senator james lankford joins us live to talk russia, daca and the march for life. as congress scrambles to avoid a government shutdown, we will talk exclusively to senator lindsey graham. details about why he is not voting for short-term budget and an inside look into his roller coaster of a relationship with president donald trump. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night" paradigm shannon bream in washington. new tonight, it's a game of chicken. who blinks first. triple dog dear. happening right now in the senate as republicans and democrats tear down a government shutdown. democrats want republicans to agree to protect hundreds of thousands of illegals from deportation before offering their vote for cobo to a continuing resolution. dianne feinstein saying shutting down the government is a very serious thing. people die, accidents happen. you don't know their necessary functions can cease. democrats also want a longer-term reauthorization of the children's health insurance program, passed by the house a short while ago. g.o.p. proposal by house minority leader nanc

senator amy klobuchar, senator james lankford, thank you very much for joining us.irst want to make sure my eyes don't deceive me, there is actually a republican and democrat sitting next to each other for an interview. >> that actually happens more often than is captured by camera. >> it does and even from oklahoma and minnesota, so. >> woodruff: there you go. we appreciate you talking to us. let's begin by talking about the legislation that the two of you are backing having to do with election security. normally, senator lankford, people think about ballots and how they're counted. it's mechanical. why is that a priority right now? >> it's a priority because, in 2016, the russians tried to interfere in our election. we watched them try to be able to probe through different election systems, to be able to try to reach out to different secretaries of state offices in different states and to be able to determine how they're doing voter registration, what voting machines are they using. we should take that as a good fair warning that we should be aware that there are

. >> james lankford has been a tremendous help not only of what we just passed but will be a tremendous help in this. james, i want to thank you for your support. i can say that for all of the men and the people in this room, they have been fantastic. and john, you have really been, we can't even call you do with but you been more than a whip picu been fantastic on the taxes and the tax cuts and reform and the success of that. certainly it wasn't easy. it went right to the last minute and you right there and we all want to thank you. senator cornyn, do you want to say a few words? >> mr. president, thank you for having us here. america's most generous country in the world when it comes to illegal immigration. but that generosity has been abused by people who are exploiting the full of those we the border with lack of enforcement. and we saw the previous administration that try to usurp the authority that only congress and the white house have, and passing immigration laws. they try to do it by executive action and the courts struck that now. so i do think this is an important opportunit

james lankford has been a german us help, not only on what we just passed, but a tremendous help on this agenda. i can say for all of the men and the people in this room. they have been fast asset -- fantastic. ahn, you have been more than whip up in be have been fantastic on the taxes and the tax cuts and the reform and the success of that. certainly, it wasn't easy. it went right to the last minute and you are right there. we want to thank you for the job you did. it's fantastic. senator gordon? >> thank you for having us here. generouss the most country in the world when it comes to illegal 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,

trump: james lankford has been a tremendous help not only on what we does past, but -- thank you for your support, fantastic. i can say that for all the men and people in this room, they have been fantastic. john, you have, we can't even call you the whip, you have been more than a whip, you have been so fantastic on the taxes and the tax cuts and the reform and the success of that. it wasn't easy, it went right to the last minute, and you are right there, and we all want to thank you. senator cornyn, want to say a few words? senator cornyn: mr. president, thank you for having us here. america is the most generous country in the world when it comes to legal immigration, but that generosity has been abused by people exploiting the vulnerabilities we have along the border. and we saw the previous administration that tried to usurp the authority that only congress and the white house have, in passing immigration laws, trying to do it by executive action, and the courts have struck that down. i do think that this is an important opportunity for those of us who care, not only about the pe

to me with things i'm not in love with, i'm going to do it because i respect them. >> senator james lankfordeting. senator lankford, good morning. >> good morning. >> many times when we talk to senators, we say take us inside the room. we got to see it all. my question to you is how likely do you think a bipartisan deal with daca is? >> it's been very likely. the president in september said i want to have a legislative solution for daca, do border security, chain migration and he added later the visa lottery when that becomes such a big issue. those four issues what he's hammered on over and over again, there's been meetings for about three months to work through the process to figure out what that is. i think it's very likely. >> but it sounds like the clean bill. >> you'd have to be there for the whole context of the meeting. the whole meeting was there for two hours. the press was there for the first 50 minutes. the president laid it out from the beginning. it always includes border security and chain migration. he wants to limit it to just that, not everything in the comprehensive bill.

talk to committee member mike quigley about that and also senate intelligence committee member james lankfordbout the steele dossier. >>> we start with the uncertain future for hundreds of thousands of people living in america. it was an open-door meeting on daca that started off this past week. a rare look behind the curtain as president trump presided over the debate from top members of the house and senate. just two days later behind closed doors, it's what he said about immigrants and that one word in particular that, yes, is causing outrage but also up ending the policy debate. the president now tweeting, quote, daca is probably dead because the democrats don't really want it. they just want to talk and take desperately needed money away from our military. joining me now, reporter for "the new york times," jeremy peters. white house reporter for "the washington post," ashley parker. columnist at "the washington post" and msnbc contributor eugene robinson. and former chief of staff for the cia and department of defense and msnbc national security analyst jeremy bash. thanks to all of you

. >> we have people with expertise, thom tillis, a lot of good people, james lankford. a lot of people with knowledge are in this group. so i think we can find a pathway forward. i really do. >> sreenivasan: republican senator lindsey graham defended the proposed $25 billion trust fund for border security. >> you don't need $25 billion for a wall. you need wall systems. you need roads, you need redundancy. you need to fix old fencing. we're not going to build a 1,900-mile wall, but $25 billion can be spent wisely. >> sreenivasan: senator graham also weighed in on another hot topic on capitol hill: last week's "new york times" report that president trump tried to fire special counsel robert mueller last june. graham said he doesn't know whether the story is true or not, but would pass legislation that would protect mr. mueller from being fired. fellow republican senator susan collins of maine, also expressed confidence in mueller to complete the russia investigation and also supported bills that would protect him from being fired. >> there are some constitutional issues

donald trump, a physical, real wall, then james lankford, a 30 foot wall on the whole 2200 mile bordersing with the president wants. one thing is clear, the result of these negotiations, this will impress on their minds -- >> how will that work? people on both sides in both parties not willing to budge, republicans would not be happy if donald trump makes a deal in terms of daca. >> you can't underestimate the insurance pressure they are under because they have leverage going into this government shutdown debate. republicans need 60 votes to get any agreements across the finish line's, the difference is what democratic senator can work with republicans and survive backlash. heather: there is the same question in terms of democrats, extreme on their side. an agreement that works into this in terms of chain migration, they won't be happy. >> whether they will be happy with dreamers and government not shutting down and in terms of pressure on them they feel pressure. and if the government should shut down. trump hasn't exactly, what are the parameters, are not going to fall on the sword a

the bill's sponsor is oklahoma republican senator james lankford. he testified on why he thinks changes are needed. the senate rules and administration committee hosted this hearing. it's an hour and 20 minutes. >> [inaudible] the hearing will come to order. today the committee on rules and

. >> james lankford has been a tremendous help, not only on what we just passed, but will be a tremendousagenda. thank you for your support. i can say that for all the men and people in this room. they have been fantastic. even call you the whip but you have been more than a whip. you have been so fantastic on the taxes and tax cuts and reform and the success of that, and it was not easy. it went right to the last minute, and we all want to thank you. senator gordon? >> mr. president, thank you for having us here. america is the most generous country in the world when it comes to legal immigration -- but that has been abused when people exploit the vulnerabilities we have with lack of enforcement. we saw the previous administration trying to usurp

here's what james lankford told me how he views the significance of that dossier. >> i think it's important to find out if it's factual. that's the issue from the very beginning. this dossier come up with these sordid details and wild accusations where everybody immediately asked where did this come from? for the longest no one knew. now we know the sources were russian in the clinton campaign and dnc paid for it so then it becomes a question of who knew who paid for it cane verify it. >> details are verifiable. does it matter. >> details are verifiable. it doesn't matter who paid for it. details not verifiable it certainly matters who paid for it. that's the challenge. if sources are russian sources we don't know who they are and why they were getting the information and what they knew about the product then we don't know. the challenge that we have is that the russians historically for the last several decades have played both sides of the elections, have prepared themselves to attack whoever they want to on whatever side. >> do you think the president is blind to this? do you think the p

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