robert: what about majority leader mitch mcconnell,ark? he's been awol. manu: in a witness protection program. yeah, no, he's taken the view this is between the president and the democrats and have foresworn the role he took in prior shutdowns of being the guy eayou cut the with and i think that's probably a stance he can't afford much longer, particularly if the emergency declaration scenario is not onle the t so it takes everybody off the hook. if they ctinue to be dug in in this position, i think mitch mcconnell has to step forward but the interesng question is, does he step forward and start to speak political reality to the president. he might be one of the few ouople in washington who do that. robert: are you seeing cracks in the g.o.p., pl, as this heads into its fourth week? phil: wsaw them emerge the middle of this week. we heard are senator gardener of colorado, senator collins from maine, republican senators who are in vulnerable positions coming into re-elections, start to say reon the government, let's get on with this. you saw possibilities