I want to start with garrett haake, you are in the center of the action. Weve been hearing from lawmakers. To my ears, i dont hear any break in this gridlock. Whats your take at this hour . Reporter yeah, you with choose your own news here at this point, depending on who youre talking to. Im outside a meeting thats been going on Susan Collins office and the democrats coming out have said no comment, on made vague comments like theres been progress. Lindsey gram just left. Hes been probably the sagelemost key negotiator. He sees some of the dynamics as potential something to be optimistic about, specifically this idea that the senate would be able to move forward sometime
optimism their close to turning a corner. The work will continue at least until tomorrow. Just to drill down on the point you make, they are considering essentially the deal that seems to be gaining the most team is this shortterm threeweek deal. So the question is why would democrats go for this deal when they Wouldnt
The wall. I believe mexico will pay for the wall. I have a Good Relationship with mexico. Were negotiating nafta. In some form mexico will pay for the wall. But mexico will not pay for the wall and that is why the American Government is on the verge of a shutdown. Donald trump humiliated himself to everyone with a High School Level understanding of government when he first said mexico will pay for the wall. And then he got personally humiliated on the telephone with the president of mexico when the president of mexico told him he would not pay for the wall. To which the president of the United States said, you cannot say that to the press. If you are going to say that, mexico is not going to pay for the wall, then i do not want to meet with you guys anymore, because i cannot live with that. There was the great negotiator the trump voters put in the white house. The great tough guy the trump
country that kind of power. What if his Campaign Speech had been, we will build a wall and i wil
Thats that this is a question of president ial leadership. At the end of the day, it will come down to the president of the United States being willing to lead in a big picture and in a more macro sense, make a decision what he can support and pull the trigger on it. Here was Lindsey Graham in our conversation just a few minutes ago. What the house sent over is unacceptable to me. The cres can i the militar chs kill the military. I appreciate House Colleagues but we need to get this done. Were inside the 10 yard line. We need a white house that can make a decision and stick to it. And andegreeia, Lindsey Graham has cultivated his relationship with the president and the attempted skill of talking to the president through the television. And i think theres a lot of message sending going on that look, the way out of this is for the president to live up to what he talks about as the tuesday
version of the president from last week when he seemed to embrace willingness to deal with a biparti
And it was it was also amazing that it was just it was so hard to hear her. You know, we could have very easily taken two more steps and wouldnt be able to hear her at all. Joining us from montecito, california, Gadi Schwartz. Videos of images coming out of there, unbelievable to see and see that girl pulled out as that guy said and so unscathed from it. What are you seeing on the ground there, gadi . Reporter yeah, such a remarkable rescue. That 14yearold girl thought she had died when they pulled her out. All of his hit around 3 45 in the morning. Most people were sleeping in houses like this. They wake up, their neighbors, alarms going off, theyre surrounded by what, they get in the car, try to hunker down in their home. And this was the type of debris
this is what happens. Well talk to bill karins about that in a little bit. Gadi schwartz, thank you. In a rare public event President Trump put in full display the bipartisan negotiation over a deal to protect thousand of undocumented