emoji, because we don t know. nobody knows what s going to happen next. the blame game is in fever pitch. phil mattingly has been in the thick of all of it. we got like a 20-second sound bite from the democratic leader there, senator schumer. do we know anything more? first of all, that s a very strong full-screen emoji game there, brooke. you like had an? well done on your part. here is what we know right now. in the senate there s not the votes to move the bill passed. they very clearly don t have the votes. 90-minute meeting with democratic chuck schumer. you heard what he had to say. here is what s happening behind the scenes. senator shum ser meeting in his office with house democratic leader nancy pelosi and dick r durbin, briefing on how the meeting went. as you heard from senator schumer, there are still several
that s probably the reason why a lot of people are not paying attention, honestly or really say how does this issue with a payment going to stormy affect my life when the government is about to shut down? how is it that the democrats are standing up for illegal immigrants more than they re standing up for citizens with a government shutdown? that s a bigger issue. let s talk schumer, jason. this is my last question to you. in this whole chuck shchumer, senator schumer, president trump meeting, where do you think senator schumer is willing to bend or to compromise? i m not going to get inside senator schumer s head. what s pretty clear, i think, is that president trump can t be trusted. that s what s so frustrating about this, that his word doesn t seem to mean much. just, what, about a week ago, two weeks ago what about the democrats? one party controls
outstanding issues but those issues were discussed. how things stand in terms of the state of play will turn largely on where the president s here is why. republicans, they are dug in. they have made very clear, leadership aides i ve talked to over the last 24 hours or so, there is a house passed bill. that s the option on the table. there s no negotiating, no plan to bridge the divide with democrats, no plan to take up any type of not fully formed daca resolution at this point. that s what they want to move forward with. i m told before the meeting with senator schumer, the white house told republican leaders that the meeting was going to happen. during the meeting with senator schumer, white house officials reached ut to capitol hill officials, republicans and their allies and made sure that they knew that no deal would be cut. after the meeting, they reached out again and informed them that no deal had been cut. why would they be doing all this? to be honest i spoke with a number of
worried that things might head toward the democratic direction. republicans are still very in line with the white house, everyone is still on page and the short-term spending bill is the plan going forward. that said we know they don t have the votes. obviously something needs to change in the dynamic. the real question right now on capitol hill, as senator schumer greets his top leaders behind closed doors is how does that dynamic shift? is there an ask that the democrats put on the table that the president is willing to accept and go back to republican leaders? if not we are very clearly headed for a protracted shutdown vote. that s what we re waiting to see. that s what we re waiting to hear about. i think the big question on everybody s mind right now is can president trump jar something loose that at this point on capitol hill simply doesn t exist? the answer to that question, brooke, will determine whether the government shuts down at midnight tonight or not. phil mattingly, th
with me now. senator cassidy, pleasure. you ve got a lot going on, sir. thanks for taking a minute with us. thank you for having me, brooke. let s begin with this senator schumer, president trump meeting. what do you know about that meet ing, senator? only what i just heard from your clip, that they met. i think it s pretty straightforward. if there s a deal to be had and the deal is fund the government till february 16th and reauthorize chip c.h.i.p. for six years. and fund the military, et cetera. there s a deal to be had. was it worrisome at all to you, as a republican, that there was not a republican in that room? there was a republican, president trump. but more importantly well, senator, we remember that bipartisan meeting last week when the president said daca first and kevin mccarthy had to say, hang on, mr. president.