protect and defend the united states of america and it is our sacred obligation. we have no choice. laura: joining me now are two republicans engaged in this fight. steve scalise and congressman sean duffy of wisconsin. plus ed henry joins us, too. he s been following all the developments. congressman scalise, let s start with you. you have the votes but the senate look shaky to say the least. are we headed for a shutdown tomorrow? first of all, i think it was a very important day today. when nancy pelosi was in the office and he she said, mr. president, you don t have the votes to fund the wall. and we just gave some serious leverage in whatever negotiations he will have with the senate, they have to confront the issue knowing that we have the presidents back in the house. laura: a lot of the listeners today on radio and
give us $5 billion. laura: we were talking earlier, i had not thought about that. the president did not run on criminal justice reform. i m glad it pass add i am not. laura: that s fine. but he isn t getting credit for it, he won t get credit for it. but if you want to use it, go use it in a way that advances the trump agenda. ed henry has information for us about where things stand in the senate. everyone is going to follow my tweets throughout the next 48 hours. i said earlier mitch mcconnell should fight for this wall as hard as he fought for kavanaugh. actually it s probably more important in the long-term survival of the country he only needs 51 votes. i ve been talking to senate republicans in private. they re saying they re hopeful they can get the 51 votes to pass. congressman scalise and duffy are talking about it as well. the challenge is republicans
would work through the white house counsel. i thought it s early enough, let s just send a couple of guys over. jesse: here with us matt gaetz and sean duffy. he says he took advantage of the disorganization from the white house. why this is about russia, why doesn t he go after russia. i think this is the third time i have bent third most of handsome person on any broadcast. jesse: duffy takes the cake there. when it comes to comey, you don t usually use the language, something i got away with to describe something that s proper and good. getting away with things that
interview a senior official it would work through the white house counsel. i thought it s early enough, let s just send a couple of guys over. jesse: here with us matt gaetz and sean duffy. he says he took advantage of the disorganization from the white house. why this is about russia, why doesn t he go after russia. i think this is the third time i have bent third most of handsome person on any broadcast. jesse: duffy takes the cake there. when it comes to comey, you don t usually use the language, something i got away with to describe something that s proper and good. getting away with things that
are not right or not proper. this will be the second time we bring comey in. whrit be like deja vu. but with all the amnesia, maybe he ll forget all the things he was expect toad tel he wad to tell us. jesse: when you ask him a question about it, he doesn t know, congressman duffy. i thought he was supposed to be the smartest guy in the room with the most of integrity. a guy with a photographic memory as well. this is the biggest investigation he has. he can investigate the presidential candidate donald trump, and president trump. but either he s side or he s