it really is regrettable the democrats are willing to shut down the government, which means not just saying no to president trump but saying no to our military, saying no to a longer term extension on the children s health program, saying no to federal workers getting their paychecks.
guarantees of what comes next. melissa: happy friday to you. busy friday but still friday. i m melissa francis. the clock is ticking down on the government shutdown before the stroke of midnight tonight with republicans and democrats preparing to blame each other if the federal government closes down all but essential services. right now immigration and defense spending are key stumbling blocks with partisan divisions as deep as ever. kellyanne conway firing a warning shot at democrats. it really is regrettable the democrats are willing to shut down the government, which means not just saying no to president trump but saying no to our military and a longer-term extension of the children s health program, saying no to federal workers getting their paychecks. jon: peter doocy live on capitol hill right now. what s the state of play? the state of play is that as
washington, all around. to look at what people do and not what they say. you know, the republicans here sweeten the deal on the continuing, by putting in authorization for six years for the children s health program, which is very important all across the country. what that says to me, is that they they re afraid of looking heartless and weak, as well as looking for ways to divide the democrats with the wedge issue, so now you have a situation today, i just was up in the senate listening to senators on the floor. republican senators just crying, crocodile tears about the health of children, that they want to save and that the democrats don t. what all that says to me is that that the republicans very aware of the risks of the shutdown and also not dealing with the daca
but the crux is do we keep the government open and keep the children s health program funded and authorized for six years an that is the choice between us since refunding that reauthorizing the c.h.i.p. program is my number one priority and keeping the military is my number one priority, i accept a change in indate. let me ask you this on c.h.i.p. front, it was your number one priority. what took so long. i know why did your leadership just save this for now when this was a deal that frankly had bipartisan support weeks ago. it still has bipartisan support. and the issue has always been how do you get it funded. now recently cbo came out and decreased the cost of funding from like $8 billion to $800 million. no one knows what cbo s mind it but that is the score and that is easier for democrats to accept our funding mechanism. it is there now though and in louisiana i m told they re beginning to shut the c.h.i.p. program down because they are out of money.
person who wins the argument. it s the complaints from lindsey graham that somebody got to the president between the time he thought he had a daca dealen at time he arrived later and learned he didn t. if this is one on one meeting between chuck schumer and donald trump who have shown some affinity, it could be a very big deal and something republicans may not be particularly excited about. garrett, just a quick question. my understanding from chris koons that the children s health program, c.h.i.p., would be part of this. can t confirm that. senator koons may know better than i. c.h.i.p. has been a bargaining chip so many times in all of this because it s such a popular provision. it gets added to almost every big package that gets discussed up here. garrett haake, thank you for being on top of it all. if congress does not get a spending bill passed in the next 12 hours, it s not only the