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Was actually involved in ending this shutdown? because you hear the white house claiming credit, but was this more white house victory or mcconnell victory? >> i think the president, you know, when you have a winning hand you sit there and hold your hand. there was no reason for the president to go out there and negotiate with himself. the reality is the democrats were going to cave because the public was moving against them for all the reasons that i talked about earlier, and there was no reaso...

>> i think it brought the d.r.e.a.m.er issue to the forefront and highlighted the urgency of the d.r.e.a.m.er issue. it has shown us the faces and the stories of d.r.e.a.m.ers. we have seen the stories of people getting deported and separated from their children. what it is doing to the american families and american way of life. it is highlighted urgent issue that needs to be addressed. also showing the horrible -- it showed that chuck schumer could take a position and could hold it for two day...

The presidents position on the d.r.e.a.m.ers depends on when we get in exchange. is that a position? >> well, i think what it represents is a negotiation and what hes saying essentially is there should be symmetry in this negotiation. the president has indicated that he wants to solve the daca issue and so do most members of congress and we can get that done and it does need to be coupled with border security measures so we dont find ourselves in this position in the future. its hard to negotiat...

To you how much president trump was involved. was this white house victory or mcconnell victory? >> when you have a winning hand, you hold your hand. there was no reason for the president to go out and negotiate against himself. there was no reason for the president to go out and do anything other than stand his ground and say we will deal with this issue separately. not going to include this in the spending package. i agree something needs to be done on this issue. i also want to point out the ...

Its unfair to them and to their families. want to talk the politics of all this with our bipartisan panel. robby mook, rick santorum and anna navarro. did this shutdown accomplish anything in your view? >> i think it brought the dreamer issue to the forefront. i think it highlighted the urgency of the d.r.e.a.m.er issue. it has for the last week, the last ten days, shown us the faces and the stories of d.r.e.a.m.ers. we have seen the stories of people that are getting deported, how they are ge...

Along with that -- and part of the discussion we had was -- you have to have your laws in some fashion so that you dont invite illegal immigration so you can get back to legal immigration. we may not get all the way tlul that discussion but we have to take care of the daca issue and the border security side of it and we dont have a lot of time in which to get it done. >> senator king, what would be the stumbling blocks for you in whatever comes to the floor of the senate. sounds like you just ha...

The issue. if we can do a combination of those where we can answer with one of the presidents requests with regards to his campaign promises and at the same time take care of these individuals who are in the country right now, get them into the work force and give stability in their lives i think weve got a win-win situation and maybe along the way we can do something about the h 2b visa issues as well. >> so border security is a catch all issue. what do you mean? is that a physical wall on the ...

Important things happened. number one, he committed to bringing a bill to the floor on a date certain, number two, he talked about a neutral level playing field, a neutral bill in order to give us an even chance to get at this issue and finally, if you recall earlier last week and for the prior couple weeks, mitch mcconnell said i wont deal with this issue because the president hasnt told us what hes for and wed only be spinning our wheels. as of yesterday morning, mitch mcconnell said were not ...

Going forward but he did what he needed to do and he walked out the winner not the loser. >> yeah. i think that it included the comments where he called certain countries horrible names. i dont know -- >> well, i wouldnt ever excuse those kinds of comments. on the other hand, when you take them out and start spreading them around and exacerbate the situation, you have to ask yourself whether youre being helpful or not but the issue there was in my view you should havent tried to end run the proc...

Taking your milk out for your seria cereal. this isnt the thing we should celebrate. look, shoes tied, wow! on daca, on the d.r.e.a.m.ers, democrats had said they were not going to vote for any funding bill for the government unless it settled the daca matter and protected the 700,000 young people. in the end the democrats in the senate did for the most part vote for a funding bill without those protections. but the democrats did make the republican senate leader mitch mcconnell agree for the fi...