district. laura: we know the president is a deal maker. why are people surprised he had this moment as he called them with chuck and nancy. susan: it didn t surprise me. he wants to get something done. congress republicans in charge did not get anything accomplished. what the president was looking at with this deal with the democrats. two hurricanes, massive destruction in the southeast. fema running out of money, up against a deadline days away from running out of disaster relief fund. democrats said we ll give you three months. the president said that sound good. he wasn t thinking long-term strategy if i agree to this i may have to agree to democratic terms in the future. i think trump gave republicans a way out from having a spending standoff in the middle of a very