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.

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

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

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.

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

the majority whip, the republican john cornyn, on the floor of the u.s. senate now. and you can follow, of course, our coverage of the u.s. senate over on c-span2. reporter paul mcleod of buzzfeed tweets about this. he's hearing that on a tweet, hearing that we'll get a cloture vote on the c.r. after cornyn's speech happening in the senate now. so keep an eye on that. if you're watching c-span2, you may see that cloture vote as paul mcleod talked about. on the house side of things, here's jennifer jacobs, white house reporter for bloomberg, she tweets -- so a very fluid situation. we may see a vote in the senate. we may see additional action in the u.s. house tonight or possibly later this weekend. it's going to take a lot of cooperation now to avoid a shutdown. any one senator can delay holding senate votes before midnight. if the senate makes changes to the house bill. the senate would have to agree to a quick vote and then the house would have to accept it. all within seven hours and 15 minutes. that was a while ago. it's under seven hours now. one of those change

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

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mcconnell standing up to talk to john cornyn. perhaps some sort of wrinkle here as we are watching this live in realtime. rachel, i interrupted you. what is your take on what we're seeing unfold right now? >> that's clearly a power huddle there talking about if they're going to get to a paeshl deotenl here. i was s i don't think speaker ryan or the white house would necessarily come out and oppose that. speaker ryan's point was that you can't bind the house. even if they pass something in the senate, he's not going to make a promise they're going to do so as well in the house. if that's what it takes to reopen the government, i don't think you're going to see a lot of republican opposition. but the question becomes do they actually get to deal by the next shutdown date three weeks later. i actually think we could be back here with another shutdown again. >> looked like when they came in, both senator schumer and senator mcconnell had remarks prepared and the fact they were talking together suggests hopefully some sort of agreemen

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

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

here's how republican senator john cornyn reacted to that doj letter just moments ago. >> we all should attention to what the justice department's concerns are and i'm sure the chairman will -- it's always good when we communicate and consult with one another and i'm hopeful that will happen and get that resolved. when the public begins to question the integrity of the department and the fbi and conclude in the absence of other information that somehow politics is taken over rather than the law, that's a very serious matter and we need to get that cleared up. >> the number two senate republican john cornyn just moments ago. ken delanny is more on this story. give us a sense of where things stand right now. neither the doj or the fbi has been given a chance to review this memo. what do we know about what is said to be in it? >> my sources say this is a set of talking points based on a classified fisa application. some reports say it was an application to eaves drop on campaign driver carter page and that is a highly classified very sensitive document that was signed by a federal judge an

we are just after midnight, you see john cornyn realizes the same thing and looking at his grass. chuck grassly on the far left have been on his iphone and here comes lyndsey graham emerging from his group of democratic friends and wanting to approach, it looked like mitch mcconnell who's standing, portman from ohio was walking with graham. he's going to reporter to his republican friends. the democrats now, who do you see there, jonathan? >> is that schumer leading in the middle? i cannot quite make out. >> schumer is still seated and i cannot tell until they give us a better shot on senate tv who's making that point. but, the conversation has gone back and forth, you still see senator jeff flake in the blue suit with his back to us. republicans remain in the democratic tree house there. garret is our man outside in the hallway. what activity if you see outside? >> reporter: i was outside watching this whole thing of graham developing of this back and forth negotiations. there is a group of p ares who have been involved of immigration reform circling around that conversation, jef

john cornyn saying quote i don't know how anyone's concern is served. >> i think the president h. and the people of this country should be concerned about the mental fitness of the leader of north korea. this is a president who's not going to power down and be weak. >> politico is also reporting lawmakers concerned about president trump's mental state called a yale university professor was on capitol hill last nonts fmonths of briefing. she's saying he's going to unravel and we are seeing signs. she also said lawmakers' level of concern about the president's dangerousness was surprisingly high. >>> now, for the fifth time in two days, north korea has spoken to south korea in a newly reopened border hotline. it's been two years since it's been operational. south korea reporting no sign of imminent missile launch although not everyone is calm. will ripley has the latest from seoul. >> reporter: hi there. this hot line, languatwo two ye they would call twice a day. never answered but then when kim jong-un gave the order, north korea decided to reopen this hot line but so far no subst

and then john cornyn says it is better to have a successful vote today than failed vote overnight. >> they have enough to pick off democrats to get the bill moving forward. let's bring in ryan noble was the latest 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 is

we had kevin mccarthy the majority leader of the house, dick durbin the minority whip and john cornyn of the senate in negotiations, they try to bring some end run around that it the president doesn't support that we wouldn't support. we will support a bill that the president supports to fix this problem and that means fixing that problem more comprehensively so we don't have another daca problem five, ten years down the road. >> dickerson: a final political question, 2018 there are some retirements, threw go -- are you going to be speaker if you have majority in the next congress? >> this we keep the majority republican speaker you're asking me if i'm going to run for re-election. that is a decision my wife and i make when we are in wisconsin. i'm not going to share my thinking with you before i talk to my wife. >> dickerson: it's my last show. >> i have no plans ongoing anywhere. that's something that my wife and i always decide in late spring of the election. >> dickerson: what are you -- i'd like to get back to work make sure that we don't defund chip and stop funding our troops.

we heard from the majority and minority leaders followed by john cornyn and dick durbin. this is just over 30 minutes. i moved to conquer the house amendment and a senate amendment to 195 and i ask unanimous consent that ther they're now bp to ten minutes of debate equally divided on the motion to conquer and follow the senate vote on the motion m to conquer. is there objection? a spokesperson for the pentagon, quote, we've been working on doing continuing resolution for three years now. thee current cr expires the 19th of january. this is wasteful and destructi destructive. we need a fully funded fiscal year eight budget or face ramifications on the military. the leader wants to move that cr that the pentagon objects to even without the margin i strenuously object. >> the majority leader. >> i find the cloture motion to conquer. >> the clerk will report m the motion. >> in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 the standing rules of the senate move to bring you a close debate on the motion to conquer in the house amendment to the senate amendment on 195 by 17 senators

john cornyn says the democrats are holding them hostage. the democrats say wall funding is out of the realm of reality. both dug in h. here ace what the president says about immigration reform and the wall in particular. >> we are going to end the lottery system and we are going to build the wall. every american child deserved to grow up in a safe community. and to live a life full of dignity, purpose and hope. that is the future we all seek. and we will fiercely defend for all americans. >> we're told this process right now is a mess. where do they go? how do they move forward from here? >> well i think a lot of republicans have been really surprised by the demands of this white house. if you listen to john cornyn yesterday, the second most senior republican in the senate, he told reporters that going into this, they felt as though the white house would be satisfied with one area of border security. but in fact the president has actually pushed further and really illuminated three different demands that he has. with unis of course for that

talk to john cornyn coming up. >> sandra: another big story. the justice department opening and investigation into the clinton foundation for alleged pay to play politics when hillary clinton was secretary of state. the d.o.j. and f.b.i. will be leading the investigation and if they violated tax laws. a spokesman telling fox news it's an attempt as a distraction and republican lawmakers have been calling for this for some time. more on this later in the hour. >> bill: another alert. china may finally be starting to tighten the financial reins on north korea. new actions being taken by beijing in response to pyongyang's nuclear program. >> sandra: first the snow, now the deep freeze. a bitter arctic blast moving into the eastern u.s. as the coast starts to dig out from yesterday's blizzard. >> bill: the white house says michael wolff made up many details of his tell-all book. some fellow journalists are raising red flags about what's in it. that and more coming up. >> one of the most important things that you can do when you are working in any c

. >> 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

john cornyn called the move a step backward. some say he offered the wall funding as part of the negotiation and for the white house to bank the offer was unfair. >> now this about the only bipartisan compromise -- >> it would not secure or border, encourage more illegal immigration, increase chain migration, and retain the visa lottery system. in short, it's totally unacceptable to the president and should be declared dead on arrival. >> one of the deals architects republican lindsey graham responded, the white house "better start telling us what you're for rather than what you're against." >> security secretary kirstin nielsen told spus without commitments it was impossible to negotiate with her. >>> tonight the president heads to davos. not on vacation but on global business, attending the world economic forum. gary cohn, director of national economic council, says the president will sell his accomplishments high and remind world leaders the u.s. is open for business. many cabinet members will travel with the president includ

still, there is some optimism in the gop that john cornyn says it is better to have a successful vote today than a failed vote overnight. >> senior republican aide says they think leaders have enough a shot at picking up enough votes to move forward. 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 o

i worked with john cornyn, a republican in the senate.rtisan, that would staff our ports of entry. if we're concerned about the flow of illegal drugs, that's the place to invest and work. >> let's flip the script. why don't you democrats put your arms around this new definition? stop being hard line on daca needing to be a clean bill. you're living it down there. you are elected to represent the interests. stop playing politics on the clean bill. put your arms around this new definition of a wall which meets the common sense definition that everybody else has already, and get it done now. don't play hardball on a clean bill. it's not worth it. >> nobody has a greater interest than the security is of the border than i do. i have 11-year-old, 9-year-old, 7-year-old henry in that community. we want to be as safe as possible. it is is one of the safe issest cities. it's not the outliar. the u.s. cities of the u.s./pwhebgs co border are far safer than interior cities. we have no common sense reason to spend more on border security in the form

one key republican senator john cornyn, very pessimistic tonight. telling reporters that he believes the government will still be shut down tomorrow. and the yied of having a vote on daca by february 8, as he said, was quote, ridiculous. a sign of a lot more work to be done before reopening the government and the likelihood that it could still be shut down tomorrow. in day three of the shut down, ana. >> manu, at this point, do republicans know what kind of a deal the president would also be willing to go along with? >> it is not clear, particularly on the issue of immigration. the white house has said they don't even want to talk about the issues until the government is reopened. the question is what will the president ultimately sign and fixing daca issue. and that's what democrats want commitment that president will ultimately sign a bill that lands on his desk. but what is that bill, what will the president agree to? those are all questions that are unanswered on the president's own party still unclear about that as well. just shows, just a hurd

john cornyn said, remember, mr. president whar president, what speaker ryan said at camp david, they want the protection, republicans do, of this is what the president is willing to sign so that they don't feel they are passing something that falls apart. that's one. two, you heard also talking about that comprehensive piece and do tt second day, jeff flake the republican from arizona part of the gang that put together the last bipartisan reform effort in the senate that went no where in the house, brooke, he said, mr. president, that took seven months of nonstop work and time between republicans and democrats every day, staff on the weekends, which reminds you this is such an enormous issue, that the idea that you can just do comprehensive immigration reform in short order with the politics of it being what it is, because donald trump snapped his fingers, that's not a reality either. and i think jeff flake was reminding the president of that. >> david chalian, you are excellent. thank you so much. i have another da

let the will of the housework and that's what i told senator -- my good friend senator john cornyn work. let's let it work and see what happens. >> this all seems to hinge on a promise from mitch mcconnell. he said it would be his intention to bring immigration to the senate floor. how do you tell your democratic colleagues in the senate? why should they trust mitch mcconnell? >> i understand. one of your prior guest somebody said, you know, i believe that was part of the agreement with flake to vote on the tax bill. he didn't keep his word. i think collins, he also told senator collins also on the health care part of it, the subsidies so there's got to be something that has to be agreed by both, by paul ryan and mitch mcconnell where we all feel comfortable. it's got to be done before the c.r. expires if we do a c.r. if they don't do what they're supposed to do then you got the c.r. then we'll take it from there. >> again, do you need more than just mitch mcconnell saying it's his intention? what more would you need to believe that's real? >> we got to be in a room where pelosi and pau

the number two senate republican rb john cornyn told reporters he was optimistic about the vote to happen tomorrow. this while senator minority leader chuck schumer said he went to the microphones thereafter, no agreement has been reached. take a listen. >> i am happy to continue my discussion with the majority leader about reopening the government. we've had several conversations, talks will continue. we have yet to reach an agreement on the path forward acceptable to both sides. >> let's go to nbc's case see hunt. holding a marathon. i now know you have a very important discussion ahead of you, because senator jeff flake also took to the floor as well. >> that's right. it's gracious of you to share a few minutes of your time with us. because senator flake did come over here to explain a little bit of this. you described it as a shuttle diplomacy over the last few days, you lindsey graham, saying you'll side with the majority leader. >> the majority leader did two things, one he decide today move it up a week later. >> a week of the government funding. >> yes. . we want add shorter c.r.,

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the number two senate republican john cornyn says it is better to have a successful vote today than failed vote overnight. >> senate leaders think they have enough to pick off democrats to get the bill moving forward. let's bring in susan malveaux with more. >> reporter: dave, all of those believing they would pull an all nighter, they got to sleep on this overnight. there are two democrats sources saying the extension is not likely enough to get the 60 senate votes necessary or the 7 democrats necessary to fund and restart the government with the critical vote at noon. the question is here, what can move if anything during the window? first, look at what is on the table after hours of negotiations by the bipartisan group of senators and the late meeting with mcconnell and schumer. mcconnell offered this. fund the government for three weeks and during the three weeks, the senate would come up with a plan to protect the hundreds of thousands of d.r.e.a.m.ers from deportation and take it up afterwards. >> it would be my intention to resolve these issues as quickly as possible so we can move

senator john cornyn, the senate majority whip. dick durbin has been highly involved in this issue. we will see what that means moving forward. they will need to get the nine votes in the senate to get any bill passed. on the house side, you have to look at the leadership, kevin mccarthy, who was on tv yesterday talking about any sort of deal. he is going to be one of the point people in the house. the other people you've got to look for of the conservative members on both sides of the bicameral. senator ted cruz said that this would amount to no less than amnesty for these folks, as darlene mentioned. you have the house freedom caucus, who we are not really sure where they come down on this because on one hand they are very solidly red trump districts were trump did very well, but on the other hand, it is the amnesty issue and where they come down on that is going to be something interesting. from my sources, they want to meet and they get back in town. side am the white house a what kind of reaching out to these groups that al talked about? guest 1: you will remember a week or so

i think i can speak for everybody, we want john cornyn from texas, we all want daca to happen but we also want great security also for our country. so important. we want to stop the drugs from flowing in. very important. we have to get rid of the visa lottery. you know, the lottery is a disaster. they give you people. as you know, the person on the west side highway that killed eight people and so badly injured many more, they came in through the lottery system. and remember this, this is common sense, they are not sending us their finest. when somebody gets picked in the lottery, we are not getting their best, so we had to get rid of it and chain migration. we have to have the wall. reporter: do you want a lottery and change migration in the same legislation? president trump: yes, and i think the democrats feel strongly about it, too. i mean, chuck schumer is new york. he saw someone who came in through the lottery system. he saw this man killed eight people on the west side highway that he knows well and loves, like i do. i think he's ok with it. i think we will have a lot of democ

john cornyn tweeted, and i'm paraphrasing the tweets, that the president is not going to sign it, so if the president is not going to sign it, why are we even talking about it in the first place. >> because on monday he said he would. >> they said he would agree to a deal with everybody at that table which included senator tom cotton and senator purdue. >> i was in the white house, that notice how you make a deal. he wrote a book called the art of the deal, the deal is saying yes every once in a while. all these people came to him with a deal, he said send me a deal and i will sign it and now he's saying he won't sign it. >> i think we're going to get some clarity from paul ryan about where he believes his caucus is, meeting with general john kelly q kevin mccarthy speaking you. amber and victorivictoria, do yk president trump said he wants something that has heart, he also ended the daca program and asked congress to come up with a better fix. at what point does he begin to turn up the gas a little bit to try to get the deal done and make some of this move a little quicker? >> i'm r

senate majority whip john cornyn giving it quite a welcome, tweeting this. the bill will not get a vote because potus will not sign it. that's pretty gentle. here's tom cotton, might as well roll it straight into the trash can. an issue that almost everyone says they want a deal on. will they ever get away from the point where they all want a different deal? >> it's hard to imagine in an election year where both sides are locked in. it's only been a week since that long meeting at the white house, that 55-minute meeting where it seemed like, wow, is the fever broken in washington? of course not. so now we're sort of back to status quo, how things are. but it is, you know -- at some point they're going to have to deal with this. march is going to be here fairly soon. i'm not sure how it ends. i think it will be with presidential leadership. as lindsey graham said earlier this week, it's going to be incumbent on the president to not, you know, just talk about this, to bring both sides together. he's the only one who can control tom cotton, john cornyn, et cete

you see john cornyn realized the same thing looking at his watch, chuck grassley on the far left has been on his iphone, here comes lindsey graham emerging from his group of democratic friends, wanting to approach, it looked like, mitch mcconnell standing at his leg tuctern, pon of ohio will go back and report to his republican friends, including but not limited to portman of ohio. the democrats now, who do you see there jonathan? >> is that schumer leading in the middle? >> it doesn't, schumer is still seated and i can't tell until they give us a better shot from senate tv who is making that point. but the conversation has gone back and forth. you still see senator jeff flake in the blue suit, his back to us the republican remains in the democratic treehouse there. garrett hate is our man outside in the hallway. what activity, if any, have you seen out there? >> reporter: brian, i was just inside the chamber watching this thing developing with graham at the center of what appears to be this back and forth negotiation with chuck schumer and a group of democrats. there was a group of

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. voting to reopen the federal government and funded through february 8 as well as to stop holding hostage the health coverage of almost 9 million poor kids. not a moment too soon. perhaps congress will finally get around to taking up a bill to protect the nearly 700,000 so-called dreamers, immigrants who were brought to this country illegally as children. legislation that almost nine in 10 americans support. that, at least, was the offer the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made in order to break the stalemate. promise,t an ironclad of course. that from the new york times editorial available online at nytimes.com. republican line, your reaction. are you with us? gracious, i am. >> go ahead, please. >> donald trump was voted the president of the united states. it seems to me that everybody that has been capable to go against him has. that the people from daca, the dreamers, they should come into thi

you are seeing republican leader mitch mcconnell is starting to talk to chuck schumer and john cornyn and key staffers both are also in that huddle. this is my sense of things in watching this right now, don, this is the moment where they're going to call it a. >>> i night and nothing is goin happen. it is not going to end. something has to happen. they have to move onto something else. it may be a shell holder or a procedure of motion will follow and likely the leaders will talk. if the vote goes down and there is no resolution, both sides need to understand they need to frame what's happening right now so you can absolutely expect to hear from leaders. the question is are they going to be saying blame game type stuff or talking about a deal that they're trying to strike right now. >> new title, senate nerds. >> bill, that's good, i am glad. when we needed that, we need to know exactly what's going on. this is an unprecedented moment to see this happening. again, the vote is still opened. they still have not close the vote yet. at midnight as you said, we have been reporting that's w

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

the number two john cornyn talked about it this morning. his remarks still hold up. i want to play them for you now. >> the president rejected a deal that was basically between six senators. i give him credit for trying. but it was a strong enough on border security for me and it wasn't -- didn't satisfy the president's demands. the daca discussion has really hijacked everything else, including the negotiation over budget caps, funding the military, children's health insurance, and other important programs. >> reporter: so to that degree, john cornyn is right, the daca discussion has become the driving factor here. democrats don't want to continue to kick the can until they feel like they could get a deal and get something they could work with. that puts pressure on the two separate groups trying to negotiate some kind of bipartisan deal here to get something that could pass in these chambers and get the president on board and that is probably the single biggest problem here right now. is nobody in this building knows exactly where the president stands on these deals

senate majority leader john cornyn, senate whip john cornyn told members of the press that he thinksre will be a vote tonight. we heard from the l.&b director mick mulvaney he thinks there is a potential tonight. this means potentially democrats and republicans are getting closer to having a vote. we don't know if that's going to be a final agreement or not. i e-mailed a top democratic source and they said it's unclear. i think the biggest sign is the silence. the last two or three hours at the capitol have been incredibly quiet and eng we both know actually maybe there is progress behind the scenes. democrats have asked for a shorter term c.r., five days or less. that was rejected i'm told by republicans this morning. now republicans say they will accept something only two weeks or more. maybe they're negotiating somewhere in between, but i think the next few hours will tell us a lot. >> woodruff: so yamiche, we know the president tweeted, but he's been unusually quiet on that front today. what's is he saying? >> he has stepped up efforts in that he's summoning people the white hous

you see john cornyn realized the same thing looking at his watch. chuck grassley on the far left has been on his iphone. here comes lindsey graham emerging from his group of democratic friends, wanting to approach it looked like mitch mcconnell, who is standing at his lectern. portman of ohio was walking with graham who goes back and he's going to report to his republican friends, including but not limited to portman of ohio. the democrats now, who do you see there, jonathan? >> is that schumer leading in the middle? i can't quite make him out. >> it doesn't -- schumer is still seated and i can't tell us until they give us a better shot from senate tv who is making that point. but the conversation has gone back and forth. you still see senator jeff flake in the blue suit with his back to us, a republican, remains in the democratic tree house there. garrett haake is our man outside in the hallway. garrett, what active, if any, have you seen out there? >> reporter: well, brian, i was just inside the chamber watching this whole thing developing with gr

we heard from the majority and minority leaders followed by john cornyn and dick durbin. this is just over 30 minutes. i moved to conquer the house amendment and a senate amendment to 195 and i ask unanimous consent that ther they're now bp to ten minutes of debate equally divided on the motion to conquer and