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Diplomatic about this. right now i think it was more confusion than anything else when it came to the tweet this morning. i had several republican aides tweet me and say, have you heard anything from the white house to explain what he actually meant about this tweet? they werent sure if it was the d duration of the chip program or the funding. this is a regular thing. this happened last week on the fisa vote, you mentioned. the speaker gets on the phone with the president shortly after the tweet...

Turn out, but the wrench throwing will continue and who knows who will be to blame. >> gloria, he seemed to not be wanting to extend this chip program, and it reminded me of the surveillance extension, he threw a wrench into it, and it had to be fixed by the white house later. this time he sent a tweet and the white house has to make a clarification. >> maybe he needed marc short having to give the president tutorials on things he should know about and understand because theyre important to the ...

>> he fully supports passing this legislation. i talked to him about an hour and a half ago after my speech. >> he tweeted this morning. >> i didnt see what he wrote. i spoke with the president. he supports passing what were bringing to the floor today. >> i was going to ask you about the same thing because you say you didnt -- >> let me go to the next one. >> chip should be part of a long-term solution not a 30 day or short term extension. is that causing you problems? >> it is not causing us p...

President, they have come in with a fair deal of saying, look, you wanted a long-term reauthorization on the chip program, lets work together to ensure that we can pass this short-term spending bill. and i think thats where were hopeful that we are going to get to. >> well, you know, it is a sweetener of the deal to have the chip in this particular thing from the republicans but at the same time, mercedes, you know that the democrats feel that with this daca deal, and they would like daca in thi...

Tweet that said: "chip should be part of a long term solution, not a 30 day, or short term, extension!" >> im not sure what the president means. what this would do is reauthorize the chip program for only five years. its not a 30 day extension. >> even the white house playing clean up saying "the president supports the continuing resolution introducing the house." on a fix for daca, white house officials say they are closer to a deal its been reported with the president reminding on twitter if t...

Publicly that it supports the c.r. but notably today the tweet you just put on have a difference of opinion with house republicans on that childrens program. it should be part of a long-term solution not a 30 day or short-term extension. high ranking republican aid telling us within the last hour or so its not clear the president entirely understand how this works. the chip program is a six year reauthorization as presented by the house bill right now. thats only complicating things. the house r...

Paul ryan or president trump? >> well, president trump definitely wants some changes when it comes to chain migration as well as funding for a border wall. whether that wall goes all the way across the border or not. there is room for negotiation there. i think thats what john kelly was trying to open up, is creating some space after they hope a cr gets done, for them to come back and continue to be talking about a larger budget deal. but the tweet just a few moments ago from the president about...

>> lived through a few of these, yes. >> read the tea leaves for us. where is this headed? is there still time avert a shutdown given they still need 12 democrats. >> there is time. if theres a shutdown and it will be a choice on the part of chuck schumer. the bill will pass the house. theres nothing that anyone objects to thats actually in the legislation. no one objects to funding our troops or keeping the government open no one objects to expanded funding for the opioid crisis or the chip pro...

President may want to pull a rabbit out of the house, but there are technicalities about that rabbit. there are things to do with chip. things to do with daca. it is not the kind of thing you can decide at 10:00 on friday night you want to fix. >> thats right. i spoke with a white house official who says that the president is waiting for the house and the senate to really take the lead on this. the president will really, you know, take some direction from them. you talked about chip. the preside...

Stands? >> i am sure where he stands. he supports passing this legislation. i talked with him after n hour half ago. i didnt see what he wrote, but ive spoken with the president and he supports passing what were bringing to the floor today. >> i was actually going to ask you about the same thing. >> let me go to the next question then. >> chip should be part of a long-term solution, not a 30-day or short-term extension. is that causing you problems? >> its not causing problems at all. chip fundi...