but if not, on january 3rd, after we put in a new and much improved congress and some of these republican enablers have been sent home thanks to voters across america we need to send back to the president the same resolution that the senate has already approved. >> do you think it would be in the president's best interests in terms of getting what he specifically campaigned on, what he specifically wants here if he were to make a deal between now and january 3rd? because come january 3rd it is going to be even more difficult to get something done? >> i think that's true. he has more republican enablers now than he will have on january the 3rd. there will still be a number there, particularly in the senate. at some point they have to put country first and say the security of our families and our future and the operations of our government are more important than their party. and i believe we will see a time in coming months, perhaps after the mueller report, when some republicans will put country