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Proportion bigger than those in just daca. >> were open to negotiating that and making sure we get the criteria we clearly laid out. >> is the president planning on going to davos? >> if things go as expected with the reopening of the government, which we expect that they will, the presidents delegation will leave tomorrow and the president will continue on his trip later in the week. >> the priorities of a daca fix, where exactly does that rank. when you talk about what needs to happen for a de...

Along with, the people in the very progressive side are going to say, no way, im not going to vote for this because i want a guarantee of daca, and if theyre not trekkeprotected, ig to say i told you so. >> let me bring in andy card, former chief of staff under president bush. thank you for joining us. the politics of the republican party become very important here in terms of daca and the house, specifically the house. we saw this a few years ago on this idea of comprehensive immigration reform...

It wasnt just a daca fix, i mean there were 10 million people that would have had some path to staying in this country in definitely in the proposal that dick durbin and lindsay graham put in. the idea that there was a bill there that could have passed, that bill would never have passed the house of representatives without republican support. if youre the speaker of the house, youve got to put a bill forward that the majority of your members will vote could. >> vice president mike pence was spea...

Immigration coming into fine focus as this continues. the white house adamant there cant be a conversation about daca until the government is back open. how much of a hurdle is that here for the negotiations to make any real progress? >> democrats have bet everything, that they can do this and get a deal on daca by doing this. hard to imagine them folding quickly on this. they placed auge bet on it. i think theres an obvious deal here, right, whichs daca for wall funding. the reason its obvious ...

Republicans a taste of their own medicine? >> i think its democrats actually fighting for what the majority of the american people want, and its actually democrats fighting for what president trump even promised, not just these kids, but promised both the bipartisan group of republicans and democrats who wanted a daca fix, and president trump promised if you bring me a bipartisan deal, i will sign it. quote, i will take whatever heat there is for this, unquote. and then two days later, instead o...

Policy, but cnn had a poll out today asking people which is more important, to avoid a government shutdown or get a deal to make daca permanent. 56% said they thought avoiding a shutdown was more important. only 34% prioritized daca. so the question just is is a daca fix popular? it is definitely popular, which is part of why you had republicans on the senate floor protesting they, too, wanted to do a daca fix so we shouldnt shut down the government so we agreed were all going to do this and we ...

So i think this is politically hazardous for democrats in a way you dont see by looking at the top line numbers when you poll people on whether they want a daca fix. >> good point. maria, is there a danger that people who otherwise support a path to citizenship for d.r.e.a.m.ers say, i dont know if you should have shut the government down over it. >> i think a lot of folks are. i think that is the risk that schumer takes. i have to say it was a lot of massaging because it took a long time for sc...

Like they did a week ago and go back to the compromise he suggested when he first met with the centrists, dick durbin and lindsey graham. >> is there going to be a daca fix, something that will allow the d.r.e.a.m.ers once and for all to have permanent legal status here in the united states? they were brought here as little kids illegally, but theyve grown up here in the united states. will there be a daca fix that will eventually result down the road and their ability to become u.s. citizens? >...

Clear they dont plan to cross the aisle to help republicans pass a short term budget. >> the president has said that he wants a daca fix. members in both parties and congress have said they want a daca fix and here we are with a government shutdown looming and a daca fix is nowhere in sight. well keep pressing today for congress to take the right action and to come up with a daca fix. because we cant wait any longer. >> if progress cant be made on a month-long budget to fund the government there...

Sort of a daca fix. but do they favor shutting down the government over that? >> they certainly do not. and it really is regrettable that the democrats are willing to shut down the government, which means not just saying no to president trump, but saying no to our military, saying no to longer term extension of the childrens health programs. saying no to federal workers getting their paychecks. look at the paycheck president just yesterday in pennsylvania, bringing ken onto the stage and talking...