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Past agreed we need. the president is not asking for too much. and were going to put on the table some ideas that have been embraced in the past. the question is can we stop hating each other enough up here to find a way forward that would be a win/win. >> again, thats senator lindsey graham after spending two hours with the president at the white house. there was a lot of what he had to say. lets begin to sort of digest this. sarah westwood joins us from the white house. graham saying the presi...

Security if we could deal with the daca population and tps people. and, hopefully, we can get some serious discussions started maybe as soon as next week. jon: ellison barber is live at the white house now with more. >> reporter: yeah, senator graham said that the president was upbeat, in a good mood and receptive to making a deal if it includes the presidents -- or if it achieves the presidents goals of securing the border. graham said that he does not know when the partial government shutdown ...

Russia is open to dialogue with the united states on the most extensive agenda. this coming at the end of a turbulent year in u.s./russia relations. robert mueller indicting 13 russian nationals in the ongoing russia investigation. thats not all. trump now facing at least 17 known separate investigations into virtually every organization that he has led. joining us now our panel discussing the presidents legal challenges, danny savales. that is a lot of a lot. in terms of investigations, in bord...

Debbie dingell. you heard what jeff bennett was reporting. were waiting for senator lindsey graham to go there. i want to play a bit of what he said earlier on cnn. lets play that. >> i think theres an implication here for nancy pelo pelosis election. shes in that position of being be holden to her left wing as she cannot be seen with agreeing with president on anything until after shes speaker. >> thats obviously not senator lindsey graham. he said heres what i think might work. $5 billion for ...

For a wall/border security, the bridge act and tps reform. i think thats in the realm of possibility. the president didnt commit, but i think hes very open-minded. i know theres some democrats out there who would be willing to provide money for wall border security if we can deal with the daca population and tps people. and hopefully we can get some serious discussions started maybe as soon as next week. >> senator graham, will the president be willing to put halfway to citizenship? not for $5 b...

Daca population and hop fully get some serious discussion started as soon as next week. >> let me begin with your reaction to this vague shape of a deal. the senator seems to suggest there are democrats willing to accept this. we heard from our correspondent saying basically senator lindsey graham sent speaking on behalf of any of the leadership on both sides of the political aisle. what do you make of his statement and this possible deal? >> my two big takeaways are the number of slashes. borde...

That would give both sides something to brag about and calls on them to do a version of the deal that both democrats and republicans have at least tentatively embraced in the past. is that the way out? >> it could be, but the problem is, look, i talked to a former administration official, a former trump official yesterday, who described some of the negotiations earlier in the year over just this kind of deal. and the president was in fact onboard, at least for a time, with the idea of doing some...

The democrats were asking for was not just the daca population, but the parents and people who may have been could have been eligible and didnt apply. the population began to mushroom. the point being what you said. the democrats were willing to put the money on the table. we know there is a possibility to get a deal. if the deal gets bigger and you bring daca back into the conversation, the president said he wants a resolution. there is a pathway to get a deal, but i dont see it happening in th...

That dreamer population. the president came back last january and tripled that up to 1.8. >> the democrats refused to say yes. if you remember back last january, and actually since. as we are seeing today. the plank related to border security they will not agree upon. the president said you are asking for $600,000? here is, $1.5 billion. you have had votes in the house of representatives for different bills that have fixes related to the daca population. the democrats take over at the beginning ...

Disaster funding. will the senate vote yes to that? are there enough there? >> i think the answer is no and no. >> what happens after that? >> good question. some of us are wondering what the strategy is. its a good question. some of us are asking that. >> gentlemen, do you have any idea in. >> heres the sad part. we put a bill on the floor just a few months ago that included not $5 billion for border security but 25 billion in addition to a solution for the daca population. a path to citizenshi...