principals aren t close to reaching. what was the reaction on capitol hill? well there is growing frustration and impatient about this. you re hearing some frustration among rank-and-file republicans who want the government to be open while the wall fight is negotiated. you saw last night some republican defections, up to seven in the house, a cup senate republicans also saying let s open the government and negotiate later. on the democratic side, mostly are in line with nancy pelosi, at least one freshman house democrat today told me pelosi needs to go closer to the decision of the money that the president is proposing to are reopen the golt but most democrats in the private meeting today in line with their leadership believing they have the stronger hand to play so the question is who blinks first? the president warning this could
open the government with the president and then they will continue to have the wall fight. they are really dug in. not anywhere close. brian: do you know who is for the wall? mitt romney. that s where i agree with the president when it comes to immigration reform and comes to the wall. is he very upset with the president s tone especially in september. how do i know? because we get the washington post delivered to the building. his editorial came out yesterday where he called the president out in a way that jeff flake and bob corker have over the last two years. many people wonder is mitt romney taking over the never trump movement and what was his what is the tactic here as he is set to take over for six years as senator from utah. and guess what this does? it puts the chairman of the rnc, his niece, in an odd situation. ainsley: yeah, she tweeted about it. there are reports out that say that he called her and said i m about. steve: during aqua man. ainsley: i m going to release t
gave a great victory to the democratic party, or all the people around him who are testifying to mueller and turning state s evidence, campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, national security adviser, his secretary of defense who resigned, his chief of staff who resigned. and now fox news and the conservative talk radio, he feels very beleaguered. that s why he s i think he s turning to his base every time he feels beleaguered he turns to his base to try to do something that will rally them to him. that s what this wall fight is all about. it s purely him trying to rally some support from his base which is otherwise deserting him. you re going to take over the judiciary committee and it will be the first time there s any real oversight exercised in the trump era. one prime concern is the acting attorney general of the united states who is not senate confirmed despite the fact he s had that position now for a while. he has decided unilaterally to not recuse himself from oversigh
right trump was based. he has a ton of bad news the last six weeks. his lawyer went to jail today. he wants to talk about anything but impeachment and the problems of people around him. so he s picking the wall fight. dana: that s a fight he has picked from the beginning, josh. again we will see what happens there. let me ask you about this. there will be a vote on the criminal justice reform bill. it might be a big bipartisan win at the end of the year. there is some people not onboard yet. senator tom cotton. listen to what he said today. surprised that the democrats are prepared with a bill to cut michael cohen s sentence by up to a third. i m shocked the democrats will support a bill dana: obviously making a point, a good point. listen to john cornin from texas
chief of staff job is up for grabs when general john kelly leaves. he could be a key figure in negotiations over a fight for funding the border wall. the president meets with democratic leaders tomorrow as a possible government shutdown looms. capital hill s producers here. reporter: democratic votes in the house and senate are the linchpin to averting a shutdown. 60 votes required in the senate to become a filibuster and in the next two weeks republicans have only 51 members. the vote is even more jumbled in the house. house republicans defeated legislation twice to fully fund the border wall, wall fight looms, house republicans and the majority for now, vote on their side to pass a bill with border funding or legislation without wall money. that means the press mislead and democrat for help, they are amenable to some money but is perilous from nancy pelosi as she tries to nail down the final votes necessary to become