. >>> joining us now from inside the capital is paul kane, corresponded with the washington post. paul, you have spent a lot of time roaming the halls of congress over the years. how do you describe the dynamic of the senate, this new senate, the makeup of these new senators joining those that were reelected? >> share. good morning greta.

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julie pace with the associated press, paul kane with the "washington post," kerry with bloomberg. the more they declare a crisis, the more justification they have of a crisis. if i keep saying powerball, do i win the powerball? >> you can't win if you dont pl -- don't play. >> sorry, but they're preparing the paperwork, which is what they're supposed to do if your boss says it's a distinct possibility. most members of congress, even if they support the wall, don't want it to happen because it's an assertion of public authority, the president saying i'm going around you. but is it? given what we heard yesterday from the democratic leaders, is it the only visible offramp at the moment? >> it certainly looks like it is if the president's condition here is if we can't make a deal, i will do this, that's an indication there is no deal in the works here. if he does go forward with a national emergency, what does that actually do to funding the government? does the democratic party, do republicans push him to say if you do this, you have to at least sign a funding bill. i don't think we'

paul kane from the "washington post" had a really important story this weekend that got drowned out -- or this week -- that got drowned out by all the other news about the senate lunch where senators were openly fightinging with ea ining with . that's not a good sign of progress moving forward. >> i want to play one more clip of mulvaney this morning on fox has he made his priorities clear. >> we've been working on this for months. we've been hoping for months to do it through legislation with democrats because that's the right way for the government to function. but at the end of the day, the president's commitment is to defend the nation. and he'll do it either with or without congress. >> patrick, what's the over/under on whether this ends with the president declaring a national emergency for his wall? >> i think there's still a real chance of it, ana. if he feels like he gets through the next three weeks and he is able to frame a message that he believes then maybe his advisers are polling privately and seeing some success with, that essentially he's got to take it up to some kind

this morning, top senate storylines of the new congress with senior congressional correspondent paul kane. then i talk about top how storylines of the new congress with congressional reporter christina peterson. and a of member pay and congressional benefits for the 116th congress with the firewall editor in chief david hawkins. watched c-span's washington journal; eastern this morning. join the discussion. coveraget live thursday for the opening day of the 116th congress. the house gavels in at noon eastern to elect a new speaker and swear in new members and returning members. on c-span2 vice president pence administers the oath of office to senators when the senate meets at noon. they will also name a new president pro tem. posteran3 senators pictures with vice president pence at a ceremonial swearing-in from the old senate chamber followed by the ceremonial swearing-in of house members with newly elected speaker. with the government shutdown in its 12th day president trump held a cabinet meeting at the white house to discuss border security, the shutdown and other priorities were his a

has up to the pressure -- the shutdown pressure on the president and they report this morning by paul kanephilip brecker, and josh addressing a closed-door meeting, the speaker read a letter she sent trump asking him to postpone the speech until the federal government reopens or deliver the speech in writing. if the government stays shut down, pelosi would deprive trump of the spotlight he craves. to a president sensitive of acts of disrespect and one for a hearty appetite for pomp and circumstance, the so-called un invitation was not just a power play, it was a personal slight. in the two weeks since she reclaimed the speaker's gavel, she has moved to leverage her years of -- swipes at his competence and masculinity. the leaders are locked in a standoff over government shutdown instigated by trump's demand u.s. taxpayers fund a portion of his promised border wall. apollo tsipras challenge comes with a degree of risk -- pelosi's challenge comes with a degree of risk. republicans will use her unpopularity to label democrats as pelosi clones, a potentially potent line of attack against city

. >>> joining us now from inside the capital is paul kane, corresponded with the washington post. paul, you have spent a lot of time roaming the halls of congress over the years. how do you describe the dynamic of the senate, this new senate, the makeup of these new senators joining those that were reelected? >> share. good morning greta. this is a different senate that we have seen in previous times because now you have a republican senate with 53 there up from 51 to 53 and it's the makeup of those 53 that is much different this time around than it was two years ago. two years ago you began with really influential senate chairman like john mccain, bob corker overseeing armed services and foreign relations committees. that were really in that sort of anti-trump crowd or at least very willing to criticize trump when they felt necessary especially when he went against traditional republican orthodoxy. now a lot of those folks are gone. corker is retiring, jeff flake is retiring, john mccain passed away a year and half ago. and there really is just a different sense of the senate wher

. >>> paul kane spends many years running through the halls. you can follow is reporting by going to washington post.com or on twitter at pk capital paul kane. thank you. >>> paul kane is inside the capital here behind this congressional reporter with wall street journal. chris, we were just talking about first this undeclared defeat north carolina ninth district. give us an update about. whether mark harris will face reelection what's happening with that. >> i have been mostly focused on what's happening here in dc. we are still in the wait and see mode on that. it affects how many votes nancy pelosi can lose if that becomes an issue we don't know the answer to that today. >>> mark harris not coming to washington he seeks to be certified for that seat there is more to come on that. what is the latest on the shutdown and what will happen today and how will it all play out? >> it's a really interesting moment. we are going to see the balance of power change in congress when democrats take control of the house. the dynamics of the shutdown still

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