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Stay. if you are going to fix the dreamer problem, i think congress absolutely showed, its the right thing to do and i think president trump is made that clear, to pair that legislative action with some form of enforcement, immigration enforcement, border security, it makes sense, it is a reasonable trade, it should be a lay up for to get this done but we are living in a very polarized time into very dysfunctional setting. >> jon: sometimes doing what makes sense in washington isnt necessarily e...

The caribbean. we will have more on "americas news headquarters," stay tuned, top of the hour. >> jon: lets get back to our discussion on tax reform and other issues bedeviling washington right now. kevin brady is chairman of the house ways and means committee, part of the big six he met with president trump to iron out some details. you heard from the president, that announcement, he said there is a bi-party deal to raise the debt ceiling. can we say the same thing about tax reform? >> the cloc...

Not have control of our borders. >> jon: and associate editor and columnist for "real clear politics." and guy benson. welcome to the both of you. take on that point, first of all, the speaker of the house saying this is a symptom of a problem that we do not have control of our borders. the fact of the matter is, he is right. no matter what you think about the children who came here who are now basically adults, 26 years old on average, it is part of the immigration problem, the results of the m...

Constituents, how do you answer that argument? >> traditionally in times of great crisis, the federal government steps in to lend a hand. this was the worst disaster recorded, the damages are unbelievable. ive been through a lot of hurricanes, ive never seen anything like this. the waters havent even receded yet. as tough as texans are, we will rebuild what we can do it by ourselves and either can louisiana. we are going to work to make sure weve got a rebuilding program, i wanted to be helpful,...

Deal, i think we are going to have great support. i really believe that congress is going to work very hard on daca and come up with something. thank you, everybody. >> jon: the president in an audio briefing aboard air force one as he gets ready to head to north dakota. texas congressman kevin brady was meeting with the white house yesterday along with a number of the other key leaders of the house and senate, he is chairman of the house means committee. that is a big announcement from presiden...

Say you have to give us everything we want, a clean bill or else we are going to obstruct and deny president trump any sort of cooperation? there are political incentives on both sides not to get a deal done even though logistically and policy wise it should be a pretty easy one to accomplish. >> jon: we will see what washington does. thank you both. >> heather: we are continuing to monitor hurricane irmas movement as a category five storm takes aim at florida. senator marco rubio will join us n...

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