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reopen again and we are back in the same place in three weeks. so i think that this is it s groundhog day and i think it s absolutely ridiculous. this is not how government is supposed to work. i mean this is too much power if c consolidated in the white house. this is why we are talking about government shutdowns every three weeks now. and karen, one of the things we did see is polling suggesting that pelosi s negative poll ratings went up since this shutdown. it s not as though only president trump as suffered even though the public overwhelmingly held him and republicans ri responsible for it. of. right. remember that we were starting to see and i think this was confirmed over the weekend, gop senators and members of congress really starting to feel the heat and starting to crack. so i don t i think pelosi is confident and firm in her position and i think very clear if the president tries to shut
let me ask you, the new york times reports that the president s son-in-law was confident he could find a compromise on the shutdown. he has not been successful. the times reports negotiating a dale that would committed to a border wall as well as democrats that have casted prove to be more like his elusive goal and passing a criminal justice overall that had bipartisan support. do you think kushner is out of his league on these negotiations? he should put his name on a ballot. it will be the best bet. i have to say this, i think all of the leaders, all of the members of congress, speak aer pelosi, they are the ones that have to get together and get this done. like i said, too much c
thank you for watching fox and friends. we have special healthcare coverage next live from washington, d.c. with neil cavuto. tomorrow morning, join us extra hour early for coverage of the healthcare vote. 6:00 a.m. eastern. 6:00 a.m. eastern. see you then. captioned by closed captioning services, inc healthcare showdown. what s really up, doc? now, live from the nation s capitol, neil cavuto. welcome, everybody. well, do they have it? do they have the 216 votes they re going to need to make the largest piece of domestic legislation law? are they going to have that? and are we going to have what some people have been calling new deal ii, a reality in the next 24 to 36 hours? it s too early to tell. but democrats are already insisting they re getting there and they re making a great deal of progreprogress. battle here is not only whether they have the 216 votes, but whether the means by which they re getting those votes, congressional budget office score is reliable.