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And i wont win all the time, the democrats wont win all the time but something will come out and the things is, is the daca issue has been held hostage to people on the left who want their perfect immigration bill or nothing and people on the right who want nothing. and so really, id say lets vote on it. put it forward and vote on it. the impasse could end today if republicans would promise just to have a week of immigration votes, have a conclusion, let us all put forward amendments. the americ...

To call the president, can, they know that. he works the phones himself. erin, we still dont understand why democrats who support each individual piece in the continues resolution dont support the continuing resolution. you now have democrats against s chip. you now have democrats against border patrol agents because they want to resolve people who came across the same border illegally. this president has said he has committed to resolving the daca issue. i know many people do not expect him to ...

Spending levels. the democrats have wanted a commitment to get those into law. some way to get it under the presidents desk. its unclear how mitch mcconnell made that xhicommitment in this meeting, but in a sign that things are not going particularly well, senator john cornyn, the senator majority whip, just emerge fd from his office and spoke to reporters about the idea of having a vote on the daca issue before february 8th, which is the time frame for when this proposed stopgap measure would e...

The government. i was opposed to the shutdown in 2013, im a republican and was opposed to the shutdown when barack obama was president and i was one of those who opened up the government, and i certainly dont favor a shutdown now that donald trump is president. i dont think this should be a blame game. i think that we should work in a bipartisan capacity to move the nation forward and, certainly, to open up the government. >> well, talk to me about your thoughts on the presidents involvement or ...

A crisis to meet with these dreamers, you heard secretary nilsson admit shes never met a dreamer, i would think theyd have their minds open, if they met with one of these people impacted by the threats donald trump is making. >> scott, you want to respont to that? >> i share brians passion on fixing the issue on daca. >> they deserve legal certainty. virtually every republican i know agrees with that, i dont think theres broad consensus in the congress and the white house right now over what tha...

And in his support of trying to find ways to bring the black unemployment down and support our community. >> good numbers on unemployment, 3% approval from black americans, the latest cnn polling. not great numbers on approval ratings from black americans. final thought from you. >> words matter, tweets matter. if youre the president of the united states, you need to understand that. and lets take a look at why were here today. were here today because one week ago, the president said something i...

Truth to that, the democratic base is itching for a fight and theyre very concerned about the daca issue, they want their party on the hill to use the budget as leverage. were having trouble coming to an agreement not on a long term spending plan, and not just on daca, but on a four-week spending plan to buy them time for negotiations. part of the problem is that there is not a lot of trust to go around. republicans dont trust the president, never mind democrats, and the president has a habit of...

Win legislatively, but i dont think he knows what that looks, like, i think were in this situation youre showing right there on the split screen. >> were watching the vote happening now on the senate floor. as soon as they have the votes and we know what the grand sum total is, we will bring it to you, i have another polling question for you. 56% of americans believe its more important to avoid a government shut down that protecting the dreamers. what does that mean for the democrats? are they p...

Against every bill. they want a better budgeting process and long-term funding bill and major spending cuts so. theyre kind of baked into a short term c.r. and you have senator graham and jeff flake. senator graham where you see on the floor right now continuing o f the resolution is one of the central player of the daca issue. hes a coauthor to deal with that issue and of the proposal that the president rejected. you also have senator jeff flake, hes also in the game of six related to the bipar...

I dont deal with the president and his team on a regular basis. mitch mcconnell has said it plainly for the last two weeks when it comes to the d.r.e.a.m.ers, to the daca issue. there is nothing republicans are willing to do on capitol hill right now until they know exactly what the president is going to sign. he is the leader of the party. he determines the agenda. hes the one that kind of sets the tone for everything thats happening. and i also think they are very clearly aware that they dont ...