down the government. i have no earthly idea why washington democrats shut down the government this weekend? over too many crs, daca, trump. rachel, do you think that democrats are losing the messaging battle here. do you think there s a sense they re starting to believe it? yeah. i think we re seeing democrats get a little nervous here. that s why republicans were hopeful that tonight they would come together with some sort of deal and reopen the government for three weeks and potentially move to some sort of immigration deal before the next cr. but it sounds like that s falling through. and the reason i say that because john cornyn said an hour ago that why would we reward democrats for bad behavior? the tentative agreement would be a promise of a potential vote on immigration on the senate floor. and cornyn doesn t want to give them that. statement, you have senate democrats who want more. they want the house to also promise it.
get done leads to a deal with the president. that hangs it up, too. but, yeah, i think that s the route within republicans. are they willing to say we as the senate and senate republicans willing to be part some kind of agreement that might get 60 votes and let the chips fall where they may with the house of the president. or do they have to stay in lock step as a way to get out of this. i don t know, kasie. you know mitch mcconnell better than i do. he seems fairly confident in his position now. so whether he decides to make that split or not. i don t know if he feels the pressure to do that yet. we ll be waiting and watching, of course, garrett haake, thank you very much. for now, let s bring in democratic senator chris coops of delaware. thank you so much for taking the time to be with us tonight. we appreciate it. thank you, kasie. great to be on with you. can you tell us a little bit. take us behind the scenes of the negotiations that have been going on all throughout the da
also, also before he made promises to senator collins and flake about voting they ll have. he s not bargaining in good faith. senator schumer held the line here. he s under a lot of pressure with the anti-trump sentiment. he said i m going listen to you and fight. i m not going to back down and sign on to the bill. do you think that ultimately that was the right decision? i think so. i kind of wish we would have framed it in the broader sense of the budget. why are we here right now? we re here right now because the republicans have not been able to pass a budget. and within the budget are priorities. they talk about the defense spending. of course, you want to make sure that the military contractors have consistency so they can invest in the long-term projects that russia is investing into. that china is investing into. but it s also about pensions. you know, we re going to have the leftist agenda that the democrats. we re talking about pensions for
i was meeting in them with my office in last week. we were in tears these kids that want to go to medical school or in law school in the university of cincinnati that are worried about getting tossed out of the country. that should not happen in the united states. we re going to go to the mat for them. i also tear up when i m watching the teamster tell me they were driving truck away from home and missed their kids soccer games and baseball games and now their pension will go from $3500 a month to $1,500 a month. those are human beings in our society that we need to take care of. and some philosophy for ideological adherence isn t getting either of them. do you think it will help the democrats win back the house or hurt? i think it s hurting everybody. to be honest with you. i don t think it s good for republicans or democrats. it s ridiculous. we have to figure it out, which is why i hope tonight we can come together. i think at the end of the day, it will have a modest benefit f
an eight-minute standing ovation. and having spent the past month up in d.c., it is really great to be back in america. [ applause ] the house republicans marched into battle courageously. and the senate republicans should have come in like the calvary to support them. unfortunately, a significant chunk of senate republicans instead came like the air force and began bombing the house republicans, our own troops. joining me now is one of the men who was in the middle of all of that, former republican senator of georgia sax saxby chambliss. we miss seeing you in the halls. we bummed into each other a few weeks or months ago. thanks for coming on the show tonight. sure, kasie, good to be with you. talk us through how you think this ends. do you think that democrats are ultimately going to decide this was the wrong move politically?