mr. schumer suggested. why doesn't he just think about it? in fact, i asked him to pray over it. mr. schumer: one final point -- no, no, no. stop. okay? one final point. the $1.3 billion that we gave him last year for border security, no wall, but border security, less than 6% of it has been spent. they haven't even spent last year's money and now they are demanding much, much more this year. go ahead. we are just put it questions on this subject only. reporter: madam speaker, given what we saw in there, the bickering, the back-and-forth, what does it say about your ability to work with this president over the next two years? posey: i told the president as i said over and over again this new card will be something different from the congress we have now been it will a congress of transparency so that the american people can see, not passing a tax bill with $7 trillion impact on the economy in the dark of night speed of light and nobody can see what it is without hearings or any expert opinions on it. it will be about transparency. it will be about reaching out, extending the hand of f

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are not in a quorum. mr. schumer: madam president, in a short time, we will all gather before proceeding to the rotunda to honor the life of george herbert walker bush, the 41st president of the united states who passed away last friday. george h.w. bush will be greatly missed in many ways. he was undeniably dedicated to his country. from his time as a young meaf pilot through his long career in public service both elected and appointed as our ambassador to the u.n., envoy to china, director of the c.i.a. in a life that spanned ten decades, seven decades of george h.w. bush's life was spent in fateful and humble service to his country. although our careers intersected only briefly, i knew him to be a fine man, a decent man, and even when he opposed your views, you knew he was doing what he thought was best for the united states of america. he embodied the characteristics we admire in a president -- integrity, civility, dignity, hum

mr. schumer: mr. president, we have just a little over a week to come to some agreement on how to fund the government past next friday. leader pelosi and i have given the president two options to keep the government open. both are noncontroversial. neither contain any democratic demand. we just want to keep the government open. so far president trump has not accepted either offer. the president appears to be clinging to his demand for billions of dollars for a border wall. and from what we saw in the oval office in news reports about his reaction after our meeting, president trump is willing to throw a temper tantrum and shut down the government unless he gets his way. i want to be crystal clear. there will be no additional appropriations to pay for the border wall. it's done. the president repeatedly promised that mexico would pay for his unnecessary and ineffective border wall. in his words, 100%. on tuesday he said he would be proud to shut down the government unless u.s. taxpayers pay for it. and

mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are not in a quorum. mr. schumer: madam president, in a short time, we will all gather before proceeding to the rotunda to honor the life of george herbert walker bush, the 41st president of the united states who passed away last friday. george h.w. bush will be greatly missed in many ways. he was undeniably dedicated to his country. from his time as a young meaf pilot through his long career in public service both elected and appointed as our ambassador to the u.n., envoy to china, director of the c.i.a. in a life that spanned ten decades, seven decades of george h.w. bush's life was spent in fateful and humble service to his country. although our careers intersected only briefly, i knew him to be a fine man, a decent man, and even when he opposed your views, you knew he was doing what he thought was best for the united states of america. he embodied the characteristics we admire in a president -- integrity, civility, dignity, humility, and a sincere interest in bipartisanship. he valued public service and ha

mr. schumer: no, no, no. you said. president trump: know what i will say? if we don't get what we want one way or the other, whether it's through you, through a military, to anything you want to call, i will shut down the government. and i am proud, i am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck, because the people of this country don't want criminals and people that of lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut that down. i'm not going to blame you for it. the last time you shut it down, it didn't work. i won't take the middle a shutting down and i will shut it down for border security. pelosi: but -- ms. you said -- president trump: thank you very much, everybody. [shouting] we have a lot of great people for chief of staff. a lot of people want the job. a lot of people want the job and i have a lot of great people, a lot of friends of my wanted. -- a lot of friends of mind want it. a lot of people chuck and nancy no wonder. we have a lot of people want the job can chief of staf

mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the minority leader. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, we have a short time left before appropriations expire on friday. yesterday we made some progress. thankfully, president trump appears to have backed down from his position for billions in direct appropriations for a border wall. for the past several weeks, the president's insistence on $5 billion for a wall has been the biggest obstacle to keeping the government open past friday. the president's spokesperson has claimed that the administration can reprogram funds given to other areas of the government to build the full wall. let me be very clear. the administration cannot reprogram funds appropriated by congress for the full wall without our assent. to do so would violate congress' article one powers. they cannot do it on their own and the house and senate will not approve a wall. from reprogrammed funds or anything else, it won't happen. now, we democrats have opposed massive appropriations for a border wall for five reasons. it's not effective compared to other border se

mr. schumer: thank you. good morning, mr. president. last night the senate agreed to pass a short-term continuing resolution to keep the government open through early february. with less than two days to go until the appropriations lapse, until the appropriations lapse, with less won two days to ago if we are to avoid a shutdown the house must pass this continuing resolution. if president trump vetoed the spending bill he would compound the serious errors he has made throughout the budget process. it's already indisputable a shut down would full on president trump's back. he has demanding it for sixes who ennancy pelosi went to the white house he demanded it all in front of the american people. now compounding that, vetoing the last train our another the station, cr, would be a doubling down on his responsibility for a christmas shutdown and every single american would know it. most importantly, it would not move the needle an inch towards the president getting his wall. i mention these points, mr. president, because several members of

mr. schumer, the bill right now is in the senate, the ball is in the senates court. any bill that comes out of the senate on this topic will have to have 60 votes, have to have democrats support but i certainly think the speakers dynamic is in play here. >> chris: was look at it from your side. the president's $5 million, what is his bottom line? there's talk from summer publicans i had lunch with the president yesterday. the counteroffer that we give them yesterday was between those two numbers. we moved off of the five and we hope they move up from their 1.3. >> chris: president trump has been all over the place on this whole issue with the shutdown, here's where he was two weeks ago and where he was on friday, take a look. >> i am proud to shut down the government for border security. i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. i am not going to blame you for it. it is up to the democrats, so it's really the democrat shut down. >> chris: if the president is both proud to shut down the government and is ready to take the mantle, why is he suddenly ca

mr. schumer. met throughout the day as your story indicated with republican members to talk about where we were in the discussions. we had given an offer, a counteroffer to mr. schumer late yesterday afternoon. and immediately i think thereafter the senate went into recess until at least thursday. that doesn't mean it will meet before thursday until we hear something back but i don't think things are going to move very quickly here for the next couple days. chris: so are we talking a week? are we talking until the new congress comes in on january 3rd? >> couple different things. sunday, the government is shut down mostly on a sunday. government shut down tomorrow anyway because of federal holiday. tuesday is christmas. another federal holiday. wednesday is really first day this kicks in. paychecks importantly will go out on the 28th. want everybody to understand. no one is working without getting paid. paychecks go out on 28th. next pay period that is next paycheck elected. i think it is possible

schumer: how much money, mr. president? president trump: we are doing it much under budget. we are way under budget on the areas we have renovated and we have held. i would say if we got, if we got $5 billion we could do a tremendous chunk of wall. [reporters asking questions? ] president trump: this is not a question, this is a national emergency. drugs are pouring into our country. people with tremendous medical difficulty of medical problems are pouring in in many cases, it's contagious. they are pouring into our country. we have to have border security. we have to have a wall as part of the border security. i don't think we really disagree so much. i also know that nancy is in a situation where it's not easy for her to talk right now and understand that and i fully understand that. we're going to have a good discussion and we're going to see what happens but we have to have border security. ms. pelosi: mr. president, please don't characterize the strength i bring to this meeting as the leader of the house democrats who just won a big victory. but let me, let me just say,

mr. schumer: first, mr. president, let me add my words of fond farewell to the senior senator from utah. back in the good old days we worked on a whole lot things together when the place was a little less partisan, immigration, patents, so many things. he was a fine legitimator, fine craftsman, and i wish he and his entire, large, beautiful family the best as he retires. i'd also note that leader mcconnell talked about the good bipartisan work we created on the farm bill, did something good for his state, hemp, something he cared about for a long time. i hope the leader, and i'll talk about this later, will use the same bipartisan spirit and help us deal with the appropriations bills that are still awaiting our agreement. now, let me talk a little bit about yesterday afternoon. yesterday leader pelosi and i met with president trump about funding the government past next week. we gave the president two options to keep the president open. first option, pass the six bipartisan appropriations bills and a one-yea

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic whip -- democratic leader. mr. schumer: thank you. good morning, mr. president. last night the senate agreed to pass a short-term continuing resolution to keep the government open through early february. with less than two days to go until the appropriations lapse, if we are to avoid a shut down, the house must pass this continuing resolution and president trump must sign it. if president trump vetoed the short-term spending bill he will compound the errors he made throughout the budget process. it is already irrefutable that is a shut down would fall on president trump's back. he's been demanding it for six months and when leader pelosi and i went to the white house, he demanded it in front of all the american people. now, compounding that, vetoing the last train out of the station, a c.r., would be doubling down on a christmas shut down and every single american would know it. most importantly, it would not move the needle an inch towards the president getting his wall. i mention these points, mr. president, becau

mr. schumer and ms. losi reconvened outside the white house after their white house meeting: >> the bottom line is simple, the president made clear that he tints a shutdown. if he sticks to hion for a $5 billion wall, he will get no wall and he will get a shutdown. >> desjardins: that shutdown would impact about auarter of u.s. government agencies, including the state department, u.s.d.a., it would mean the closure of national parks and would mean fced time off for thousands of u.s. federal >> woodruff: and lisa joins me now, along with our white house correspondent yamiche alndor. hello to both of you. i think we've just been watching a white house meeting that went off the rai. yamiche, how do you understand that the president was so willing to air his strong differences with democrats in front of the-- the public, the american people? >> well, the president wanted to make his positn cristal clear, and he wanted transparency. he wanted to look strong before cameras. and this is a president who understa

mr. schumer suggested here. the distinguished senate leader suggested in terms of passing the six appropriations bills that are agreed to in a bipartisan way and have a continuing resolution until september 30th for the homeland security bill. during which time we discuss these issues further. i told the president that would happen and we would send it to the senate. he said we can pass it in the house. he does not have the votes in the house to pass whatever his agenda is with that wall in it. we are telling him we will keep government open with the proposal that mr. schumer suggested. why doesn't he just think about it? i asked him to pray over it. >> one final point. no, no, no. stop. okay? one final point. the $1.3 billion that we gave him last year for border security, no wall, but border security, less than 6% of it has been spent. they haven't even spent last year's money and they are demanding much, much more this year. go ahead. we are just going to take questions on this subject only. >> given what we

mr. schumer late yesterday afternoon. i don't think things are going to move very quickly here for the next couple of days. it is possible this shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new congress. >> the offer is somewhere between $5 billion and $1.6 billion. but yesterday a spokesperson for mr. schumer said they are still very far apart. now entering its 37th hour, it is expected to be the longest government shutdown under the trump administration. >>> more signs that house democrats may have to join the fight to fund the government. nancy pelosi assuring democrats she won't cave citing she is willing to make opening the government the first order of business when democrats take control of the house on january 3rd. meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of federal workers working without pay, what is driving the president's demands? >> it really is in the president's hands to decide. he says it is an issue of border security. i think we know better. it is an issue of his own political insecurity. when the right wingers

mr. schumer. >> host: okay, rickey, los angeles, yvette,. >> host: afternoon federal worker in los angeles, hey there yvette. >> caller: hello. >> host: how have you been affected be the shutdown. >> caller: oh, horribly first of all it's just unbelievable how the people who have to suffer the employees the little people so to speak the voters the -- whatever party you're affiliate dish won't mention it because it's irrelevant at this point. my life has been affected. i have people saying to me, well don't worry about it. you'll be paid. first of all i like to work for my pay okay? i don't like to just sit around and get a check from the government. that's not why was employed for. number two if i wanted to be off i would take vacation. evidently i did not want to be off, did not plan to be off. number three care about the work i do. i care about my cases and they're suffering right now. by the time i get back, whenever that will be, i'll be so behind that it's going to -- not only impact my life but the impact the peoples live is service. i've ban federal employee for almost 30 years. to

mr. schumer suggested here, the distinguished senate leader suggested in terms of passing the six bills, the six appropriation bills that are agreed to in a bipartisan way and have a continuing resolution until september 30th for the homeland security bill during which time we can discuss the issues further. i told the president that would happen and we will send it to the senate, and he say wes can pass it in the house, his bill in the house, and he does not have the votes in the house to pass whatever his agenda is with that wall in it. we are telling him that we will keep the government open with the proposal that mr. schumer suggest and why doesn't he just think about it, and in fact, i asked him to pray over it. >> one final point, and no sh, no stop. one final point. the 1$1.3 be billioillion that him last year for border security, less than 6% has been spent, and they have not spent last year's money, and they are demanding much, much more this year. so, we will take questions on this subject only. >> madam speaker, and what we saw in there and the bickering and the back and forth

mr. schumer late yesterday afternoon.nd immediately after, the senate went into recess until at least thursday. i don't think things are going to move very quickly for the next couple of days. >> are we talking a week? until the new congress comes in? shutdownvernment is today and tomorrow for a federal holiday anyway. wednesday is really the first day that this kicks in. the paychecks will go out on the 28th. no one is working without getting paid. impacted hisperiod january 11. it is possible to shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new congress. times makesshington this the lead item. trump capitulates on funds, but not on fence. trump has offered to come down on the demand, that he would has less moneyt and put limits on the type of offense that can be constructed. between the $1.3 million and the $5 billion. it must be spent on a steal slatted fence that would rule out any of the concrete prototypes the president tested last year. the times writes the willingness to accept less money may not be as important a

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. now, with only four days remaining until a lapse in government funding, democrats still have not heard back from president trump about whether he is willing to accept either of our offers to keep the government funded. for that matter, republicans in congress, both house and senate, have been almost entirely silent about what plan they might support to avoid a shutdown. they say they want to avoid a shutdown. our republicans in the house and senate, they have no plan. yesterday, senate republicans were telling reporters they had no idea what the house's plan was or even if it had one, so let me remind my republican colleagues and president trump that democrats have put two reasonable ways to avoid a shutdown on the table. the six appropriations bills plus a one-year c.r. for home

mr. schumer suggested. why doesn't he just think about it? in fact, i asked him to pray over it. >> one final point. no, no, no. stop. okay? one final point. the $1.3 billion that we gave him last year for border security -- no wall, but border security -- less than 6% of it has been spent. they haven't even spent last year's money, and now they are demanding much, much more this year. we are just going to take questions on this subject only. >> given what we saw in there, the bickering, the back and forth, what does it say about your ability to work with this president over the next two years? >> i told the president, as i've said over and over again, this new congress will be something different from the congress we have now. it will be a congress of transparency, so that the american people can see. not passing the tax bill with $7 trillion in the economy in the dark, so nobody can see what it is without hearing expert opinions on it. they have transparency, and it will be without reaching out. extending the hand of friendship to work in a

mr. schumer and gave him a number below five. not going to tell you what it is. >> reporter: the president canceled his plans to travel for the holiday and is doubling down on using whatever means necessary to get funding for a wall, tweeting, "we will be forced to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the wall." it is estimated shutting down the border could cost the economy up to $1 billion a day. maryland democrat steny hoyer, soon to be house majority leader, slammed the white house approach. >> but this is a strategy of theirs that is a stupid strategy, a harmful strategy, a strategy that undermines the confidence of the markets, undermines the confidence of moral of federal employees, and undermines the confidence, frankly, of the international community. >> reporter: while washington remains deadlocked, 380,000 workers have been told to stay home without pay. 420,000 others, including t.s.a. screeners, members of the coast guard, and border patrol officers, mu

mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: later today the house is poised to send us a two-week continuing resolution which will give us time to work out the remainder of the appropriations process this year. i expect it will pass this chairmen -- this chamber later this afternoon. president trump and my republican colleagues now have to decide what they want to do after those two weeks are up and hopefully even sooner. as everybody knows, democrats have offered to pass the bipartisan d.h.s. appropriations bill agreed to six months ago, which includes $1.6 billion for border security. now, there's been some confusion about that figure. let meet be -- let me be clear, the $1.6 billion cannot be used to construct any part of president trump's 30-foot tall concrete border wall. it can only be used for fencing, using technology currently deployed at the border and only where the experts say fencing is appropri

mr. schumer. host: ok, ricky, los angeles. yvette, good afternoon. she's a federal worker in los angeles. hi there, yvette. caller: hello. host: how have you been affected by the shutdown? caller: oh, horribly. first of all, it's just unbelievable how the people who have to suffer are the employees, the middle people, so to speak, the voters, the whatever party you're affiliated. i am not going to mention it because it's irrelevant at this point. my life has been affected. i have people saying to me, well, don't worry about it. you're going to get paid. you're going to get paid. first of all, i like to work for my pay, ok. i don't like to sit around and get a check from the government. that's not what i was employed for. number two, if i wanted to be off, i would take vacation. evidently, i did not want to be off. i did not plan to be off. number three, i care about the work i do. i care my cases and i care about the people i service and they are suffering right now. by the time i get back, whenever that will be, i'll be so behind that it's going to

mr. schumer, senator schumer, he's, i think, in error here. it is his fault.hink that the democrats are going to own this, and they should own it. david: so now to bring it up-to-date, what happens if the senate passes some kind of bill with wall funding in it that the president can accept? would the house then accept that? >> well, it depends on how much that money is. i mean, look, we -- a lot of us swallow toed and said we've got a c.r., but the border wall is so important. it's a national security issue. and if they come up and say we're going to spend $2 billion for it, that's really not enough because it doesn't even get this thing going and off the ground. we still end up repairing what we've been repairing. we need the full $5 billion, i prefer $25 billion which is closer to the actual cost. so we have to wait and see what the package looks like, because we're hearing rumors, innuendos, all the things that make for good theater, but we haven't seen anything that the senate's going to do yet. dare david you know, people want a secure border. it's as sim

mr. schumer and nancy pelosi that the president will find a congress towith help this thing gets worked out work out. i think it would be very unfortunate. mark: without a resolution, parts of the federal government will shut out at midnight friday. the european union foreign affairs chief held meetings today in brussels with the ukrainian prime minister. they discussed the conflict between russia and ukraine. new tensions between the two broke last month when russian coast guards near crimea fired on and seized three ukrainian vessels and their crew. >> european union has been united and firm in saying from the very beginning that there is no justification for the use of military force by russia against ukrainian vessels. mark: he called for the release of the 24 ukrainian sailors who were detained by russia following the incident in the kerch strait. erdoganish president said he received positive answers during a phone call with president trump on the situation in northern syria. turkey has threatened to launch a new operation against american backed syrian kurdish fighters. u.s. troops a

mr. schumer and gave him a number below five. i'm not going to tell you what it is.st say i was wasn't goo tell you what the number was? >> our eternal gratitude for everything you do to give america safe, strong and free. >> not much as happening in washington as best i can tell. >> bret: one week, hard to believe. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight and every night in 2018. we look forward to a great 2019 i had to. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. happy new year. "the story" hosted by ed henry starts right now. >> hope to see you in 2019. breaking right now, police officers ronil singh shot and killed by someone here in the u.s. illegally has now become an angel family. >> is not coming back. but there is a lot of people out there, and a lot of

mr. schumer ms. pelosi has plans for border security.they have they have never shared it with us. >> it's clear the democrats want to politicize this issue. many democrats voted for border security in the last decade. then donald trump campaigns on this to close our borders and they think it's a terrible idea. can you imagine if a caravan of individuals tried to make their way what the media would be same. their sovereign nations, you can't do this. the mainstream media wants to protect. they have no plan for border security and they should look in the eyes of the families who lost loved ones and explain why we can't find $5 billion to build the wall when we found other money. >> the trump economy got a boost today. a huge game. the biggest point game ever in the markets. what you make of it? what do you think the future of the market again is going to be? >> if you look at the retailers they've had a phenomenal holiday season. spending is up. travel is up. that's because tax quotes. our growth rate is over 3%. that's unheard of under th

mr. schumer says. >> no. it's the core of what our president is supposed to be doing. s supposed to protect us from this. david: in fairness, schumer said that about the wall, that the wall is something he's supported in the past. general mattis essentially getting fired. he announced he was going to leave but they pushed the date up because he disagreed strongly with the president's decision on pulling out of syria. is this going to affect the base at all? the president did, during the campaign, mention that we were overextended overseas, we should pull troops back, but other people are saying look, as a result of pulling out of syria, we are going to be letting down a lot of people that fought hard for us, particularly the kurds. >> this is a tough one. this is one where the base is divided over this. the populist base that doesn't want us anywhere besides america. there's a conservative base that thinks we should be more muscular in helping some of our allies. david: what do you think? >> i think some people raised the israel issue, will it be bad for israel. i think

mr. schumer late yesterday afternoon and immediately after the senate went into recess until thursday butt does not mean it will be a week before we hear something back. i don't think things will move quickly. it's possible to set up will go beyond the 28 and into the new congress. >> present is asking for more than $5 million for his portable but democrats are pushing back against it. i'm marianne rafferty, now back to the endless. ♪ ♪ >> there was a deputy sheriff, christopher look. >> he was the shares of dukes county in those days. he was there for a long time. >> local. he always seemed to me to be representative of the kind of people who lived in edgartown but according to senator kennedy around 11:15 plenty of time to make the midnight ferry back he says he was tired and mary jo was tired so they decided to go home. >> the sheriff christopher hawk would claim he saw kennedy's car driving on dyke road around 12:45 a.m. an hour and a half effie claimed he left the party with mary jo. >> this is a key part of the discrepancy. we talked about trying to save mary jo and then joey and pa

mr. schumer and by ms. pelosi. i ask my colleagues to support the rule to pass the resolution, send it back the senate and tell them to do their job. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. i just respond to the gentleman, we're all for compromise. this seven-week c.r. is a compromise. the clean c.r. is a compromise. and in a bipartisan way, unanimously in the united states senate, they accepted it. the president said he was for it. then, he changed his mind after watching "fox and friends" or listening to some right-wing radio host. you know, the gentleman talks about protecting the border. we want to protect the border. we want to invest in things that protect the border. not in a press release, not in a sound bite, not in something that's a total waste of money like a wall. and, you know -- but what about the fact that the president is going to shut the government down over a stupid wall

mr. schumer late yesterday afternoon and immediately i think thereafter the senate went into recess untilt least thursday. it doesn't mean it will be until thursday until we hear something back, but i don't think things are are going to move very quickly here the next few days. i think it's very possible the shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new congress. >> chuck, what's your reaction of how things will stand now and how you see this playing out? >> trump has made the wall into this symbol of his entire presidential aspirations. and what that's done is actually raised the price of it in a psychic sense. the democrats don't want to budge and they would be seen as capitulating the president. before he put his foot down, it seemed like there was going to be a deal and now both sides are dug in and there's no real end in sight. somebody is going to have to back down. the longer it goes on, the more likely it's the president. >> mulvaney also said the president is fine now having a steel barrier. there's the president tweeting out that it doesn't have to be a concrete wall. jackie

mr. schumer voted for a border wall in 2006. but he's against it now. why? because our president wants it? empty words. in eople in my district 2017 were killed by opioid overdoses. my law enforcement agencies tell come t 85% of those drugs across our southern border. you say you're for border security. but you don't want to pay for it. empty words. playing politics. 150 people in my district. in your district too. it's a cancer, it doesn't just effect my district. it's across this entire country. and you don't -- you say you're for border security and you won't take any action to stop it. mr. speaker, it's gone on long enough. illegal immigration holds down wages, stretches our social safety net, holds down our middle class. the opioids kill people across our country. it is a cancer and it's growing. it's not even leveling off. it's growing. killing people in my district, in yours too. empty words. shame on you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is r

mr. schumer suggested. why doesn't he just think about it? in fact i asked him to pray over it. >> one final point, no, no. stop. okay? one final point. the $1.3 billion, that we gave him last year for border security, no wall, but border security, less than 6% of it has been spent. they haven't even spent last year's money. now they're demanding much, much more this year. go ahead. we'll just take questions on this subject only. >> madam speaker given what we saw in there, bickering back and forth what does it say about your ability to work with the president over next two years? >> well i told the president as i said over and over again, this new congress will be something different than the congress we have now. it will a congress of transparency, that the american people can see. not passing a tax bill with $7 trillion impact on the economy in the dark of night, speed of light. so nobody can see what it is without hearing or any expert opinions. it will be about transparency. it will be about reaching out, extending the hand of friendship

mr. schumer suggested here and terms of passing the six appropriation bills that are issued in a bipartisanay and have a continued resolution until september 30 for the homeland security bill, by which time we can discuss these issues further. we told the president that would happen. we would send it to the president. he does not have the votes in the house to pass whatever his agenda is with that wall in it. we are telling him we will keep the wall -- the border -- the government open. i asked him to pray over it. >> one final point. no, no, no. stop. ok. one final point. the $1.3 billion that we gave him last year for border security, no wall, but border security, less than 6% of it has inspect. they haven't -- has been spent. they haven't even spent but we gave them last year and they want more this year. we will take questions on this subject only. >> madam speaker, given what we saw in there, the back and forth, what does this say about your ability to work with this president the next two years? over and over again, this new congress will be something different from the congress we ha

mr. schumer late yesterday afternoon and they need thereafter the senate went into recess until at least thursday. so we hear something back i don't think things are going to move very quickly for the next couple days. three possible the shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new congress. mike: budget director and coming actor chief of staff mick mulvaney not holding out much hope of the partial government shutdown ending anytime soon. president trump committed to budget in $5 billion for a border wall democrats are dead set against the then republican senator bob corker said the president could have had much more money for border security a couple months ago for code under a disagreement about daca. >> we at >> we had 20 for dylan that could've been spent on border security. now the government is shut down over what ultimately is going to be $2 billion. this is a made-up fight so the president can look like he's fighting. >> the associate editor and white house columnist of the hill. great to have you. >> great to be here. >> because i'm optimistic about getting a deal. >> i thi

mr. schumer, miss pelosi were spending a good bit of their time saying that the president doesn't have thealled out by "the washington post." he supposed to be embarrassed about that. but he was making the essential point which is you need 60 votes in the senate. speaker, incoming speaker pelosi was talking about how you have got the white house, you have got the house, you've got the senate, you made the right point. no, i don't have the senate. i need 60 votes which means i need democrats to pass this thing. that is what the issue comes down to. i think eventually, they will have to move north from that 1.6 billion they offered him because, saying you're not going it have a border as you suggested is not a tenable position. melissa: do you think having them in the same room made any difference? and with the cameras there, kind of, i don't know, keep people honest i guess, i don't know what it does, do you think that, any progress was made or we're any further? >> sounds from the president's comment like some progress was made. i think he is holding a lot of cards right now. the defense d

mr. schumer suggested. why doesn't he just think about it? in fact, i asked him to pray over it. >> lawmakers are facing a december 21st deadline to avert a government shutdown. this was the first time president trump met with top democrats since the midterm elections when democrats took control of the house. >>> also in washington, google ceo faced tough questions this morning on capitol hill. >> scott mcgrew joins us now. different questions from democrats than republicans, but both tough. >> both you tough. the democrats generally wanted to know about a censored version of a website in china. republicans asked whether google censors conservative voices here in america. the ceo was all alone as he took the oath at the house judiciary committee. members of congress came well armed, well briefed and asked those really tough questions. one key question was about google's effort to help people vote during the 2016 presidential election. a laudable goal, so long as it's not partisan. but google's head of multicultural marketing wrote a company m

mr. schumer and gave him a number below 5. i'm not going to tell row what it is. >> below 5, okay. we're not going to tell you what it is. could be 4.9, could be 4, could be lower. again, when we talk about caving in realtime the leaks tonight suggest it was way lower. down to $2.5 billion or half of trump's original demand. democrats rejecting the offer because you know they've been clear about this whole thing. they're not going to fund the wall and that has trump's chief of staff doing some wall rebranding. >> hold up, the american people wanted a wall. what is the president -- what deal now then is president trump willing to accept that is anything short of that wall? >> we're still building it. that's why the government is closed is the president is not willing to give up on the southern barrier. keep in mind that steel slat fence that he sent a picture of, that is the ideal border barrier. >> barrier. even if this isn't going that well for the white house there are leaks as well that donald trump takes some solace in the idea that as a matter of media, as a matter of sort of

mr. schumer. also various members of the republican party in the house and senate. we gave them an offer late yesterday afternoon. we're waiting to hear back from them right now. >> what's the bottom line for the president? is he willing to accept anything that does not include money to build a new border wall even if the democrats are willing to what our bottom line is. it's a fair question as to what we would accept. the president is not going to not accept money for a border wall. what people call a wall and another person might call a fenche steel -- >> with the spikes on the top. i didn't see any design like that. >> exactly. that's what we want to build. that's what the president needs to have money for. as to what the number is, the democrats offered us $1.6 billion a couple weeks ago. then they offered the president $1.3 billion this week. that's a negotiation that seems like it's going in the wrong direction. we've insisted on 5. the discussions are between 1.6 and 5. >> i was out with the president throughout the presidential campaign. mexico was going to