Well, we expect President Trump to lay out what would be his broadest offer yet, it would involve trading wall money for some of the Immigration Reforms, the democrats have been pursuing. The deal would involve President Trump holding firm on that demand for 5. 7 billion in wall funding in exchange for a temporary daca protections. As well as a temporary extension of tps protections, temporary protective status for some immigrants, a move that would allow them to stay in the country. The white house decided to do this announcement today because it wanted to project an image of progress after a week of escalating feuds between President Trump and Speaker Pelosi. White house aides worked into the night last night to get this proposal ready for todays announcement, cnn is told that mike pence, jared kushner, mick mulvaney, all led efforts to get this proposed deal together in time for this announcement. Its not a new idea, its one that in the past President Trump has not supported. In fact in recent weeks he said he would wait to negotiate on daca until cases are resolved in the courts, legal challenges that arose, after he attempted to rescind daca. Its not clear if this is the thing that gets the two sides talking again after more than a week of nobody speaking to each other. Ryan, i know youre hearing this is not the thing thats going to get this ball rolling. The democrats saying this deal is already dead on arrival. What exactly are democrats taking issue with . Well, weve heard now from the speaker of the house, ana, whos yet to see specifically what President Trump has to say and what were about to hear in a few minutes. Nancy pelosi said, initial reports make it clear that his proposal is a billation of several previously rejected initiatives, each of which is unacceptable and do not represent a good faith effort to restore certainty to peoples lives. Its unlikely any of these provisions alone would pass the house, and taken together they are a nonstarter. For one thing, this proposal does not include the permanent solution for the dreamers and the tps recipient that our country needs and supports. That is the important distinction here between previous negotiations that the white house and Congressional Democrats have had over this immigration issue. In the past, Chuck Schumer offered President Trump as much as 25 billion to build his wall, but in exchange for that, they wanted a definitive pathway to citizenship for the dreamers, a 10 to 14year process for many of them. But it would give them that lifelong protection theyre searching for. What the president is proposing, it ends up being what we think its going to be, the bridge act, that would only be a stopgap measure, protecting them for a short period of time. Leaving an open ended question of whether or not they would be vulnerable at some point. And in exchange for 6 million in permanent wall funding. The message were getting from democrats in the house and senate, theyre not going to trade anything permanent for something temporary. Well have to see how the president describes this proposal when he comes out and speaks in a few minutes. We never know specifically what the president is going to say until it comes out of his mouth. If its based on what were reporting, this is something that democrats in congress are just not going to be interested in. Ryan, sara, stand by as we await the president s remarks. Live pictures from inside the white house as soon as the president takes the podium, we will listen in and take it live. Lets continue the discussion with former press secretary for Bernie Sanders and cnn political commentator, simone standers. Alan stewart, brian selter and mark preston. A senior House Democratic aide is saying this offer has no chance of passing in the house or the senate, has the president just put public pressure on them to come back to the negotiating table . Theyre certainly trying to. Lets look at the situation now, its saturday afternoon on the east coast. About 24 hours ago, President Trump said he was going to hold this major event at the white house, so hes working really hard, at least thats what the message hes trying to portray. Then his day is lined up this way. He does a dignified transfer, which is what every president should do. And our hearts and souls go out to the Service Members that were recently killed. Then after that, he does a naturalization service, to show that hes not antiimmigration. And now hes going to go out and offer a proposal that we already know is not really a compromise, what hes trying to do is turn Public Opinion right now, the question is, is that going to be successful . I dont think so, certainly not now in the short run, given his public pronunciations in the past where he said he would own the Government Shutdown. I dont think theres anyone out there that can say the government should be shut down based on the fighting over this border wall. Im not sure that all americans would agree this is not a legitimate compromise. Just a year ago, the democrats offered trump 25 physical that would pay for the border wall in exchange for a pathway to citizenship for the Daca Recipients. I get this is not exactly the same, can democrats walk away from agreeing to five bill in exchange for three years of protection for dreamers. Neither side gets everything, but wouldnt both sides get something . No. The deal you previously referred to that the president had previously agreed to saying, look, 25 billion protections for dreamers, the president then went back on that deal, he is not a good faith negotiator here, now the president has held the American People hostage, more than 800,000 federal workers are missing their paychecks. Holding them hostage over a wall he told us the mexico would pay for. Simone, well come back to you afterwards, heres the president. Just a short time ago i had the honor of presiding over the swearingin of five new Great American citizens. It was a beautiful ceremony, and a moving reminder of our nations proud history of welcoming legal immigrants from all over the world into our national family. I told them that the beauty and majesty of citizenship is that it drews no distinctions of race or class or faith or gender or background. All americans, whether first generation or tenth generation are bound together in love and loyalty, friendship and affection. Were all equal. Were one team and one people proudly saluting one Great American flag. We believe in a safe and lawful system of immigration, one that upholds our laws, our traditions and our most cherished values. Unfortunately our immigration system has been badly broken for a very long time. Over the decades many president s and many lawmakers have come and gone and no Real Progress has been made on immigration. We are now living with the consequences. And they are tragic. Brought about by decades of political stalemate, partisan gridlock and national neglect. There is a humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border that requires urgent action. Thousands of children are being exploited by ruthless coyotes and vicious cartels and gangs. One in three women is sexually assaulted on the dangerous journey north. In fact, many loving mothers give their young daughters Birth Control pills for the long journey up to the United States because they know they may be raped or sexually accosted or assaulted. Nearly 50 migrants a day are being referred for Urgent Medical care. Vast quantities of lethal narcotics are flooding through our border and into our communities, including meth, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl. Drugs kill 78,000 americans a year. And cost our society in excess of 700 billion. Heroin alone kills 300 americans a week. 90 of which comes across our southern border. We can stop heroin. Illegal immigration reduces wages and strains public services. The lack of Border Control provides a gateway and a very wide and open gateway for criminals and gang members to enter the United States, including the criminal aliens who murdered a brave California Police officer. Only a day after christmas. Ive gotten to know and love angel moms, dads and family who lost loved ones to people illegally in our country. I want this to end. Its got to end now. These are not talking points. These are the heart breaking realities that are hurting innocent, precious human beings every single day, on both sides of the border. As a candidate for president , i promised i would fix this crisis, and i intend to keep that promise one way or the other. Our immigration system should be the subject of pride, not a source of shame. As it is all over the world. Our immigration system should be the envy of the world, not a symbol of disunity and dysfunction. The good news is, these problems can all be solved, but only if we have the political courage to do what is just and what is right. Both sides in washington must simply come together, listen to each other, put down their armor, build trust, reach across the aisle and find solutions. It is time to reclaim our future from the extreme voices who fear compromise and demand open borders, which means drugs pouring in, Human Trafficking and a lot of crime. That is why i am here today to break the log jam and provide congress with a path forward to end the Government Shutdown. And solve the crisis on the southern border. If we are successful in this effort, we will then have the best chance in a very long time, at real bipartisan Immigration Reform. And it wont stop here, it will keep going until we do it all. The proposal i will outline today is based on first and foremost on input from our Border Agents and Homeland Security professionals, and professionals they are. They know what theyre doing. It is a compassionate response to the ongoing tragedy on our southern border. In recent weeks, we have met with large numbers of democrat lawmakers, to hear their ideas and suggestions, by incorporating the priorities of rank and file democrats in our plan. We hope they will offer their enthusiastic support. And i think many will. This is a common sense compromise both parties should embrace. The radical left can never control our borders. I will never let it happen. Walls are not immoral. In fact, they are the opposite of immoral, they will save many lives and stop drugs from pouring into our country. Our plan includes the following. 800 million in urgent humanitarian assistance. 805 million for drug Detection Technology to help secure our ports of entry. An additional 2,750 Border Agents and Law Enforcement professionals. 75 new immigration judge teams to reduce the Court Backlog of believe it or not almost 900,000 cases. However, the whole concept of having lengthy trials for anyone who sets one foot in our country unlawfully must be changed by congress. It is unsustainable. It is ridiculous. A few places in the world would even consider such an impossible nightmare. Our plan includes critical measures to protect Migrant Children from exploitation and abuse. This includes a new system to allow Central American miners to apply for asylum in their home countries and reform to promote family reunification for unaccompanied children. Thousands of whom wind up on our border doorstep, to physically secure our border. The plan includes 5. 7 billion for a strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall. This is not a 2,000 mile concrete structure from sea to sea. These are steel barriers in high priority locations. Much of the border is already protected by natural barriers such as mountains and water. We already have many miles of barrier, including 115 miles that we are currently building or under contract. It will be done quickly. Our request will add another 230 miles this year in the areas our Border Agents most urgently need. It will have an unbelievable impact. If we build a powerful and fully designed see through steel barrier on our southern border, the crime rate and drug problem in our country would be quickly and greatly reduced. Some say it could be cut in half. Because these criminals, drug smugglers, gangs and traffickers do not stop at our border, they permeate throughout our country and end up in some places where youd least expect them. They go all over our country. A steel barrier will help us stop illegal immigration while safely directing commerce it our lawful ports of entry. Many of these security ideas have been proposed by democrats themselves. And all of them have been supported by democrats in the past, including a physical barrier wall or fence. Furthermore, in order to build the trust and good will necessary to begin real Immigration Reform, there are two more elements to my plan. Number one is three years of legislative relief for 700,000 Daca Recipients brought here unlawfully by their parents at a young age many years ago. This extension will give them access to work permits, Social Security numbers and protection from deportation most importantly. Secondly our proposal provides a threeyear extension of temporary protected status or tps. This means that 300,000 immigrants whose protected status is facing expiration will now have three more years of certainty so that congress can work on a larger immigration deal. Which everybody wants, republicans and democrats. And our farmers and vineyards wont be affected because lawful and regulated entry into our country will be easy and consistent. That is our plan. Border security, daca, tps and many other things. Straightforward, fair, reasonable and common sense with lots of compromise. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell has pledged to bring this bill to a vote this week in the United States senate. Our proposal is not intended to solve all of our immigration challenges. This plan solves the immediate crisis, and it is a horrible crisis. It is a humanitarian crisis like we rarely see in our country. And it provides humanitarian relief. Delivers real Border Security. And immediately reopens our federal government. If we are successful in this effort. Then we can start the border project of remaking our immigration system for the 21st century. Once the government is open and we have made a downpayment on Border Security, and Immigration Reform starts to happen, i plan to convene weekly bipartisan meetings at the white house so we can do a finished product, a great product. A product that we can all be proud of. Having to do with that illusive immigration problem. Whatever we do, i can promise you this. I will never forget that my first duty and ultimate loyalty is to you, the American People. Any reforms we make to our immigration system will be designed to improve your lives, make your Community Safer and make our nation more prosperous and secure for generations to come. Thank you and god bless america. That wraps up the president s remarks he just laid out a new proposal to hopefully end the Government Shutdown offering what he believes is a compromise to democrats to come back to the negotiating table over his Border Security money as well as now throwing out there potential protections for Daca Recipients. Extending their temporary status. I want to bring back my panel. Do you see this ending the Government Shutdown . Absolutely not. Democrats knew what the proposal was going to be, its really a nonstarter, the president did a couple things there that i thought was very inflammatory. One, continuing to call it a humanitarian crisis, theres certainly some problems on the border, but how he portrays it as a crisis is meant to instill fear in americans across the country. He also said they built the border, if this border wall went up, some are saying our crime in the United States can be cut by 50 . Come on, thats outrageous, that he would say that, and its more outrageous that anyone would believe him in saying that. In fact, when he started out his remarks, it almost sounded like a repeat of his oval office remarks that he had made about a week plus ago. Brian, let me bring in you, it was completed with the factual inaccuracies. In some cases he moved words around in the speech and said the sentences in a different order. This was a repeat of the speech that was aired in prime time a week ago. The second part was new, the proposal about the shutdown. Politically speaking, hes been losing on the shutdown. The polls have been really clear on that. The real losers on this have been the americans. The second half of the speech was about that, the first half of the speech did repeat some of the same misinformation and scare mongering tactics that we heard in prime time a week and a half ago. Its what chris cuomo used to call the brown menace narrative about immigration from mexico. He said that the cost of drugs in our society is in excess of 700 billion. Its a huge number. Nih says that number is accurate, but that includes everything, alcohol, tobacco. The president is using the statistic and zs torting it in order to make you think the problem is worse than it is. He also said, now hes calling it a barrier, the amount of drugs flowing in would be cut dramatically. We all know the u. S. Government says thats not true, most drugs come in through the ports of entry, mostly smuggled in through cars and other means. Hes continuing to resort to those rhetorical troeps contradicted by his own government. 800 million in humanitarian assistance. More money for border patrol. New judge teams, hes going to reduce the backlog of some of the immigration currently. Talked about a new idea for unaccompanied minors to apply for asylum in their own country. Hes listing a few ideas, but some of the things he presented are things democrats have suggested. I know youve been in close contact with your sources there in washington. Is this still a nonstarter . Well, republicans would argue that this is the president trying to be at least get back on offense, when it comes to this conversation about the shutdown. It was interesting, because the gop aids we talked to were relatively quiet all day long, they wanted to give the president the opportunity to make this statement before they got out ahead of it, now theyre coming out in troves in support of the president s message. Mitch mcconnell put out a statement immediately after the president s remarks saying, everyone has made the time to make their points, now its time to make a law, and hes prepared to bring this legislation to the floor as soon as possible. The House Minority whip, Steve Scalise just put out a statement in support of the president s proposal here, from what were understanding about the white houses thinking on this, they felt the president wan oz his heels here, and that was allowing the democrats to fill up the space saying he owned the shutdown, this was his responsibility and he wasnt doing anything to come to the table to present something. Now what Republican Leaders are saying is, here, the president is offering you something, and oh, by the way, this something that he is offering you is something that a democrat once proposed and were talking about the bridge act here, which was that kind of temporary protection for dacas for dreamers, i should say. Dick durbin who is the democrat, who co sponsored this legislation with Lindsey Graham has come out and said, this is not the way he envisioned that piece of legislation being passed, when he initially proposed it, it was under a different time, different circumstances, and he never wanted to be a part of negotiations over the shutdown, thats where we are. This is an effort by republicans to put the ball back in nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumers court. We already know that both Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi said this deal wasnt going anywhere for them. The question now is, does it change the conversation from a Public Perception standpoint . Do American People start to blame Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi more than theyre blaming the president . Opinion polls show us, it is the other way around. This is an optics game right now. If youre a federal worker, this is not about tangibly solving this Government Shutdown problem, and there isnt really a clear evidence that theres a pathway to getting this done in short order. Thats right, 800,000 americans, federal workers who arent getting a paycheck, not to mention the trickle down effect and millions of americans who have been impacted already by this Government Shutdown, services some of those federal workers often help supply. Everyone stay with me, i want to hear from you, alice and simone, we come back from a quick break, we have to squeeze it in. Back in a moment. Available, with the best l for the perfect amount for any room, big. Or small. Buy now and get a free warmer the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100 online. Now weve created a brand new way for you to sell your car. Whether its a few years old or dinosaur old, we want to buy your car. So go to carvana and enter your license plate, answer a few questions, and our technowizardry calculates your cars value and gives you a real offer in seconds. When youre ready, well come to you, pay you on the spot, and pick up your car. Thats it. So ditch the old way of selling your car and say hello to the new way. At carvana. I want to bring back our panel to discuss what we just heard from the president as he made his case to try to reopen the government. Simone, we were talking to you right before the president s remarks. This deal as we knew it at the time wasnt fair, even though dems would get temporary protections for dreamers and the president would get funding for a small portion of his wall. Did anything you heard change your mind . It did not. The government is shut down, because donald trump went back on his original deal. The Senate Passed an appropriations deal that did include Border Security, it did not include money for his wall. When donald trump signaled he changed his mind and now he wants money for the wall, the republican led house in 2018 decided not to take up the bill. When democrats gained control of the house, nancy pelosi put the republican appropriations bill on the floor. Mitch mcconnell wont take up the bill because President Trump is refusing to sign it. Now, donald trump conspired with pence and a few others on a few things that may make a compromise. Democrats were not involved in these conversations, so how is this a negotiation . This is stupid. I think the American People think this is dumb. If donald trump was to have a conversation about real Immigration Reform, open the government, there are bills that have been passed, the house has voted nine times. I am tired of this exercise of donald trump coming out and saying the same thing he said last week, and were all going to pretend he said something new. He shut the government now and he and Mitch Mcconnell need to open that thing up. Lets go. Do you agree . I do. Theres zero mutual trust between republicans and democrats, the president and nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer. The fact that nancy pelosi came out before she heard what he was going to say and said she was not going to support this idea, says a lot. The ball is in her court, its time for nancy pelosi and the democrats to put up or shut up. Yes, she is right, these are previously rejected initiatives that didnt pass before. The difference now and then is that black box on the screen right there that says Government Shutdown day 29. This is about opening up the government, putting these 800,000 americans back to work. This is a good faith effort on the part of the president to do so. 70 of americans want to include protections for dreamers. If were not going to have democrats even come to the table and have this conversation, were not going to get anywhere. I think theres a lot of wiggle room with regard to the number. But if democrats dont say, okay, well take your dreamers and daca protections, and work from there, were not going to get anywhere. Right now, its up to nancy pelosi, she needs to put aside her hatred for donald trump, and her new fear of the progressive wing and move the ball down the nield on this. I know simone, you want to get back in here. Let me tell you what we have learned about what nancy pelosi and the democrats have planned to do. Add another billion dollars in Border Security to the mix. Could that go somewhere . In my opinion, it should. Democrats have been clear, they will fund Border Security. They want to fund the department of Homeland Security, it is not good for anyone, currently the department of Homeland Security is not funded, folks are going to work for free, this is not safe for americans, democrats arent going to fund Donald Trumps little racist wall. That is why the government is shut down, donald trump came back and said, i want money for my wall, a wall he told us mexico was going to pay for. I kind of feel crazy. Because he shut the government down over lack of wall funding, not over lack of Border Security funding. All the measures that have been put on the floor have included Border Security. Are we going to allow the president to hold us hostage over a Campaign Promise that he knew was a lie . If democrats do end up putting this legislation forward, should republicans sign off on it, and should the president be on board with that . I think if we can come to an agreement on protections for dreamers and the tps recipients, and include some type of Border Security but thats, i dont want to confuse our viewers, thats not part of this plan that theyre planning to offer in order to open the government. They want that money to go to a half a billion dollars to increasing security at the ports of entry, which is where we know the majority of drugs are coming across the border. They want to help the immigration backlog of cases at the border, which is something the president said he wanted to invest in as well. That seems like an area everyone can agree. Is that something that could maybe charge give this standoff and this current stalemate a charge . Look, ana, everyone has ideas that are worth discussing. We need to have everyone sit down, the good thing is, everyone, republicans and democrats agree that the Border Security is a critical issue, how do we go about making sure that we do that . And i can say this, its not a surprise that tomorrow is the 2year anniversary of the president of the United States being the president. He would like to see progress on this, this is an issue thats divided a lot of people. I never thought mexico was going to pay for the wall, but i knew this was a priority for this president and he wants to make some progress on this, that idea, the issue the democrats are promoting, thats something that needs to be discussed as well as what the republicans are doing. The key is, and the president mentioned this a couple times in the speech. We need to build trust and work across the aisle, this is in my view, his effort to make that happen. I know he has republican support, i would like to think the democrats would be on board as well. Quick break, everyones back with me on the flip side, well be right back. The latest innovation from xfinity isnt just a store. Its a save more with a new kind of Wireless Network store. Its a look what your wifi can do now store. A get your questions answered by awesome experts store. Its a now theres one store that connects your life like never before store. The xfinity store is here. And its simple, easy, awesome. Welcome back, i want you to listen to what we just heard from the president and a portion of what he is proposing to the democrats to reopen the government. The plan includes 5. 7 billion for a strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall. This is not a 2,000 mile concrete structure from sea to sea. These are steal barriers in high priority locations. It will be done quickly. Our request will add another 230 miles this year in the areas our Border Agents most urgently need. He said, its not a wall from sea to shining sea its not going to go across the full 2,000 miles, does it sound like a concession on the wall . He said or barriers. Sounds like they were not hearing him talk about this great beautiful wall thats going to have a great beautiful door. What hes talking about there is something weve heard from republicans and democrats theres a lot of that southern border that you dont need a wall, you dont need any barriers its geographically impossible to cross. Which is what democrats have been reiterating. Were telling you what we heard from democrats, theyre going to come out and offer legislation. Theyre going to counter what weve seen President Trump do today. Theyre going to come out and talk about adding more protections around ports and hiring more judges and agents as well. This is going to be a Public Relations war as we have seen it so far. Its a Public Relations war, where there doesnt seem to be an end in sight. How is conservative media react something we know one of the reasons we ended up in a shutdown. The president indicated he would be willing to sign a clean cr. Then we saw the outrage from people like ann coulter and Rush Limbaugh and the president changed his mind saying, no, i need the money for the wall. A couple of them are, these right wing hosts who were pushing the president , to deliver a wall in december. They havent given the president a way out of this situation now. Theyen have the provided a lot of ideas or proposed solutions. What weve seen from ann coulter is a lot of trashing of trump. Saying, we voted for donald, we got jeb instead. She is calling this amnesty, saying the president by providing to provide a temporary solution for some dreamers. Not a pathway to citizenship mind you. No, but theyre calling it amnesty. An amnesty for wall trade would reward Immigration Law breakers. The president is a loser for the forgotten American Workers who were central to their promises. Simone, i know you wanted to get in on this . I just, look, i think that if the president really wants to negotiate, he has to pick up the phone and call Speaker Pelosi, he has to pick up the phone and call leader schumer and bring them back to the negotiating table. But stunts like this do not make democratic lawmakers feel good. The president is essentially coming out, using his bully pulpit of the white house, in an attempt to bully lawmakers into his deal. The president seems to have found Mitch Mcconnell and hes on board with this deal. Sure, simone, but he did have a meeting with some democrats earlier this week. Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus is what they call themselves. There were a handful of democrats in on that meeting. People like gonzalez who has been there before. Hes in the moderate district in texas and has been someone in the past who has been willing to listen to the president on issues of immigration, as well as a new Democratic Congress member from virginia who was there, a new Democratic Congress member from minnesota who was listening in. So there have been some democrats at the table. Some democrats, the Problem Solvers Caucus has its own problems, and i dont think we have enough time to discuss here on this program. But donald trump wants to negotiate with all these people except the folks that will get his deal done. The people that will get his deal done are Speaker Pelosi and leader schumer. If he will not honestly and ernestly come to the table with not platitudes, if hes not willing to come to the table and say, look, i know i shut it down, ill open it back up and lets have a real conversation about whether its Immigration Reform or Border Security. Thats what folks want here. Mitch mcconnell has refused to put any of those bills on the floor in the senate. What is going on here. I think its important to make sure that people understand the democrats are the ones that have not been showing up for these meetings. The president s been there ready, willing and able to have the conversations. I think this is a good step to opening up the dialogue yet again. Brian makes a good point about how conservative media is responding to this. Some of them, if they didnt get this big beautiful wall they were promised, of course theyre going to be frustrated. I talked to members of congress. The gop members of congress are supportive of this, i know the House Freedom caucus is supportive of the idea of having this conversation, because they realize Border Security is so important. This president sure, democrats have said theyll reopen the government, and then we can have these conversations. I have to squeeze in another quick break, were going to continue this conversation on the flip side. Stay with me. In day 29 of the Government Shutdown. Well be right back. Chest congestion, headache, nasal congestion, body pain. All in one. Did you really need the caps lock . Get tough on cold and flu symptoms. Mucinex cold and flu allinone. coughing need a change of scenery . Kayak searches hundreds of travel sites and filters by cabin class, wifi and more. So you can be confident youre getting the right flight at the best price. Kayak. Search one and done. [cellwhere are you . Well the squirrels are back in the attic. Mom . Your dad wont call an exterminator. Can i call you back, mom . He says its personal this time. If youre a mom, you call at the worst possible time. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Where are you . Its very loud there. Are you taking a zumba class . Continuing our breaking news coverage, the president making remarks from the white house this afternoon, things he thinks may help the government reopen. I want to read you what we have from marco rubio, who has been in favor of protections for dreamers and he writes, i hope democrats wont reject his offer, demanding his Unconditional Surrender is not a reasonable position. Simone, does he have a point . No, marco rubio does not have a point. And at times he doesnt have a spine, this is one of them. We just talked about it on the program, donald trump was fine passing, signing these continuing resolutions to fund these parts of the government that were shut down until ann coulter and Rush Limbaugh made a stink about it. I and Many Democrats and nondemocrats and folks that dont identify with any party politically do not understand why he is shutting down the government and Holding Americans hostage. You know how i think this ends, tsa goes on a strike, and then everyone, the president included is forced to say, fine, well open the government and talk about this later, or something catastrophic happens, i hope nothing catastrophic happens, but something has to give. That something is President Trump and Mitch Mcconnell, they have said they would fund Border Security over and over and over again to the point where they sound like a broken record. Heres the other thing, there were a handful of polls that have come out this week. The majority of americans have said that the president is to blame for the shutdown, republicans and the president versus the democrats, and not that democrats dont carry any of the blame, but thats how it breaks down. The majority of americans dont believe the border wall is the firm to the problems that with Border Security. Is the president listening to the majority of americans . Clearly he has been, because he is taking this step. I think, of course, the president acknowledged, ill be willing to own this shutdown, if this were to continue and until today, before he made an overture. I think it was on him, but now hes putting the ball back in the Democrats Court to take action. To simones point, why have we gotten to a point where a reasonable suggestion from marco rubio saying, at least give this an opportunity . Why is that so ludicrous . Why cant we tell both sides, sit down and have the conversation, neither side should expect their opponent to give an Unconditional Surrender, they should both come to the table and have these conversations. Were expecting both sides to give up without compromising anything, were not going to make any progress. Thank you, i have to leave it there. Simone, alice, mark and brian, good to have you all with us, and in just minutes, we have a Democratic Congresswoman whos going to respond live right here on the cnn newsroom. Dont go anywhere. Are very different. They eat, digest, and process energy differently. At royal canin, we developed over 200 precise formulas to transform every cat and dog into a magnificent animal. Royal canin hey, darryl hey, thomas. If you were choosing a network, would you want the one the experts at rootmetrics say is number one in the nation . Sure, they probably know what theyre talking about. Or the one that j. D. 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The big beautiful concrete wall he talked about over and over again while running for president. Listen. The plan includes 5. 7 billion for a strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall. This is