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Obstructionist losers, not legislators. so the white house is very clearly taking this daca issue, the status of about 700,000 undocumented people who came here as children, off the table and saying democrats need to come back and negotiate on the central issue here which is government funding. the white house clearly believing that they have the upper hand, not democrats. >> so lets talk about vice president pence because i understand that he weighed in en route to the middle east. with what wa...

White house put out a statement in support today. this follows the daca issue where he came out for and against something at the same time. >> in this case i think hes getting out ahead of the talking points of the republican leadership. there have been a number of people in congress who have been going after the fisa act, some genuine libertarians like rand paul, others because its a way to try and discredit the investigation into links with the russians during the campaign. i think donald trum...

Hated the comments that he made in this interview. take a listen. >> hes very definitely changed his attitudes towards the daca issue. and even the wall. he has evolved in the way hes looked at things. campaign to governing are two different things and this president is very, very flexible in terms of what is within the realm of the possible. >> reporter: now, remember that john kelly came into this administration with sort of midway through and tried to put his own stamp on it. but clearly that...

Present. hashtag democrat shutdown. correspondent manu raju joins us now live from capitol hill. so manu, what are you hearing about these meetings? >> reporter: well there is dividing lines stark this morning. i can tell you the republicans in this conference meeting largely united behind their insistence that immigration should not be tied to any bill to open the government. they are saying out of this meeting the government should be reopened first before we deal with any side negotiations on...

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Just the movement and what youre hearing and seeing earlier? >> this was pushed by senators who are trying to get a consensus around the various things they are saying. lets keep the government open until february 8th and well negotiate these other matters separately. we wont even talk about these issue others. we need a commitment to see if these issues like daca and disaster relief and we need to make sure theres a commitment that these will become law. not just a vote. not an assurance, but a...

Compromise to the daca issue. there is a bipartisan desire to find a solution as we saw an yesterday at the white house. yet, the details, exchanges between the president and lawmakers in both parties made clear there are still clear big bipartisan disagreements whether immigration issues must also be addressed as part of any deal. the president giving mixed signals about his bottom line in the meeting yesterday but since made clear he wants some border wall funding in any deal. conservatives wa...

Funding by three weeks. what do you think he means? >> well, he intends to move to immigration as a part of the package. and, look, the reality is we have to address the issue surrounding immigration in order to get everything else put together. it is part of the deal. and i think he is very sincere in his message. he was very clear to us last evening when he met with him, the reality is we have got to be able to address this issue or were not going to get the rest of the package completed, incl...

Reason why, theyre frustrated with the process, they are very frustrated and most importantly, very disruptful on where republicans are on the daca issue. whether or not theyll get to a resolution on that issue. because of that, they dont believe theres any reason to agree to anything right now, short of some type of legislative option on daca. heres the reality, in a short period of time, those deals arent anywhere close. the bipartisan proposal on daca has been rejected by the president, by re...

Deal with government funding. that was not the case in 2013 when the shutdown was engineered by ted cruz over repealing and replacing obama care. so here have you this issue mitch mcconnel said democrats are trying to insert a bill. theres a deadline to deal with daca march 25 and republicans keep coming back to this saying theres time why do we have to address this now. theres been a pivot by republicans in the last couple days. we heard them using the term daca. at the end of the week you hear...