to get who he wants in his cabinet. on the side of confirming him or saying if that s who the president want, we ll hold the president accountable. there s been a problem at the white house been exposed. it s up to chief of staff john kelly to speak candidly with dr. jackson and say do you want to go through this. do you want to put the president through this is this we re willing to stand with krou if you want to take the heat. this comes down to a decision that dr. jackson has to make with the advice and counsel of the chief of staff. i think the president is doing the right thing to say if is who i wants. hold the president accountable. the chief of staff since the portman firing and several of the other firings close aides to the president, he has lost out altitude here. he wasn t in on the putin phone call. he hasn t been in on key meetings. he didn t go to mar-a-lago.
near shutdowns constantly. i think the public is exhausted by these and is constantly like let s just fix it. trump campaigned on the idea he would bring washington together. my sense of him right now in the shutdown is he s kind of involved. he had a meeting at the last moment. he didn t go to mar-a-lago after all. but he s still not really leading the country in any way. he s not really in charge of these fiscal matters and it s not clear he can bring everybody together in a compromise. three democratic senators have said they will vote in favor of this republican proposed legislation. there you see him right there. two republicans, land say gram and ra lindsey graham and rand paul say they are going to vote no. in a vote like this, you need 60. there s still a long way to go. yes. according to that point, mitch mcconnell is still eight votes away. he needs to find 11.