lee ann, your one surprise retirement?ut i went ben sasse. >> some democrat is going to raise a ton of money running against him. >> susan collins. she doesn't enjoy the end of chaos and the whole year. >> smart. >> i think susan collins. i can also see the republican from colorado, gardner. >> i said sass. there's frustration from tillis. i can see him saying i want none of this. >> very interesting. sasse, i agree. that was a lot of fun. thank you for having fun with me. that's all we have for this special edition of "mtp daily." watch it over and over. we wish you a happy holiday season. we want to share with you all the people, all of them who make "mtp daily" happen. an actual credit roll. go. >>> welcome to a special holiday edition of "morning joe." we are on tape. if you have no sense of humor, we are on tape. we hope everyone is having a nice holiday, on tape or live. with us, we have veteran columnist mike barnicle. white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan la mere. cute haircut. david ignatius. >>

ever since she was a little girl, mary roberts and her father jim would dance to this lee anne womacke you dance." ♪ i hope you dance >> reporter: their plan, to dance to it on her wedding day. they did not oaexpect jim woulde diagnosed with cancer. he was still determined to keep his promise. and just before new year's, he escorted his daughter down the aisle. point clear, alabama. and after the wedding, the dance. and the song they always listened to. ♪ i hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean ♪ >> reporter: jim in a wheelchair, it hardly mattered. father and daughter on the dance floor, just as they had always planned. mary bourne with a twist and a hug and a promise kept. and her father, singing the words. ♪ i hope you dance >> reporter: tonight, the video has been seen nearly a half million times. and mary bourne telling us she's thankf fuful more people are prg for dad because of it. so many prayers for her father and for the beautiful bride. thank you for watching here tonight. i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. until then, good night

go to lee ann and talk politics.eekend offering up the ante, i guess, lifted up the ante, protections for daca, extend it a few more years for the daca recipients, and others able to stay longer as well after, of course, revoking these protections in the past. what happens on capitol hill this week? what's the next sort of shoe to drop? democrats locked in on this or a potential for movement here? >> mitch mcconnell is trying to put pressure on the bill he's expected to put on the floor this week will be the president's proposal but also funding bills to reopen the government. some disaster aid as well. that is annest to try to get some of these democrats onboard. it's not necessarily clear it's going to work but what some of these moderate, more mainsupreme republicans, i guess, are hoping, this, at least, is the opening salve o and new negotiations can start. immigration has been one of the most controversy issues for republicans and democrats, and to think a government shutdown is going to bring the two together o

. >> lee ann caldwell, that tees up nicely for you. does it look like any kind of movement or breakthrough? >> the president put forward this proposal. we're no closer to reopening the government. democrats insist that they do not -- that the republicans will not have the votes to pass it through the senate, even though mitch mcconnell is going to add some sweeteners to the package. in addition to the trump proposal, he's also going to include seven appropriations bills to reopen the government and also some disaster aid funding to entice some democrats. they say it's not going to be enough. and what we have here is you know full well covering the white house is there is little trust between democrats and the president and even some republicans and the president. the president has walked away from every single immigration deal that's been reached over the past two years as jeff mentioned. i want to mention that just two weeks ago half a dozen senate republicans floated a similar proposal to the vice president that included some sort of

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ann said thank you for the inspirational show this morning. i loved the live audience and you will the special guests especially pete hegseth and lee greenwood.erica and want to keep it safe. ainsley: lee greenwood was on the show. it was awesome. love that song. ♪ if tomorrow all the things were done i had worked for all my life ♪ and i had to start again ♪ with just my children and my wife. steve: my neighbor ray said this song brought tears to his eyes and when you stand up everybody in the audience stood up. not all the comments were good. some folks actually didn't like it. ainsley: sherri did not like the live audience show. she says i'm not a fan of the audience on the set. it feels like they barged in to my living room while i'm enjoying my morning coffee with steve, ainsley and brian and now i have to tidy up the house and get dressed. brian: never thought that would happen. ainsley: the pressure. >> the audience looking in her living room. brian: sometimes the media who watch our show can be critical. i haven't read any criticism. this is from vanessa santos says it's the poor man's oprah winfrey. you get a sandwich. you get a sandw