And i think it s very unfortunate. sandra: mike emanuel is live from capitol hill this morning with more. mike, good morning. good morning. senate republicans are saying they re hopeful there will be movement today. it is not clear if it will be on a short term government funding extension or longer term through next september. president trump is tweeting on the topic this morning saying illegal immigration costs the united states more than $200 billion a year. how is this allowed to happen? a key senate republican says he does not see any benefit to a partial government shutdown. i just don t see mrs. pelosi is running the show. i don t think chuck is. i don t think she is going to agree to a single solitaire dime. if we shut down government she ll wait until january 3 and when she is running the show in the house and then send us a budget without a penny for the wall.
What i said was that i support border security. i think walls work. and i would like to see the president sit down with, i think, soon to be speaker pelosi who i think is calling the shots here. on this issue, i don t think chuck s involved, really. i think it s speaker pelosi. i think on this issue, if you turn speaker pelosi upside down and shook her, chuck would fall out of her pocket on this one. i think she s taken the lead and i think we ought to try to work it out but i would like to see let me put it another way. i haven t heard any arguments from speaker pelosi as to why a wall would not enhance border security. i ve heard political arguments. i will simply say because i know we want to talk about a lot and i just say this to put this out there because i want to make sure our viewers know. the republican congressman who represent the districts along the wall do not support a wall in this way so i m just putting it out there. it s not just nancy pelosi and not just democrat
I mean, this is a small price to pay for the great country i ve had the privilege of living in and being an american so i m not going to give up on it. i don t have one republican that i consider not my friend. i want to work with them. if the shutdown had continued, would you have not filed for re-election? i would have been hollering. a lot louder, probably. i don t think chuck had the stomach to go on. he plays a part differently and i don t understand where i understand the dynamics. of our caucus, much different. the democratic caucus, that s a big tent, chuck. that is a big tent and i just said, i come from west virginia. i m representing my state. i m not a washington democrat, i m a west virginia democrat. that s a little different. what is your reaction to the president s reported order to fire bob mueller? how much does that concern you? again, that s new york talk.