Politically, from that statement, this white house thinks and well see whether theyre right or not, they can weather the political storm from a Government Shutdown by saying were not negotiating until schumer backs down. They think inside the white house from my conversations with senior officials there, that Chuck Schumer overplayed his hand on daca and they are going to push back here and say we gave you six years of an extension, a long time for Childrens Health insurance, a program, chip as its known that, democrats said they had to have. The president gave on that. Said hes willing to work on daca. The bottom line is, this white house is taking a very hard line in these negotiations. Shannon sounds like it from that statement. All right, ed henry live on the beat for us, thank you. The president foreshadowing a shutdown a short while ago, tweeting, quote, its not looking good. White house correspondent kevin cork joins us with where the white house goes next. Youre right. It was i
manchin was frustrated during the shutdown. he hates the dysfunction in the senate. one of the republican senators putting the current legislative dysfunction and context is louisiana s john kennedy. besides having a famous name, kennedy has a unique perspective making him one of the go to lawmakers on capitol hill for journalists. correspondent peter doocy tonight on what kennedy is saying. this is senator john kennedy, the capital s only politician who is always got a punch line. i guess what i wants a cross between socrates and dirty harr harry. our country was founded by geniuses but it s being run by idiots. we realized many americans right now, that looks like we are giving lindsay lohan the keys to the minibar. the republican, kennedy, former treasurer and law
no matter what party you support, it s not working. now they re gathered around mitch mcconnell, which you can schumer next to mitch mcconnell, we could be getting to a point where both sides are ironing out details. this is how the sausage is made, they re writing legislation on the senate floor to come up with the specifics on this continuing resolution. we are 14 minutes and 12 seconds into one year since the inauguration. this kay, on january 20 on this day. we are in a place where technically there is a partial shutdown of the u.s. government. shannon: it is, again, phases in slowly, there is discretion in a lot of agencies. some don t have any at all. as you speak of senator kennedy, republican from louisiana, also said this, he said our country was founded by geniuses but it s being run by idiots. bret: yeah. shannon: he s very quotable,
no matter what party you support, it s not working. now they re gathered around mitch mcconnell, which you can schumer next to mitch mcconnell, we could be getting to a point where both sides are ironing out details. this is how the sausage is made, they re writing legislation on the senate floor to come up with the specifics on this continuing resolution. we are 14 minutes and 12 seconds into one year since the inauguration. this kay, on january 20 on this day. we are in a place where technically there is a partial shutdown of the u.s. government. shannon: it is, again, phases in slowly, there is discretion in a lot of agencies. some don t have any at all. as you speak of senator kennedy, republican from louisiana, also said this, he said our country was founded by geniuses but it s being run by idiots. bret: yeah. shannon: he s very quotable,
support, it s not working. now they re gathered around mitch mcconnell, which you can schumer next to mitch mcconnell, we could be getting to a point where both sides are ironing out details. this is how the sausage is made, they re writing legislation on the senate floor to come up with the specifics on this continuing resolution. we are 14 minutes and 12 seconds into one year since the inauguration. this kay, on january 20 on this day. we are in a place where technically there is a partial shutdown of the u.s. government. shannon: it is, again, phases in slowly, there is discretion in a lot of agencies. some don t have any at all. as you speak of senator kennedy, republican from louisiana, also said this, he said our country was founded by geniuses but it s being run by idiots. bret: yeah. shannon: he s very quotable, you hear the frustration in his