he felt compelled over a deal on daca. we hope senator schumer will abandon this shutdown. republicans fear the optics of owning the white house and both chambers of congress yet still presiding over a shutdown. the president today on the road in pennsylvania, offered his explanation of democrats holding a funding bill hostage. the democrats want to see it such shutdown. tax reform has not been working well for the democrats. while schumer says he wants a deal, even endorsing a procedural vote for the senate to debate our funding bill, he and other democrats, no republicans, need at least nine if not more democrats to vote on a final funding bill. the president is sitting on
glenn simpson. senator james lankford joins us live to talk russia, daca and the march for life. as congress scrambles to avoid a government shutdown, we will talk exclusively to senator lindsey graham. details about why he is not voting for short-term budget and an inside look into his roller coaster of a relationship with president donald trump. hello and welcome to fox news @ night paradigm shannon bream in washington. new tonight, it s a game of chicken. who blinks first. triple dog dear. happening right now in the senate as republicans and democrats tear down a government shutdown. democrats want republicans to agree to protect hundreds of thousands of illegals from deportation before offering their vote for cobo to a continuing resolution.
is the other s faults. first for you, senate minority leader chuck schumer just a few hours ago on the senate floor. we want to move forward. we want to get something done. we don t want to keep kicking the can down the road. we all know what the problem is. it s complete disarray on the republicans aside. the bottom line is very simple. our leader, our republican leader, has said that he will not negotiate until he knows where president trump stands. his twitter page tells a different story. chuck schumer s online identity completely centers around standing with the dreamers. referring to children bought here illegally with tentative legal status as of now. and the plate forced house speaker borrowing enough to play defense even though after his chamber passed a bill.
there was a bipartisan agreement made. here s how many hours we will have a debate so we can move it. that was said when harry reid was in leadership, 2013. i brought that deal back and said now it s not 20. you have blocked 60 so far this last year. it s over and above, far above what anything republicans did when democrats were in. let s take the same deal democrats asked for the republicans give them in 2013. the democrats are saying no, that was good for us but it s not good for you. we won t agree to the exact same language. i m going to try to bring into the floor and say let s resolve it. there s a right way to do it let s do it. shannon: so many unfilled positions in key areas that would matter to the president and his goals. enter the country quite frankly. these are key people in these agency. shannon: keep us updated. you re going to stick around and come back so we ll see you later. we re going down more breaking news coverage of the shutdown showdown on capitol hill.
he favored the wall. he has fought for it all the way through the campaign and in congress and he never said he was it was going to go from coast-to-coast. he never said every inch of the border needed a wall. i think he s been quite consistent. shannon: the president said i have been consistent. well, no, but. shannon: that s what he said. i know he said that. the question is how much is the president going to penalize kelly for saying a true thing. john kelly set a true thing. it would ve been laughable if he said something else. this guy is the chief negotiator. this is the person on whom the prospect on government shutdown, it all rests on john kelly. he s the guy republicans and democrats look to hear he s a go-between. you ve got to trust this guy. he said yeah of drum, he didn t understand everything as it existed in the world when he