DEVELOPING: President Trump, Senate Minority Leader Schumer and House Minority Leader Pelosi are openly quarreling about proposed border wall and a potential government shutdown in front of press during their ongoing meeting in the Oval Office.
Sen. Schumer: "When the president brags that he won North Dakota and Indiana, he's in real trouble."
JUST IN: "I am proud to shut down the government for border security ... I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not going to blame you for it," President Trump tells Senate Minority Leader Schumer in the Oval Office.
“The fact is, you do not have the votes in the House,” House Minority Leader Pelosi tells President Trump on border wall funding.
President Trump: "Nancy's in a situation where it's not easy for her to talk right now."
House Minority Leader Pelosi: "Mr. President, please don't characterize the strength that I bring to this meeting."
nbcnews.to/2EezUoG
House Minority Leader Pelosi: "Mr. President, please don't characterize the strength that I bring to this meeting."
nbcnews.to/2EezUoG
White House: “President Trump had a constructive dialogue with Democrat Leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi ... Major disagreement remains on the issue of border security and transparency."
Pelosi-Schumer statement: “We gave the president two options that would keep the government open. It’s his choice to accept one of those options or shut the government down.”
Sen. Schumer says President Trump was told in mtg. today that if he shut the government down, Rep. Pelosi would pass a "clean" continuing resolution during the new Congress in January, and "put responsibility” of passing or rejecting it “in Leader McConnell’s lap.”
