he should be. if he declares an emergency, he s pulling from the defense department budget. if he wants to convince it s better to take money from the military, good luck with that. mitch mcconnell is more worried about the precedent. neil: but it does take the monkey off his back saying i tried. the court will shoot him down anyway along the way until this goes to the supreme court. which goes to that point i was making earlier, this is just a series of one upsmanship and gamesmanship. neil: and you don t think they re going to score a deal? i don t think either side neil: you re a jaded young man. cynical. mexico will never pay for the wall and that will haunt trump neil: they re sending you the bill. please do. you know what s going to happen? no trespassing signs. neil: that s true. thank you very much. we don t know how these talks are going. we know enough that they appear to be making progress but in time for this thing next friday? who knows. mor
little bit on morning joe. you can sign up for the news line, signup.axios.com. that does it for me. morning joe starts right now. it was one of those split screen moments for america. on one side, house speaker nancy pelosi and ushering in one of the most diverse lawmakers in history. on the other, president trump recommitted to the government shutdown over his demand for a border wall. just look at the imagery. it speaks volumes at the start of this new congress. but so do the policies for the economy, for congressional investigations, for politics, and for the very direction of where this nation chooses to go. it is quite a picture. quite a picture. quite a split screen. welcome to morning joe.
law. it is about politics, one upsmanship. a lot of people aren t making money in this exercise in power flip playing. susan paige, let s take moment to talk about history made yesterday with nancy pelosi sworn in nor the second time as speaker of the house and in so many ways, it was an incredible day for women. but i m fascinated with the dynamic that is now sewed up between nancy pelosi and this president which i think could have pitfalls if, for the president in the days to come as we deal with this shutdown showdown. you know, it s so interesting. because donald trump as president has never had a democratic counter point with the kind of power that nancy pelosi will now have to both determine and shape his legislative agenda, also to shape the investigations that we know are going to begin shortly both into his administration and into his personal life in ways
she s credible and she s been on the national stage for quite some time now. she s that have been defined as shrill. she s working on all the things that men work on as they develop their stature and credibility on the national stage and it is going to be a big reset for her, and i believe she s got the strength, the warmth, the confidence, but also the experience and the mistakes to step up and really make a case for credibility. we ll agree to disagree. let s bring in two other names, too, susan page, you ve got kamala harris, who s about as tough as anybody can be, a prosecutor, an attorney general in the state of california. she not only had to deal with the politics of northern, some of the progressive politicians in america and constituency, but
mind you, he takes no questions while there. right, mike barnicle, i understand politicians playing to their base. at times when i was in politics, i played to my base. every politician plays to their base. that s why they re called their base. here, the base is 25%. i know we re showing a poll that says 35% of americans support funding for the wall, but only 25% support donald trump s shut down over the wall. that s a radically shrinking base. i go back to these senators who have to run statewide. they can t hide themselves in, you know, a deep red congressional district. they ve got to go statewide. how long do they hold out on this as 25% turns into 20%, turns into 15%? well, joe, that s the point, i think. i mean, i think the 25% estimate