virginia. military operations key in that part of the country. front page of the "morning journal" out of ohio. lawmakers split on party lines on the president's performance. one more from the front page of ews," with ames n picture of the president. if you want to join our conversation, democrats, republicans, independents. a special line for federal workers. as you are calling in all morning, we have been helped out ta bringing us up to date on the latest. >> the first headline you read, we could learn more when the senate convenes this morning at noon eastern time. that will be our coverage on c-span2. they will talk about a possible deal through february 8 to open the government act up and fund it through february 8. the house came in and now they are in recess. lawmakers remain in washington during the government shutdown. the finger-pointing, as you read in one of the newspapers, is happening on twitter as well. speaker of the government is needlessly shut down because senate democrats need to stop the reckless game and vote for the bill to keep government open. the senate democrat from hawaii says we were close to an agreement last night, but the lack of clarity from the white house was the main problem. they do not want to move legislation without approval. getting clarity on the administration position is trying to -- is like trying to nail jell-o to the wall. there are either big takeaways from last night's vote. it came in just is expected. we had the countdown, referring to democratic leadership, which means speaker ryan has the worst intel in the world or sent over a bill he knew would fail in the senate. senate says the lengthy floor conversations were productive and bipartisan. no guarantees, but there is a strong chance for a resolution over the weekend. it would be good to get this done before folks head into work on monday. about that vote, 50-49. it failed in the senate to keep the government up and running because they need 60 votes. republicans hoping they could get more democrats up for reelection in 2018 to vote with them. they got five. doug jones tweeting early this morning that because of the children's health insurance program and the many families that would be put in jeopardy by a government shutdown, he said he felt compelled to vote yes. republicans were not able to get all of their rank and file in line for the vote. senatest five, republicans who voted no. i should say they lost four. came from senator mitch mcconnell, majority leader. today if they can get a deal to fund the government until february 8, he will be able to bring up that continuing resolution. why did senator jeff flake vote no? he tweeted a couple of days ago and reminded his constituents that his thoughts on daca have been -- senator flake noting he was promised the daca vote in part for his vote on the tax reform bill that took place earlier this year. not in the chamber last night was senator john mccain, republican of arizona. he is battling brain cancer. he did tweet this out this morning. frome will incur more harm this failure than our men and women in uniform. he goes into more detail about the impact on our military. john? host: you saw the thoughts of several members of congress on the shutdown and who is to blame. we want to hear from you this morning. forphone lines are open democrats, republicans, independents, and a special line for federal workers as we show you a live shot of the united states capital on the first day of the first shutdown in five years. in williams, arizona, on the line for republicans. good morning. go ahead. say that am calling to my husband works for the national park service. he is a peon. he does not get back pay. i am fighting breast cancer and cannot work. this can put us out into the street. i think they are pure evil. daca does not have anything to do with the shutdown. let them get american citizenship like everybody else. they have been here a very long time. for is no excuse -- there is no excuse. they need to get their citizenship. nobody deserves a free ride. if anybody, somebody joining our military who fights for our country. you want to be an american? you don't fly your other flag. host: juror is in new orleans, -- gerard is in new orleans on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. the republican party is the party of liars. says everyonel wants to come to a resolution on daca. the president came to a resolution. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer reneged on it. lie number two. they say the democrats oppose chip. have could that be true? it was a democrat -- how could that be true? hillary clinton championed this while she was first lady and initiated chip to begin with. to democrats did not want see things [indiscernible] we are not getting any cooperation from the republicans. you don't know what donald trump is thinking inside his head. they had no other choice. host: here is what president trump is thinking this morning. a few of his thoughts from his twitter page already, saying this is the one-year anniversary of my presidency and democrats wanted to give me a nice present. democrats are far more concerned with illegal immigrants than our great military or safety at our dangerous southern border. they could have easily made a deal but decided to play shutdown politics. we need more republicans in 2018 to power through the mess. one more tweet from the president. the republicans only had 51 votes in the senate and needed 60. that is why we need more republicans in the 2018 election. we can then be tougher on crime and the border and better for the military and veterans. here are the thoughts of senate minority leader chuck schumer just after the vote last night to not move forward on the spending bill. thevery american knows republican party controls the white house, the senate, the house. it is their job to keep the government open. it is their job to work with us on a way to move things forward. but they did not reach out to us once on this c.r. no discussion, no debate. nothing at all. it was produced without an ounce of democratic input and dropped on our laps. meanwhile, they cannot even get on the same page as a party. they control every branch of the legislative process, and it is the responsibility to govern. and here, they have failed. several republicans voted against the c.r., as well as democrats, for the same reason we voted against one of the most serious consequences of having continuing resolution after continuing resolution is the damage it does to our military. as a pentagon spokesman said last night, another c.r. would be wasteful and destructive to our military. the navy secretary said that because of c.r.'s, the navy has ,ut $4 billion in the trashcan poured lighter floodwater and -- fluid on it, and burned it. that is the navy secretary. this is no way to conduct the nation's business. republicans know it. democrats know it. the american people know that this party is not capable of governing. host: taking your phone calls this morning on "washington journal." don is in alexandria, virginia, on the line for independents. go ahead. caller: first, i want to say thanks for c-span. second, i do have sympathy for the situation related to the people involved in daca. the third, i think democrats and republicans should unite against donald trump in an effort to have him bring our troops out of syria. the reason i say that is in a committee hearing we just had ins past week, senator kaine discussion with the state department representative identified we have no legal authority to have any troops in syria or to fly our planes over syria in defense of the kurds or whatever troops we are defending in syria. those 2000 troops we have their are breaking the law and makes them subject to possible criminal trials in the hague. in support of our troops, i think we need to get them out of syria. n florida on the line for independents. caller: this thing that was brought up in the house, they could not even get that passed. the only reason they got that passed is donald trump put in the caucus. now they are all starting to worry about money. need to call on the freedom caucus to get that bill to go to the senate. each year, we have no budget. soon, it will be september and they had not even done this year's budget. it is the disaster insurance not funded. it is the military. it is all this stuff. they are kicking the can down the road and trying to say they're doing something. they will do it again in february. and then the debt ceiling comes up. this is a joke. meanwhile, he wants to fly to mar-a-lago. he is a millionaire leaving as a chilean are. he is taking -- trilliona ire. how is the shutdown going to impact you? i work on a military installation. we will be working. blame on all of the democrats because they do know-how to be with the military. blame on chuck schumer and all of the democrats. sandra has ater, different take. she writes that whenever the g.o.p. shut down the government, they play their usual hold card. on fence is piggybacked social issues to inflame their base. it is strategy and their base falls for it. chuck, but the time machine has not been invented yet. maybe in a few centuries, you can go back in time and have a redo. however, i doubt you will need to. your friends in the media will revise history by then. ian, how is the shutdown impacting you? i would argue on the civilian side that the government has been shutting down for the past year. there has been cynical leadership. the missions of the agencies have been hijacked, turned in the direction they were not established. there is the interior state department. the list goes on and on. agencies, a lot of becausere doing nothing the leadership is not there. the direction is not there. i think now it is official we will not be getting paid. host: we were talking about the military eating an issue in this -- being an issue in this shutdown. the president tweeting minutes ago that the democrats are holding our military hostage over their desire to have unchecked illegal immigration. can't let that happen. that is the latest from the president. for more in washington, here is greta brawner. were happening throughout the day yesterday, beginning with senate minority leader chuck schumer going to the white house to try to negotiate a deal with the president early on. 24 hours that led to a shutdown. president trump and senator schumer chatted over cheeseburgers but could not close a deal. politico begins the article writing with hours to spare, check schumer -- chuck schumer made mitch mcconnell and offer to work out a budget deal that would protect some immigrants at risk of being deported. republicans expected they would have to concede something to the senate democratic leader to avoid shutdown. at that moment, they would have accepted a three-week deal. response mitche mcconnell gave according to g.o.p. senators briefed on the conversation. the rejection was the final blow that set the government on course for the first shut down since 2013. politico notes party leaders were convinced democrats would cave or take the blame for a shutdown. they decided early friday morning they would hold the line against schumer and pelosi. senate leaders spoke with president trump iphone updating him -- by phone. speaker of the house paul ryan and mcconnell huddled in the capitol and agreed to not seriously entertain offers from the democrats that the verged from the bill. that did not stop senators from trying to strike a compromise. >> is senator lindsey graham walking the hallways as he is trying to find a compromise. i know the democrats are meeting now. the key is to shorten the time beyond february 16. more than anything else is a genuine commitment by both parties that we are going to find a resolution on all of the issues outstanding, including immigration. i think we are on the 10-yard line, inside the line on everything, including defense spending, disaster relief, immigration, border security, as well as a pathway forward for the daca population. the key is a commitment to get a result. it will not work if there is not the will to get there. for the first time, i sense a desire not only to avoid a shutdown but to find a solution. i may be wrong. time may prove me wrong. but the country has nothing to lose to make one last effort to try. what has changed? 5.ry day, we go toward march the more unstable the daca population's lives become, an most americans do not like that, every day we go without military funding is a bad day for the military according to general mattis. they need to deal with the daca recipients and overwhelming need to build -- rebuild our military and increase funding is going to get there --us there within a month. >> that was senator lindsey graham. around 8:00 eastern time last night as he tried to negotiate a compromise -- to keepp spending bill the government running until february 8 until they can get the deal. according to politico, that would mean hold a vote on immigration bill and perhaps on a dueling proposal as well in the coming days. but democrats have not locked down their chief demand, which was to attack the immigration deal through a must-pass spending measure. early this morning around 1:30 eastern, reporters caught up with senator lindsey graham of south carolina and senator jeff flake of arizona. g.o.p.dline on politico, senators saying they have a deal on daca to get votes by february 8. listen to what they had to say. has think senator flake been [indiscernible] to take up immigration. what more can you ask of the senate than to work its will? committed to taking up immigration on february 8. it will be subject to amendment, just like the senate is supposed to work. they cannot tell the president what to do. what i am confident will we start debating immigration, we will find votes. to the closer we get march 5, more likely we are to get an agreement. young people plus military funding is pressure for all of us to work together. senator flake received a commitment before the tax vote that we would take up immigration. what held us up as it had to be a bill the president would agree to. now i think we have an agreement from the majority leader that february 8, we will let the senate work its will. >> we may reach an agreement before that time. if we don't, we have an agreement to bring up a bill that senate can work its will on. we are confident we can get 60 votes. >> you cannot ask the majority leader of the senate to bind the speaker or the president. but you can on the senate. i am encouraged the senate will get back in business on immigration, that before february 8, we will get a deal. if we don't, we will have a debate worthy of the senate. you talk about immigration and what we are trying to do, the more that people will be behind us. host: coming up on 9:45 on the east coast. the house was in briefly this morning for about 15 minutes. to house recessed subject the call of the chair but is expected to be back later today potential he for votes on a revised continuing resolution at 10:00 this morning. democratic and republican house members are expected to have separate caucus and conference meetings this morning to talk about the path forward. if there is news out of that, we will bring that to you as well. in the meantime, your phone calls on "washington journal." horace is in raleigh, north carolina, on the line for democrats. thanks for waiting. caller: good morning. thank you for having me. i want to say it is amazing how republicans have all just discovered children and veterans. insurance, they kicked people off the affordable care act. they had no problem kicking people off of that. veterans, they wanted to take the money from homeless veterans, take that away from them. they don't care about veterans. they don't care about children. they don't care about anybody until they want to make a point. they talk about the daca bill. there is no bill to be passed. on the tax cuts, there was no bill to be passed. they were writing the bill as they were passing the bill. they are a joke. they can never govern. host: randy is in warsaw, virginia, on the line for republicans. go ahead. caller: i think president trump set a trap for lindsey graham and others by saying he would sign whatever came on his desk. i think that let them reveal their true colors in that they care more about foreigners than they do about the american people. i think all the polls that say americans want, even trump supporters, want daca to pass our lives -- are lies. i don't believe it. host: chris asked whether republican leadership would ignore the four republicans that voted against the bill last night. what do you think should happen to them, if anything? caller: i don't think they will get reelected. host: in think all four will be out next time they are up -- you think all four will be out next time they are up? caller: they may get reelected, but they are definitely going to lose face in the republican party. host: jeff flake definitely not going to be here. he is retiring from his seat in arizona. jim is in west virginia, parsons, west virginia, independent. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i don't understand. why is there so much hate in the democratic party? why don't they let donald trump do his job? he is for the people. don't they realize that? feinstein, if this did not pass, she said a lot of people would die. why did she not vote for it? i do not understand her. i appreciate you taking my call. thank you very much. host: we show you live pictures of the u.s. capitol this morning. that is the senate side of the capitol. the house on the far side of the capitol. here is a tweet from the ol intect of the capit charge of landscaping and other issues that keep it running. governmentpse in funding, this account will not be active until further notice. jimmy is in florida on the line for democrats. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wanted to comment on the daca program and what the republicans keep the in order to democrats, they are holding their feet to the fire. they were going to sign the bill. at the last minute, the republicans slipped in an amendment that donald trump wanted a budget for overseas covert action to keep an eye on our own c.i.a. and that is why the bill was not signed. and are using these kids, some of them are now adults, to get their agenda passed. ,hat i cannot understand is everybody in the past, whether andblican or democrat whether it was a republican or democrat president in office, they all make mistakes. why is it that this president and trump supporters think he is the second coming of christ? he does nothing wrong in their eyes. host: gaithersburg, maryland. bob is a retired federal employee and republican. good morning. caller: yes. i am a retired federal employee who also worked on the hill for 10 years back in the 1980's and 1990's when things functioned relatively well. thinkd like to say i senator lindsey graham's comments from 1:30 this morning are on the money. is a coequal branch of government and they should stop worrying about what the president will sign and not sign and just go ahead and do what they think is right and let the chips fall were they may -- where they may. i think it is a situation where congress has lost a lot of its clout in the last 20 or 30 years and they need to reread the constitution and see themselves as a coequal branch of government. host: as they the 1980's and 1990's, congress and government function relatively well. there were a lot more shutdowns in the 1980's and 1990's. this is only the second shutdown in the last 18 years, the first in the past five years. yeah, in the 1980's for the most part, the shutdowns were relatively short-lived. and hopefully this one will be. they were based on the fact the clock ran out before they were able to come to an agreement. and they did come to an agreement within a couple of hours or days. those were kind of misdemeanor shutdowns. the felony shutdowns started in the 1990's and have been since then. i suspect they are fired by a group of people who do not have any respect for government to begin with so they do not see any reason you cannot shut it down because they don't see any reason it should be there in the first place. i think it is when we went from the clock running out before the game was over to a serious attempt to want to shut down the government and keep it shut down our we lost a lot of democratic processes. and we need to get them back again in the senate and house. host: lynn in texas, retired military. go ahead. caller: yes, i am disappointed. i think they are blaming the president. it is the senate and house, it is their responsibility to get this bill back to him. host: go ahead. get this bill back to him. caller: it is the responsibility of the house and senate to get this bill back to the president. repeal itds to do is and get it back to the senate so something can get done. it is not the president's fault. it is up to the house and senate to get this thing done and out of the way, sir. that is all i have to say. host: fort lauderdale, florida. patrick is an independent. good morning. caller: just when i thought the democrats were going to us -- destroy the republicans in the midterms, they've shown the american people that putting illegal aliens in front of citizens and the military, to shut down the government just because they want a daca program to be passed is ridiculous. the daca program is going to inspire -- expire in march. there is no need to shut down the government or the daca program. it takes 60 votes for a budget bill to be passed. republicans had 51 votes. there were only five democrats that voted with republicans because they are up for reelection in red states. the democrats screwed themselves with this. it is so sad to put illegal aliens in front of american citizens. 6 million or 9 million kids on the chip insurance program, and they voted against this. it makes no sense to me. this is why the american people voted for donald trump. i am an independent. and i think the republicans have their problems as well. the democrats are out of control. host: why do you think this is going to matter in the midterms? there is a headline in the "new york times" today that democrats are counting on the crisis being long forgotten by election day. caller: when you show the american people the democrats are willing to shut down the government and put illegals in front of american citizens that depend on jobs, kids that depend on health care, that you care more about them than us. the people are fed up with that stuff. that is why people voted for donald trump, because the democrats have gone so far left and radical that they do not care. all those blue states. most of them are democrats that voted for donald trump because they felt like they were being left out. our jobs were going overseas. they care more about foreigners and illegals than they do american citizens. i think it woke up a lot of people. in the midterms, the democrats i believe the damage to themselves. host: that is patrick. this is greta brawner. >> following up on patrick, he and others are interested in this. here is a reporter with the "washington post" on the latest. the house is sticking to its plan as the senate figures out its next step. speculation is minority leader chuck schumer could fight dr. battle in the coming weeks, per house -- daca battle in the coming weeks, that things remain fluid. senator schumer and nancy pelosi back off the plan of dealing with that population. he tweeted this last night. normally laid-back senator bob casey on the g.o.p. using chip extension. this is what he told the reporter. dialogical --ere diabolical about using chip as a weapon. >> the reporter notes bob casey's dad helped create chip. regarded as a state government success story that became a model for a national program. that was senator casey's other. saysews on their website the program expired on september 30. the short-term funding extension was passed by congress shortly before christmas. many states have nearly exhausted their funds. health officials worry some could completely run out by the end of january. you have republicans talking about the impacts of this on the military. the secretary of defense, general mattis, sending out this memo to troops. active forces will stay at their posts adapting training to achieve the least impact on our readiness to fight. commitment personal the department leadership will do our best to mitigate the impacts, disruptions, and any financial burdens to you and your families. steady as she goes, hold the line. canknow that our nation count on you. stay alert, general mattis rights to the troops. host: more of your tweets this morning as we show you live pictures of capitol hill. this is looking at the washington monument from the senate side of the capitol. terry on the line for democrats, go ahead. caller: good morning. how are you? host: doing well, go ahead. caller: i'm calling because republicans have proved who they care about. they care about those they represent. they had a chance to continue chip and they canceled it. this was the initiation of what is happening today. i hope the dems hold the line. they should not let republicans get away with deporting kids who have proved to be hard-working and now college educated, contributing americans. in our country, we have american kids who do not want to work who are addicted to drugs. that is my opinion. i think the docket kids have proven themselves -- daca kids have proven themselves. i find it vile the republicans are so mean-spirited. host: independent, go ahead. caller: i have a couple of points. i hope i'm able to get them in. i hope you allow me the time. first of all, having worked in government at the highest levels and having seen some of the background -- back room activities that have gone on, this appears to be hubris and animus from mitch mcconnell. i hate to call names. and paul ryan. looking at the article in politico, they are usually down the middle on most parts, they saw what happened. you decide you're going to hunker down and not take any input to try to resolve the issue because you want to make a point? don't worry about who you are hurting. and by the way, you will not get hurt because you will keep your paycheck. that is despicable at best and criminal at worst. think about it. it is despicable to use children and the military and their families as well as others are going to be hurt by this. the second thing is this is the apparent shirking of responsibility and trying to , partye opposing party less responsible for this, make it look like it is their responsibility. these kinds of games have to stop. either we are going to care about the issues, for if we are not going to care about the issues we need to fire everybody and start anew. host: a tweet from rachel of saying the twitter handle kevin mccarthy, house .ajority leader, my advice is, if they got the government open again, they are more likely to get agreement. we will see how that goes back and forth throughout the day today. in rogers, minnesota, line for republicans. terry, go ahead. sayer: caller: i would about senator casey, he had no problem not helping the kids because he did not get dr.. people -- daca. think those 10 senators in red states are not going to pay the price for that? they are going to go down in a ball of flames. the people running against them will use this. and it is ridiculous. said i think the kids that live here are lazy, drug users and the ones coming over our great. in theirc party thinking. they hate america. they despise it. and they hate trump, despite the fact that other than ridiculous , rights that he makes now we are doing well. i don't understand what the problem is. people are complaining. we are doing well. i hope it don't go bad or look out. host: u.s. stocks surge of looming federal shutdown. a new record at the stock market in the first year of the trump administration. the u.s. stock market set a record for the longest streak of tranquility, disregarding a potential u.s. government shutdown in much the way it has shrugged off political tamil throughout his presidency. -- political tamil throughout his presidency. we have pictures outside the u.s. capitol. here is a picture from inside the u.s. capitol. thistings from the capitol morning, where we have evidence of the shutdown: capitol tours are suspended." i would like to know why paying attention to trump from words. , dreamers, are not illegal immigrants. that is just a catchword be --ire trump administration catchword of the entire trump administration. they play groups against each other. why can't normal, self inking people see? games. plays games after he does not care about the children. he does not care about these seniors. he does not care about the poor. he does not care about the black and brown people. i believe they are all americans and he just wants to use taxpayers' money to into histly put money golf courses and his mar-a-lago. he is a liar, a total liar, and he cannot be trusted. in michigan this morning, another scene from the capitol being described by robert costa -- many are telling me the house lacks towels this morning and they wonder if it's because of the shutdown. goodr: you are doing a job. two points. one, i had to laugh about the "government imposed." the last four of them are all republicans. in thes they have passed last year, when it kicks in, just what your paychecks. -- just watch your paychecks. the other point i want to make, the house of representatives has been controlled by the republicans for 19 out of the last 21 years. they make the laws, they write the checks. for the last year, they have had control and they have not been able to pass a budget. we are still running on a continuing resolution. they can't even govern. i'm sorry, but that's the way it is. thanks a lot for giving me your time. federal employee, merry in topeka, kansas, also a republican. mary, go ahead. yeah, i think they should have separated daca from the fiscal thing and just dealt with the fiscal deals. trumps a lot of things has done for the veterans. they are coming out -- and getting the attention on this deal, i think they should have separated the fiscal matters from the daca deal. the daca deal is going to -- obviously, the democrats like that deal because it's going to increase their democratic voters in the future. this is a cynical move by the democratic party, and i just and --ey would go ahead back in 2013, they actually did not like attaching anything else to the fiscal bill, but now they have changed their mind. so obviously, they are hypocrites. host: what kind of work do you do in topeka, kansas? caller: i am medical. host: what does this mean for you? caller: i believe i'm an essential employee. i believe i am essential. host: james, from virginia, and independent. go ahead. this shutdown over immigration, the people, the 70%crats realize, already are on welfare, and do they realize that in the future, how many immigrants are going to take jobs away from the kids that were born and raised in this country? i think it is ridiculous to shut down the government over a little thing like immigration. linda, line for democrats. go ahead. caller: i'm wondering what happened to this country. all of these republicans are so -- on destruction. i don't understand. why mr. mcconnell will not put beingngle bill without attached to anything else on the floor? right, larry, fayetteville, north carolina, republican line. go ahead. caller: i appreciate you all letting me come on. i was just going to ask about president trump's first year and the shutdown to all of the american people that is listening. i appreciate c-span and the outstanding job you do, but on -- to pin that on donald trump, we all have positions in life. but he's got a big thing on him to be the president. think he's been doing a great job. i wish all of the american people would come together and believe in our president and our .ountry they have march on washington against what is going on in the white house, and i believe there is a big difference in the way things are being done. because we got such a beautiful country in the world. and i just think he has done a great job with the stock markets. i am disabled. i am a were veteran. he is a great man. he says it, he means it. so, i just thank god for president trump and all the .eople in the white house all the republicans, the senators, the democrats, i just wish we could all come together and be as one and do what we need to do for our country and get together and solve this problem. larry, you mentioned marches later this morning. the march to the polls happening around the country and in washington on the one-year anniversary of the president being sworn into office. happening,ch that is following up on the 2017 women smart -- we will be covering it .- women's march we will be covering it here on c-span. it will be focused on ensuring civic and political roles for women moving into 2018, taking down at the national mall near the lincoln memorial. backed up to c-span's greta brawner. what do you have? closed-door discussions, a reporter from says nancy pelosi, the democratic leader, will hold a news conference at 11:15 a.m. eastern time. and a correspondent for cnn saying that senior white house officials tell her the president is willing to sign a three-week cr, but doubts that enough dems will report it. "the battle lines are entrenched through sunday night." that is the quote from the senior white house official. they believe that if they could put enough pressure on senate democrats, they would vote for the continuing resolution. those are bill nelson, bill donnelly, tammy baldwin, and joe manchin. you also have claire mccaskill, sherrod brown in ohio, senator heitkamp, senator tester, debbie stab and now, all up for reelection. five of them voted last night for a continuing resolution. it was not enough. heitkamp,ly, heidi doug jones of alabama, as well as two other senators that voted yes -- joe manchin of west virginia and senator claire mccaskill of missouri. .ake a look at the numbers trump's friend victory in those states, those 10 democratic states where democrats are up 'sr reelection -- trump victory in the states, those 10 democratic states were democrats are up for reelection. those are the numbers that republicans are looking at in hoping to sway some of those senate democrats to vote with and thethe chip funding continuing resolution. on a lighter note, here is d.c. bars andh restaurants and shutdown specials. these are available every day of the week. five dollars with the federal employee id. one of them -- the flake or to not to flake. rand's neighborhood affair. c'mon chuck. fireball, andr, nancy's favorite. have you ever met a haitian? banana bacardi rum, pineapple/ cranberry soda, and guilt. jacktar punch, stormy daniels, fruit punch, so the, served on an indie a. and the durban soda. bourbon, soda, and snitch sauce. a portable beer act, natty boh a shot of montezuma blue tequila, yes. we have the special line as federal workers, that is we show you a live shot of the u.s. capitol. june, good morning. the line for independents. and how are is daca we to relate to the government shutdown -- first of all they need to be honest. this term that they are using "illegal," it is not correct. there are lots of young individuals who are in the daca program who did not injure this but they havelly, -- inter-this country illegally. but they have been delayed. -- there are lots of young individuals are in the daca thisam who did not enter country illegally. they need to separate these individuals. they are working. they are paying taxes. and they did not come to the country illegally. they were brought here by their parents. their students are locked into this thing and what is going on. it is not fair. they should talk about what is going on with daca because docket is not representative of illegal children in this country. i think that needs to be clarified. taxesso there would be paid to the country that the country would benefit from. thank you and i hope this problem is resolved soon. host: we told you about the 10:00 meetings with the democratic caucus, the republican conference, both meeting and gathering this morning. c-span's reg kaplan was there on the republican side to catch some of the members. is quoted asy saying -- schumer shut it down, so we're really waiting on schumer. there is speaker ryan arriving for the meeting to discuss their plans and where to go from here. is in tennessee, line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning to you, sir. host: go ahead. iller: i just want to say have been watching the show and listening to the different people. i have been watching c-span for about a week and a half. there was no doubt be shutdown was going to happen. thefor the people, republican party, to say this is all on the democrats, i don't understand that. they say that, you know, that the democrats don't want to pass anything or agree to anything, and that the doctor should not be such a big deal. it's not due until march. or aou explain to 800,000 million kids that, well, we are just going to put you off till march, and they have to wake up every day thinking about that. have that stress on them day after day after day. whether they are going to be snatched away from their families are not. in theas there a moment past week you were convinced this was going to happen? caller: yes. i mean, if you go back and listen to back in april of this year, trump had already said we needed to shut down. so what perfect timing is this? that gentleman earlier made the comment that the democrats cared more for people from other andtries and immigrants stuff from out of our country than they do our own citizens. , that's ridiculous. you've got a president sitting there that cares more about building a $2 billion wall than he cares about obviously the veterans and the government workers and the chip kids and everything else. ok, we the democrat say, will even compromise and work with your wall, just take care of these daca kids, these kids wake up every day. they are children. what kind of mental stress is being put on them every day because our president and the republican party want to put it .ff until march wall has border projections of $60 billion to $70 billion, the president requesting in the teens of billions of dollars to begin construction on the wall. cordell, georgia, the line for republicans. herschel, go ahead. yes, sir. my personal opinion on the daca situation is, look, their parents did bring them here illegally, and i do not think they should suffer for what their parents did. at the same time, i think the kids themselves should be taking care of. i believe that. of.hould be taken care i believe that. they should be put on a path to citizenship. i believe their parents should be held accountable for what they did for coming here it lately. i don't blame them for trying to make a better life for themselves, but at the same time you can't let the rest of the people in the country suffer for what they are having to go through because they put themselves in that position. on the other hand about the the democrats, have -- and this is not personal, it's just my thought -- the democrats have put themselves in this position had the whiteave house to their hands for eight years now, maybe even longer on some occasion, but they actually cannot take the fact that they are no longer in control, and it just eats them up left and right and they are going to make the rest of the people, even though we all kind of share the same point of view on things, it's just the fact that they are not in controlling more, so therefore they just want to hinder the president anyway they can. a twitter, michael wrightson, this congress is all about being popular. they don't have the nerve to pass controversial legislation even if it is good to -- good for the country. the u.s. government is the largest employer in the nation, almost 3 million employees. there are more than a few "nonessential." bobby says, if republicans care so much about chip, whited it expire for six -- expire with no renewal for six months and counting. the potus is so disliked he will not carry this party over the finish line first, and that's part of this game of chicken that is creating this. and parties trade blame to be front-page this morning -- "the out of colorado springs -- shutdown begins, thousands of workers off the job during the second closure in the past five years. the front page of "the southern," out of illinois looking at the president's first year in office. "a new normal?" independent line, new york. go ahead. caller: yes, good morning. thank you for taking my call. i've been listening to everybody you is called in and i am totally stunned that the callers themselves are not taking up or thinking about the biggest issue here, and that is the funding of our military. right now, there's a lot going on in the world. we need the military, and the bottom line is i served in the military. my father was in the military. when i was in the service, i was getting a hundred dollars a month. that was my pay. it's not like if the government shutdown i could go home. you are locked into that job. your overseas. leave thet allowed to post. you still have your duty. you do not get paid for six months. really -- i know it's not that they do not care about it, but they are not talking about that. the funding bill for the military should not be attached to anything that has to do with illegal immigration. i, like others, i have sympathy for these kids. but deferred action for childhood arrivals means nothing more than the kids of illegal immigrants who jumped the fence and brought their kids with them. something needs to be done, but attaching that to a spending bill that funds our military is ridiculous and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi said so six years ago or eight years ago. it should not happen and our military needs to be funded, end of story. -- worker.ed federal good morning. caller: good morning. we need to get rid of the electoral college. if it had not been for the electoral college, we would not be in this mess. thank you. host: marie and hayward, california, a federal worker. good morning. caller: can you hear me? host: yes, ma'am. me off please don't cut like some of the other ones. here me out. somebody just mentioned a little , the ago the democrats democratic party is not in they areow, and so basically angry because they don't have control. defenseis part of their . why would we be blamed for something we don't have control of? the second thing is it sounds like republicans have become stricken with amnesia. eight years of the last administration, republicans refused and openly stated that they were not going to do anything for the american people , for this country if obama had anything to do with it. they did not want to work together. now all of a sudden i'm listening to all of these calls from republicans who are saying just work with us. just do this. if you are not really listening -- mcconnell and trump, they wanted this shutdown. mcconnell could have agreed. they could compromise. but everything is placed on democrats and all they want is votes in 2018. that is what you keep reading. that is what greta keeps saying, trump is tweeting up, oh, the dems, we are going to -- they think there is going to be a way for democrats, so the strategy is, shut everything down, blame the democrats who are "not in control," and tell them it's all because of "illegal aliens." point.arie, got your up ine a story from these court. yesterday the supreme court said it would decide whether president trump's regime is ability to protect the nation grants him authority to ban specific from countries. a major examination of the president's powers, a sayinggton post" story they will consider the third iteration of trump's cabinet band, issued last fall, which bars various travelers from eight countries, six of them muslim majorities. lower courts have struck down each version, but the conservative leaning supreme thet has given administration hoped that trump may be able to carry out one of the most significant and divisive initiatives of his presidency. what the president has said is a necessary step to protect the country from terrorism has been to drive by his opponents as an illegal and unconstitutional for tillman of campaign promises to ban muslim immigrants. tommy, independent line, go ahead. caller: hello p can you hear me? host: -- .aller: hello can you hear me? host: yes, sir. caller: i am retired with the national guard. second term,on his he was doing to bring all of the troops back home from afghanistan and he was going to wind the word down in iraq and afghanistan and bring the troops home. that is what the president needs to do, to bring the troops back ,ome, put them on the border let them patrol between mexico and the united states and help the border patrol. that is my comment. kim, from mount vernon, line for republicans. caller: good morning. how are you? host: good. go ahead. caller: you are looking great. listen, i'm wondering if we are living in the divided states of america. to me it is incredible we cannot come up with a resolution. i know that each person in the house and senate represents a different demographic, but surely when our forefathers founded the united states of america, they anticipated we work all come together to for the best of the united states and i just wish everybody would come back together and forget trying to figure out who has the most grass in their pockets. .e appreciate you so much we definitely need some kind of change. i hope you can agree with me. host: go ahead. viewpoint.torical this is the finest portion of americana we are going through now. we are witnessing history. two political parties are in dominance, and yet will compromise. we come together in times of four and more. disagreements among our people as represented by our politics and our political parties for dominance is what we are observing. it will eventually be satisfied. this is what america is about. it will lead to a better america in the future. i disagree with most other commentators. i guess i'm an independent. the american system is working remarkably and we will persevere as a people. host: why are you so certain they will come together and compromise? this is what america is all about. compromise. it's always compromise. other than the revolutionary war in which we came together -- in times of war, we always come together. have we gotten worse at compromising, howard? is an irrelevant comments. we will get together. competition for dominance is what the political parties are all about. they literally do want to destroy each other at certain times. they realize it is not good to party, so theye will persevere in terms of their struggle to come to resolution. give them time to work out there differences. bryant, a federal worker, an independent. how is the shutdown impacting you? caller: i probably will not be paid on monday. in the meantime, supplies, go.ices will not we need a moment of silence. everybody sit back, take a break, forget about politics, party lines and everything just for one hour and you know, it is just ridiculous. people who do not read or understand, they believe any line that people give them. between is perfect. everybody follows along. oh, yeah, that's true. i follow that. in the meantime, the rich get rich, the poor get poorer. keep everybody fighting and nobody wins. thank you. host: we have more from greta. a politico report about lindsey graham. leader mcconnell mentioned last night he was willing to make a proposal for a cr through february 8 and seek resolution on immigration, disaster relief, military government funding, chip, and other health-care related issues. i would support such a proposal. he treated before, i also agree with senator mcconnell we are close to resolution on all of these issues. before that, i believe that such a proposal would pass if there was a commitment that after for worry, the senate would move to an immigration debate with an open amendment process if no alternative agreement was reached with the white house and the house. this would guarantee the daca issue would be brought forward with an open amendment process thanresolutions no later february 8. i'm covered in we can find a solution to border security/daca once we start the process. it is clear to me a commitment to move immigration after february 8 is a key to ending the government shutdown in finding resolution on all of the outstanding issues. the continuing resolutions have done more damage to the american village terry than in -- american military than any enemy on the battlefield was sobering. out -- in light of these realities, i am hopeful there will be overwhelming bipartisan support for the february 8 proposal. a reporter with politico tweets gopleader, kevin mccarthy's -- rs arells members not negotiating daca while the government is shut down. paul ryan told members that some dems want a five-day extension, but ryan is keen to stick with the bill the house passed on thursday. he knows that many rs one. the fix, but this point dems have to agree to cr if they want any progress on the issue, per members in the room. what is happening across the country with this shutdown that putbegun -- vox.com together what happens when the government shuts down. in 2013, the last government shutdown, all 401 national parks were close, but this time parks with entrance fees will remain open. and the national institute of --lth will stop the centers for disease control will have a reduced capacity to respond to outbreak investigations and hospitals at the department of veterans affairs are unaffected by the shutdown. social security, medicare, and medicaid -- the social security administration will ensure checks go out, but the agency may not have the staff to answer phone calls. and the judiciary will not shut down and all employees will be expected to return to work as normal on monday. 5 a.m., it says that this account will not be active until further notice. you have this tweet from the library of congress -- due to the shutdown, all library of congress buildings are closed and public events canceled from january 20 until further notice. a reporter from political tweets out most federal courts have funds that they can use to keep open through february 9, but the department of justice typically civilto freeze government litigation during a shutdown. and politico as a story about the shutdown across the country, saying only 15% of the federal permanent workforce is based in the washington area. the effects of the shutdown will reverberate across the country. 6 million small businesses may temporarily lose access to financial aid and a prolonged closure could cost taxpayers money. in 2013, agencies had to pay higher prices to contractors. the park service lost $7 million in user revenue. host: we have some of the timeiations in your real on capitol hill. here is house majority leader kevin mccarthy as he entered the building this morning. >> senator schumer -- [indiscernible] did not have an offer. we had been meeting on daca and immigration. unfortunately, the democrats did yesterday. the table schumer wanted a shutdown. i'm not sure how he could -- we were very clear when we had our bipartisan meeting with senators and congresswomen and men, we all agreed, both sides there were four issues. daca. it was border security. it was family reunification. and it was about the merit system. we all agreed. i asked, is there any disagreement in harry? everybody agreed to it. shut thethey would government down when there is not a problem, that that is not until march and we are meeting, making progress, to me, is irresponsible. host: that was house majority leader kevin mccarthy. --se minority whip are nancy house minority leader nancy pelosi is expected to hold her own press conference. in 40 minutes we will be taking you to that when it happens. until then, your phone calls on "the washington journal," an extended "washington journal" this morning. the line for democrats. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: i called on the democratic line. i have to say lately i have felt really disconnected. i honestly believe with parties are not in it for anything other than themselves. it's always about the money. we have never resolved any of we're fighting for. these issues have been here for years and years and years and now we're back to another shutdown. onhad supposedly this bill daca, on the books that allows for these politicians who work for us to continue their pay no , right?hat so they can continue to get paid , while everybody else who are hard-working americans struggle. so my question to the american people is, when are we going to say enough is enough. when will we hold them accountable. .ou are there to do your job and the minute that they stop working only for themselves, and by the way, let's get rid of , oncelifelong benefits you leave office, and get the hell out. you're done. there is no need for you to get benefits after the fact. host: that's jaclyn for michigan. here is more from greta. greta: we have this -- exiting the democratic caucus meeting -- if there is a deal, i am not hearing it in that room number referring to the closed door meeting. he says dems could still do a short term to get a deal, but it sounds like both parties are digging in. back to the phones. maria is in easton, pennsylvania, line for independents. caller: i will clarification. what do the dems want with daca? what are the republicans willing to compromise on? is it just the kids? host: we could go through some aspects of the dream act. that is one of the bills that many in my credit members say they want to see some form of. we will pull up some information on that and get it to you. frome meantime, we oklahoma on the line from republicans. go ahead. caller: to me a favor. could you clarify for the -- where the listeners is the supreme court? is it the same tear or two different systems? host: i'm sorry. as the question again? caller: the supreme court, two different systems? he supreme court in 2013 came , being anst daca divided court. and i remember they were deeply divided on it and there was a tweet that came out by hillary it affects 5aying million families. i keep hearing a hundred thousand on daca. i also remember the supreme court came up divided on the issue and trump said he kept us safe, but i want to read the tweet real quick if i may, going back to june 23, 2016. he says the supreme court -- donald trump says, the supreme court has kept us safe for now, but hillary has pledged to expand it. taking jobs from hispanic and african-american workers. those would be citizens of the united states who have come up or but also those who have come up here through immigrant means. could you -- i guess what i am asking you to do, can you explain to the listeners how the supreme court can rule on something that they are deeply words, on -- in other there no we agree or don't agree . they asked the department of justice to send it up to the supreme court to review again. the caller asking about the dream act, the bipartisan bill that would revive a direct road to citizenship for people who are undocumented, have daca, or temporary protected status and graduate from u.s. high schools and college and are in the workforce or enlist in the military. the dream act of 20, some of the key sponsors -- lindsey graham, dick durbin, jeff flake, chuck schumer. greta has more for us. up on let's follow whether members of congress get paid during a shutdown. this is from constitution.org. what is the basic questions is who gets paid. due to the constitution, the people directly in charge of the government keep getting paychecks. almost every other government worker won't and that includes members of congress. they get their paycheck under two parts of the constitution, article one, section six says that members of congress should receive compensation for their services as required by law and paid by the treasury, and forbidden -- a rule for bidding a change in compensation. -- introduced -- senators heidi heitkamp, caramel classical, debbie seven on michigan, and joe manchin, all of for reelection this year. back to the phones -- frank in jacksonville, florida, and independent. go ahead. how are you doing today? they keep putting the military out there as a bargaining chip as well. what they are proposing on tv so thecan actually see it -- democrats, not just speaking out here -- write it down, put it on tv. so we can make sure what the issues are, what trump is offering, what the democrats are offering. let's put it on tv so we can all see it. so it will be written down in facts, not just words on tv. on tvfrank, we will put as much as we possibly can. the nasa in laredo -- vanessa in laredo, texas. go ahead. .aller: i live in a border town my husband is a federal worker. the thing is we get to see every day the kinds of people that cross our borders. we know who these daca kids are. believe they cannot handle the situation or make any kind of deal unless they see what is going on. until you see who is doing what and how our funds are being come and can't just give a blanket deal saying all of these people under daca will get citizenship. there has to be steps, there has to be screening, people have to do background investigations. it's not just daca. sometimes people take advantage of the system. use falsepeople information to get things from the government, and it's hard to see this. hispanicone from background tries to work their an education,t they see all of this unfairness going on, it's kind of hard and it is upsetting. that's all i needed to say. thank you. host: let's go to a federal employee -- karl is in williamsburg, virginia. also a democrat. go ahead. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. good morning. thanks for taking my call. just want to read some scripture's here -- scriptures here because we are all divided, the three branches of government are divided and a house divided among itself will not stand. so, when he to pray for our , -- we need to pray for our leaders, and the world is watching, but more important, god is watching us. host: cheryl, portland, also a federal worker. how is this shutdown impacting you? how are youhi, doing? it's not just affect thing me. it's affecting all of us and i really think we need more people to come together and just end what is going on because how are people going to survive? there are fires, there are emergencies. there's a lot of things we need help with. i think the american people, we need to get together and try to come down on what is going on. the callerpreciate this morning, but like you said is prayers is what we need. i would like to thank you, the news, and everybody else helping us. so i will get off because another's a lot of other people who have to talk. host: we appreciate that, cheryl. we are showing live shots of oh hill.l hill -- capitol this is the senate side. an update on the house scheduled this morning. the house currently is in recess . at approximately noon, the house will reconvene for a quorum call, the first vote of the day. after the quorum call, the house will recess again until proximally 3 p.m. when they will reconvene -- a proximally 3 p.m. when they will reconvene. that will probably go until 3:45 4:45, and members have been advised of the house that votes are possible. so we will see what happens. we are with you this morning "the about 11:15 here on washington journal." we are expecting a press conference by nancy pelosi. we want to know your thoughts on this anniversary of president trump being sworn into office. roger from waterloo, iowa, line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. this'll situation really boils down to people hiring undocumented workers. everybody knows it's a federal crime. the republican fallback position is always e-verify. except they don't enforce it. they ignore it as long as nobody brings it up. the people they are covering keep allowing these people to ignore the obvious. this is what you get. thank you for your time. erin in new orleans. in new orleans. go ahead. you.r: thank i just want to point out what happened last night was very shameful. this morning, i am ashamed to be an american. for the democrats to do what they did over daca -- i just want to iterate this. my girlfriend was born in mexico and she became a u.s. citizen, and she even felt like that daca was unfair to people like her who have to jump hoops and go through all kinds of processes to become a u.s. citizen and it was unfair to have a bill ,ritten in to exempt people where she had to do all kinds of things to become a u.s. citizen. i just think in -- democracy in america is failing americans right now and tit-for-tat going on in congress is very, very chea shameful. i believe we need to re-examine the dichotomy of this bipartisan, you know, republican party, the political party aspect of our democracy because right now, it is to the detriment of americans. and: that is aaron louisiana today. one non-shutdown story to give you updated on, the justice department plans to put senator robert menendez back on trial on corruption charges following a which mostst year in jurors went to acquit the new jersey democrat. the trial in new york federal court of menendez and his codefendant ended in a hung jury in november. prosecutors filed noticed, saying they wanted a retrial at the earliest possible date. prosecutors say he took gifts in exchange for which he tried to his friend get visas for his girlfriends, intervened in the eye doctor's $8.9 million billing dispute with medicare other issues.ith we have more from greta. this is from a reporter covering trump for cnn. trump is telling allies caused be shut down, but he will be blamed. then you have senator john cornyn with -- the shutdown is actually harming recipients. and he is retreating a political tweet where she says that senator mccarthy told members what he told politico this morning that the republicans are not renegotiating dock out while the government is shut down. and we have a republican in the replace senator jeff flake in arizona. disgusted that democrats violated the will of the american people and shutdown the government, choosing illegals over our american troops and 9 million children drop the country relying on chip. obstructionor antics in partisan politics. some of the latest tweets from lawmakers on capitol hill. lateste want to hear the from our viewers. we have a special line for federal workers all morning long. let's go to that line. into,, washington, and independent. good morning. on the independent one, washington. isler: our entire income based on this government shutdown and the sad part is the congress still gets paid. it does not affect them in any way, shape, or form. everybody thinking about the kids, having to worry if they are going to have to go back to where they belong because they came here -- it's just really sad. now i have to worry if my children are going to get said. as the shutdown discussion was happening in recent days and we, have -- recent days and weeks, have you tried to set aside money? at how does it affect your we don't getr: paid a lot. we try to do what we can. we put down a little bit on the side, but it's not going to be enough to feed my kids. it's not an entire month's salary. how long do you your family have into,, washington? in tacoma, washington? caller: i'm sorry. i did not get that? much funds you have for your family? maybe to do breaks. and that's mean not paying bills, some a credit will be affected by this. host: we have susan from laramie, wyoming. good morning. caller: hi. i am a new federal worker. i am an independent in wyoming, which is a rarity. i cannot believe we are at this our country. the misinformation these colors the misinformation isse callers have had amazing. this is not giving citizenship to these children. to the previous caller, i'm really sorry you will not be able to pay your bills. why don't you have any savings to get you through a time like this? and i do not mean to sound cruel , but that's exactly how the republicans are being. cruel. we should have clean bills. i used to support people like mike enzi. i no longer support them. they are not about doing things for the american people and they are not about doing things for compromise and i'm just sick and tired of it. unfortunately, i live in wyoming and into will get reelected because people in this state hate brown people. -- if youre you go think we should have clean bills, then why should daca be tied to government funding? caller: it wasn't. we would like to see a clean bill. people are commanding a clean bill. the republicans could have passed daca since september. trump is the one that repealed daca. this is not a democratic manufactured crisis. this is a republican manufactured crisis. i want to see a clean bill on daca. i want to see a clean bill on chip. and i want to see a clean bill on the budget in an actual budget, not a continuing resolution that hurts our military. in arkansas, at republican. caller: i want to put something out there we can all agree on and celebrate with. puerto rico got electricity. i want to start out that way. can you hear me? host: yes, ma'am. agreeing withbeen the colors up until wyoming. i would like to say how about a clean bill -- i had been agreeing with the callers up until wyoming. i would like to say how about a clean bill for border security? we were surprised in 1986 we would give amnesty to illegal immigrants and our border would be secure. we have schumer who in 2006 was for border security. if we get order security, i think all of these things can be handled. i have a brother in new mexico. cousins in arlington in texas, a cousin who has a son in tucson -- in tucson. we have been waiting a very long border security. that is what i am saying. if we call them illegal immigrants, which is many, manyre -- people in this united states have not got a clue. dreamers sounds really good. we've got american children that were born here. they are dreamers. they are dreamers, too. and what is the wedge? they keep talking about the wedge problem? problem to wedge vote for chip in the military? i don't if the want chip in the military? greta.ore from c-span's >> scott long who covers the capital congress for the hill tweeting out goals committee will meet at 11:30. that would give -- in order to take up same date authority coming case the senate to send over a resolution today, one that would be short-term and maybe go to february 8. the washington post saying mark short, the legislative director for the white house, the liaison between the white house and capitol hill, tells me that mitch mcconnell and president trump spoke this morning and mark short was on capitol hill, attending the house gop conference meeting. short says the white house's position is open to daca talks if the government reopens and is considering extending it until february 8. chips to be with the extension. , mark shorthel seems to be saying, it is hard to negotiate on daca and the shutdown. and the senator from virginia who republicans thought might devote for a continuing resolution because he has a of federal workers in his state, tweeted, last night, democrats tried to pass a short, several day bill to keep the government open as we concluded negotiations, and republicans blocked it. this is a senseless shutdown. as wemore of your calls await this press conference with house minority leader nancy pelosi expected to happen in 15 minutes. , houston, texas, line from republicans. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. this is nothing but a power grab by the democrats to get more votes for themselves. other than the state of texas and the city of houston, texas, i pay taxes to the spring branch of the school district. and my taxes have become, well becausee astronomical, the taxes are based upon your property assessment. but just to give you an idea of how much the illegals are costing these school districts, youcan go on the webpage -- can go on their website, and see the demographic makeup of some of the schools in spring branch. i will give you one example here. this is the school of would to view elementary school and here is the democratic makeup. this is actually probably low. african-american, 4.19%. hispanic, 87.9%. white, 5.9%. and there are many other schools in the spring branch district that are almost 100% hispanic. now, you don't think this is costing the american taxpayer money. this is nothing but a power grab to increase their power base, the democrats. -- is therees that information about whether they are illegal immigrants versus hispanic americans? know, iwell, you figured it out, at 87.9% that all of these people are either born in america, simply because of the anchor baby situation here in texas, but a lot of them are not. my daughter is to work in the system, and she says that a lot and theare illegals, american taxpayer, especially in houston, we are paying for this. in the house that i moved from -- host: we gotcher point. bill in wichita, kansas on the line for federal workers. a republican. bill, good morning. caller: thank you. i am going to go out on a limb. i don't know any daca people. i assume most of them are probably good people. here is my answer to this mess. think of it as a passport system. they are saying there are 800 some thousand people living here. let's make them all citizens. process,rt monday, a like a passport. let's have these people go to either a federal courthouse, some type of court system, some type of forum. if you are working, you are going to school, you are not a criminal, let's start the take a coupleght of years, but this whole mess is not going to be resolved overnight. there is know question about that. let's make them citizens just like a lady that just called from texas with the taxes and the schools. let's make them citizens. give them a social security card. then we can start getting some of our money back. host: bill and kansas on twitter, who cares what happens in the last three or four days. what is the republicans' excuse for ignoring his problems until the 11th hour. they had bills in hand that could have passed. another tweak, schumer shut down is proof positive democrats care more about illegals than u.s. citizens or securing u.s. are making our kids dream to come true. kansas this morning, independent. caller: that is mississippi actually. host: go ahead, david. caller: anyway. deal, a part of the previous offer on the whole daca about a path to citizenship after 10 years and that was not done. said ithe earlier calls is about border security and that is not what we are getting. chuck schumer was talking about everything, about what was offered, not one word about border security. promisep offering a that they will provide funding. but it will only be a tiny bit of what we need, and it is not enough. president trump wants the whole deal. he wants the southern border secured. host: david in mississippi. want to take you live to capitol hill. majority leader kevin mccarthy holding an impromptu press conference. let's listen in. >> it is interesting. i have been talking to them. inside the democratic conference, they are not happy about this because they understand, daca is not shutting down or having any problems until march and you are you have a court case. but our military is. for children's health insurance is being shut down by schumer and all of these items. this is irresponsible what they are doing. we did not put anything into it the democrats would disagree with. there is nothing in that bill they disagree with. the only thing i disagree with, it is almost like a tantrum. you have to do everything that i want, otherwise, everyone else has to be hurt. now, we areright trying to negotiated. so they shut down negotiations to solve the problem they say they want to work on. >> what is the result coming out of this? is everyone in line with your thinking that it is not work -- it is not worth it to come up with a daca fix? >> we believe that it is wrong to shut the government down and hurt women -- to hurt children and veterans. we wanted to solve the problem that the president, who brought everybody together, who got the ball rolling, within the process of getting it done. but for some reason, schumer thought it wasn't fast enough. this is a complex issue. we met every single day and they walked out of the room saying this was the best progress they have had yet, but for some reason, they wanted to shut it down. that is irresponsible. host: the house majority -- that is house majority leader kevin mccarthy with a gaggle of press corps on capitol hill surrounding him. we are expecting another press conference from nancy pelosi coming up in a few minutes. but we want to take as many calls from you as we can. until then, mark is in toronto, canada. what is your view on the situation from canada? caller: yes. i am so surprised that nobody wants to work with each other, and nobody wants to get anything done. it's all about politics. the tax situation -- the tax reform flowed through without any problems. months,the last few people are trying to figure out if children need insurance. they are coming out talking about it is about the military? billpast a separate clean for chip, one for daca, and one for military. and let it come on the floor and that people work on it. host: how close are canadians paying attention to what is happening this weekend on capitol hill? --ler: canadians are just have just given up on america. we don't see america showing leadership. we don't see america doing anything good for almost anybody . it is about these super pac's that run the country. we canadians just don't understand how the government could be for the people, but then is more or less for the top 1%. anybody who can get out tens of millions of dollars can control the government. we canm -- that is all say from canada. is so strange. -- it is so strange that the supreme court has let this happen. and people have closed their eyes on abortion. i believe things like abortion are not in thee top 10 of anybody's list. host: mark, thank you for your view in canada. niel, a phone call reported tweeting out, there is unavoidable irony that ellis island and the statue of liberty are now closed due to the lapse in appropriation. nikki is in georgia, republican. go ahead. caller: thank you very much. what i wanted to say, the last color was right, absolutely right. caller was right, absolutely right. congress -- president trump said he was going to drain the swamp. well, that swamp is very deep. and -- weo go ahead need to get rid of some of the leadership in congress. in both parties. and i am not pointing fingers at either party. some of them need to go home. that is the way i feel about it. host: how far has president trump gotten in draining the swamp? did you feel like it would've gone farther in his one year in office? caller: i was hoping that he would get more. but it is hard to do. be elected these people to run congress -- we elected these people to run congress, but this is a do-nothing congress. they keep kicking the can down the road. host: more from greta brawner in c-span. >> reported tweeting out one challenge for schumer is not a very known national figure. d.c. powerhouse lacks the president's global celebrity. but seemingly unconvinced the party will succeed. and one interesting thing mark meadows just said, who is the chair of the freedom caucus, talking to my senate colleagues, there were a lot of promises made last night, but none that will become law. htags, schumerhas shut down in the last hour has had 13,000 tweets are the trump shut down #23,000. host: marie is working in ohio. how is a shutdown impacting you? caller: it's -- it has impacted me tremendously. i am considered a central worker. i will be working without pay. very trestle. i am a single mother. i have two children. one in college. you know, i have bills to pay. considering how we are being held hostage. using our federal worker's job as a bargaining tool almost. you know, it is upsetting, stressful. even the central workers that are working really not getting a lot of productivity if you go to work because it is upsetting. kindo you work under this of pressure, not knowing when you are going to get paid? a lot of us work paycheck-to-paycheck. i don't think the american thele really realizing impact this does. i work for the social security administration, so we help the elderly, the disabled. these are our most vulnerable people in our society. and they are going to be effected by the shutdown. so, our people, our leaders need to get it together. host: marie, how much time did you and your colleagues then in the last week or two just getting ready for a shutdown as opposed to doing your other normal work? caller: probably at least the last 30 days or more. yeah. at least. host: thank you for the call. in ohio, diane is in pennsylvania. a democrat. go ahead. caller: yes. i would like to say that this is 100% on trump's shoulders. he kept saying, build a wall, build a wall, build a wall. took and literally that he was going to build a wall. now, we can even pass a clean bill for children? we are christians. we are compassionate people. christians, the bible says, take care of the widows and the children. it did not say how they became widows. it did not say what kind of circumstances that they are under in the situation they are in. it said, take care of the children. so, how can the people in the house and senate deny a chip bill? , the 800,000amers or so undocumented workers, i mean undocumented children that their fault.is not you are never going to get rid of 800,000 people. and if you do, tell me, where are you going to get the money from to send these people back to countries you think they are from? host: a lot of discussion on who was to blame. here is the polling out today on the topic. the washington post news poll asks, who do you think is naming responsible for this situation? was thed republicans response of 40% of those who took that survey between january 15 and 18. there was a poll of 1000 adults. democrats were blamed by 28% of respondents. both equally, 18% of respondents. and if you saying neither, just 1%. another poll on this from cnn yesterday, overall about half of americans say they would claim either trump, 21%, or his republican counterpart in congress, 28% should congress failed to fund the government as they did by midnight yesterday. would holday they democrats in congress responsible, and another 10% say they blame all three groups. among republicans, 62% would blame democrats, while 33% of democrats would blame republicans, 29%. alan in franklin, kentucky, line for republicans as we await the press conference with house minority leader nancy pelosi. alan, go ahead. caller: hey, good morning. how are you? host: doing well. caller: i would just like to say i heard a lot of people on the is an issue of humanity. i don't think anyone on the right lacks a heart for these people. it is an issue of law. we are dealing with the repercussions. it is as simple as what you allow individuals to -- host: we lost alan. tina is in brooklyn, new york, and independent. go ahead. caller: thank you so much for receiving my call. i am from haiti. i want the public to know that i do have a social security number. i do pay taxes and receive multiple license since my mother came to america at the age of 17. i want -- what i want to have to say about the shutdown, it deserves to happen because we need closure. all of those illegal immigrants that we are being called. and in fact, we do have a social security number. host: when did you come over from haiti? after the earthquake. i was here in 2009. host: and do you plan on never going back to haiti? caller: right now, no. my entire family ended up coming to america. my two sisters, my mother, my mother got married, my stepfather and everyone is here. i am going to haiti right now. my english has gotten better. my friend, i have lost that. and creole is not something i can freely speak. i forgot how to write a lot of things. so it would be starting over again for me. montgomery, in texas, a republican. go ahead. caller: good morning. how are you guys doing? host: doing well. caller: as a diehard republican, daca needs to be fixed, but in the long run, i think democrats honestly, know matter how they feel for these illegals, it is coming down to voting. they are all going to vote for democrats. that scares republicans down the line. here is a daca fix that the democrats never talk about. let's give them a pathway to citizenship, but don't allow them to vote or 10 years. government assistance for 10 years. they will speak in which and be continually employed with know government assistance. if they could meet all of that, i am a republican that says sign them up or citizenship. was: and our last caller dennis. we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. waiting for house democrats to hold a news conference after meeting behind closed doors to discuss the government shutdown. and a possible path forward. government funding expired last night at midnight after the senate failed to move forward on a temporary spending bill that would have funded the government until february 16. the senate returns today at noon eastern to debate a funding measure that would last until february 8. meanwhile, the house stands in recess until noon eastern for their first vote of the day. that will be a quorum call and we will take you there live in members return. white house legislative affairs director mark short was on capitol hill this morning. while we wait, we will hear what he had to say. [video clip] >> does the president one a -- >> we are anxiously fighting that the government stays open. that is like the president helped to push the vote through the house on thursday. that is why we were pushing for it last night. we're calling members today. we hope democrats will help keep the government opened today. >> why wasn't the long enough of a concession to take a deal? >> i think that the conversation regarding the wall is one that we are excited to see democrats moving and conceding to that, but there is a lot that is important. what we have talked about is the report that came out last week wered over 2500 people trying to come into our country each and every year. that is seven per day. some of that is the

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