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Time around. in the past few months, democrats have tried to negotiate for daca in different bills, that have been short-term funding bills. and democrats thus far have prioripr prioritized keeping a deal ep for daca. coming up january 25th is when the current deal expires. so democrats are trying to decide if theyre going to push this time around for a longer term appropriations bill that would address this issue. and the leverage that they have isn is that republicans this time around havent b...

Status for undocumented immigrants brought here as children. that program expires march 5th. democrats want to protect the d.r.e.a.m.ers but president trump says he will not agree to that without funding his border wall. ana navarro and ben ferguson join us. happy new year to you. >> happy new year. >> ben, when was this border wall part of this agreement? thats not what nancy pelosi and chuck schumer say they agree to. >> look, im sure they say they agreed to something very different, very favo...

Saying good luck to these folk who is are working on it which is a bipartisan group of law maker that vowed to bring something to the floor. can they strike a deal? it is hard to see bipartisanship as in very short supply in 2017. we will see if its different this year. >> you are standing by for the white house press briefing coming up later as well. thanks to sarah murray at the white house. lets go deep or whats ahead for the president. the cnn political analyst for the washington examiner. d...

During barack obamas administration, we had in 2016 republicans wanting to impeach the irs commissioner. we tabled that. and now we have some democrats going to the floor with articles of impeachment on donald trump. those have been tabled as well. as i said, lets -- lets just let director mueller finish his work, finish his investigation before we come to any conclusions. >> let me squeeze in another topic here. lets turn to immigration reform. president trump telling democrats he wont consider...

2,000-mile long concrete wall. in fact congressman will herd, republican from texas, is working with the hispanic caucus on some language right now to help create a smart wall, so to speak, as well as a helping the d.r.e.a.m.ers. many of us wanti to see this agreement. its not going to be a wall per se but enhanced border security measures. >> i was going to ask you to talk for us about your decision to retire but im out of time. do you feel liberated at all or what does it feel like? >> it feel...

Been. even though you may feel like theres a sliver, the sliver isnt even happy. >> jessica: what we do know which rarely happens, politicians on both sides of the aisle are making daca their priority. jeff flake said when he went into negotiations to get out yes vote on the tax reform bill, he wanted the provisions for daca and he got a little steam rolled that front. i do see this happening, i agree that it should be a pass for republicans. for the safety of americans and messaging for democra...

Threatening a government shutdown if they couldnt get a legislative fix for daca before the end of the year. were now actually hearing that the white house is going to present a list of policy changes as part of a broader deal that would cover daca as well. what are you hearing about this? >> well, so, as you said, its looking like a daca fix isnt going to be includes in the year-end spending bill which is a short one. its only going to mid-january that -- you know, a number of democrats arent g...

2018 is a fairly spirited debate about how to deal with the issue of immigration and making our borders more secure. theres a lot of sympathy in the country for these young people, daca children who are grown up. i think that debate will get underway, we have until march to deal with that issue and if thats coupled with some stronger border security measures there may be a way in which we can advance some major significant immigration legislation that would accomplish many of the things weve bee...

Budget reconciliation. they dont have that for the stuff they have to pass at the end of the year. they need eight democrats in order to not have fiscal calamity and disaster and credit breach and all that. this is where democrats are going to try to assert the authority. the only problem is if you push it too hard and you are seen as taking too many hostages or doing that stuff endangering the economic health of the country, then it shifts. right now the democrats are sort of padding their way ...

Senate with 51 votes using budget reconciliation. they dont have that for the stuff they have to pass at the end of the year. they need eight democrats in order to not have fiscal calamity and disaster and credit breach and all that. this is where democrats are going to try to assert the authority. the only problem is if you push it too hard and you are seen as taking too many hostages or doing that stuff endangering the economic health of the country, then it shifts. right now the democrats are...