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cbs news chief congressional correspondent, nancy cordes joins me now from washington. ncy, the president release aid framework of what he wants on an immigration bill. what's been the congressional reaction to the proposal? >> well he has kind of gotten hit by all sides. which is, interesting given the fact that congress has been pushing him for weeks to lay out where he stands on this issue. but, his proposal includes a pathway to citizenship. it its not a quick one. it would take, ten years maybe more. for these so-called dreamers, young people who are brought to the country illegally, as children. and that has some conservatives of in arms, they say that amounts to amnesty. they're surprised the white house would formally put that on the table. and then you have democrats who say that pathway is cover for what is otherwise a proposal that would radically change the nation's immigration system. prohibiting, legal immigrants from being able to sponsor a sibling or, or an adult child or a parent, instead they would only be able to bring in a spouse, or -- or a child und

nancy cord? -- cordes reports. >> reporter: outrageous is the word the white house used to describe the in junction imposed by san francisco judge william alsap who ruled the administration make a mistake of law last fall when it decide to roll back the obama era daca order allowing so-called dreamers to go to school and find work without fear of deportation. dreamers like hector suarez. >> my daca expires. january 21st, and that is in 11 days. >> president trump hit back at the ruling on twitter. saying, it just shows everyone how broken and unfair our court system is. but the judge wrote that the president's own past tweets like this one, show he supports daca protections too. does anybody really want to throw out good educated and accomplished young people who have jobs? some serving in the military? really. >> we are going to come up with daca. >> the white house was already dealing with daca fallout after the president appeared to side with democrats yesterday. on how to solve the problem. >>

the 31st republican to announce that. >> glor: nancy cordes, thank you very much. the president suggested today there is not much chance he'll agree to be interviewed in the russia investigation. he said, "we'll see." here's our chief white house correspondent, major garrett. >> there's been no collusion. there's been no crime. there's no collusion whatsoever. and there is no collusion. >> reporter: that has been president trump's mantra as special counsel robert mueller continues to investigate connections between mr. trump's campaign and russian operatives. the president's lawyers are now negotiating with mueller over when and how an interview with mr. trump will occur, but today the president said that may not be necessary. >> when they have no collusion and nobody has found any collusion at any level, it seems unlikely that you'd even have an interview. >> reporter: he did point to a precedent for potential interview, comparing his situation to the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. >> hillary clinton had an interview where she wasn't sworn in. she wasn't gi

here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: president trump will look out on a sea of black tonight, a nod from house democrats to the movement against harassment. >> we regard president trump as offender in chief, sexual salter in chief. >chief. >> reporter: gwen moore represents milwaukee. he has denied those allegations, of course,. >> that-- it is his prerogative to deny them, and it's our prerogative to believe the 19, 20 women who have said otherwise. >> reporter: the guests they've chose ren meant to send a message, too. >> you are the pride of america. ( applause ) >> reporter: many democrats dems are bringing so-called dreamers. >> the state of the union is better because of the dreamers. >> reporter: arizona republican paul gosar, does not agree. he contacted u.s. capitol police and the attorney general today, urging them to check i.d. at tonight's address, and arrest any illegal alien aliens in attendance. >> i would say to the congressman, "you try it." ( laughter ) >> reporter: as for the speech itself, democrats are already bracing for an economic victory lap. >> two words i don't

here's chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> who is running this republican party? who is making decisions? >> reporter: lawmakers warmed up for the shutdown blame game today. >> democrats, if they're going to shut down the government, can do that. >> reporter: as high-level talks over a daca deal stalled so you don't think that's going anywhere. >> well, i don't know. i haven't seen any evidence of anything. >> reporter: most congressional leaders agree that so-called dreamers should be allowed to apply for legal status. >> i think we can solve it in 30 minutes if people wanted to. >> reporter: but some conservatives, including those in the white house, want big concessions in exchange, as immigrants protest from coast to coast, democrats say without a deal, they'll vote against a bill to fund the government past midnight tomorrow. >> frankly, a lot of the current mess is the mess of the president's making. >> reporter: some republicans share that view. >> i'm not sure what the president means. >> reporter: they fumed today when mr. trump knocked their spending bil

colleagues. >> glor: nancy cordes, thank you.tate department said today americans were among those killed when terrorists stormed a hotel in afghanistan's capital last weekend. the exact number has not been released. david martin at the pentagon has more on this. >> reporter: it's not the first time americans have been killed in a terrorist attack in kabul, but it brought home just how unsafe the afghan capital is after 16 years of war. a suicide squat scwaud of six taliban fighters terrorized the intercontinental hotel for 14 hours over the weekend before the last of them was killed. some guests escaped over balconies, while others hid under beds or in bath tubs. 150 people, including 41 foreigners, got out alive. even before this attack, afghanistan's president admitted to "60 minutes'" lara logan he is unable to protect his own capital. >> 21 international terrorist groups are operating in this country. dozens of suicide bombers are being sent. their factories are producing suicide bombers. we are under siege. >> reporter: 41

with more on this potential matchup in 2020, we begin tonight with nancy cordes. >> reporter: to the casual observer, the speech was vintage winfrey, an emotional commentary on sexual harassment. >> for too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. but their time is up. >> reporter: but fans thought they heard something more, the crescendo of a campaign address. >> so i want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon! >> reporter: the internet lit up, and her long-time partner, stedman graham, added fuel to the fire, telling the l.a. time has the winfrey would absolutely run for president if the people want her to. a notable shift from last fall. >> she's lost her mind. >> reporter: when winfrey, who is a special correspondent for "60 minutes," laughed off the notion of a bid on "cbs this morning." >> there will be no running for office of any kind for me. >> reporter: but the democratic field in 2020 is wide open. which could prove enticing for a well-known, well-funded media mogul. >> o

nancy cordes is at the capitol. >> reporter: locked gates and shutdown signs greeted visitors today athe statue of liberty, ellis island, and the liberty bell as half of the military's civilian workfofers furloughed, and the national institutes of health interrupted medical research. >> already, funding is in jeopardy for our veterans. >> reporter: republican leaders pointed the finger at one person: >> senator schumer shut downtown government. >> well, this is really all on schumer. >> reporter: democratic leader chuck schumer led his party's charge to block government funding until republicans compromise on protections for so-called dreamers, young people brought to this country illegally as children. >> they want to deal on immigration, and then they'll think about reopening the government. it is a shakedown strategy that senate democrats have been talked into by their base. >> reporter: schumer pins the blame on the president. >> negotiating with president trump is like negotiating with jello. >> reporter: he said the so- called deal maker keeps undermining the talks and his own pa

and today, chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes caught up with the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell. >> reporter: how is your agreement likely to be different from the deal that was already struck by a bipartisan group of senators? why not use that as a starting point? >> i'm looking for something that president trump supports and he's not yet indicated what measure he's willing to sign. as soon as we figure out what he is for, then i would be convinced that we were not just spinning our wheels going to this issue on the floor, but actually dealing with bill that has a chance to become law and, therefore, solve the problem. >> glor: nancy cordes with mitch mcconnell earlier today. cbs news has confirmed that steve bannon, the president's former chief strategist, is cooperating with the special counsel. robert mueller is investigating russian meddling in the 2016 election and whether anyone in the trump campaign was involved. f.b.i. agents visited bannon at his house last week. a former c.i.a. officer is under arrest tonight, accused of mishandling classified informa

here is chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> i did not hear that word used, no sir. >> reporter: the new homeland security secretary kristin nielsen was in the room five days ago when the president used that now-infamous term. under oath, she claimed she missed it. >> i don't dispute that the president was using tough language. >> reporter: democrats didn't buy it. dick durbin of illinois was in the room himself. >> what was that strong language? >> let's see, strong language, there was, uh... i-- apologies, i don't remember a specific word. what i was struck with, frankly, as i'm sure you were as well, was just the general profanity that was used in the room by almost everyone. >> reporter: the profanity has prompted blowback from what mr mr. trump called blank-hole countries. >> when dick durbin called me i had tears of rage when i heard about his experience in that meeting. >> reporter: new jersey democrat cory booker accused neilsen of enabling bigotry. >> your silence and amnesia is complicity. >> reporter: now some democrats say so-called dreamers have been in lim

we begin tonight with chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes on capitol hill. >> the republicaneader and i have come to an arrangement. >> reporter: it took 60 hours of strange negotiations and shuttle diplomacy just to get the government reopened. >> the yeas are 81. the nays are 18. >> reporter: the grand bargain: a bill to fund the government for two and a half weeks and a first-time promise from g.o.p. leader mitch mcconnell that thereafter he would put a bill protecting so-called dreamers up for debate and a vote. >> so i'm glad we've gotten past that. >> reporter: 16 progressive senators, including several presidential hopefuls, wanted to hold out for more. california democrat kamala harris said mcconnell's vow fell far short of an ironclad guarantee. >> to my mind they got nothing to show for that. >> closed due to government shut down. >> reporter: but with many landmarks shuttered and hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed, most lawmakers said the offer was good enough. >> there's no way the democrats caved. i think democrats got a better deal than people expected.

jeff. >> glor: nancy cordes, thank edu. severe winter weather has now killed at least 11 people this week, from texas to maine. most of the deaths were in the cuth, many in crashes on icy roads. others froze to death. a virginia, a boy died in a sledding accident. as the flu epidemic worsens, the disease is widespread in every state now except hawaii. missouri is especially hard hit. more than 40,000 cases so far this season in missouri, compared to just over 6,000 at this time last year. dean reynolds is there. >> i'll be swabbing you for flu. have you ever done this before? >> no. >> reporter: chloe tennant came to total access urgent care in of. louis complaining of flu- like symptoms. 15 minutes later, after a battery of tests, dr. paul hinrichs delivered the bad news. >> so your influenza a. is positive. >> how are you today? >> reporter: it's a common crosnosis these days across missouri and across the country. >> i've been doing this a long time, and i have never seen such a high concentration of flu cases all at one

>> nancy cordes on top of the story all day. nancy, thank you.what will happen if there is a partial shutdown? julianna goldman has been looking into that. >> we're all sort of at a g andstill, in limbo. >> reporter: a shutdown could furlough roughly 800,000 federal workers, among them talana morton-smith, an i.t. specialist with the national endowment for the humanities. >> we have mortgages. we have children in school. you know, we have bills. >> reporter: she'd be left without a paycheck until a new ilending bill is passed. so would congressional staffers, ert their bosses, members of congress, the president, and vice president, would still be paid. budget director mick mulvaney: >> the military will still go to work. they will not get paid. >> reporter: during the 2013 shutdown, congress passed a bill allowing paychecks for military personnel in supporting civilians, and all federal workers ultimately received backpay. >> the border will still be patrolled. they will not get paid. firefighters will still be fighting the fires out west. they w

here's chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> reporter: as the clock ticked down today, protesters took aim at congressional paralysis, and the white house took aim at the senate's top democrat. >> o.expsmed b. is preparing for what we're calling the schumer shutdown. >> reporter: but as stalemate wore on, the president summoned schumer to the white house for what he later called an excellent meeting. schumer was more cautious. >> we made some progress, but we still have a good number of disagreements. >> reporter: the main disagreement: how to replace the daca program, which protects nearly 700,000 immigrant dreamers from deportation. >> these young people are in a hurry to find out whether or not they have a life. that's what it comes down to. >> reporter: the president plans to terminate daca in march and says any legislative fix must be paired with tough immigration reforms, but the list keeps changing. >> we're interested in what his views are, and those have not been made fully apparent yet. >> reporter: the irony underlying this fight is that both sides overwhelmingly suppor

stay with us. >> cordes: welcome back to "face the nation" i'm nancy cordes. se legislative affairs director marc short. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me back. >> cordes: first off why is the president want to fire special counsel mueller and why did he decide not to. >> he never intimated to me that he wanted to fire mueller. there have been a lot of sensational reporting on that. keep in mind that report dates to some june conversation we're now in january, mueller is still special counsel. tom mcghan is still running the office. proven no collusion with the russians naps the investigation is not over. >> of course it's not because it's continuing to drag on and dragged on for a long time. at great expense with yet no evidence of russian collusion. so reality is that mueller is still special counsel, mcghan still head of the office, president never end mated a desire to fire robert mueller. >> cordes: have you advised the president or others advised him of the consequences of firing either special counsel mueller or rod rosenstein his

alex. >> nancy cordes on capitol hill. th the government shuttered as of this morning, it means about 800,000 federal employees are furloughed until a new spending bill can be reached. however, key federal services such as air traffic control, tsa passengers screening, law enforce mnlts, and uniformed military will continue to function. however, some will not be paid until later. the epa and energy department will operate at full strength for a few days. social security and medicare payments will continue. the smithsonian museums will stay open through the weekend and then close on monday and the centers for disease control will continue to monitor the ongoing flu outbreak. >> here with more is gabriel debenedetti, national political reporter for politico. good morning, gabe. what do you expect? >> they're going figure out if there's a way to do a short-term spending bill so they have more time to negotiate. we keep hearing this. we need a little bit more time. that's essentially what they're looking for. both sides underst

nancy cordes took the temperature on capitol hill.al observer the speech was vintage winfrey commentary on sexual harassment. >> for too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. but their time is up. >> but, fans thought they heard something more. the crescendo of a campaign address. so i want all the girls watching here to know that a new day is >> the internet lit up. and her long time partner, stedman graham added fuel to the fire telling the l.a. times that winfrey would absolutely run for president. if the people want her to. notable shift from last fall. >> she lost her mind now. >> when winfrey, a special correspondent for 60 minutes laughed off the notion of a bid on cbs this morning. >> there will be no running for office of any kind for me. >> but the democratic field in 2020 is wide open. which could prove enticing for a well-known, well funded media mogul. >> oprah, i love oprah. >> in fact her fellow billionaire, donald trump told larry king in 1999 that win

here its chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> i did not hear that word used, no, sir. >> new homeland security secretary, kirsten neilson was in the room five days ago when the president used that now infamous term. under oath she claimed sunny missed it. >> i don't dispute that the president was using tough language. >> democrats didn't buy it. dick durbin of illinois was in the room himself. >> what was that strong language? >> let's see, strong laj wage, there was, apologies, i don't remember specific word. what i was struck with frankly as you were as well, was just the general, profanity that was used in the room by almost everyone. >> the profanity prompted blow back from what mr. trump called blank hole countries. >> when dick durbin i had tears of rage when i heard about his peer yens. >> cory booker accused neilson. >> your silence and amnesia is complicity. >> controversy rocked negotiations over legal status for daca recipients. democrats say so-called dreamers have been in limbo long enough. >> without finding responsible compromise we are going to see the fe

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nancy cordes joins, our chief congressional correspondent. is there an issue right now that democrats and republicans can come together on? >> well, the first issue they need to come together on, jeff, is immigration. nothing else can happen until they settle this issue of the so-called "dreamers." that's because democrats are simply not going to lend their votes to other things like increasing military spending until that is off of the plate of congress. and this is such a fraught issue, as you know. the president is going to talk a lot tonight about infrastructure, and that is an issue that excites leaders from both sides. the challenges, he's got a lot of members in his own party who worry about too much government spending. and so he has really scaled back his goals to about $200 billion in federal funds over ten years. democrats say that's a droop in the bucket. in fact, one democratic senator pointed out to me tonight, that's less money per year than he wants for the first year of wall funding, the border wall he wants to build. when yo

reporter nancy cordes has the latest. >> locked gates and shutdown signs greeted visitors today at the statue of liberty. ellis island and the liberty bell. half of the military's civilian workforce was furloughed and the national institute of health interrupted medical research. >> already, funding is in jeopardy. >> republican leaders pointed the finger at one person. >> senator chuck schumer shut down the government. >> democratic leader chuck schumer led his party's charge to block government funding until republicans compromise -- for protections for so- called dreamers. young people brought to this country illegally as children. >> they want a deal on immigration. then they will think about reopening the government. it is a shakedown strategy. >> chuck schumer puts the blame on the president. >> negotiating with president trump is like negotiating with jell-o. >> he said the so-called dealmaker keeps undermining the talks and his own party. >> it is next to impossible to strike a deal with the president because he can't speak to the terms. >> republicans are now pushing a fallbac

nancy cordes is on capitol hill with a senate centers on immigr. ncy, good morning. >> good morning. latest. the senate is scheduled to vote at noon today on a bill that would reopen the government and fund it for 2 1/2 weeks. we do not know if that vote will pass. negotiations continue. but what we do know is pressure on these lawmakers grows exponentially as the shutdown moves into the workweek. >> well, back from the brink. >> senate leadercameo the floor night. >> the shutdown should stop und government until february 8th and a pledge to d.r.e.a.m.ers after that. >> it would be my intention to proceed to legislation that would address border security, and related issues. >> but h i democratic leader ch schumer. >> we have yet to reach an forwt would be acceptable to both object. >> he wants an ironclad assurance that congress will provide legal status to 11,000 immigrants. arizona republican jeff flake shuttled between the two men all day said the gap is shrinking. >> we have a commitment to move to immigration. everybody heard the majority lead

nancy cordes is on capitol hil with this story. good morning.> reporter: really and while the shutdownover lawmakers bought themselves just 2.5 weeks before the money is set to run out again. and while democrats did extract that promise from the senate's leader, they got no such guarantee from house republicans, meaning they're facing nearly as much uncertainty as before. >> the yeas are 266, the nays are 150 -- >> reporter: with back-to-back votes to reopen the government -- >> the motion to concur is agreed to. >> reporter: -- congress crawled out of a hole it dug itself. a moment to pat ourselves on the back not even close. we very much need to heed the lessons of what just happened here. >> reporter: what happened was a three-day partisan standoffing almost every leader claims to want. [ chants ] a bill protecting young immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally as children. >> the issue of immigration, the issue of the d.r.e.a.m.ers the civil rights issue of our time. >> reporter: the white house argued democrats gained little from their hard

. >>> i asked cbs reporter nancy cordes how members of congress are reacting to the story of trump and mueller. >> nobody was particularly shocked to learn this, but it makes it all the more important to lawmakers that he go ahead and cooperate with the special counsel and he himself said that he is expecting now to be interviewed by robert mueller within the next few weeks. >> it is the talk of the town in washington, as you can imagine. cortes will have more on -- nancy cordes will have more on all this on sunday on face the nation right here on kpix5. >>> deja vu, a bay area water hole celebrates a big milestone twice, the party that's happening all because of a simple math mistake. >> from go-karts and mini golf to tech and traffic, the concerns about the big transformation in store for an old bay area racetrack. okay mcdonald's. i see your one, two and three dollar deals. tell you what, i'll raise you five. introducing value jack's way. five great ways to save. like i tell jack jr., it's all about big values, jr. prices. that's value jack's way. like jack's one-of-a-kind breakfast

good morning, welcome to "face the nation" i'm nancy cordes. we've got a lot of ground to cover today and we begin with the republican senator from maine, susan collins. she led a bipartisan effort to reopen the government last monday and her group of about 25 senators is now working to influence negotiations over a bill to protect children of undocumented immigrants and increase border security. senator, welcome. >> thank you. >> cordes: i want to talk about immigration but first i want to get your reaction to the latest news that was first reported in "new york times" that despite months of white house denials, the president actually did express a serious interest at one point in firing special counsel robert mueller. >> i think it's important to understand that the president cannot directly fire mr. muell mr. mueller. the only person who has that authority is the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein and he's the one who appointed mr. mueller in the first place. i asked him about that at a hearing last year and he was adamant that he would

nancy cordes is on capitol hill where the house will vote on a plan to keep the government running without a daca deal. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. the funding is set to run out tomorrow night if there is no daca deal. and in a candid moment the senate's top republican told me he's trying to work something out but the president's lack of clarity isn't helping. daca divisions are consuming congress even as leaders insist they all want the same thing. >> we want to fix daca. >> we very much want to get a deal done on daca. >> we're all committed. >> reporter: small bipartisan groups have gotten to a yes in the house and senate. >> to me it's a lay-up. >> but the president rejected one of the plans calling it horrible. >> how is your agreement likely to be different from a deal already struck by a bipartisan group of senators? >> i'm looking for something president trump supports. as soon as we figure out what he is for, then i would be convinced we're not just spinning our wheels. >> it appears he wants $18 billion in border wall funding plus an end to the visa diversity program in

nancy cordes is up on capitol hill. nancy, good morning. >> good morning.. the funding bill did make "i" way out of the house successfully by and large with republican votes, but senate republicans are in a much trickier situation. in order to get 60 votes today, they need the support of at least ten senate democrats and maybe more because some republicans like south carolina's lindsey graham has said they're voting know. arizona's jeff flake said he is leaning no. the democrat chuck schumer is now proposing a very short-term spending bill, funding the government for just a few days while they work out a deal over daca. he says this hardball strategy is the only way to force gop leaders to the table before hundreds of thousands of gop o p d.r.e.a.m.ers face deportation. it's putting hundreds of thousands of workers on edge. the senate republican mitch mcconnell accused the democrats of creating a crisis that doesn't actually need to be addressed until earl marchy march but he also admitted he's having trouble crafting a daca compromise because he doesn't kn

nancy cordes has the that. >> the government is back open, but not everyone is cheering.roups accuse democrats of caving. calling it a slap in the face. schumer sells out the resistance, said one. while another argued immigrants in america deserve a democratic party with backbone. >> well, look. we are very pleased with how things came out. schumer extracted a promise from the senate republican leader to hold a volt on dreamers next month. but, many in his base want that vote now. these progressive groups that say you should have held out for more, do they have a point? >> we are a lot better off today when it kmz to the cause of dreamers than we were, four, five days ago. when there is a republican president, a republican senate, a republican house, that are quite recalcitrant against dreamers you will not get it all at once. >> reporter: for daca recipients uncertainty is unit slg. >> we waited 17 years already. we shouldn't be waiting any longer. >> reporter: 700,000 immigrants rely on the expiring program for legal status and work permits. it is really hard to go to s

nancy cordes reports. >> several gop sources tell cbs news romney has been laying the ground work ine hatch were to retire. while he hasn't said anything publicly about his intention to run, take a look at this. this is a pretty good clue. yesterday afternoon. romney listed his, his location on his twitter profile as the massachusetts. but then, after hatch announced his plans to retire, romney's pre file location was updated. to holiday, utah. >> in a video posted on twitter, orrin hatch referenced early days as an amateur boxer. and his plans to leave the political ring. >> i decide to retirened of this term. this was a, a landmark day. >> as chair of the finance committee. senator hatch, spearheaded the passage of gop tax cuts. and he was one of the earliest, senior republicans to support president trump. mr. trump, no fan of mitt romney urged have to stay in the senate for an eighth term. >> you are a true, true fighter. >> trump once had the same respect for romney. even considered him for secretary of state. despite, romney's freak went critiques of him. >> playing the members

nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, good morning. what's the prognosis? >> at this point, norah, it is a high-stakes game of who blinks first with government funding held in the balance. democrats say that gop stalling on the so-called dreamers has left them with no choice. but republicans accuse them of holding the entire government hostage over one issue. >> motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. >> reporter: in a preview of what's to come, all but six house democrats voted against the funding bill. >> the only people standing in the way of keeping the government open are senate democrats. whether there is a government shutdown or not is now entirely up to them. >> reporter: those senate democrats say they have more than enough votes to kill the bill unless republicans cut a quick deal on daca. >> we lurch from week to week, day to day, month to month. >> this resolution kicks the can down the road and gives us no reason to believe that it will be any different. >> reporter: the senate's republican leader warned democrats will bear the blame if th

nancy cordes reports from capitol hill. >> the republican leader and i have come to an arrange. awe a the took 60 hours of negotiations and shuttle diplomacy to get the government reopened. >> yeas are 81. nays are 18. >> the republican leader and i have come to an arrangement. >> reporter: it took 60 hours of strained negotiations and shuttle diplomacy just to get the government reopened. the grand bargain, a bill to fund the government for two and a half weeks. and, a first time promise from gop leader mitch mcconnell that thereafter he would put a bill for dreamers up for debate and vote. 16 progressive senators including several presidential hopefuls wanted to hold out for more. california democrat, kamala harris said mcconnell's vow fell far short of an ironclad guarantee. >> to my mind they got nothing to show for that. >> closed today due to the government shutdown. >> reporter: with many landmarks shuttered and hundreds of thousand of workers furloughed most lawmakers said the offer was good enough. >> there is no way the democrats caved. i think the democrats got a bett

nancy cordes is on capitol hill where the house will vote on a plan to keep the government running without daca, without a daca deal. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what we are watching now, john, is whether democrats make good on their threat to vote against government funding set to run out tomorrow night if there is no daca deal. and in a candid moment, the senate's top republican told me he's trying to work something out but that the president's lack of clarity isn't helping. daca divisions are consuming congress, even as leaders insist they all want the same thing. >> we want to fix daca. >> we very much want to get a deal done on daca. >> we're all committed to getting this. >> reporter: small bipartisan groups have already gotten to yes in the house and senate. >> to me it's a layup. you have a reasonable daca solution with some border security. >> reporter: but the president rejected one of those plans, calling it horrible. so congressional leaders are starting over. how is your agreement likely to be different from the deal that was already struck by a bipartisan

nancy cordes is on capitol hill where lawmakers worked through the weekend. the first business day of the shutdown which means hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be staying at home instead of heading to their jobs. and that is creating added pressure for lawmakers to pass a spending bill quickly. it does not appear, however, that that is necessarily in the cards. democrats led by chuck schumer, are skeptical that gop leader mitch mcconnell really does plan to move to immigration legislation on february 8th as he indicated last night. the democrats want to see movement now. mcconnell's proposal did win over two gop holdouts, south carolina's lindsey graham and arizona's jeff flake. they did not vote for the original short-term spending plan on friday night but said they would do so today. flake shuttled back and forth from mcconnell's office to schumer's office acting as a go-between and he says they are getting closer, but the wildcard here is that even if democrats do get the assurances that they're seeking in the senate, there's no guarantee they