with me now. senator cassidy, pleasure. you've got a lot going on, sir. thanks for taking a minute with us. >> thank you for having me, brooke. >> let's begin with this senator schumer, president trump meeting. what do you know about that meet ing, senator? >> only what i just heard from your clip, that they met. i think it's pretty straightforward. if there's a deal to be had and the deal is fund the government till february 16th and reauthorize chip c.h.i.p. for six years. and fund the military, et cetera. there's a deal to be had. >> was it worrisome at all to you, as a republican, that there was not a republican in that room? >> there was a republican, president trump. but more importantly -- >> well, senator, we remember that bipartisan meeting last week when the president said daca first and kevin mccarthy had to say, hang on, mr. president.