Funding, disaster relief, daca and Border Security and other important matters, that weve been negotiating, and that i would like to bring to the floor, then they will stop their filibuster and this shutdown and let the negotiators get back to work. The congressional leaders tell me to negotiate with President Trump. President trump tells me to figure it out with the congressional leaders. This political catch 22 never seen before has driven our government to dysfunction. Rick weve got Fox Team Coverage from our Nations CapitalGarrett Tenney at the white house with reaction from the Trump Administration. But lets kick things off with Mike Emmanuel on capitol hill. Whats the latest on this bipartisan push to get a deal . We have got about two dozen moderate senators both republican and democrat meeting feeling like they need to get a deal to reopen the government as soon as possible. Senator graham of South Carolina is one of those senators, he
told us they need to try to get this done tonight. He said trying to do it tomorrow will be much tougher. Graham was one of the republicans who voted with democrats against the government funding package late friday night. Others in that Bipartisan Group sound hopeful. When was the last time you saw 22 senators meeting day after day and the number of senators keeps growing with each meetings that we have . And each one of them is committed to getting to a solution. And that to me is very encouraging. Both sides have got to make some compromises. You know, as senator from virginia where we have a huge number of federal employees we need to get this resolved. Two members of the Senate Republican leadership john cornyn of texas says his bet on the government will be shut down tomorrow. Roy blunt of missouri says they are voting at 1 00 a. M. Thats not a very good sign. Blunt says 10 00 p. M. Would be a little better, perhaps a sign of
progress. Rick . Rick what are top House Leaders saying . House Republican Leaders say they are willing to accept a deal that the senate is going to vote on late night tonight. Take a listen to this. Were hopeful that in the senate i know they are having some meetings. I hope that they would be able to move that and if they take a week off the continuing resolution, we will take that and keep government working and make sure come Monday Morning Everything is up and running. The House Democratic leader called on President Trump to help cut a deal. Every one of our solutions on the path to an agreement which we could make in an hour, we want the president to come to the table and negotiate how we can do this in a very short period of time to open up government. A lot of folks here expressing the concern that this if this is not figured out quickly, positions could harden. And this could be a very long Government Shutdown. Rick . Rick Mike Emmanuel on capitol hill. Thank you. The white house putting pressure on congress to end the shutdown and the president suggesting the senate employ a Nuclear Option to break the impasse Something SenateMajority Leader has said he is opposed to doing. Mr. Trump tweeting great to see how hard the republicans are fighting for our military and safety at the border. The democrats just want Illegal Immigrants to pour into our nation unchecked. If stalemate continues republicans should go to 51 Nuclear Option and vote on real longterm budget no crs. Thats what the president tweeted. Our Garrett Tenney joining us from the white house. This is not the first time that the president has urged the senate to use the Nuclear Option. No it is not. It likely wont be his last either. You have to remember, this president is someone who is used to getting things done. One of the Biggest Challenges for him during his first year in office has been having to rely on extremely divided senate in order to move his agenda forward. In the shortterm, the Nuclear Option would help with that. It would allow the senate to
pass the bills with a simple majority of 51 votes rather than 60. And this morning on fox and friends, Deputy Press Secretary said that given the current climate in the senate, it is difficult to get anything done. Its definitely been our position that the senate has been dysfunctional in many ways because of the filibuster, it blocks nominee, blocks all kinds of meaningful legislation, there are hundreds of great pieces of legislation that the house has passed that gets stalled in the senate. As you mentioned, though, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has flatly rejected that idea on multiple occasions. And that is because republicans know all too well how enacting the Nuclear Option could set a precedent that could back to bite them down the road if they are in the minority and democrats retake the majority. Rick a number of law mangers are now suggesting lawmakers are now suggesting that they cant rely on the white house. We are hearing this from a number of lawmakers in both parties. It is largely focused on members of the president s staff. Chuck schumer continues to say the president is unreliable negotiating partner. He claims he and the president reached a deal on friday to address daca and avoid a Government Shutdown but the president later backed out of that deal after meeting with his staff. This Afternoon Press Secretary Sanders pushed back on that saying in a statement Senator Schumers memory is hazy because his account of fridays meeting is false and the president s position is clear. We will not negotiate on the status of unlawful immigrants while Senator Schumer and the democrats hold the government for millions of americans and our troops hostage. Republican Senator Graham has also claimed that the president initially supported a bipartisan deal that graham negotiated with democratic senator dick durbin, but that the president then did a 180 on it after his staff intervened. Today graham praised the president s Chief Of Staff john kelly, but said the president s other advisors are getting in
the way of congress reaching a deal. All i can say about the white house, their staff has been unreliable to work with on this issue. I think the president s in a good spot in terms of understanding what deal will work. Hes just got to commit to it. The senate is going to do somebody has got to lead. The white house staff has been pretty unreliable. The house is locked down. The white house claims the deal that graham presented failed to address several of the president s must have issues in regards to immigration, specifically, securing the border, and fixing our Immigration System as a whole. And tonight they are firing back saying in a statement as long as Senator Graham chooses to support legislation that sides with people in this country illegally, and unlawfully instead of our own american citizens, we are going nowhere. He has been an outlier for years. Rick . Rick Garrett Tenney at the white house. Garrett, thank you. Of course the longer this government is shut down, the
worse it will get for many americans. Its also led to the closure of Many National parks and monuments including one very famous Beacon Of Hope the Statue Of Liberty in New York Harbor shut down. We have the details from our new york newsrooms. You know, lady liberty is of course one of the Main Attractions that people come from all over the country and all over the world really to see in new york. And a lot of people buy their tickets well in advance, but this weekend the closest that they could get to lady liberty is if they took a tour on a privately operated ferry. Now tomorrow the statue and ellis island will reopen. The governor announced the state will pay National ParkService Employees about 65,000 a day to do it. Take a listen. I know that the Statue Of Liberty is a federal federally controlled memorial. But its a major Income Generator for new york state. We want to keep tourism flowing. We want people coming. And we dont want any disruption. He says its important for new yorks economy, but for tourists who came here this weekend, it was a huge disappointment. Listen. Certainly theres plenty of blame to go around, but i had a few choice words for Senator Schumer. Normally i would be mad, but i believe the shutdown is for a good reason. I mean, this stuff needs to be taken care of. And tomorrow visitors will be able to go out to see the statue starting bright and early the first ferry departs at 8 30 in the morning. Rick thats great for new yorkers but what about all the other National Parks . Thats a good question. About a third of the National Park sites in the United States were completely closed today. Thats according to the National Parks conservation association. Many places that could be like the liberty bell in philadelphia have been closed. A number of parks and museums have stayed open or at least semiopen. In yellowstone National Park people could use the land but
visit centers and bathrooms were closed. This is our public land. We should be able to use it any time. Unfortunately the park employees i dont know if they will get paid or not. But it is what it is. And Congress Better get their act together. In washington, d. C. , the smithsonian museums and the national zoo are staying open at least through monday. Open air parks and monuments including the War Memorials have also remained accessible. The government trying to avoid a replay of what happened back in 2013. Thats when veterans were being turned away from their own memorial. For those Planning Trips to national sites, they should check ahead of time. It is still up in the air what will and will be open tomorrow and rick Going Forward if the government stays shut down. Rick thank you. For more on this, lets bring in Commentary Writer for the washington examiner. Weve seen this movie before. And the longer it plays out, the worse it gets for a lot of
folks. In your opinion, who are the biggest losers as this government remains shut down . Right now everyone loses. I mean, there arent any winners and theres a lot of confusion thats happening in washington. You could probably put most of the blame on President Trump and chuck schumer, simply because they cant come to an agreement on a deal. But you also have to look at the democrats. They are trying to basically jam nonspending measures through chip which is an Authorization Bill and daca which is another nonspending measure into a spending bill. So a continuing resolution is simply a spending bill. If they can get that through, then they can at least talk about chip and reauthorizing it as well as daca and finding a permanent solution for that. Rick these two sides have never been close, since President Trump took office. So what would lead us to believe that they could actually work something out . Well, i mean, of course President Trump has talked about the Nuclear Option bringing it from the 60 vote threshold to the 51 vote threshold. I cant see it happening. What i can see is democrats
further digging up the trenches like in world war i on the Western Front and basically not giving up an inch to what republicans are trying to get accomplished. Rick we have been hearing a lot about democrats winning backseats in the midterms, but winning back seats in the midterms but if this drags on, i dont see how this helps them. This actually hurts democratic momentum in terms of the blue wave that we saw in 2017 in alabama and virginia. And new jersey. These are things that could hurt democrat chances especially in red states. You are looking at Claire Mccaskill in missouri, very vulnerable. You have arizona which is a Toss Up State right now. These are seats that would determine whether democrats control the senate in 2019. Cant believe were already talking about 2019. This is something that democrats really need to factor into their decision whether they are going to vote on this cr. Rick for the record you are the first to talk about 2019 that i have heard. The democrats obviously you
mentioned the daca demand and the president wants immigration reform. And they are obviously very far apart on this. But meanwhile, mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader has called this a manufactured crisis. He also said this earlier. Lets listen. Who pays the price for that . Healthcare for needy children. Training and resources for our Men And Women in uniform. Care for our veterans who came home and Survivor Benefits for families of heroes who did not. Rick the veterans, the real 1 percenters still have to go to work and dont collect paychecks and their families have to deal with not getting paid for as long as this goes on. Well, theres one thing about this Government Shutdown, i mean, it is a partial shutdown. And the main Silver Lining that you could take away from this is that agencies are forced to recognize who is essential and not essential to making the government function. And in times of crisis like
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