Trump. The thing would pass with republicans and democrats alike on the senate floor. It would pass with a majority of the members of the house of representatives, but they need the allclear sign from donald trump. Previously he had said the terms that he would accept, he spelled them out. Thats what durbin and graham negotiated to try to satisfy. They did, and then donald trump moved the goal post. So democrats and republicans on the hill need to hear what his new metrics are for what kind of daca deal he will accept. Is he going to insist, as was rumored, on 20 billion for a border wall . That was the rumor of what he was demanding in the meeting where he rejected the bipartisan deal last week. If thats what he wants, he should come on television at the stroke of midnight when the government shuts down and make his case for that to the American People. I think hell have a hard time making that case because in the campaign he said that wall was going to be paid for by the Mexican Gove
We are seeing here in the senate. It reads, Senate Democrats own the schumer shut down. Tonight they put politics above our national security, military families, Vulnerable Children and our countrys abilities to serve all americans. Well not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while immigrants hold our lawful citizens hostage over their demands. This is the behavior of obstructionist loosers. During this politically manufacturing the schumer shut down, the president and the administration will fight for and protect the American People. Certainly thats a hard line and oppositional stance, they have been telegraphing for days and trying to blame democrats and particularly schumer for the shutdown. This was a statement by the press secretary, i will notice the obstructionist losers, sounds like a quote from the president himself. We have not heard from him in a couple of hours since his last tweet, he noted the negotiations were not going well. I assure it is a matter of time whet
Just let people quote pour into the nation. We want to solve family separation. I dont want children taken away from parents. And when you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away. Thats not good. We want to end the border crisis by finally giving us the legal authorities and the resources to detain and remove illegal immigrant families all together and bring them back to their country. Bill so today we have team fox coverage. Jeff paul is live in texas. Congressman peter king live on the hill with reaction there. Lets start at the white house with kevin corke from the north lawn. Is there concern at the white house they could lose this p. R. Battle . They acknowledge it is not a good look given the publics perception but they also believe that americans can balance the need for compassion with also wanting fairness and a Legal Immigration law that would help people come here the right way. The way millions of others have co
States. Adding to the intrigue surrounding ukraine, an announcement from the state department this morning that secretary pompeo will travel to kiev on friday and meet with president zelensky. The first inperson high level meeting between a u. S. Official and zelensky since President Trumps bilateral discussion back in september. Joining me now, aaron lipton a reporter and one of the authors of todays front page story. Msnbc contributor and former republican congressman david jolly. And analyst phil rucker and from the Washington Post and also in studio john gans, former speech writer to ash carter. And welcome as we dive right into this. And beginning with you, eric, because were watching this now with a different lens when it comes to your reporting. So you have john bolton in the oval office trying to convince President Trump that the aid money was in americas interest only to put on the brakes a month before they release the aid. So what jumped out for all of us, looking at highlig