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Bad bill written by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer? that certainly is a recal ality freedom caucus has to face. >> i would hope all members face that. in my view presidents out united states should never be prisoners to any party. dwight eisenhower was good at getting people to work with sensible solutions. the president obviously is aligned predominantly with the republican party, but he needs to be flexible. he needs to be able to reach into both caucuses to get major legislation done. thats a...

Pathway to citizenship for d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> we said we would support a permanent solution for those in the daca program and i think that would address that. >> any legal status versus pathway to citizenship or does is it not matter to the president. >> i think that is part of the negotiation process. but right now we want a permanent solution for that program. but we also want to keep a big priority for the administration as making sure we dont find ourselves having the same battle in two, thre...

Republicans in the house that helped send the short term funding bill to the senate, but first the latest from you are on team of reporters and we start with garrett haake on capitol hill, jeff bennett is at the white house for us. garrett, any hope on the hill right now that a deal could come from schumers meeting with the president? >> reporter: there is definitely some degree of optimism including from senator schumer himself. and also maybe a small degree of concern from republicans who dont...

I get that. ive always been for the d.r.e.a.m.ers since long before i got into office. my goal was to make something happen for them. given this setup, we know whos in the white house. we know who the majorities are. it might be different if circumstances were different but were living in a reality. this is the most likely path to find a solution for d.r.e.a.m.ers. i hope they stay at the table and lean on senators and house members if we get a good senate bill because we need their energetic ac...

Good bill and its important we put ideas on the table. i referenced the white house and the agreement was that the four leaders, cornyn, curb in and mccarthy would begin negotiations. when people bring ideas to the table, thats constructively. the chairman that is relevant here. leader mckarth skpet other three leaders based on that meeting and agreement are having those negotiations and that is constructively. im confident that we will get a solution before too long. >> just a follow-up on that...

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>> what did you think when he said ill take the heat? >> look, its significant if that happens. so our responsibility is to produce legislation that the president can sign. we are a branch of government. we should act like it. we should deliver a bipartisan solution that addresses daca fix with border security. lets get the president a bill. he said he wanted a bill give him a bill that says that. >> and lets make a deal. we are ready. this is strong border security. i have more miles of border ...

Solution. >> what does it say to you that right now at the white house senator tom cotton and langford and all of the hardline immigration hawks are at the white house. what does that say to you about the next turns in it debate? >> im hopeful that president trump is saying to them, folks, i may have run as a hardline anti-immigrant candidate but to governor as president, i need to bring people together and find a bipartisan solution. and i hope hes preparing them for the fact that if we get a b...

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