing for another winter storm. and this morning, see which part of the world is suffering with temperatures of 88 below zero. >> oh, my god. >>> plus, this boater forced to jump as a speed boat barrels towards him. >>> we take you to the dunkin' donuts of the future where coffee is poured from the tap. ♪ thank you for being a friend >>> and america's favorite golden girl marks a special day. >>> and good wednesday morning. we begin with steve bannon facing two subpoenas in two separate russia investigations. >> so bannon sat down for a marathon session before lawmakers on

let's bring in ryan nobles with the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: good morninging from capitol hill. it turned out to be a much earlier night but that wasn't because a grand bargain was struck between republicans and democrats. . no they just extended this debate for a little longer, hoping that noon today eastern time will be the opportunity for a great breakthrough. and that the government will finally be open. this is what senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said on the floor late last night. >> it would be my intention to resolve these issues as quickly as possible so that we can move on to other business that is important to our country. assuming that the government remains open. it would be my intention to proceed to legislation that would address dhaka, border security, and related issues. >> reporter: but mcconnell's olive branch not quite enough for democrats last night as they decided not to vote on that measure, and instead give their members some time to sleep on the issue. there appears to be an issue of trust right now between republicans and democrats. democra

and sit in the cloak room on capitol hill outside of the house chamber to ensure that this vote got done. imagine how much didn't happen now because the white house chief of staff had to spend that time and how much more functional a white house and the country could be run if they weren't con strantly fire drilling the president's bad actions. >> but that's the reality, containing president chaos is chief of staff kelly's number one job, it's just rarely do you see a chief of staff departed from capitol hill to calm everybody down because the president's contradicted a mrgs policy. and the fact that he is taking his talking points from tv. and motivated from a place of grievance as you point out. over the intelligence committees is just the latest example of a deeper problem that we can't confront and we can't be spun away from and of course it's confusion and chaos. that's what this president seems to breed and the sans not putting mittens on him so he can't tweet, the answer is him trugsing his administration of intelligence sources. >> congressman, let me ask you this, i was

chris, you know capitol hill very well. you've seen consequential votes before. in the next few minutes, we saw on friday night they were nine votes short of having the government reopen. we've just had the democrats and republicans meet. what do you think is going to happen? >> well, you know, it's all about daca. it's about the dreamers. the democrats have committed to these young people. they want them to stay in the country. they want the law to leave them alone and give them a path to citizenship. and the republicans don't agree. you know, i was up at a big football game in philadelphia last night. little bit of conversation there was about politics was about that. i think that it's about choosing sides. the democrats are going to stick to this fight. they're going to try to get a commitment from mcconnell, the republican leader. they give them a vote in the next couple weeks on daca. they want to get a commitment from him. can they trust him? can chuck schumer trust him? can enough democrats trust him that there will be a vote that they can move on with the

beneful. >>> breaking news on capitol hill. see there the former trump campaign manager and despite having been fired, being brought back into the trump fold now heading down stairs to testify to the house intelligence committee today. >>> joining me now former congresswoman donna edwards and rick tyler, republican strategist. welcome both. so let's talk about the speech from jeff flake. he's a republican, but is leaving the senate. he gave a very strong speech on the senate floor today criticizing the president and his whole obsession with so-called fake news. his attacks on the news media. let's watch. >> it is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own users words infamously spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. so frout with malice was the people that even the key to choose. >> rick tyler, jeff flake have a point? or is this a case where the president is tapping into a lot of anger at the news media? >> there's a lot of anger in the news media, but the knew media is a fact, it's not a problem. the

president which you cannot remember. >> i'm going to note for the record that hearing continues on capitol hill. senator lindsey graham on the hill. jack with the daily beast, also the boston globe and cnn kevin murray. it's too bad we have to parse what the president said because what he said was pretty clear. send me white immigrants. please let's not have immigrants from haiti or africa. they're trying to say he wanted to have it more as a conversation about merit based. there's a way to do that without calling african countries, whether you call them s-holes or s-houses, you can do it in a different manner. now we have two senators saying he didn't do it, dick durbin saying, no. >> that would have been a news cycle in and of itself with the senators going after each other. there is a reason why senator perdue and senator cotton are evolving on this, to use senator graham's word. they also have a proposal that involves merit immigration. so there -- and they want the president to side with them. they haven't said this, but you have to know if they're defending the president, it's not out of

i want to start off with phil mattingly who is at the capitol hill where senate democrats are meeting right now. so this meeting has begun? >> reporter: that's right, anderson. this is a very crucial moment. we know where senate democrats have been on this issue in large part over the course of the last 24 hours. they've made very clear they have significant problems with how the republicans have drafted this short-term bill. she have significant problems and significant deficits of trust in terms of how republicans will deal with the daca resolution if there is one even on the table at all. does that mean they will eventually vote no against a short-term funding bill? up to this point, it has looked like, yes, throughout this day, anderson, even when democratic leader chuck schumer went over to the white house, it looked very much like senate democrats would stay unified and a shutdown was almost certainly going to happen. here's what's shifted over the last 30 to 45 minutes. there have been a handful of democrats, some of whom have said they're welling to vote yes with republicans o

and already returned back to capitol hill. it's why more and more are leaving. i think the problem for the administration is, not just staff that's leaving, it's staff that's already there, that doesn't really support donald trump. and what i hear every day or every week are people who are working in the white house or departments or agencies or even at the republican national committee who will privately tell you terrible things about the president, but they get to go to the white house bowling alley and they get to write in motorcades and instagram that. and that may be for a lot of these folks worth getting those jobs, even if they don't support the president. and i have sympathy for the president here. his administration is filled with people who don't support him, and that's a problem. that would be a problem for barack obama, for george w. bush or any president. they need people who support their agenda. and this administration doesn't have that in the way that previous ones did. >> but doug, i think when you examine why

every day on capitol hill.e have barely scratched the surface of what will be coming up next year. entitlement reform which paul ryan wants to do. whether he'll even stay as speaker of the house. but we have to leave it there. thank you so much for taking the time to join us and for everything you do to support me, to support everybody at our great network on capitol hill. when we come back on this new year's eve edition, some of our big interviews from the year gone by. we're back from washington right after this. i saw the change in rich when we moved into the new house. but having his parents over was enlightening. ♪ you don't like my lasagna? no, it's good. -hmm. -oh. huh. [ both laugh ] here, blow. blow on it. you see it, right? is there a draft in here? i'm telling you, it's so easy to get home insurance on progressive.com. progressive can't save you from becoming your parents. but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto. >>> earlier this month, speaker ryan denied reports he's getting ready t

marc short on capitol hill as well today. what's the latest you're hearing from leadership and the state of play on capitol hill? >> david, let's start with that vote you mentioned a while ago. house of representatives will be back in later this afternoon, essentially to prime the pump here, to change the rules to allow themselves to vote very quickly on whatever might come out of the senate over the next couple of days. that is the big operating question right now. what can the senate get passed to hopefully keep the lights on? there are discussions going on, even as we speak. the good news is, not just between members of the same party but there is some bipartisan discussions going on in some of the senate office buildings between moderate members of both parties trying to see if they can get to a deal, get to some degree of support for this latest plan by leadership, which is to fund the government just through february 8th. keep the children's health insurance program funded for the next six years, but fund the government

. >> let's talk to cnn's sunlen serfaty on capitol hill with the latest. we're looking at this vote expected to happen here in an hour. as we speak, senators are meeting. but is there any sense that anything is changing? >> reporter: well, there certainly has been a mood shift, brianna, in the last hour on capitol hill. it does seem like there is a collective holding of the breath right now by many people up here on capitol hill after those comments by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he said it is hiss hope and intention to bring up daca and a border security legislation before that government funding runs out. the question up here is will that be enough to satisfy democratic demand. many democrats saying that they wanted him to make more firm commitments to hold a vote. they wanted him to be a little clearer with that language, so the big question is will that be enough for democrats? we are hearing some very preliminary early readouts from democrats who are huddling right now, saying that they believe that was positive, that they certainly paid c

we begin on capitol hill on the floor of the u.s. senate.ote now imminent in the next few minutes. democrats and republicans just emerging from behind closed doors. you are looking live at the scene here on the senate floor. that vote to reopen the government should be coming up in the next few minutes. obviously we will be covering all of it. nbc news congressional correspondent kasie hunt is on capitol hill. she'll be with us in a minute. peter alexander is at the white house. chris matthews, host of "hardball," he's with us as well. and msnbc contributor robert costa. they are all set up to go with us for the next hour as this vote gets ready. we're going to start with chris matthews, my colleague here. chris, you know capitol hill very well. you've seen consequential votes before. in the next few minutes, we saw on friday night they were nine votes short of having the government reopen. we've just had the democrats and republicans meet. what do you think is going to happen? >> well, you know, it's all about daca. it's about the dreamers.

on capitol hill, dozens of arrests. and yasmin gonzalez is terrified. >> i have four u.s.id to take to mexico country that i don't even remember. >> she's here trying to convince democrats to take a stand and refuse to back the republican spending plan to keep the government open unless there's a deal to help the 800,000 dreamers protected by the daca program. >> do you have enough republican votes to keep the government open this week? >> we've been very clear, we want to see a daca conclusion, but a d a aca solution has to be a bammed solution. it makes no sense for democrats to try and bring us to a shutdown. >> the president's aides trying to convince conservatives in the house not to sink the plan. >> nobody in our office wants a shutdown. >> is there any daca bill you're willing to sign? >> we're working on it. >> i'm looking for president that president trump supports. and he's not yet indicated what measure he's willing to sign. >> both sides playing the blame game. republicans control congress and the white house, but they need democratic votes had in the senate t

looking live from capitol hill. that's where members of the congressional black caucus will outline their effort. this hour they want t reprimand over the comments the predent made last week in an oval office meeting on immigration where he used very vile language to describe african nations and derided immigrants from haiti and el salvador. tell us about this resolution, this censure resolution and the chance for success. >> reporter: the chances aren't great for success, wolf, because quite frankly this is a house of representatives that are controlled by the republicans right now. certainly house democrats pushing forward with their efforts to amount to something of a symbolic nature. they are certainly very angry and have been very outspoken. in the week since, we've heard the reporting of that vulgar language president trump used in the oval office last week and they want to push this to the forefront to make sure it's keeping its time in the news and amounting to something of a public reprimand by this censure

how is kazakhstan received on capitol hill? sahil: trickling back in today after a long weekend. all the talk on capitol hill right now is not about kazakhstan, but rather about the fact that there is a government funding deadline in three days where the government would shutdown if republicans and democrats can't find a way to keep it funded and deal with outstanding issues, like the children's health insurance program and most explosively on the political level, daca. the fate of these so-called dreamers who could be deported if congress does not have a solution for them right now. 's before thetary senate right now. she has been testifying all day, all morning and into the afternoon. taking questions from senators. democratsf whom, the in particular, are demanding to know if president trump said one or two bank volcker words that everyone has been talking about words that everyone has been talking about. a lot of policy wrapped up in this. the government funding at stake. children's health insurance program. the fate of that is in the air. in the fate of the dreamers through -

barbara plett usherjoins me now from capitol hill.is much more optimistic from a president who talked of american carnage in his inauguration speech, who has been very divisive. but some of the meat of this is very dark, isn't it? there is the signing of the order to keep open guantanamo, which we know that president obama, but also george w bush, colin powell thought was bad for american security, recruiting terrorists. we also have president trump saying he wa nts to also have president trump saying he wants to modernise and rebuild the nuclear arsenal, then this curious point where he goes off script when he is talking about the vote in the un against the us recognition of jerusalem, and talks about enemies of the us, among which he seems to include american allies the uk, france and germany. yes, he hit those kinds of notes, ones that he has sort of alluded to was said before, in terms of one—time amo, it is true that previous presidents have acknowledged that it was a problem for america's reputation. i mean, at the list of thing

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>> really, all eyes on capitol hill right now on what's going on at the white house. that one-on-one meeting with president trump and chuck schumer, of course, behind closed doors but certainly many lawmakers are going to take a big cue, based on what comes out of that meeting. when chuck schumer gets back here on capitol hill, what was the tone? what was the directive? what are the marching orders going forward? i spoke with house minority leader nancy pelosi moments ago and asked her what she thought that meeting that is going on right now in the middle of all this chaos, frankly. and she said she thinks that it's a good sign. she said she's optimistic that the fact that the overture was made from the white house to invite him over, hopefully, she says, will be constructive. and she says she hopes that chuck schumer leaves that meeting with a more clear understanding of what exactly president trump would sign, a big criticism that many lawmakers have up here and have had throughout this whole process. certainly they do need a lot of clarity. they are definitely in a

house majority whip dan kildee of michigan live from capitol hill.eally want to hear that's realistic? we know president trump will say what he's going to say, but what do you hope he says? >> well, i think one area where we could find real bipartisan support would be a really big and bold infrastructure plan. and i know the president has made some proposals. i don't think what he put on the table so far quite rises to the level of being big and bold. he talked about a trillion dollar infrastructure plan a year ago when he addressed congress. i think we need to think about that in a much bigger terms, and i know there are democrats and republicans who would set aside their differences on other issues and really lock arms and work on rebuilding america's infrastructure, especially, you know, the challenges in our older cities. i think we could find a lot of common ground on that. liz: well, hillary clinton, when she was running, talked about a $500 billion infrastructure plan. i would say 1.5 trillion is a lot bigger than your own party's candidate. w

more from capitol hill. >> starting development on capitol hill when diane fine ste -- fine stein decided to release this transcript, glen simpson who's the head of that opposition research firm fusion gps, his interview that he had with the senate judiciary committee back in august. republicans on the committee did not want to do this and she did this over his own objections. now, what we've learned from this transcript is an effort by christopher steele to inform the fbi about what he learned when he went to russia dispatched by fusion gps to investigate candidate trump's business past with his dealings with russia. according to his testimony that steele was so alarmed about what he found he felt obligated to brief the fbi in the summer of 2016 about exactly what happened. now, a lot of questions, too, about whether or not christopher steele was doing this on behest of the democrats given that the clinton campaign and the dnc had been paying fusion gps at the time that christopher steele had been investigating all of these allegations in russia, but fusion gps said it had nothing to do

what is the state of capitol hill? here is phil mattingly. >> reporter: christine and alex, the potential government shutdown. no question. thursday is a very big day. you will get the first concrete evidence whether or not things are heading on a good pathway in terms of whether or not they will have a shutdown or whether or not there are significant problems. this is a multistep process. the house feeneeds to pass a spending bill and kick it to the senate. there are issues in both ca chambers. they have to pass the bill on their own, republicans. nancy pelosi whipping against the bill entirely. that means speaker paul ryan needs to find 216 of his own votes to ensure this can move over to the senate. that has been problematic. no question about it. conservatives frustrated with the process. they are threatening to hold out. defense hawks are worried about kicking the can down the road. can they get there? top republican aides feel like they can eventually get there. it is not an easy task. if the republicans get the

we are live from capitol hill.lawmakers look for a way frant frantically to open the federal government tonight, there were dire warnings what would happen politically if the government were shutdown in 2013 if that happened. by the end of october that year, approval of congress hung at just 12%. when people in the washington post abc were asked how they felt about their congress members, they got higher marks. 54 president disapproved of president obama's a perform ans, 67% disapproved of the tea party. 77% disapproved of hill republicans overall. by march republicans were leading on the generic congressional ballot and one year after the shutdown in november, republicans took back control of the senate, undoing the wave of democrats who had been elected with president obama in 2008. and of course ted cruz, one of the people who was most directly blamed for the 2013 shutdown, went on to be one of the last men standing in the race for president. when all was said and done, he returned home to texas, getting a hero'

. >> reporter: but it is a working sunday on capitol hill. where senate party leaders slam their political paralysis over the budget and immigration. republicans blame democrats. >> this shutdown was a political miscalculation of gargantuan proportions. it doesn't need to go on any longer. >> democrats blame the president. >> a dysfunctional president. hence, we are in a trump shutdown. >> reporter: behind the scenes, desperation and urgency, two dozen senators of both parties have been meeting privately working on options. to strike a compromise. >> we are trying to be helpful in showing them that there is a path. >> we want to see a commitment to take up immigration. and with a belief that we'll get to a good result for d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> reporter: the president did not spend the day in deal-making mode. officials say he spoke only to republican leaders, not democrats, and called two cabinet secretaries to check on the shutdown's impact at veterans affairs and homeland security. senator lindsey graham has been frustrated with mixed signals f

you are watching our continuing coverage today as though shutdown ends at least temporarily on capitol hill. this is "outnumbered overtime," let's bring in my very first guest because he is in the senate, colorado senator cory gardner. he sits on the budget committee and chairs the senate g.o.p. campaign arm. a very important person to talk with right now. what happened in that room that changed things? >> it is curious because the same basic offer was made friday night to senator schumer that we would have a three week cr, we would turn to the issue of daca immigration. that was rejected on friday night, here we are on monday after having shut the federal government down for several days saying basically we will go back to that same deal that was rejected on friday night. i guess they could finally figured out a way to quit digging today. >> harris: there is talk from the president that may be republican go nuclear. they should maybe go to a majority and burn the democrats on the steel that may be pushing it forward, talk to me about that. >> so many people are saying we should look at the

we'll be watching how this shakes out on capitol hill. also watching something else on the hill. senators saying this deal on daca, program to protect d.r.e.a.m.ers could be close, could be coming as soon as tomorrow. we'll break down what is in that agreement and why things will get more complicated when it comes to the house side, next. senators are expected as soon as today to share with us their proposal to fix da karks the program that helps 800,000 that came illegally as kids. you have three democrats and republicans trying to figure that out. does it include a wall? what about the d.r.e.a.m.ers? will the house get on board. and here to answer is leeann on capitol hill. what are you hearing about the bill? >> reporter: yeah, hallie, after the wild meeting televised at the white house a couple days ago, the senators said they actually made progress, that it helped them get to the parameters of this bill. so what we've learned is there are four main points that are being discussed and close to a bill. the points are daca. prompt prom probably going to beal path. border securi

what has been disheartening is the way the investigations are stalling out on capitol hill. look more and more like partisan bickering within the investigatetory bodies than serious investigations they were proclaimed to be starting down the path. almost entirely reliant on the bob mueller team. >> to you this doesn't necessarily point out obstruction? >> no in and of itself obstruction of justice. but if you have a theory that the president's actions, you know, during the period of the first several months of his presidency represented a pattern, a conspiracy to obstruct justice, stop or interfere with the investigation of his campaign and russia, this is another piece of evidence that supports that theory. reason it supports that theory is that jeff sessions was trying to do the right thing. he was recognizing that he was too involved with the trump campaign in order to lead an investigation of the trump campaign. i mean, it's just basic legal ethics that jeff sessions was reflecting. and by interfering at that decision or trying to interfere with that decision through his

right now, i don't see any of that happening anywhere on capitol hill. >> all right., congressman, thank you so much. appreciate it. much more to discuss on the secret society text message with the effort to undermine the russian investigation. senator rob portman of ohio is joining me next. stay with us. i no wondering, "what if?" uncertainties of hep c. i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after harvoni treatment. tell your doctor if you've ever had hepatitis b, a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv or any other medical conditions and about all the medicines you take including her