until the government is open. when it comes to border security. the president making clear, he won t have discussions about reopening the government until border security is addressed. what that means right now, going into this weekend, going into the two-week mark of a government shutdown, wolf, at least at this point, everybody involved says no major progress has been made. and this is only going to go on longer. so what are some of the negotiating points that could happen over the course of this weekend? reporter: wolf, i think one of the best windows into where things actually stand right now is what the president said about what is supposed to happen this weekend. the president, during his press conference, announced there would be a working group. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, talked about a working group that would get together. vice president mike pence, mick mulvaney. democrats say the idea of a working group never actually came up during the meeting, at least as
but ale. hearing ideas, listening to suggestions, and figuring out if we can make it better. speakers ryan hopes to get the bill to the house by thursday. there are indications that the bill looks like we ll be different from a week ago. the point i would say he is were going to let people buy what they want to buy. more plans offered, more choice, and this is before tom price does anything to deregulate the marketplace, bring competition and lower prices which the cbo could not and did not analyze. ryan is putting together a manager s amendment. changes, among men provisions that states could impose a work requirement for able-bodied medicare recipients. medicaid recipients. we continue to meet with folks, there are some staff discussions over the weekend.
staff discussions. if we go over the cliff, ultimately with your view, is that good for progressives and those who want obama to give up less? all along i have really thought that, you know, the president has a lot more leverage. democrats have a lot more leverage. why don t they just wait it out? i think the initial offer that the president brought to the house of representatives was one that angered liberals, but perhaps he knew had no chance anyway. we re talking about we ve gone from $250,000 for the bar on the tax marginal tax rate increase to $400,000 to they wouldn t even accept $1 million. we have a situation where he has tried to compromise. he made a good faith effort. they didn t take any of it. they didn t they refused over tax rates for people who make more than $1 million. i think that needs to be said again and again. sure. so, you know, wait it out. pass the middle class tax cuts. everyone can see who it is that is shutting down government. there seems to be
say this is the middle tax relief package for 250,000 and below. last question with the limited time we have. what are you going to do for the next couple of days? these guys aren t coming back. how do you get an indication of when there will be any action? well, the senate is here on the 27th. they re here thursday. not at the highest level, but there will probably be sort of a few gauging calls. these talks for all intents and purposes, ari, right now are pretty much stalled until late next week, and by that time you really only have six days left before the 31st comes around. thank you, luke russert for your reporting. i know you were up late last night with all the meetings and back at it today. thank you for your time. take care. let s go to you. what do you think of what we just heard? they are basically fleeing. there will be some staff discussions, but there have been
but a lot of people. hearing ideas, listening to suggestions, and figuring out if we can make it better. speakers ryan hopes to get the bill to the house by thursday. there are indications that the bill looks like we ll be different from a week ago. the point i would say he is were going to let people buy what they want to buy. more plans offered, more choice, and this is before tom price does anything to deregulate the marketplace, bring competition and lower prices which the cbo could not and did not analyze. ryan is putting together a manager s amendment. changes, among men provisions that states could impose a work requirement for able-bodied medicare recipients. medicaid recipients. we continue to meet with folks, there are some staff discussions over the weekend.