multiple other reports indicate white house chief of staff john kelly and senior white house aide steven miller, they're calling the shots this weekend. a senior administration official tells nbc news that kelly and miller pushed the president away from a compromise after his friday meeting with senate democratic leader chuck schumer and back toward their hardline stance on immigration. republican senator lindsey graham specifically singled out steven miller. >> i've talked to the president. his heart is right on this issue. i think he's got a good understanding of what will sell. and every time we have a proposal it is only yanked back by staff members. as long as steven miller's in charge of negotiating immigration, we're going nowhere. >> wow. joining me now, "the washington post" political reporter eugene scott, bill chrystal, founder and editor of weekly standard and bloomberg politics national reporter. calls steven miller agitator and white house survivor. i've heard the same thing. people in the white house said to me president trump had a deal with chuck schumer on friday. he was ready

as long as steven miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, we are going nowhere. he has been an outlier for years. there's a deal to be had. >> ana, there in lies the challenge. even if there is a bipartisan group, there is a consensus on what to do. you still need the white house to sign off on it and still need the house to get over the finish line as well. one key republican senator john cornyn, very pessimistic tonight. telling reporters that he believes the government will still be shut down tomorrow. and the yied of having a vote on daca by february 8, as he said, was quote, ridiculous. a sign of a lot more work to be done before reopening the government and the likelihood that it could still be shut down tomorrow. in day three of the shut down, ana. >> manu, at this point, do republicans know what kind of a deal the president would also be willing to go along with? >> it is not clear, particularly on the issue of immigration. the white house has said they don't even want to talk about the issues until the government is reopened. the question is what will th

what lindsey graham is trying to do is two things, number one, i think he's trying to knock down steven miller. number two, i think he's trying to persuade the president to get off his mark and follow his heart. just one thing i would add to what brett stevens said. he's right about some of those senate democrats worrying about being able to win their races and take control of the senate. for rest of the democrats, the ones who want to take control of the house which looks more likely and those who are hoping to face president trump in 2020, the shutdown politics may actually be good for them. >> my goodness, the situation is surely complicated. thank you all. important conversation. we're going to take a break. coming up, what the shutdown actually means for you from the effects on the irs to the public schools your kids may attend. how it could impact your bottom line and your day ahead. first, could there be a bipartisan solution to this shutdown? remember, that is what people voted for. they wanted to end the gridlock in washington. i'll be speaking to two key members of the house's proble

what steven miller reflects is the hardline side of the caucus in the house, and on immigration, and ultimately, i think if you are going to have a deal -- look at what's happening here. what's holding this up is not only the idea for trading the legal status for the daca stats. it's also for border security and legal immigration. it's a big step from where republicans were even proposed undocumented and legal immigration. that is the hardline part of the house. what steven miller's opposition reflects is in the end, paul ryan may have to -- any deal that may refuse them, they may have to pass without the support of the majority of the house. that is a rubicon that could be coming in the next few weeks. they will be getting this whirlpool here. >> if we can go to the floor now. tammy duckworth is a veteran, and she is being mindful of the military, its needs and being supportive. let's listen. >> this great nation. but in the meantime, let's at least take the sample comments in step that we all agree on. let us remove any possibility, military pay and even worse, military death benef

steven miller es odiado por muchas organizaciones pro inmigrantes.. " mientras Él esté a cargo de las negociaciones de inmigraciÓn, no vamos a conseguir nada", dijo el senador graham. otros senadores shumer y durbin, declararon que llegar a un acuerdo serÁ un fracaso con miller en la cÁmara. >> el control de la casa blanca lo tiene stephen miller. pablo: un grupo bipartidista de senadores dijo que ya habÍan llegado a un acuerdo control y que todo se hundiÓ cuando trump se reuniÓ con miller. " ha sido un mentiroso y un demagogo por aÑos", aÑadiÓ graham. "miller es un fuerte partidario del muro con mÉxico e insiste en que los inmigrantes quitan trabajo a los estadounidenses". miller tambiÉn es conocido por enojarse y perder el control fÁcilmente. >> [habla en inglÉs] pablo: la casa blanca afirma que cualquier decisiÓn final de cualquier tema, siempre es de trump. arantxa: el exgobernador de frida advirtiÓ que los republicanos recibirÁn una paliza en las elecciones de otoÑo si se enfocan en la retÓrica y el carÁcter del presidente trump. bush aalabÓ la

but will mitch mcconnell push forward on an immigration deal, but is steven miller calling the shots? and lindsey graham says intention won't work if miller is at the helm. >> every time we have a proposal, it's yanked back by staff members. >> our own reporting reflects the fact that graham has been trying to throw miller under the bus. and the "washington post" revealing that miller's close relationship with trump has significance. a hard-liner on immigration and one of the last survivors in trump's inner circle. >> we'll have a lawful immigration system, but the president has made clear he believes that should be a merit-based system. we're ending unskilled chain migration. our duty is to u.s. citizens and u.s. workers. >> miller also allegedly endeared himself to donald trump by saying this last year. >> the whole world will soon see, as we begin to take further actions that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned. >> will not be questioned. i'm joined by stephanie and bill kristol. two individuals who will be questioned a

for him to send forward bomb throwers like steven miller. he needs to remind us that he was elected president to do things. talk about what he wants to do. show us in his conduct that he is in charge. that will dispel many people's concerns. he is not doing it. wait a second. this is really important. his statement, the white house's statement about bannon was off the wall. that's not how you deal with a book you disagree with. you ignore the books. >> in terms of calling him sloppy steve and name calling. >> let's not forget the issue of his mental fitness came from the president saying that bannon was insane. this is the problem. the president's people are acting as if this is a reality tv show when this is about the future of our republic. >> let me say this. as a presidential historian, you are probably the first to agree that president trump is like no other president. he doesn't go by the conventional rules, if you will. i can say this. as somebody with a microtwitter account, it doesn't take time to send a tweet out and stir things up

seeing any clip of that interview with jake tapper, we see why steven miller is a policy adviser and the press secretary. he didn't want to answer questions about this book, but he did make several points. this is what we are going to hear until we stopped asking about fire and fury. he wanted to make the point again that cnn is fake news and has a crisis in credibility and that steve bannon's comments were grotesque and the book's author is a garbage author of a garbage book and to say that jake tapper is condescending and involved in hysterical coverag.. donald trump. he wanted to say that donald trump is a genius. >> it's getting in the last word. >> right. that trump supported this and tweeted that steven miller destroyed jake tapper remains to be seen. >> this white house has shown and likes to dictate the narrative and drive the message at all cost including when it doesn't answer the questions when they saw in the miller interview. is this that technique that we just saw, is this controlling the message or is this sending an alarming one? >> you're right. whenever there is a p

joining us now is the white house senior policy adviser, steven miller. president trump and the white house have been calling the russia investigation a witch hunt and obviously in this new michael wolff book bannon offered a different take on the meeting between donald trump jr. and called it trnness and unpatriotic and said that quote, the chance that don junior did not walk them up to the office on the 26th floor is zero. did president trump meet with any of the so-called gimos? >> it's tragic and unfortunate that steve would make these grow tesk comments out of touch reality and so vindictive and the whole white house staff is deeply disappointed in his comments which were grotesque and with respect to the trump tower meeting he's talking about, he wasn't there when this went down, so he's not a credible source on any of it. it reads luke an angry vindictive person spouting out to a highly discredible author. the book is a poorly written fiction. i also will say the author is a garbage author of a garbage book. the tragic thing about this book and the

beyond that you have steven miller calling it garbage, the author garbage. we've nod heard that kind of commentary before, but we should note some of the president's and steve miller's attacks were geared toward former white house chief strategist steve bannon, who as you heard miller say, made comments that were grotesque according to him, the senior policy advisor. shrtly after that statement was made, steve bannon put out this statement, seemingly an apology for taking so long to respond to some of the excerpts that were leaked from the book. he took offense to one portion where he was quoted as saying that meeting at trump tower between trump campaign officials and russian nationals was unpatriotic and treasonous, he called that inaccurate reporting and said that donald trump junior was a patriot and those comments were geared more toward paul manafort. we've reached out to the white house for comment on steve bannon's statement but yet to hear back. >> let me read that. he says my support is also unwaivering for the president and his agenda. i am the onl

this as steven miller denounced former colleague. watch this. >> it's tragic and unfortunate that steve would make these grow task comments so out of touch with reality and affable so v vindicti vindictive. whole white house staff is upset about the comments. reads like an angry vindictive person spouting off to highly unicredited author. all these so call geniuses in washington. the only person calling themself a genius in the last week is the president. >> happens to be a true statement. self made billionaire who revolutionized tv. >> you can be condescending. i'm not being condescending. it's a snide remark. he's watching and he's network. you can be as condescending as you want. you can have 24/7. my point is steve bannon. >> you can have. >> enforce the president's travel ban. >> i'm so glad you brought that up. >> that is one of the make the news in the book. >> steven. >> it went on like that for a couple more minutes. reported thad miller refused to leave the set and actually had to be escorted off by security and president t

to borrow a phrase steven miller might use.er. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] with googly eyes. obviously with googly eyes. also, can i say i'm just tired of this talking point trump and his toadies keep repeating that he beat a field of 17 incredibly talented people? he did not. let's not forget the field he ran against included a narcoleptic, a malfunctioning robot, a sentient butter sculpture and a guy who was almost suffocated by his own hoodie. [ laughter ] and when trump's sycophants aren't available to go on tv and stroke his ego, trump does it himself. yesterday he flew to tennessee to sign an executive order and speak to the american farm bureau. and at one point, he needlessly lashed out at the media and told the crowd to look up his twitter account. >> i will sign two presidential orders to provide broader and faster and better internet coverage. make sure you look up @realdonaldtrump. [ light laughter ] >> seth: i'm sorry, but it strikes me as unpresidential to plug your social media account. [ light laughter

donald trump campaigned in part because of steven miller's influence on two things, building a wall and ending daca, protections for indocumented folks brought to the u.s. as children on day one of his presidency. those were his campaign promises. it's unlikely to me, hard to imagine the white house as it stands right now with the folks in there right now would say actually we're not going to build a wall and instead of ending daca, we're going to protect d.r.e.a.m.ers. that's just very difficult to conceive of a scenario where the white house with steven miller's influence would be okay with that, and that's why so many of these problems, at least from where i'm standing, seem so unattractive. >> if we're going with your line saying they are so far apart and no one is going to give -- >> it's tough to speculate. i think one thing that's possible is congress could pass some sort of legislation keeping the government open for another couple of weeks. >> then we're at it again. >> right. congress has been lurching from near shutdown to near shutdown for years now, because over the course

the president was watching steven miller. think about that. have the authoritarian aspects of this, but you have people and you have a president who desperately needs praise, needs to be validated by the people who work for him, and all the while the american people from journalists, god bless us, for standing up to that kind of treatment from somebody in the administration, and other people who are watching and thinking what is going on with the white house, with the administration? >> i bet you he has a team in the west wing -- >> that doesn't explain why everybody in the congress -- look at the clips from camp david, they are all saying what a fabulous year we had from the president, or hatch on the lawn saying the greatest president ever. >> if they are motivated by ego, why does not one of them care about what history will say about them? >> paul ryan, he says exquisite leadership. there's a bowing down and treating him as the sun king. it's a good point. it's not the people that just work for him but in the co-equal branch of government

. >> i want to play some of that interview that steven miller did with jake.ake a look. >> don't be condescending. the reason i want to talk about -- the reason i want to talk about the president's experiences, what i've seen with him traveling, meeting with dozens of leaders. >> you're not answering the question. >> you're not goi to give three minutes for people to get the real experience of donald trump. >> there's one viewer you care about right now and you're being obsequious. >> you know what i care about? >> i've waisted enough of my viewers' time. thank you. >> look, that speaks for itself. and i said that steven miller should never be in front of a television camera defending anyone. it's scary that's someone in the white house. but anybody knows this. if you're a secure individual, you don't have to continually prove to people something that should be evident. you are president of the united states. you are in the most powerful position in the world. why do you need to tweet like you're in high school to prove that you're really pretty and popular? i

and of course lindsey graham called out steven miller outright. so this is one particularly stark example of how we could govern ourselves in a perfectly reasonable fashion that didn't tack way left or way right. and that the republican party is now in thrall to some very radically conservative elements who when the crunch comes win out. that's a real problem for the country. >> i guess what people all over the country and all over the world are trying to figure out is what happened to the great negotiator? how much did president trump have to do with these various steps that have been going on? he said, we can get it done. we saw that huge roundtable that was filmed for some 55 minutes about two weeks ago. so what was his role in this, norm? >> so we had the president saying, if you can agree on any kind of deal, i'll sign and it i'll take the heat. and then as e.j. said, what's happened basically is the president has become a captive of the 30% or 35% that make up his base, and not just that 35% of the american public which includes a substantia

, lindsey graham going as far as saying, with his involvement, steven miller, we will never get there. meaning some progress on these proposa proposals. bori srngs sanchez, appreciate it from the white house. >>> let's learned where the front yard is. >> joining me now. >>> so dave, your sentiments on what with haerpd from susan collins, lisa measure cow ski, theed to do md. it's going as far as saying there is a limp in the leadership and it's up to the senate now to do something. >>. >> i think that's right. it remind me of a quote put out yesterday and he says, look, the stabilizing wouldn't put us in this position. let's not forget, this is the first time in modern history where one party rules all branches of government and yet they led to a shutdown. moreover, it's not just democrats that voted against the funding bill yesterday. republicans like mike lee, rand paul, lindsey. the other thing i'll. what more cooperation and consensus building in washington. i think that was what the. >> ticklely talking about almost interference coming from white house adder steven miller.

i asked if the chief of staff of steven miller, two of the people who are leading the charge when it comes to those immigration negotiations have veto power. once a potential deal is brought to the president's desk and she said no, the president's the only one who has veto power. but a couple of other interesting headlines i think emerged. she was pressed on why we didn't see the president over the weekend, the big question on so many people's minds. sarah indicated the president was very involved, working the phones, but based on our reporting, we know that those calls were to republican lawmakers and not democrats. my colleague peter alexander asked sarah if she would be open to citizenship, a path to citizenship for d.r.e.a.m.ers. she didn't say specifically, yes, but she did indicate the president is open to a permanent status for d.r.e.a.m.ers. so we're going to try to derail down on what that status would actually look like. that's a headline coming out of briefing, katy. this briefing unfolding before the government is officially reopened. as sarah indicated, at once senate an

miller from the white house pointed that out a week ago >> steven miller.

as long as steven miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, we're going nowhere. he'soutlier for years. there's a deal to be had. >> so the white house was pushing back on that tonight as well as some of the white house's allies. senator tom cotton, saying it's a way to impugn the president himself. a sign that this effort to reach a bipartisan deal, if it is reach ed in the senate, will still need the support from others in the republican party including the white house and there's no indication whether the white house is on board with this proposal from this group of senators. negotiating still to be had in the coming hours here. >> okay, thank you. let's check in with the white house. get the latest from boris sanchez who i understand quhyou just got reaction from the white house regarding lindsey graham's comments. >> yeah, the white house takes exception in part to the portion where lindsey graham said that steven miller was in charge of immigration. coming up with a deal on immigration and the white house's position on that. he here's a statement from a depu

he reported that steven miller and julia had both turned against bannon. the white house denied it. y falsely denied it. the story was accurate at the time. everyone knew it and steven had this hilarious quote saying my friendship with steve is closer than ever. that was laughed at by anyone that heard steve talk about bannon. he's been saying he's a self-promoter a leaker. this was his coming out party. >> quite a party it was. i want to talk about some reporting you did earlier today. after days and days of waiting, steve bannon appears to finally understand just how much damage he has done to himself. he released a lengthy statement today to jonathan swan backtracking the comments attributed to him in michael wolff's book. he says he, quote, his support is unwavering for the president and his agenda. wolff, of course, quoted bannon as calling donald trump jr.'s meeting with russians at trump tower in 2016 treasonous. bannon's statement reads in part, my comments were aimed at paul manafort, a seasoned campaign professional with experience and knowledge of how the russians operate.

steven miller is not flexible.e's telling people on the hill that a president has to get a lot of tough criteria that the president himself is not expressing quite as explicitly. what you've seen in the white house is someone as unbending who firmly believes for years in these tighter immigration policies, who thinks, you know, the more free flowing immigration has been a detriment to the country and he's willing to do whatever it takes to push those policies. >> he's not alone. he's not on some island in the white house because it seems like the chief-of-staff, john kelly, at least when it comes to policy may be more or less where steven miller is. >> john kelly was the homeland security secretary, steven miller wanted john kelly to have more control particularly over refugees on some immigration issues because he trusted him. they were allies in some ways and he said i would prefer for john kelly to have more control than rex tillerson or other secretaries. john kelly and stephen miller are both pushing the presi

, steven miller is a guy who works in the white house.s not an elected official. what does it tell us that he said steven miller specifically in his beliefs outside the fringe. the american people didn't vote for steve. >> it is interesting lindsey graham is putting this squarely on the hands of the president. we started this hour with a press conference from the white house with mark short and with nick mulvaney putting it all on democrats. it's kind of interesting, a key republican vote that is not going to vote in favor of the continuing resolution is saying that this problem starts and ends at the white house than we're inside the ten-yard line and the white house can fix that, garrett. >> reporter: yeah, let's be real about this. if there is a shutdown, the real cause -- the big picture long-term cause is a lack of presidential leadership. at the bottom line, if the majority leader, the republican majority leader of the u.s. senate as he said this week doesn't know where the president stands on an issue like immigration, how can anyo

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. >> he's referring to steven miller.ut front tonight a friend of the president for over 15 minutes and white house communication director for president obama. so jen what does it mean if steven miller is running the ship? he's young and formerly a staffer before jeefff sessions before he became attorney general. >> steven miller was probably behind the meeting. no secret he doesn't like immigrants especially if they are not white. i think the issue here is that donald trump hasn't really shown that he disagrees with him fundamentally. so who cares if steve inmiller or traited t orchestrated. the meeting. i think was donald trump speaking from the heart about siding with white supremacists, that's the piece been consistent, and really about the president that's where the buck stops. >> you are right about that. because i want to play that in a moment. but rob just for you steven miller he's a hard liner on immigration. strong point of view. and he's talked about it. here he is in heated conversation when he actually took

because he is talking about steven miller. think we know that graham felt really sandbagged when he went in there thinking he had a deal suddenly all these anti-immigration hardliners there. i think steven miller has been shown, has always been a real immigration sell sell lot. i don't think supporting daca is hard left position. i think the country overwhelmingly supports daca. there are lots of other things we can do with immigrtion reform but it would be really easy to get a clean daca bill at least through the senate, i'm not sure about the house. >> you know, joan, just to clarify, i wasn't saying the support of daca was having the hard left go into the corner. what i was saying was the blame game for the government shutdown is what i was expressing right there. >> people diane donald trump gives you the two dramatic and incorrect takes, and diane feinstein. >> the problem the feinstein comment is going to have for her is she is for the government shutdown. >> right. >> when you get division ns the party they are used aga

she brought up steven miller and some of the hard liners. it is believed that steven miller hard lined when it comes to imbramigration. it is separately with two democrats. what does it signal? >> it signals that we are willing to work this out. we said we wouldn't negotiate. we are willing to continue our talks. i think that's the message that the white house wanted to send today. there were two separate meetings today. in the morning you had meetings with a group of republicans including senator langford, purdue and then later on in the afternoon you had the meetings with the democratic senators as well. in terms of what was accomplished it is unclear that the focus was really on immigration. the interesting point is that they haven't been on the forefront of the immigration issue. it is sort of unclear. what is clear here is that the white house wanted to send a message now that the government is reopening they are willing to talk about immigration to get a deal done. >> so i think you and pamela mentioned that the president maybe it was

and he is taking aim specifically at steven miller the white house senior policy advisor. listen to this. >> the reason we yanked these things back is because mr. miller -- i know he is passionate and an early supporter of the president but i'll tell you his view of immigration has never been in the mainstream of the senate and we'll never get there as long as we embrace concepts that cannot possibly get 60 votes. >> sandra: does the president have a response to lindsey graham's words there on stephen miller? >> i think it's ridiculous when a united states senator is calling out an advisor to the president. this is the president's agenda. stephen miller is certainly part of that conversation, part of this process but he is advocating on behalf of the president. the things that have been laid out by this administration were dictated by the president and he is the one that wants to see these things. frankly, i think what is sad is that lindsey graham doesn't. i don't know why any united states senator wouldn't support border security, ending chain migration and ending the vi

. >> do you believe that's steven miller?eve -- listen, any effort to kill immigration reform usually has mr. miller's fingerprints on it so i wouldn't be a bit surprised if he's a part of this. >> and this is the great challenge i think for members of congress. trying to work with this president. they feel like they get one set of commitments one minute and a short time later, they get another set of commitments. and steven miller of course one of the president's staffers has been somebody who has been very involved in immigration policy for a long time. used to work for jeff sessions. and takes a very aggressive hard line stance. and you know this -- the dream act, what we might refer to as a clean dream act has been something democrats have been pushing for a long time. this is a compromise, also on some major issues of immigration policy. the visa lottery. that quite frankly democrats didn't want to crack open at all. again, it's just not clear how all of this gets resolved. there are several groups now negotiating. senat

as long as steven miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, we're going into no where. >> time and again the president says one thing if a meeting or even in a tweet, and then his white house staff has to go back and change things, and i don't think they know what they're doing over there. there's absolute incompetence. >> this is the third or fourth time on this issue he's made some kind of commitment and backed off because he's afraid of the right wing. whether steven miller does it, whether general kelly doesn't steer him in the right direction and just lets it happen, i don't know. >> any effort to kill immigration reform usually has mr. miller's fingerprints on it, so i wouldn't be a bit surprised if he's part of this. >> known for their hardline stances on immigration, the decision in the white house leads the democrats to ask who really makes the decisions. bloomberg said, elevate usually anonymous back-room players into center-stage roles at a time when questions already exist about whether trump has a firm grip on his own white house. here to talk more about this, kels

english at 16 years old, failed at the gold rush, couldn't go home because he dodged the draft and steven millern a white house briefing made it clear that they would prioritize those immigrants that could already speak english. miller's own great-grandmother would not have passed muster. she is clearly identified as spee speaking only yiddish four years after arriving. these other policies that are not getting a lot of attention, the visa lottery, 15,000 or so africans. the policies that benefit caribbean and african migrants are not being seen. >> we have historical amnesia of how america was built. gone are the days where we are seen as assets and commodities coming to till the soil. you see them in all parts of industry. my aunt came. she went to school. she now teaches at medgar-evers and my mom was the last of the mohicans. what if they didn't come and brought us here? i wouldn't be an attorney. chain migration is very offensive as well. what happened to the party of family values. >> he continually reapplies for are for people to have visas to do work. >> what makes america great is the t

steven miller stayed there. they tried to kindly ask him to leave the set. he did not.ally, the folks at cnn had to have security escort him out of the building there on the set. he refused to leave. it was a very interesting scene apparently, after things got a little heated there on set. >> behind the scenes. >>> in the meantime, we're going to move on. because senator bernie sanders is attacking president trump's plan to extend a border wall with mexico. the president's proposal calls for spending $18 billion over the next decade on the wall. sanders says the administration's idea doesn't make any sense. >> the american people in fact do not want to spend billions of dollars on a wall which trump told us would be paid for by the mexican government, which of course is not going to be paid for by the mexicans. >> sanders did indicate he's open to a compromise on border security and the protection of d.r.e.a.m.ers, the young immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally by their parent. >>> the search for a missing college student has come up empty nearly a week after he van

insane and must be stopped still furious at the new york times for normalising white supremacist steven miller new york times do you have any distance you left i guess printing this mash notes to a white supremacist on hole course memorial day is the answer to that question shame on you profound and utter shame on you. new york times is now a white supremacist paper the multiple knots above this is constant broad trompe are and praise for me long today of all days is not exceptional john griffin a conservative commentator in texas believe it's difficult believe this difficult to reach a compromise when both the far right and the far left are dictating terms. you have bad eggs in each administration i don't think steve miller is a bad egg i think he's gotten an unfair rap like many of the members of the tribe of ministration because of how intensely the radical left hate trump and how intensely the far right are determined to defend anything and everything about this administration there is a core sense of what it means to be an american rights for workers low unemployment in respect of the ind

lindsey graham and jeff flake have walked away, then they had to deal with john kelly and steven miller no deal. so john kelly is the new president. power. they should be negotiating with them. and donald trump. >> what should you make of this? donald trump seems to it be nice guy. i'll sign anything. bring in the bill of law. somehow those people leave the room. and his position flips. chuck schumer calls it jell-o. >> you can't trust what he's saying. but joe made a very important point, yes, this is the anniversary of president trump being inaugurated as 45th president of the united states. and if you look at the first year successes he's had once in a generation tax cut, booming economy, record low unemployments. if you think about what happened if senator clinton got to the one year mark, my friends would be in south dakota chiselling her image into mount rushmore. >> what are you saying? >> i'm saying this is a fantastic first year. >> fantastic first year. he's mired in russian scandal. >> this is fantastic record. knocking isis. >> he has barack obama. >> make your point on the

. >> reporter: steven miller also taking aim at the president's former chief strategist steve bannon who was quoted in the book, calling the 2016 trump tower meeting between trump campaign staffers and russians treesous. >> it is unfortunate and tragic that steve would make these grotesque comments so vindictive. the whole white house staff is deeply disappointed. >> reporter: he insisted his remarks were aimed at paul manafort, not don jr. and praising the president's son as both a patriot and a good man. a source said bannon drafted a similar statement that he had planned to release before the president attacked him saying he had lost his mind. today the president travels first to nashville to speak to the concerns of farmers and rural americans apparently tennessee senator bob corker, who has been highly critical of the president, is expected to make the trip with him. after that, the president goes on to see the college football national championship. chris and alisyn, back to you. >> joe johns, appreciate it. joining us now, john avlon, real clear politics a.b. stoddard. i don't

as long as steven miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, we are going nowhere. he has been an outlier for years. there is a deal to be had. >> and that was in reference to the president's senior policy adviser, steven miller, former chief of staff, and senior aide to jeff sessions. someone who has taken a hardline on immigration issues in the past, but some of the republicans are coming to the president's defense on this issue, including senator tom cotton who actually just told this to reporters in the hallway to imply that some adviser or staffer is somehow pulling the strings to the president to impugn the president. a lot of tension here as we get into day two of the shutdown, and these negotiations taking shape, we'll see what emerges from this meeting. that could be important to decipher if this goes on tonight or some time. >> we will come back to you as soon as there is any movement. let's head to the white house now, and cnn's boris sanchez. the president seems to be a spectator just like we are. we are hearing he has spent a lot of time on the phone to

but the feeling was that some people on the president's staff, steven miller, senior policy adviser, white house chief of staff john kelly, perhaps, who has very strong opinions about immigration, especially having been the secretary of the department of homeland security, that they brought in conservative republican hardliners, tom cotton, david purdue, members of the house, bob goodlatte from virginia, and that changed the president's -- >> views? >> -- desire, his views, his willingness to go along with this compromise. which, to be completely candid, would pass the senate likely with more democratic votes than republican votes. and the republicans are saying, why would we ever do that? we need to pass a bill that would have more republican votes than democrat votes. so i think there is a suspicion that the steven miller and others that the president's maleable about this and steven miller and others brought in other people to bolster the conservative argument against the more centrist argument. >> you could hear within some democratic circles on the hill, they were hoping he woul

i mean you know we have steven miller he's invited on his program to talk about talk about what it was going on in camp david with the g.o.p. officials the weekend before he was asked to come on and talk policy i watched the tape and jake tapper did not want to talk about policy geno does gina just mention facts ok where is c.n.n. when talking about facts that was an ambush he was very rude jake tapper was very unprofessional go ahead that's the bias that i'm talking about. well again i think it's i think what you're seeing is a lot of corporate channels are chasing this story particularly the russia gate story you know whether or not that's a legitimate investigation not that remains to be seen what we need to keep in mind is that there are some substantive questions about this presidency. i think in terms of his twitter feed alone i think it would be behoove corporate media to ignore that for a time in fact i'd like to see twitter suspend his account because he's breaking user agreement oh my gosh but let's get back to the let's go back here to me. i don't think we're where all chasi

. >> do you think steven miller and john kelly will blow this up before noon tomorrow? >> i think there are certain members that will never go for this. there are certain aid at the white house who aren't going to go along with this. what matters is where the president is. if he that doesn't matter in terms of the senate process. but it does matter in terms of the house process. i this i he'll fd a way to go along with it. >> senator jeff flake chl thank you so much for running over here tonight. woel keep in touch with you tomorrow. as this unfolds. i'll toss it back to you. have a wonderful rest of your show. we share michigan. i have to throw in a fly eagles fly. >> 38 to 7. there you go. i know you asked people to tweet at you. thank you so much. what a night. i appreciate it. thank you so much, casey. great interview. also covering this story for us. capitol hill correspondent jeff ben net. i want to start with you. what's your reflection? you were doing the play by play as i was watching you on air over the last two days. is this a step forward based on what you s