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Something that we dont want to see. >> today you said that you received a commitment from the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell that there will be a vote in january on daca, that is the d.r.e.a.m.ers, the kids that were brought to this country illegally when they were children through no fault of their own and a path to some sort of legal status for them. president trump seems to have a long wish list of demands to make on a deal on the d.r.e.a.m.ers, hes called for border wall funding, a c...

>> funding a border wall and finding solutions is a big issue in the country. and what if there is something to take care of that. that senator from arizona, and theres a way to pay for the wall and get these funds utilized? >> and something will allow those kids who were brought here as children will be able to stay in over a 10-year period they would be in a probationary stage in which they can obtain a green card. thats similar of other provisions that are been there before. we also added a b...

Remember we have to get 60 votes in the senate. we cant do this as part of reconciliation. when the president talked to chuck schumer and nancy pelosi obviously were going to need to bring the democrats in, in the senate at least. they showed willingness to do border security elements. i hope that what weve introduced is the best way to get there. >> brian: i know you and the president have had friction in the past and i know you werent a big fan of his ass a nominee. you seem to vote with the p...

In some areas of arizona the terrain is so steep that you really cant put anything there except for sensors or do surveillance. it depends on where you are on the border and i think the president knows that. >> and other senators are thinking about doing that also in texas. so you guys are going to merge something and put it together and maybe something we will see in november? >> i think the best thing would to do this with a spending bill. this has to be done six months from when the president...

Speaker paul ryan very, very soon. hopefully more information there. lets bring in republican senator from louisiana, bill cassidy. great to see you. i will talk health care in a second. but do you have an understanding of what the president agreed to when it comes to daca recipients? >> i dont because his tweet go counter to other statements that have been made, but clearly he is trying to link daca with border security and maybe a wall and maybe not a wall. you always had a sense that was the ...

Unaccompanied the right to a hearing essentially whether they stay or get deported. the president has to choose how much he adheres to that 2008 law versus what type of reforms he tries to implement and whether he can get those reforms through congress. so its a very tough situation for the president. they requesting a 2 billion supplemental today to handle the case laws and border security elements of it. when you talk to the administration officials, even they recognize that that is just one s...

So big vote tonight in the u.s. senate, 67-27, on the border security amendmenamendment. what does that mean big picture? >> we made improvements for the bill. 700 miles of fencing. cant take it out in the future like in the past. 20,000 new borer agents, doubling the size of the border patrol. mandated technology. at a minimum, this is what the secretary of homeland security can do. some are saying she can ignore that, but she cant. minimum standards, real improvement on the border security. i ...