cornyn: i was in the rio grande valley on friday, saturday, and sunday, hunting the ever elusive wild texas quail. i did happen to go over to a wildlife sanctuary on friday, which is a unique tourist attraction and one that is located within several hundred yards of the texas border. what i am told there is the smugglers, the transnational criminal organizations you alluded to, see that as a vulnerability and so obviously, we need to meet that challenge. i know that chief padilla and others are working hard to do that, but we need to be sensitive to the concerns the ocal community has about a huge economic element there, and something that we entertain a lot of folks from up north, they call affectionately snowbirds down there when it is cold up north. they come down south. it is great for them, great for the economy, great for obs. that would be one example of a need to work collaboratively with the mobile community and local stakeholders, as well as state and local officials to come up with the right solution. a few years back in hidalgo, texas, hidalgo county, texas, using that sam

that's according to senate majority whip john cornyn of texas. but despite that sentiment, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has promised a vote by 1:00 a.m. monday to try to reach a deal on spending. but as the search for a compromise drags on, the rhetoric on both sides is ramping up. now amid the impasse, a bipartisan group of senators is trying to hammer out a deal, both sides can live with. hello everyone. welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm arthel level. eric: good evening everyone. i'm eric shawn. tempers have been running short all weekend. and the political stakes are sky high as both sides have been blaming each other for the stalemate. now comes toward tonight that republican senate leader mitch mcconnell and his democratic counterpart charles schumer, that they have met face-to-face with an agreement seemingly unlikely at this hour. democrats still demanding protections for those under daca, the dreamers, to protect them from deportation. while republicans in the white house want to focus solely on passing a spending bill

i see senator cornyn here who has done an extraordinary job. it was senator cornyn who hosted the trip that i made down to the border that gave me an incredibly important perspective for the case on border security. i just want to leave maybe a final comment for the daca population. some people say, what's the crisis? we've got until march 5. i understand that every single did a that you wake up and that date seems like today. i know that we need to move more quickly. quite honestly, we could have gotten this done a couple of months ago, if people had engaged, recognized their differences, accepted a compromise. we're doing everything that we can to get it done much sooner than march 5 because we understand that there are teachers, there are e.m.t.'s, there are some 00 -- some 900 serving in the military, there are hardworking people, kids in schools. there's hundreds of thousands of good people in and a proposal that we've put together -- over a million -- that we want to welcome into this nation because they're great citizens, they love this

saying they just brought more firewood into cornyn's office. many of the leadership offices do have working fireplaces. we'll keep you posted on any new developments and live video. we'll take you to the briefing from house democratic leaders. pleas ms. pelosi: good afternoon. i stand proudly with the democratic leadership of the house of representatives. leadership of the caucus that voted overwhelmingly and with great unity to support our lues and rejecting the ill-founded republican c.r. c.r.'s are a way to debilitate government. you don't quite shut it down but debilitate the opportunity for our country to act full force as we go into the rest of the fiscal year. on the process, our members knew that the right thing to do is vote against the c.r. even though republicans were advertising it as this, that and the other thing. they hid behind children and say we are going to put chip in there. chip has been a priority of the democrats and really a bipartisan agenda all along. but what they didn't do in there is a complete program that usually

saying they just brought more firewood into cornyn's office. many of the leadership offices do have working fireplaces. we'll keep you posted on any new developments and live video. we'll take you to the briefing from house democratic leaders.

i see senator cornyn here who has done an extraordinary job. it was senator cornyn who hosted the trip that i made down to the border that gave me an incredibly important perspective for the case on border security. i just want to leave maybe a final comment for the daca population. some people say, what's the crisis? we've got until march 5. i understand that every single did a that you wake up and that date seems like today. i know that we need to move more quickly. quite honestly, we could have gotten this done a couple of months ago, if people had engaged, recognized their differences, accepted a compromise. we're doing everything that we can to get it done much sooner than march 5 because we understand that there are teachers, there are e.m.t.'s, there are some 00 -- some 900 serving in the military, there are hardworking people, kids in schools. there's hundreds of thousands of good people in and a proposal that we've put together -- over a million -- that we want to welcome into this nation because they're great citizens, they love this

cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i want to thank the senator from arizona who has spent an awful lot of time and energy on this topic. i'm committed to working with him and all of our colleagues to come up with a solution well in advance of the march 5 deadline. one thing i hope he will help ms my understanding is the march 5 deadline means that the current daca recipients can no longer register again for an additional two years and qualify for an additional work permit. i think -- but i could be mistaken -- that it doesn't mean that they are subject to deportation. what it means is that they can't sign up again for another two years, and they will lose -- potentially lose their work permit. having said that, i'm not diminishing the urgency of the issue -- of the timeline, and i'm committed to working with him and others to try to beat that well in advance during the month of february. i think it is -- does create enormous anxiety for these young people who i have met and as the senator from arizona has. t

cornyn says we might actually figure this out. >> cornyn has been one of the most consistently pessimistic on the idea that these bipartisan negotiations are going to go anywhere fast. the fact that he's willing to at least hint at some form of problem is a good sign. >> a big question i have coming out of that is, one of the things the progressives were pushing for in this deal is a vote in the house on whatever immigration bill passes the senate. speaker paul ryan has not been willing to commit to anything like that. he has a more conservative conference. and if he did something like that, put a bill on the floor that a majority of the majority did not support, conservatives could frankly come for him the way they came for john boehner. he has really held the line on that. i'm curious whatever deal they're cooking up right now. i'm assuming he's continuing to reject that, but it would be curious to see. >> take us behind the thinking of paul ryan right now. you watched john boehner go through this. a lot of those same dynamics are still at play in the house. what are the issues on the ho

cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i'd ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, just over two weeks ago, president trump signed a historic tax reform bill into law. some not really knowing what was in the bill and people who were determined to find fault with it were, let's just say, a little skeptical at first. they wondered what this whole thing was about and who would actually benefit. but now the verdict is starting to come in. many folks are pleasantly surprised for the first time in a while knowing that actually congress and washington, d.c. has produced something that will make their life better. they are appreciative because they are seeing the immediate consequences. in response, more than 100 countries have announced they will give wage increases, increase their charitable contributions, and will give out bonuses to their employees. one million a

we also just heard from john cornyn, who also is expressing some optimism.e said u schumer wants to give people a chance to chew on it. that's why he didn't want to have a vote tonight. it's better to have a successful vote tomorrow at noon than a failed vote tonight. ron? >> cornyn was one of the most pessimi pessimist, so the shift in tone is noteworthy. you have to be realistic about what you can achieve through it. it is i don't think -- i think the evidence is clear. a shutdown cannot make a president do something he doesn't want to do. it didn't to bill clinton or barack obama. if they are able to get mitch mcconnell to reaffirm the commitment he's already made to jeff flake to get the vote on the tax bill. there will be a vote on daca. that will be a significant achievement. also kind of lost in the sauce here is that equally important. from any democrat has been reauthorizing the children's health insurance program. which has been allowed to twist in the wind since september even while this massive tax cut was being passed. if you're able to lock tha

senator cornyn? >> thank you for having us here. america is the most generous country in the world when it comes to legal immigration. that generosity has been abused by people who are exploiting the vulnerabilities we have along the border with a lack of enforcement. we saw the previous administration that tried to usurp the authority that only congress and the white house have in passing immigration laws. they tried to do it by executive action, and the courts have struck that down. i do think this is an important opportunity for those of us who care, not only about the people and about our legal immigration system, but are determined to eliminate and stop illegal immigration along with the drugs and the harm that that causes. i do think this is a great opportunity. i hope we make the most of it. coming from a border state with 1200 miles of common border with mexico, my constituents in texas all understand the importance of border security and enforcement. at the same time, they are people with big hearts. like you and like the r

. >> senator cornyn. cornyn: thank you for your willingness to take on probably one of the most difficult jobs in the united states government and one of the most important. i want to continue my line of questioning for my friend from vermont about the border security. it is no surprise to you that i come from a state that has 1200 miles of common border with talkingand what we are about is what measures will be put into place to provide border security, which my constituents all want. they want security. struck byhave been your use of the phrase "wall system" and just want to explore with you a little bit what you mean by that. one of the people i have taken advice from is the rio grande , whoy border manny padilla has told me that in his vast experience in the border patrol, it is composed of three elements . infrastructure is important. you can call it a secure fence as we did in 2006, or a wall. it includes not only that infrastructure, but technology and of course the border patrol agents to be able

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guest: we heard earlier today from senator cornyn that we should expect at least two more cr's.here was some optimism coming out of the last cr vote that ultimately will see an increase on defense spending that budget caps would be lifted. what message douf for leadership as far as breaking the impass and getting to a larger deal to fund the federal overnment? >> what we have to do, it was understood we were going to have appropriation bills. we have 12 appropriation bills and we have -- frankly there's a partisan element to this because we have tried to pass them out and we can't get them on the floor. as you know a minority can block them from coming up on the floor. the one that has to pass is the one for our national defense. we have to get past the budget caps. give an example. if we don't do anything as it is right now when we pass the authorization bill for the military it's at $700 billion. if for some reason we can't get beyond the caps and we have to go to a strict cr that's going to go down to $549 billion and that would absolutely be devastating. we have to repair ou

once again, john cornyn saying the senate is prepared to have a vote after lunch.p, bloomberg real is next, starting at 12:30 new 5:30 london time. we will be keeping an eye on bringing youd anything that changes as the senate continues to debate the continuing resolution that may keep the government open past midnight. ♪ n past midnight. ♪ >> 30 minutes, this is "bloomberg real yield." >> a shakeup in d.c. trauma and the potential for a government shutdown. and thetion highs european central bank. we begin with the slow-motion treasury selloff. >> it could be a bond bear market.

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productive conversations yesterday with leader mccarthy, steny hoyer, senator durbin and senator cornyn. we're about to go back up the hill to continue those conversations. i think they're making progress. what doesn't make sense is to say we're going to shut down the government, just because you're making progress. but i need something else. reporter: a couple questions. did the president's comments about s-hole countries, what responsibility does he bear? mr. mulvaney: let's make one thing clear. one of the differences between where we are now and where we were 2013. the president is actively working right now to try to prevent a shutdown. i will contend to you that it's dramatically different than what president obama was doing in 2013. i was there. i was involved heavily in this in 2013 and i will tell that you it's my belief that president obama wanted a shutdown in 2013. because he thought democrats would -- republicans would get blamed. the president actively worked all day yesterday to try to get a bill through the house. and continues conversations today. so there's no way you

the white house has been talking to senator cornyn, the majority whip, and now with kevin mccarthy. they are part of what they call the number two group on immigration. if you want to get something done, you want to make sure that as part of a negotiation you include those individuals. the problem is durbin talking to graham and flake, excluding cornyn and kevin mccarthy, they go to the white house. who set the meeting?

that from john cornyn. at the white house reporters caught up with white house advisor kellyanne conway and tried to ask her questions bout the c.r. discussions. reporter: [inaudible] kelly anne: well, we hope they will follow the president's lead. and that rely on chip -- he hopes to keep the government open. reporter: one-year anniversary of the president's inauguration, what do you think this means about the level of function? kellyanne: the president has made great progress. promises to make more accountability to washington. and our security. i think the tax cut plan alone shows how much -- [inaudible] so record numbers in the economy. people are really excited there is a 31% increase in the stock market. 401-k, look at their paychecks, it's due to his leadership. we certainly hope they can work to keep the government open. our military deserves. our government workers deserve it, military spouses. certainly the chip recipients. this is what leadership looks like. the president inviting people from bot

yes, senator purdue, senator cotton, cornyn, this one, that one. we have tremendous support to get something done tremendous, joe. i think something will get done. >> i want to ask you a davos question because we're here and i don't know, i even get taken over by this whenever we're here, we talk about wealth disparity, income inequality not just globally, but everywhere >> big problem >> big problem a resurgent united states, a strong growing united states makes a world of difference, not just for the united states but for the world in general i'm wondering if you did -- if you were able to keep gdp or if the united states grows at 3%, 4%, and we have the coffers, we can do a lot with 3%, 4%, it's totally different than when we don't have money >> different country >> do you have a way of addressing the skills gap and education? as a business person, you sovr probl solve problems >> we need vocational schools. >> will that be something? >> it's a big factor for us, but i want these big companies coming in, toyota's coming in we talked about apple

cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, reserving the right to object. shutting down the government only to fund it three days afterwards isn't how this place is supposed to work and it isn't what the american people deserve. we will vote to open the federal government for three weeks and discuss spending caps. if our democratic colleagues are ready to end this needless shutdown, then let's have the vote right now and begin discussions on bipartisan priorities. so, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senator's request be amended and that unanimous consent be given, notwithstanding rule 22, that the senate immediately vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion -- which amends chip and reopens the government, and if all post -- the senate immediately vote on the motion to concur with further amendment. the presiding officer: does the senator from virginia so modify his request? mr. kaine: i do not modify request because this has been noticed for later in the evening and the colleagues who have b

grassley: senator cornyn. sen. cornyn: thank you for your willingness to take on probably one of the most difficult jobs in the united states government and one of the most important. i want to continue my line of questioning for my friend from vermont about the border security. it is no surprise to you that i come from a state that has 1200 miles of common border with mexico, and what we are talking about is what measures will be put into place to provide border security, which my constituents all want. they want security. and so, i have been struck by your use of the phrase "wall system" and just want to explore with you a little bit what you mean by that. one of the people i have taken advice from is the rio grande valley border manny padilla, who has told me that in his vast experience in the border patrol, it is composed of three elements. infrastructure is important. you can call it a secure fence as we did in 2006, or a wall. it includes not only that infrastructure, but technology and of course the border p

cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. cornyn: i thank the chair. the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. cornyn: mr. president, last week marked the 45th anniversary of roe v. wade, but many of us were not celebrating. because last week gave us another opportunity to consider the real damage caused by the supreme court decision which even liberal scholars have now said is flawed. the type of damage it's done to the social fabric of our nation over the last four and a half decades. during that period of time, more than 50 million unborn children in america have been denied the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 50 million. in other parts of the world unborn children have been killed by the sheer fact they happen to be a girl instead of a boy, or because they have disabilities like down's syndrome. for me, roe v. wade hits close to home because i come from

so senator, senator, we heard today from senator cornyn. out ofas optimism coming the last cr vote that ultimately increase on defense spending, that budget caps would be lifted. hat message do you have for leadership as far as breaking to a passe, and getting larger deal to fund federal government? senator: yes, get away from cr's. i can remember when i first started, it was understood, we were going to have appropriations bills, 12 bills and have not quite frankly, the partisan element to this, because we have to pass them out, majority, we can't get them on know.loor, as you minority can block for -- now as far as the one that has to pass, is the one for our national defense. nd we have to get past the budget caps, have to get, give an example, if we don't do right now, it is when we pass authorization bill military, $700 billion, we have to go and can't get the cap and go to strict r, that is going down to $549 billion and that would absolutely be devastating, we've military and ur can't do it unless we pass it or we -- ions bill jim ma

cornyn: mr. president, last week marked the 45th anniversary of roe v. wade, but many of us were not celebrating. because last week gave us another opportunity to consider the real damage caused by the supreme court decision which even liberal scholars have now said is flawed. the type of damage it's done to the social fabric of our nation over the last four and a half decades. during that period of time, more than 50 million unborn children in america have been denied the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 50 million. in other parts of the world unborn children have been killed by the sheer fact they happen to be a girl instead of a boy, or because they have disabilities like down's syndrome. for me, roe v. wade hits close to home because i come from a state where lead plaintiff was living at the time of that now famous lawsuit. her name was norma mccorby or jane roe in the case. she was from dallas, texas. what is unknown but interesting is that what is left out of the story when you hear about jane roe in roe v. wade. mrs. mccorby n

. >> shepard: john cornyn. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff of california says if republicans do relief their memo, democrats will also call for their memo to go public. republican, this began with devin nunes, the same devin nunes that last year made white house surveillance claims, stage add rush to the white house to share surveillance information with the chairman but took information from the administration and staged a report of it. at its core, it was p.r. and it was bogus. devin nunes wrote the memo currently in question. he will not share it with investigators. the trump justice department wants to see it. he won't let them. the same trump department says it should not be made public as it would damage the nation. it's classified. it could reveal sources and methods. the republican trump appointee, the assistant attorney general, stephen boyd says releasing the memo would be extremely reckless. richard burr, the republican of north carolina, chairman of the select commi

bret: you're looking on the left side of the screen, senator cotton with folded arms, and senator cornyn talking, two of the conservatives on immigration that would be pushing back against something that gave up a lot of the headway. senator kennedy from louisiana, my favorite sound bite. >> shannon: he is a quotable guy, every week. >> bret: this sums it up. i'd like to go back to america but i'm stuck in washington. and i think that's the feeling for a lot of people at home, this place isn't working. no matter what party you support, it's not working. now they're gathered around mitch mcconnell, which you can schumer next to mitch mcconnell, we could be getting to a point where both sides are ironing out details. this is how the sausage is made, they're writing legislation on the senate floor to come up with the specifics on this continuing resolution. we are 14 minutes and 12 seconds into one year since the inauguration. this kay, on january 20 on this day. we are in a place where technically there is a partial shutdown of the u.s. government. >> shannon: it is, again, phases in slowl

productive conversations yesterday with leader mccarthy, steny hoyer, senator durbin and senator cornyn, who are about to go up the hill to continue those conversations. they are making progress. what doesn't make sense is to say we are going to shut down the government because you are making progress but i need something else. >> let me ask you a couple of questions. do the president's comments about s-hole country, what responsibility does he bear? >> one of the differences between where we are now and where we are in 2013, the president is actively working to try to prevent a shutdown. i will contend to you that is dramatically different to what president obama was doing in 2013. i was there. i was involved heavily in 2013. it is absolutely my belief that president obama wanted a shutdown in 2013, because he thought democrats -- republicans would get blamed. the president, as mark just pointed o pointed out, actively worked yesterday and continues conversation today. there is no way you can lay this at the feet of the preof the unit president of the united states. >> why not bring le

cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, president trump didn't vote to shut down the government. he's not a member of the united states senate. president trump did not shut down the government. and now senate democrats are reeling because the president has said while the government is shut down, he's not going to negotiate a change of our immigration laws that our democratic colleagues and frankly many republicans like me would like to see changed relative to the deferred action for childhood arrivals, or daca young adults. so it seems to me that our democratic colleagues have literally -- well, figuratively, let's say, shot themselves in the foot, reloaded, and shot themselves in the other foot. and now they expect president trump to somehow rescue them out of this box canyon. i know i'm mixing my metaphors here, but this situation they find themselves in. they shut down the government, and now they're hurting the very people that they shut down the government to help. because there are no negotiations going on

john cornyn. >> everybody is going to have their opinion. what i can tell you is i'm dealing with the diplomats on the ground. i'm dealing with all of the actors in this situation. it's a serious situation. and he can't sit there and imply that he's going to destroy the united states without us reminding him of the facts and the reality that if you go there, it's not us that's going to be destroyed, it's you. >> you deal with the diplomats on the ground. you deal with diplomats every single day. world leaders from all around and across the globe. how do they respond overall to the president's tweets? i read one analysis this week saying they're starting to tune them out. >> i don't think they're tuning them out. if anything, they're glued to them. they see him as unpredictable. that's probably the overwhelming feeling. >> too unpredictable? >> i don't think so. i think they don't know what the u.s. is going to do at any given time. for that reason, they're getting more kushs. cautious. it's not a bad thing. it's really not. >> a lot of the q

i talked to cornyn. i talked to durbin. i even talked to schumer. i talked to steny hoyer. our staffs have been continuing to meet. today the principals will get together. we want to solve this problem. but the deadline this week is about the military. and about the children. i hope when we go to the floor to have the vote, to continue to have government funded, that i don't look across and see what i saw the times before. i watched the leadership on the democratic side, same person who believed these were crumbs to the american public, actually holding her members back. even though -- those who want to vote for it but would not release them to vote for it until republicans had passed it. i would like to see us work together to solve america's roblems. mr. ryan: i, too, want to wish ason luck. speaker ryan: look, after hearing the good news in recent weeks, there is one thing that's undeniable. tax reform is boosting america's economic confidence. company after company is announcing we're having increased bonus, wages, for new investment in america because of tax reform. i

lost the and a tweet from senator john cornyn. big loss for the senator and the democrats. this, the jell-o president and the shutdown. another, thank goodness that is over.

cornyn: mr. president, i appreciate the majority leader clarifying for us what this is all about and actually i have to thank the democratic leader for clarifying that this is really about the issue of illegal immigration. that's the reason why there has been no agreement on spending caps, because our friends across the aisle don't want to agree on spending caps because they want to use everything else as leverage in order to get an outcome on this dispute over illegal immigration. and, as the majority leader pointed out, this isn't so much about what's in the bill as what they said should be in the bill, because i presume our colleagues are for the six-year reauthorization of the children's health insurance program. it was voted almost unanimously out on a bipartisan basis in the senate finance committee. the matter of veterans that the democratic leader mentioned? well, veterans are going to be hurt by what they he done or will do tomorrow, i presume, in defeating this one-month continuing reso

you heard john cornyn's tweet, you heard mitch mcconnell on the immigration part of this saying they don't know where the president stands. and that's increasingly what i'm hearing talking to senators from both parties, they want to see some presidential leadership on this, they want to know what kind of deal can be struck. and andrea, just within the last 10 minutes a new wrinkle in this, jerry moran, a republican senator from kansas just put forward the idea of doing an even shorter cr, just a handful of days, just getting into next week, on the idea that it would force these parties to negotiate on the daca portion of this, potentially jamming up the white house and other negotiators on this, and see if they can't force a deal through, setting all these other issues aside just to get this done. that's sort of the graham-durbin forces are excited about. it's an intriguing possibility. we'll see where it goes, the next six hours are going to be very interesting. >> get your running shoes on. that of course is a possibility of a compromise on the d.r.e.a.m.ers, which went completely

senator cornyn said the a gang of six will not get a vote potus want to sign it.der security and diversity visa lottery, limit chain migration, fix a daca. senator cotton, might as well roll it straight into trash can. it sounds like there is work to do. to get everybody on the same page. >> it's always risky when you go first, when you put something together to try to get a solution in place, before you have all the answers of our people are. that is what to do, push the conversation, doing our best to meet with the president and my other four things that he wanted. a plan that addressed the board above all, we need to do more. it is clear. we used numbers when we did not have rail the numbers so we can always do better. we tried to end chain migration the way we could. there is a way to do this thing. there's a lot of conversations on the hill about getting sprayed gang of six, gang of 14, gang of prime numbers. i don't exactly know what is so important about six or h. what is exactly is 279, the important 279, 60 members of the senate, 218 members of the house,

>> reporter: as i was walking over here, i walked with john kor anyo cornyn.st about the of doing a deal all day. he's been sort of down playing that possibility. he said that she is more optimistic than he has been at any time thus far in this shutdown. now, he wouldn't be specific about why. the most he would say is that he feels like democrats are realizing that their position has become untenable. but it's note worthy because cornyn has been the first person really to shoot down the ideas of these various deals that have popped up over the course of the day. for the first time over the last three days, i saw him with a little spring in his step, saying he's feeling a little bit more optimistic. i don't know if that means mitch mcconnell is going to announce something here, but it is a note worthy turn as we're studying the details from the number two man in the party up here. >> the thing we talked about as being critical to the negotiations was whether or not mcconnell was going to make some sort of immigration-related commitment, saying, lo inin ins we'l

senator cornyn mentioned gang members. is it true or is there data to suggest that many of the dangerous people who cross the border, the majority aren't but the dangerous ones find themselves in the very hispanic communities after they cross the border making them less safe than, say, my community? >> yes, sir. and in fact i think when i went to the rio grande valley, the area that senator cornyn was reviewing, we were talking about the rip crew, if you will. those that are part of the tco raiding a house where they believe weapons or drugs are stashed where they might have pre-positioned them on both sides of the border. so without that wall, the rip crews go back and forth, back and forth. it is danger to the mexican side and our side as well. >> we were in laredo, senator cornyn led a us down to the border in various places. laredo stuck in my mind because a couple weeks earlier border patrol agents in a helicopter were shot at. they had the door with the hole in it in the briefing room. would you characterize -- a lot

republican whip john cornyn of texas says he appreciates the contribution of of the senators but its neat going to be agreed to by a handful of people. he said he has not seen the proposal. one of the senators trying to cut a deal talked about where things stand a short time ago. >> in the meeting today, to set out the series. >> we have an agreement that we're -- bipartisan group, the six of us, we're shopping among our colleagues. we don't want to release details until we talk to more of our colleagues. >> one senator not impressed, arkansas senator tom cotton. >> 2013 democrats seemed so interested in border security. they talked about it hour, important it was, all of them voted for a bill for $700 million of border security. now it seems like they don't care about border security at all. can you understand, what the difference is? >> there's been a shift in democratic elite opinion. in 2006 chuck schumer and barack obama and joe biden and hillary clinton all voted for the secure fents act. and here we are, 12 years later, don't that have deal. there seems to be strong resistance

there's cornyn of texas and schumer emerging again. our political director, the host of meet the press, the host of meet the press daily, chuck todd is on the phone. we do see mitch mcconnell with flake right now pointing to a piece of paper. so that's progress. chuck, have we gotten anything wrong yet on our coverage of this? >> not at all. here's what i can build on a little bit. there is still talks -- what i'm told the two senate leaders were banding back and forth with a possibility of sort of splitting the difference, right? you had democrats saying how about four or five days. how had republicans say four weeks. but maybe they're looking at ten to 12 days of a continuation here, something that would take them through just after the state of the union. now, that was part of the earlier conversation, i was told between senator schumer and the president, that that idea had actually been thrown around but republicans were pushing back on the idea just after state of the union. they wanted one more week after that. so that's why four

senator john cornyn, number two in the senate, told me there will not be a vote on daca this week, fullp. he and senator mcconnell are in charge of those votes and there won't be a vote this week. democrats have to make a decision do they swallow this c.r. or do they try and shut down government to force a vote? that's where you get in the question the moderates will vote for the c.r. daca, the solution is weeks away. this would push the solution into february, that february 16th spending deadline, that becomes the big date for the dreamers and daca and because it's closer to the march deadline democrats feel they have more momentum. this group with john kelly, john cornyn and the seconds in command, what's interesting is the white house says it want more conservatives in the mix. that group is still five white men. one woman from the span, caucus joins them today. >> woodruff: there is a contradiction. on the one hand we're seeing the president say he wants to be compassionate toward the younger immigrants who came to this country with their parents without documentation but is taking

senator cornyn? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate you and the ranking member getting us together on this topic. texas suffered its own tragedy on november 5th when a deranged gunman shot and killed 26 people worshipping at the first. baptist church in sutherland springs. as senator cruz and i learned, when we went down to sutherland springs issue the gunman shot through the walls of the church while people were worshipping inside. then entered a side door to shoot the wounded in the head and otherwise end their lives. it was a horrible, horrific experience. we need to recognize that were it not for the heroic actions of two private citizens there in sutherland springs, even more bloodshed and more deaths would have occurred. he was an nra firearms instructor who heard the gunshots at the church and ran a block away along with his rifle and fired on the shooter and forced him to flee wounding him twice. and with the help of a neighbor driving past the church, they chased down the shooter and made sure it ended. we're hold