robert: what about senator elect mitt romney? could be. >> i think people are watching to see whomn mitt is going to be because he's -- well, mitt romney islyot necessa scared of president trump's base. i think mitt romney knows who his base is. i think he feels pretty comfortable. it mayyo be that ev looks to romney also because he has a name and people want to interview him. robert: we haven't even ntioned robert mueller. >> yes, that's a wholether thing -- robert: it's more than a whole her thing. >> sometimes, if he changes direction it's something to do with his own instincts. robert: we'll see. divided government and you never know whatappens in divided government. but before we go tonight, we'd like to pause and remember ant ta leader in the weta family who passed away this week and was a gifte a creative colleague who set high standards for vice a presidents national engagement and interactive media. she worked in many productions including documentaries bipartisan ken burns and skip gates. our thought are with her husban

utah senator elect mitt romney.eto o'rourke edges out bernie sanders has the top presidential candidate among progressive democrats in a moveon.org straw poll. former tallahassee mayor andrew gillum generating more 2020 bows by speaking at the dnc donors conference yesterday. morgan, what do you make of it? >> morgan: i think andrew gillum is a talented politician. i watched him in florida, state i grew up in. it's not surprising to me about beto getting this energy. as much as i respect biden even though i'm a republican, i just don't see. he seems hesitant. the same thing that happened in '16. he seems hesitant to get in. he's leading in the poll. i don't think he ultimately is going to go for it. this is not based on fact. this is just based on my cable news pontificating. >> jesse: don't put that down. >> morgan: i think president trump never held elected office before coming here, so it will be tough to beat him. i still like, a lot of everybody, not that the democrats care what i think. i still like kamala har

your faith in mitt romney, jennifer said that he has to say something. to do anything. isn't that with what we went through with senator flake who said lots of things. when it came time to vote he voted 90 something percent of the time. >> you have to allow yourself to vote more moderately. you're seeing changes in demographics. i think it is why he went is that he wants to be that person that stands up. he is trying to live in the shadow of his father. his father was a great republican that was able to bring people together. he is trying to say this is what patriotism in america looks like. >> save us mitt romney. you're our only hope. >> wow. >> jennifer will join us again later in the show. >>> next up, your moment. ns to the nightclub here. and if you get lost, just hit me on the old horn. man: tom's my best friend, but ever since he bought a new house... tom: it's a $10 cover? oh, okay. didn't see that on the website. he's been acting more and more like his dad. come on, guys! jump in! the water's fine! tom pritchard. how we doin'? hi, there. tom pr

john kasich, mitt romney. somebody will emerge -- >> how do you challenge him?ewhere else? >> being a sleaze bag, basically. and somebody like mitt romney has a history of having stepped forward early on this, during the campaign. what else does he have to do in the senate except use it as a platform to try to do that? i think there are a lot of suburban women who voted democratic in the midterms. they're motivated by hatred, contempt for trump. they will go back into those republican presidential primaries and vote republican the way they did the last time for trump's challenger. >> i do want to play mitch mcconnell's response today. i also think that this guy is an -- you want to talk about a guy i'd never play poker with? michael coh mitch mcconnell's a guy. friday night, federal prosecutors implicated the president in two crimes, do you have any concerns about that? stonefaced, mitch mcconnell, i don't have any observations about that. belichickian, like he likes to do, on to cincinnati! >> i think one of the conundra for the party, everyone who was trump-sk

geniuses like mitt romney, rhinos like mitt romney, jeff flake is exiting incomes.d luck to this president. the establishment doesn't seem to give a damn about the middle class on those who aspire to it. all they want is their way. it's extraordinary. >> will you have donald trump was his finger on it. >> good to see you. >> lou: we are going to find something else to talk about. we'll think about it. be sure to vote in our poll. the question is, deeply president trump will enforce the munro doctrine against chinese, russian, and iranian intervention in the western hemisphere? pastor wrote on twitter at lou dobbs. follow me on twitter, like me on facebook and follow me on instagram. next, their new signs robert mueller could be, may be, might be, potentially, hypothetically could come to wrap up his witchhunts. stay with us, we will be >> lou: the rich hunt goes on. robert mueller is expected to file a sentencing memo for general, michael flynn at almost any moment. mueller has a midnight, tonight deadline. flynn pleaded guilty despite claims from call me and his de

of course he served as the running mate for mitt romney in 2012.they had against him, didn't do enough to help republicans or whatever. he was among the earliest to take on entitlements whether you see that as a good or bad thing or at least slow and measurable growth and of course he was famously branded as throwing granny up the cliff for that. that was then. this is time now to say his goodbyes for freedom and prosperity. dan mitchell, real clear politics a.b. stoddard. i can remember when he came on in 2015 to take on the speakership oral. he didn't want it. it was not in an alleyway of things he wanted to do, but he was greeted as triumphant coming to sort of say of congress. like so many predecessors it didn't work out. what happened? >> well, i think it actually worked out exactly as online anticipated a foot in the reason he didn't want the job. the idea of all the hype he could do things differently with the same conference, thinking the same internal politics was really folly. i mean, it was not going to be by the touch of his style a dif

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seung: the obvious one is mitt romney, because he has the stature of a former presidential candidate.ugged by uso get a lot in the hallways about what he thinks about the latest trump tweet. we tried warming up with him when he was in town. he just kind of laughing a little awkwardly and that mitt romney way and talking about i am just here for orientation while his aid just keep -- kept yelling at us no questions. that will be interesting. a spotld that he wants on the senate floor and relations committee. , because role where foreign policy is an area where republicans have differed with the president when it comes to russia and saudi arabia. if romney gets a role, that gives him something on the president. corcoran is on the senate floor and relations committing -- committee. aside from being trump critics because of what they believe, they have a position to do it by being on the committee. romney is your biggest that. it is tbd. what about other senate republicans on specific agenda items, specifically about energy. let us go back and talk a little bit more about the relationship

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utah's senator, mitt romney, one of trump's harshest critics in 2018.so considered joining his administration and said he was more hawkish than trump on immigration. he also criticized the policy on family separations who will mitt romney, former governor and failed presidential candidate be in the senate? and if he takes up even a small part of the mccain/flake/corker mantle, will he have much company? that's one of the questions floating around washington, particularly around establishment gopers as the new congress is set to be sworn in. thanks for sharing your sunday morning. hope you can catch us weekdays as well. state of the union is next with dana bash interviewing counselor to the president, kelly anne conway. stay with us. >>> no end in sight. the president is now blaming democr democrats for the death of two migrant children at the border and backing away from his vow to own the shutdown. >> nancy pelosi is calling the shots. >> is anyone trying to make a deal to reopen the government? counselor to the president, kellyanne conway and republic

election where we saw record turnout and many places among republicans who didn't turnout events for mitt romneynd george bush despite them having much less sophisticated voter mobilization efforts and i think the emphasis to this identity is one of the most compelling explanations for the ability to turn them out. one of the challenges. because they are not engaged or knowledgeable about most issues however, one positive implications of this theory is the politicians do tend to be responsive to those that know a lot and care about the particular issues so it differs from some of the more recent work on the there is no responsiveness at all. however on this side there is a challenge on the issues the public is not very knowledgeable about they are not getting much responsiveness from their elected officials and there can be significant problems that arise. i don't think of as good or bad. i think politicians have always tried to play to the social identifications. they do so with more of its effectiveness. they are ones that create serious animosity, and my concern from my research from the fund

. >> [indiscernible] the obvious one is mitt romney. has the stature of a former presidential candidate. a former governor, and obviously, he has been a trump critic in the past. he will get bugged by us a lot in the hallways about what he things of the latest trump tweet or whatnot. we tried warming up with him a couple weeks ago. he was just kind of laughing a little awkwardly in that mitt romney way and talking about i am just here for orientation, guys. his aides just kept yelling at us, no question. that will be interesting. i am told he wants a spot on the senate foreign relations committee. senate republicans have different from the president comes to russia, saudi arabia. that gives him a person to challenge the president should he take that. corkern flake are on -- and flake are on the senate committee. besides what they philosophically believe, they just had that position to do it by being on the committee and being privy to all that information. romney is your biggest bet, but tbd. >> what about other senate republicans on is

he just kind was laughing awkwardly in that mitt romney way and talking about i'm just here for orientation, guys. his aides just kept yelling at us no questions. we'll see. that's going to be interesting. i'm told he wants a spot on the senate foreign relations committee. that's a role where he -- you can really -- because foreign policy is an area where republicans have differed -- senate republicans have differed with presidents so much when it comes to russia, saudi arabia. if romney does get a role on that committee, that automatically gives him a purse to challenge the president. should he take that? i don't know. corker and flake were on the senate foreign relations committee. because of being trump critics, they just had that, you know, position to do it by being on the committee and being privy to all that information. romney is your biggest bet, but it's tbd. >> ben and kate, what about other senate republicans on issue specific agenda items? i'm thinking specifically about energy. senator murkouwski. let's talk about the relationship between senator murk mur murk murk murk murkow

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for one thing, one of those republicans is mitt romney. >> uh-huh. >> we don't know how he's going toe've been disappointed many times before, but he could decide, hey, what do i got to lose? i'm here. this is the capstone of my career, i can be independent, i can stand up to this guy. i see him playing that role. you have people like le mar alexander who was always a moderate, always a dealmaker. he got a renewal of no child left behind through the senate, for example. he's also been someone who democrats liked and kind of a gentleman in the same way bob corker was so you could see him then you have a handful of republicans who are in purple or blue states, a corey gardner from colorado who's going to be in a lot of trouble. you have a nucleus of five or six on the republican side k who donald trump isn't necessarily going to be able to count on apply a huge role in conf confirmation of appointees as these people go out the door, have to resign in disgrace. it's going to mean legislation,s it's going to mean in some instances republicans cooperating with investigations, whereas they

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will mitt romney be bringing to the u.s. senate in the area of economics in the future -- and the future of the worker? what does he bring to the table? mr. cass: i think this is an area where he brings a tremendous amount of expertise as someone who has spent a lot of his life in the business world. he understands what these economic forces are that play a role in the decisions and players make, that play a role in what kinds of work are available. really good way of approaching it. 2012, some of these issues we have been talking about in terms of education, especially in terms of trade imbalances, are things he really pushed on very if wely to say, look, want our economy here to operate well and work for all kinds of workers, then policy has a role to play in the. -- that. we cannot assume what the market does on its own will automatically work best for the workers here. the economyake sure is operating within the context of conditions that will produce good outcomes. i think he has a deep understanding of those things. my

what will senator mitt romney be bringing in the area of economics? what does he bring to the table? this is an area where he brings a tremendous amount of expertise, as someone who has spent a lot of his life in the business world. we have to understand what these economic forces are that play a role in the decision that employers make. and play a role in what kinds of work are available. and i think he has a really good way of approaching it. 2012, some ofnd these issues that we have been talking about in terms of education, especially in terms of trade imbalances were things that he really push on strongly ouray, look, if we want economies to operate well, then policy has a role to play in that. whatever assume that the market does on its own, it is automatically going to work best for the workers we have here. we have to make sure that the economy is operating within the context of the conditions that are going to produce good outcomes. he has a deep understanding of those things. joins --pe is that he as he joins the senate, he will be a strong v

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mitt romney in 2012 was an eat your peas candidate. people want to feel inspired.done any outreach in iowa at all. he is getting people reaching out to him. meanwhile, the top tier we are looking at, they are intensively in talks with people in iowa trying to develop a staff, develop a network. beto is really holding back. he is waiting to be wooed into this race, rather than steam rolling in. >> just quickly to stay with you, in 2006 just for context because a lot of this is anymore i.d. john edwards topped this same poll. then in 2018 you have got again name i.d. joe biden is at the top. bernie sanders and then beto. then you have got elizabeth w warr warren. it strikes me that all these are white candidates. >> there are -- there's a real desire to have a person of color obviously on the ticket. and my reporting of iowans seeing kamela harris there, people are excited about her in theory. they are waiting for it to become reality. corey booker has been all over the place. he has been in iowa, south caroli carolina, new hampshire last week. he's very, very active

coastal guard intercepting those ships so i think it was ever reaches the mind and i think i think if mitt romney is on the quantum of cliff got that information as well you'd think they would have the right. info on this intel on it what they saying at the same way that i won the. well i you know i don't think it really matters what the truth is the fact is that there is this is powerful movement. by and it's it's not incentivized by groups like the atlantic council and all of its inner locking directorates and it's a it's a pro nato group and it's designed to make nato war or aggressive towards russia and you know the honesty of it is that. russian present absolutely zero threat to the united states if you think about this russia has no troops on the end i wanted states who are we have troops on there they have no ships russia has no shaft in u.s. waters and we are running our ships right out to the edge they have no ring of vessels around the united states but we are bringing sam missiles and there is no military alliance that russia has accumulated to to. but you can download it or i would wo

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mitt romney picked one of us, a house guy, and ideas guy, to be his vice-presidential candidate. and you know, being picked to be a heart beat away from the leader of the free world could change people. it could. but for those of you who remember paul's trip back to capitol hill during his candidacy, he had not changed one bit. same policy-centric, modest, doesn't want to be the center of attention guy that he always was. the lech didn't go his way. onhe suffered disappointment a national scale. that can change people too. but it didn't. he came back to the house of representatives, chairman of the budget committee, was going to be chairman of the ways and means committee and then he got that and that was his dream job. ways and means chairman paul d. yan. and then boehner left. and then kevin withdrew. and we were a wreck. to the outside world we needed a speaker. to those of us in the conference we needed a lot more than that. we needed someone who was unifying. we needed someone who could between the afactions that had arisen in our conference, we needed a first-ballot candida

allegedly threatened by one of the most feared men in chechnya the speaker of parliament my goal mitt. romney on kind of as a chechen leader he is reverb by supporters and feared by opponents they say he's notorious for running a brutal regime was ruled through corruption torture and murder of drug money all fled to poland after he says he was threatened by the leaders concent he told me let us meet up next time and i will take you to rahm's on and he tells me to kill you i will kill you if he tells me to put you in jail i will put you in jail and if he tells me to let you go i will let you go he's been hoping to receive asylum in poland ever since without success kadyrov and his security forces have warned asylum seekers and they will pay for their criticism if they return and this is that in chechnya fav rules people fear the authorities they fear each other people start to fit everything the state of affairs is practically the same as maybe in germany during hitler's time or in russia during stalin's time. the chechen government accused up iraq must know of an involvement with iceland syri

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mitt romney picked one of us, anouse die -- a house guy, ideas guy, to be his vice presidential candidate. picking him to be a heartbeat away from the leader of the free world can change people. it could. 'but for those of you who remember paul tripps -- who ip, he had nots tr changed one bit. same policy-centric, modest, does not want to be the center of attention guy that he always was. and the election did not go his way. so he suffered disappointment on a national scale. and i can change people, too. but it did not. he came back to the house of representatives. he was the chairman of the budget committee. he was going to be the chairman of the ways and means committee, and then he got fat, and that that, and tha he got that was his dream job. ways and means committee, paul d ryan. and then boehner left. and then kevin withdrew. and we were a wreck. to the outside world, we needed a speaker. to those of us in the conference, we needed a lot more than that. we needed someone who was unifying. we needed someone who could bridge the chasm among the different factions that had risen in our

i don't think they were at mitt romney's convention. we have not seen very much of them. i think the instinct and the impulse will be toward a more private life. i think that what we saw the bush family do yesterday at the capitol, i mentioned earlier, george w. bush up there with his wife laura bush, jeb bush, some of their kids, greeting people, it reminded me, it was almost the image of his father, paying their respects to barbara bush. i think you will see them in moments of unity. i do not think you will see george w. bush or jeb bush pick up any partisan spears. >> i agree with that, i think that's just not their nature. >> and they feel that their time has been served in the arena. >> you know, brian, you and i know, and nicolle as well, michael, the city we're looking at right now, washington, d.c., how pretty it is, especially the downtown areas. i always say to people, come visit washington, you already paid for it. pennsylvania avenue was not always as pretty, as elegant. when i was a kid, when we came down to washington, you saw firecracker stores and waffle s

mitt romney picked one of us, anouse die -- a house guy, ideas guy, to be his vice presidential candidate. picking him to be a heartbeat away from the leader of the free world can change people. it could. 'but for those of you who remember paul tripps -- who ip, he had nots tr changed one bit. same policy-centric, modest, does not want to be the center of attention guy that he always was. and the election did not go his way. so he suffered disappointment on a national scale. and i can change people, too. but it did not. he came back to the house of representatives. he was the chairman of the budget committee. he was going to be the chairman of the ways and means committee, and then he got fat, and that that, and tha he got that was his dream job. ways and means committee, paul d ryan. and then boehner left. and then kevin withdrew. and we were a wreck. to the outside world, we needed a speaker. to those of us in the conference, we needed a lot more than that. we needed someone who was unifying. we needed someone who could bridge the chasm among the different factions that had risen in our

mitt romney is arriving in the senate and he's going to want to fulfill that goal. >> congressman, what did you make of his words today? >> history will cast a long shadow. we've talked about mick mull vainfully saying donald trump is a terrible person but accepting the job of chief of staff. those in the senate are trying to distance themselves but support his agenda. at the end of the day we do get to judge our political leaders based on a certain leadership integrity quotient. we have seen none of that for republicans. >> our thanks to phil and david for coming on our broadcast tonight and helping us understand what happened today. >>> coming up for us, alarming new details about how trump supporting russians schemed to mislead americans on every social media flat form out there and it's still going on as we speak. tonight the story when we come back. >>> a new report out tonight reveals that russian disinformation teams have targeted the special counsel. two reports commissioned by the senate intelligence committee and focused on the internet research agency, the russian troll farm,

mitt romney called a sexist and misogynist because he wanted to hire women. apparently these attacks are just obviously completely disingenuous. when people die and all of a sudden, you like them, like we saw was senator mccain. most of the mainstream media, they will do a 180 after they excoriated him and treated him horribly, seemingly forgetting about the nasty coverage, a pattern to destroy people's names in character when they are alive and then create up a veneer of bipartisanship, then we say nice things about somebody when the person dies. it's transparently phony and we have video evidence. take a look. >> they are broken up and breaking that pledge showed the character and resolve of the man to do what he was persuaded wit with. >> we are morning and ideal, because president george h.w. bush was the last of the greatest generations. such respect for the position, the institution of the presidency. >> but what a special person, what a patriot, what a special person to this country. and incredible decency. >> tucker: and an example, two, let's praise

>> that is how it always been at least the mitt romney said he had a binder.calling people to volunteer, we want to pick your brain, which is flat-out insulting. i suggest to senator sanders all the rest of these candidates have a real conversation, invite people to the table. i'm not talking about petition signers. bring consultants to the table, working in the field is over with. time to bring real consult ants to the table, continue to lose and continue to be called out. rachel: consultants paid not volunteer. we appreciate you being here on new year's eve. happy new year to you. >> thank you, rachel. >> of at arrest of an illegal immigrant in murder of a california police officer, some people say the state's sanctuary city laws are to blame. raid show talk hoe host mike slater lives in california. he is here to next. getting settled. rewarded. learn more at the explorer card dot com. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ comfort. what we deliver by delivering. and if you get lost, just hit me on the old horn. man: tom's my best friend, but ever since he bought a new house... tom: it's

mitt romney coming in. thank you all.e you have a great christmas, great holiday season and coming up president trump cites a self-proclaim defeat of isis for justifying pulling the u.s. troops out of syria. the islamic state is not defeated in syria or anywhere else in the world, for that matter. we'll talk to david ignatius about that and also bringing in two experts who can tell us the true status of the terror group next on "morning joe". ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this holiday season, families near you need your help. visit redcross.org now to donate. >>> president trump made his unilateral decision to withdraw the united states troops from syria spontaneously while he was on a phone call with turkey's president erdogan just over a week ago on december 14th, according to the associated press. two days before that call erdogan vowed to launch an offensive against u.s. allied kurds in syria. a group that has fought by america's side for years against isis, although turkey has long considered them to be terrorists. trump tweeted abo

and actually talked to both of them and both of them actually named mitt romney as one of those choicesso it's mitt. it's going to be -- mitt is definitely a possibility here. they are looking to him to kind of be a critical voice. he just got elected. he has nothing to lose. >> he's got six years before he's got to worry about it. >> on the flip side, somebody who is now not going to be running for election, lamar alexander, from tennessee, is one both of them named as possible critics. there's one-third -- >> i hadn't thought about that. he's someone that's been in politics a long, long time. education secretary. very serious policy mind. >> he's been pretty moderate on the health care issue. he's been critical of the idea of just ripping the -- ripping off the aca. he's been wanting to get some kind of compromise on that. his last two years could be very interesting. the third also is martha mcsally. she's coming in and she needs to run for re-election in a moderate state in two years. she's going to have to thread a needle. jeff flake was telling me, this is a situation where she'll

>> that's to be seen, especially with incoming utah senator mitt romney.e senate's political fortunes this cycle really hinged on the president and his popularity. but for the next cycle, people like cory gardner, thom tillis, joni ernst, they'll have to distance themselves from trump politically speaking. that will determine a lot of what they say and how they act on capitol hill. >>> up next, what was the vibe on capitol hill this year? >> what was the mood like? >> the mood in there is not good. >>> my colleagues and i spend most of our working hours on capitol hill, chasing members of congress through the hallways to ask them about issues of the day, brett kavanaugh, the midterms, and the president's twitter account. there's been a lot to ask about in 2018. >> do you know what number cr this is? this has been going on for six months. they've had a one-month cr, they've had a two-week cr. >> do you believe there's a secret society in the fbi trying to take down the president? >> if you were him, getting humiliated day after day. >> i hope he continues i

when rights previous, failed chief of staff, he conducted a survey of the election of 2012 which mitt romney and did i mention paul ryan were thrashed in president obama's reelection efforts. that autopsy, as they called it, revealed all the weaknesses of the republican party. there should be an autopsy of this congress and the republican conference because my god, at least if it will be a corpse at least it should be understood what happened to it and who did the damage. do you agree? >> i don't disagree. we need to find out what happened. you need to take honest stock, look in the mirror, is it mine in any big stock? are now moving into a scenario where the american people trust us to continue. that's what it is but they did not trust us to continue because there were promises. lou: absolutely. they undercut this president and threw away, in my opinion, 40 seats that could have been one in a house that could've been controlled by the republicans. congressman andy biggs, thank you for being with us. always good to talk. >> thank you, lou. lou: of neck, aunt lucy and chuck schumer have a exc

and republican mitt romney will serve the remainder of the term and be sworn in on january 3rd. >>> there's a major change in policy for san francisco police officers and how they have to question people and what is changing. >>> and there's been a hit and run driver this morning, and this block is blocked off for the investigation. >>> and 880 will be challenging this hour, this is what it's looking like right now. this is involving a crash, a semi truck, they're trying to get around t we'll have an update coming up. >>> you may run into fog, some locations look fine, including sfo which looks better than yesterday. >>> ten cent music is going public, they're celebrating the ipo, investors are celebrating what looks like a good opening. i'm keeping an eye on that, of course, the impact if trade talks and the u.s. is weighing heavily on the markets though. >> we'll say good morning to you, thank you for joining us on "mornings on 2", the middle of the week wednesday, december 12th. i'm dave clark. >> thank you for joining us, it's gray day here, if it's sunny outside, right? >> it's gray, r

and mitt romney will take over the senate seat. be sworn in january 3rd. >>> and a group of sky divers honored former president, george h. w. bush, and he loved sky diving and sky divers jumped in his honor and they formed the number 41, and tandem for his 85th and 90th birthdays. >>> we're learning about a possible policy change in the san francisco police department where it would eliminate the longstanding practice to order officers to order people they question or detain to sit on the ground. the policy switch prohibits officers to tell people to sit except in circumstances like when a person is resisting, and they said it should be avoided. an officer shall document in an incident report any time it's necessary to seat an individual on the ground. the police union says this change will make officers jobs more dangerous, if you're leaving a person standing, they could turn and run, and it's a high likelihood and you could be subject to an attack. i've been a police officer for 30 years, one of the simplest thing to control some

the republican mitt romney will serve out the rest of the term and be sworn in january 3rd. >>> and the country is getting closer to a partial government shutdown after an explosive meeting in the oval office. lawmakers are running out of time and they're weighing in on that meeting. doug? >> reporter: this meeting got surprisingly heated. >> dispute -- you want to shut it down. >> the last time you shut it down -- >> no, no, no. >> i don't want to do what you did. >> it was an unusual oval office meeting to say the least as president trump sat down with democratic leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, the shocking turn came with this. >> the people of this country don't want criminals and people who have lots of it problems and drugs pouring no our country. so, i will take the mantle, i will be the one to shut it down. i wouldn't blame you for it. >> take the blame. >> the president has been holding out for $5 billion for border wall funding. each side had been angling to blame the other, calling it a trump or serum shut down. the -- schumer shutdown. >> and nancy pelosi said it's li