the middle, but it relies on there being a president george w. bush in office to make that deal. not only is it not clear at all that president trump wants to make that deal with no pressure, but it s also want clear that he could make that deal at the risk of losing his base, and it s not clear that the democrats think they can trust him. it s not clear the democrats want that deal. a, their new majority, and b, some of the energy of the liberals in the new majority, they think it s important. 36% support the border wall, 80% want them to have legal status. the democrats have a policy which leaves us at day 22 and counting. no one can retreat from syria but the boss. (dad vo) we got the biggest subaru to help bring
on capitol hill. phil, a lot of finger pointing, a loft of blame game. do you see a path here either to a compromise or one side blinking? reporter: you know, john, if you have an idea to bridge the uncurable divide, i know about 175 members who work in the building i m currently in that would agree with you. nobody seems to move an inch and nobody seems to be willing to move an inch right now. the baselines are the same as they were when you and i were standing out here hours before the government shut down. i don t see anyone here who thinks that will change soon. there are talks going on between senate republicans, some of whom have expressed frustration. two have confronted the president about that in the senate republican conference lunch yesterday, but the odds of that deal actually coming together seem very, very slim. i would note, the lawmakers that are in the room having these
i will do this, that s an indication there is no deal in the works here. if he does go forward with a national emergency, what does that actually do to funding the government? does the democratic party, do republicans push him to say if you do this, you have to at least sign a funding bill. i don t think we ve heard that from the president yet, if he would make sure the government does open if he goes forward with an emergency. it is a missing piece. the president, whether you like him or don t like him, one of the remarkable things about him, he s fully transparent. today is about making points, not about making deals. he s going to the border. we ll hear from democrats in a minute. nobody is willing to make a deal today, they re reinforcing their political standing. listen to the president here. we know there are republicans meeting with mitch mcconnell right now, their leader, saying, wait a minute, we re getting a little nervous about this. we know the president went to see the r
paid. but the republican senators have dug in right now and they re willing to let this go another couple weeks, i think, to the state of the union which is january 29th. play this out and see where it goes. again, the president is on his way to texas. he is on his way to a place where there is some wall. he wants to build more wall. why is the president so sensitive about who is going to pay for it? when during the campaign, i would say mexico is going to pay for it, obviously i never said this and i never meant they re going to write out a check. i said they re going to pay for it. they are. they are paying for it with the incredible deal we made called the united states-mexico and canada, usmca deal. mexico is paying for the wall indirectly, and when i said mexico will pay for the wall in front of thousands and thousands of people, obviously they re not going to write a check. it s not how trade deals
we re not pawns. this is a crisis. a crisis for federal employees. shows the steel barrier trump has been touting cut straight through in a border patrol test. if i build a steel wall, it will actually be stronger than a concrete well, not that one. treasury secretary steve mnuchin is set to be grilled on capitol hill over serious concerns about why some sanctions against russian oligarchs, how come those suckers were lifted? we begin with the president headed down to texas. the trip he reportedly said was pointless. he also said a meeting with democrats was a waste of time. but some republicans, this is really important, some republicans have been quietly working on a deal that could end this shutdown. i have a great team here to