now and will not shut down the government and that s what we re urging you to do. not threaten to shut down the government. you don t want to shut down the government. the last time you shut it down, you got killed. let me say something, mr. president. you just say my way or we ll shut down the government. joining me now is susan paige, usa today washington bureau chief, nbc contributor jonathan kaypart. and nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. watching what happened in the oval office, pretty stunning. what a remarkable exchange, andrea. i think everyone was just gob-smacked watching this unfold. it really underscores the extent to which these two sides remain so far apart on this critical ask by president trump. he wants to fund his border wall. schumer, pelosi, not having it. of course pelosi now heading into the new year, has a lot more leverage with democrats poised to take over the house.
leaving his powerful job at the central bank, their federal reserve in moscow. thanks so much. mi mimi, ken dilanian. just moments ago, president trump clashing with pelosi and chuck schumer in the oval office over funding for that border wall. it was all captured on camera. here s part of that unprecedented very lively exchange. you have the white house. you have the senate. you have the house of representatives. you have the vote. you should pass it. we don t have the vote. in the senate, we need 60 votes. no, we could bring it up today. excuse me, i can t get it passed in the house if it s not going to pass in the senate. i don t want to waste time. we would do it immediately. we get it passed very easily in the house. we would get it nancy, i d have it passed in two seconds. we have solutions that will pass the house and senate right
the 1$1.3 be billioillion that him last year for border security, less than 6% has been spent, and they have not spent last year s money, and they are demanding much, much more this year. so, we will take questions on this subject only. madam speaker, and what we saw in there and the bickering and the back and forth and what does this say about your ability to work with the president over the next two years? well, i told the president as i have said over and over again, this new congress will be something different from the congress that we have now. it ll be a congress of transparency. so that the american people can see not passing a tax bill with $7 trillion impact on the economy in the dark of night speed of light so that nobody can see what it is without hearings or any expert opinions on it, and is so it would be about transparency, and it is going to be about reaching out,