he felt compelled -- over a deal on daca. >> we hope senator schumer will abandon this shutdown. >> republicans fear the optics of owning the white house and both chambers of congress yet still presiding over a shutdown. the president today on the road in pennsylvania, offered his explanation of democrats holding a funding bill hostage. >> the democrats want to see it such shutdown. tax reform has not been working well for the democrats. >> while schumer says he wants a deal, even endorsing a procedural vote for the senate to debate our funding bill, he and other democrats, no republicans, need at least nine if not more democrats to vote on a final funding bill. >> the president is sitting on