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Do you think democrats in the senate would have us buy-in on this, would draw this line in the sand without that kind of activity? >> lets remember what this is about. this is about the dreamer population, more than 700,000 kids who came here through no fault of their own and basically have grown up as americans and are contributing to our country. democrats have been for fixing that problem for a long time, former president decades. most republicans have been, too. thats why its an 80-plus supp...

Going, you know, postal, if you will, on the nfl players taking a knee, which was only a handful of players at the time. makes that into a big base issue. >> not being deeply immersed in the details of legislative negotiations, its very easy for him, and hes the art of the deal guy. part of being a deal maker is you say things that people want to hear until you are at the sort of sign on the bottom line thing. so we had that chuck and nancy moment several months ago. where did that go? nowhere. ...

>> theres been a lot of activity, in fact, mostly in the manner of tweets, from members of congress, members of the senate, who say, let us handle this. dont end daca. lets do it the right way. one of the criticisms of daca was that like president trump enjoys, president obama also enjoyed the executive orders and things done by presidential decree. congress feels immigration and matters like this are its territory. is there a solution here, where congress takes this over and handles it? >> well...

Is there a solution where congress takes it over and handles it? >> in a sense that would be easier for donald trump. he wouldnt have to make a decision on something that obviously is you know a humanitarian issue. he has said i love the dreamers. he doesnt want to be seen as hard hearted. at the same time its a base issue for him lets get back to that. the fact is being tough on immigration is one of the things he won with his base on. that and the wall were key issues for him. although its a s...

Like president trump enjoyed president obama enjoyed the executive orders and things done by executive decree. congress chafes at this. they feel matters of immigration are its territory. is there a solution where congress takes it over and handles it? >> in a sense that would be easier for donald trump. he wouldnt have to make a decision on something that obviously is you know a humanitarian issue. he has said i love the dreamers. he doesnt want to be seen as hard hearted. at the same time its ...

He wouldnt have to make a decision on something that obviously is you know a humanitarian issue. he has said i love the dreamers. he doesnt want to be seen as hard hearted. at the same time its a base issue for him lets get back to that. the fact is being tough on immigration is one of the things he won with his base on. that and the wall were key issues for him. although its a shrinking base its 31% of the people are very much with him. we have to put in context there other fak to yous -- facto...

Base issue for donald trump. it fits into the whole thing with the wall and the untruths he has told about illegal immigrants causing so much crime in america, which the actual statistics show is not true, that native born americans commit crime at higher rates than immigrants, legal or illegal. but, you know, facts matter to us, but not to the rhetoric that donald trump has promoted. >> can i ask you, and i dont mean to interrupt, a version of a question i just asked nicolle, fair to say no oth...

Sometimes you have to focus on the base issue and have that be your messaging point i think anthony is going to help him do that in a much more clear fashion. >> does this promise more clarity from the president or perhaps even a greater openness to clarity? >> i will use the word enabler. >> hes going to allow donald to be even more donald than he has been so far. >> he did promise, let donald j. trump be donald j. trump. >> exactly. the notion that we need a more authentic donald trump is dist...

Doing sanctuary city type policies, merely because they dont want to get crossed with the federal government. i think by and large, this will sort itself out. i agree with jonah. it is much to do about nothing. politically speaking, i dont think it is bad for donald trump to be mixing it up with the ninth circuit. >> bret: the same spot, san francisco, for the kate steinle murder, which he talked a lot on the campaign trail. >> responding to this ruling, mentioning the fact that san francisco is...

Senator mccain, graham, rubio. >> yes, senator roy blunt of missouri and senator bob corker of tennessee, these are two senior people who have been very quiet the first three and a half, four weeks and now we have some sound of them speaking out. theyre concerned about these links with russia. >> lets listen. >> i think its likely general flynn at some point will be asked to come and talk to the committee about both post election activities and any other activities he would be aware of. >> the b...