donald trump. and that's not what our founders had in mind. the president can sign or not, but he should never say i'm not even going to put it on the president's desk. take yes for an answer, don't say congress is irrelevant. >> mitch mcconnell is not even giving donald trump a chance to veto legislation the house passed to reopen the government. virtually the same legislation the senate already unanimously agreed on a few weeks ago. at least two republican senators, cory gardener and susan -- cory gaard north american and susan collins, are calling for it even if trump doesn't get the wall. the senators are up for re-election next year and not reliable on the whole breaking with the president thing. back with me, jennifer ruben. and we're joined by michael steele, analyst and former chairman of the rnc. mr. chairman -- >> yeah. >> we talked a little bit in the last hour about mitch mcconnell.