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Compassionate solution to the daca situation. he wants to give them certainty. but any daca solution has got to include border security, to include a wall. steve: right. >> end of chain migration and an end to this diversity lottery. he has been very clear about that from the beginning. steve: right. he has been very clear about it, senator, and yet durbin and flake and graham brought this proposal to him last thursday and part of that stuff was there but the rest of it wasnt and he said are you...

Level playing field vehicle. it was a more explicit commitment. and that is what i think made the difference. this is not a small deal. people are saying, i heard one of your reporters saying we cant guarantee what the house is going to do. you cant. that is not how this place works. the best thing we can do in terms of the house is get a bill that passes by 60 or 60 votes and then we have the presidents attention and the houses attention and that is what we are trying to do. i was in a bipartis...

Path forward protection. what does that mean? are you asking to make d.r.e.a.m.ers citizens? >> we have a bipartisan agreement that has been reached by senator graham and durbin with enough support to pass the united states senate. we believe also the house of representatives. it does provide protection for d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> pathway to citizenship. what else, senator? >> well, we believe republicans will support that. what they want is something in exchange for that. the real hangup has been bor...

A lot of subparts to the border security issue. youve got daca, the d.r.e.a.m.ers, the bigger problem of -- >> congressman, yes or no, is that a problem that you dont know where the president stands on the wall? >> absolutely. >> this is a concern, im sure, to you and your constituents. >> absolutely thats a concern that the white house might take one position today and one position tomorrow. im sure in time well see a coalescing on shalls that will serve the united states of america. unfortunat...

Thinking. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you, chris. >> all right. so it is good that somethings happening in washington, d.c. that gives us some type of window into action for friday. but why go with one month again, february 16th being this funding date? why kick the can down the road? >> well, i know everyone in america asks the same questions, but we need 60 votes if the senate, chris. theres still a filibuster, and we still have to do something on daca/d.r.e.a.m.ers, the 800,0...

Very clued in to the white house. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you, chris. >> it is good that somethings happening in washington, d.c. that gives us some type of window into action for friday. but why go with one month again, february 16th being this funding date? why kick the can down the road? >> i know everyone in america asks the same questions, but we need 60 votes in the senate, chris. theres still a filibuster. and we still have to do something on daca slash dreamers. the ...

Not to sell books or carry a tv show. his job is to solve problems that he has to work with democrats. for ten years i have been working on this. obama tried it, couldnt do it, bush tried it, to couldnt do it, donald trump will be the president that can do it, he has credibility on the border security issue that nobody else has. he does have compassion for these kids, we are going to get a good deal under his leadership. the difference between being a radio talkshow host and tv personality and p...

Working on this. obama tried it. couldnt do it. bush tried it. couldnt do it. donald trump will be the president that can do it. hes got credibility on the border security issue that nobody else has. he does have compassion in his heart for these kids. were gonna get a good deal under his leadership. and the difference between being a radio talk show host and tv personality and president is that as president youve got to solve problems. >> martha: let me ask you, when is that going to happen? is...

Long time. and maybe beyond that immigration as a whole. but any solution has to include the wall, because without the wall it all doesnt work. >> and, josh, the premise of the question was, you said yesterday, mr. president, that basically you would sign whatever this group of bipartisan lawmakers came up with and put in front of you. you would sign it. what if it didnt have the wall? thats unlikely because republicans would insist. but he clarified there. >> rightment i think thats helpful for...

>> the president is committed to making sure it gets done. we know the wall and other security measures at the border work. we have seen it take place over the last decade and we are committed to making sure the american people are protected, and were going to continue to push forward and make sure the wall gets built. >> kat: >> kat: house speaker paul ryan rejected that threat, saying the house had already passed funding for border security and insisted shutdown was not necessary. senate minor...