we need to invest in defense. we tried on friday night to move ahead a one-day continuing resolution and three-day continuing resolution so we can keep negotiating and those were rejected. part of our challenge here, kasie, is that both parties have been harden ing their position. i would like it us to get moving forward. i don t think it s constructive to have the government of the united states shut down. it doesn t help us domestically or overseas. it s more important we come to an agreement that moves us forward. we have the unaddressed issues that have stacked up over months. it s time for us to find a frame work to move forward. you mentioned that theres a real lack of trust between the democratic caucus and the republican conference. what kind of commitment do you need to see from mitch mcconnell around immigration for you and senator schumer and others to be willing to say we ll reopen the doors of the government? i have a lot of sympathy for leader mcconnell. how are you s
he comes out, and calls the president a liar. when, indeed, that s not the factual basis of what actually took place. what transpired behind the scenes? administration official is telling nbc news tonight that trump and schumer s conversation on friday was derailed by the white house chief of staff, john kelly and stephen miller who share a hard lined stance on immigration. is that your understanding? that s not my understanding. and anybody who would suggest that this president can be manipulated by his chief of staff or stephen miller doesn t know this president in a real way. why do people come out of the meetings with two totally different accounts. i can tell you senator schumer has an agenda. his agenda is to play to his base, which he thinks this is a winning issue. if we want to be factual, you covered stuff on capitol hill for a long time. why didn t schumer when they had the majority at pennsylvania avenue here in the senate, a
whiplash and mixed signals sent out leading up to the shutdown, you have to step back from this and wonder if they re not okay with where things are, if they think this isn t leveling the playing field politically. you have to ask because of the wall deal, schumer put $20 billion on the table and they said no, does this president really want to build the wall or do they want to retain that as an issue and say democrats wouldn t let us build this wall. it seems remarkable to me, in some ways a sign of the pressure chuck schumer is under he has been willing to publicly go out and say i ll build the wall. luis said how high. i want to look at something al cardenas had to say to chuck todd on meet the press. let s take a look and then chat about it. no one in our party is saying, look, i m not for this bill, but i ve got a lot of empathy for these million families. i mean, look, i can see why somebody would not have would not be for this policy. i don t understand it, but i can res
tonight. keep us posted, fipgers crossed on behalf of all of our viewers out there. again thanks very much. in the russell building, it looks a lot better than it is these days. thank you. i disagree. i like being here. but so far we re going to keep moving on. republican leaders have said no negotiations over immigration until the government reopens. here is vice-president mike pence in jordan visiting men and women in uniform, breaking with precedent and not leaving politics at the water s edge. in the senate has decided to play politics with military pay. but you deserve better. you and your families shouldn t have to worry for one minute about whether you re going to get paid, as you serve in the uniform of the united states. so, know this. your president, your vice-president, and the american people are not going to put up with it. [ applause ] and then there was this last night from the president s son.
what i would say give me one of them. i think what we re looking at on the funding some of the funding levels they re talking about. it s a democratic leftist wish list. on domestic spending? on domestic spending. it was not just immigration related. when you look at those things, i say that without divulging any of my personal conversation with the president, which you know i won t do. does the president think it s going to be a long shut down? he s hoping for the best. he s prepared for it to be a long time. i think he talked to his staff about being prepared. yet at the same time it doesn t it s not the president s decision. it s chuck schumer s decision. or mitch mcconnell could say i m going to walk away without the president. i m going to do what the senate is going to do. let me say this, that hasn t worked well for mitch mcconnell in the past. you have to have the house, the senate, and the president sign off on anything. and i can tell you here today,