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Likely to pass it or more likely to pass it and the president will sign it. so that is -- the president is doing what -- if a president didnt start the process, the process usually doesnt work. >> let me restart with the sticking point that chuck schumer brought up which is the -- the family sponsorship issue. the white house wants to essentially change immigration law for everybody. i believe the previous graham-durbin proposal was just to have the limits put on the daca population. where are y...

On. i said the place sucks when it doesnt work. i get a little frustrated at times. i let it fly that day. i probably shouldnt have. >> i like it. its good for people to hear the frustrations and more importantly see why, see whom to blame, who to ask for better. >> hold on, hold on, second. the blame game is whats the problem up here. the blame game really destroys the trust we should have in each other. its nobodys fault, but its everybodys fault. if i blame you, youre never going to try to fi...

The road. >> right. which doesnt work with bob mueller. >> would he use that with bob mueller? what would bob mueller try to get from him that he would not give? >> youll remember jeff sessions recused himself from anything having to do with the russia probe back, you know, a year ago or so, infuriating the president. the president who didnt sessions himself at the risk of losing his job did feel like he needed to, he did that. and now hes sat down for hours with bob mueller. >> and, again, the ...

As hard. lets stop lying about that. it always hurts the week and economically vulnerable first. someone ought to be thinking about their interests too. those are our views. they are not extreme and we know that because we have seen the polling on the subject. a huge number of americans agree with what we just said. if you dont believe it, look up the views of african-american voters on illegal immigration. they are not what joy reid, to put it mildly. they know what the cost has been. those who...

>> 62 doesnt work. >> 68, i know 68 doesnt work. >> daca is the right thing to do. most republicans agree with that. and most even in the house agree with that. >> in principle. >> the politics are tough in some parts of the country, no doubt. but, you know, this in some ways is not that complicated, even though its become very complicated, you have most people who agree that daca needs to be fixed, the majority of republicans, trump wants border security, wants the wall, wants the structure, ca...

That front. >> is there veto power? >> jason miller doesnt work in the administration. the only person with veto power is the president. thanks, guys. >> and shes off. let me bring back dana bash and chris cillizza. its important to go back to her first talking about a meeting between the president and the democratic leader in the senate, chuck schumer, saying schumer accepted the deal that the president initially put on the table. is that the case, dana? >> if thats the case why didnt the presi...

Capitol hill. he was on the phone -- >> chuck schumer said in the statement on the floor announcing an agreement had been reached, i havent talked to the president since the meeting on friday. >> lets call it what it is. the president stumbled into a political victory here. >> right. >> he did and he did it with the help of mitch mcconnell working with chuck schumer and the pressure chuck schumer was feeling from democrats in his caucus who wanted this resolved because they felt they were losing...

More in the favor of president then senator schumer. im not sure what changed for him. what he gained other than maybe nancy pelosi taking members out to dinner to celebrate the shut down. im not sure what other positive things came out of this for democrats. sorry democrat members. one last question. >> following up on that chuck schumer saying the president negotiates like jello. even senator mcconnell said the president was not clear. is the president shifting under pressure. >> not at all. t...

Defense budget. the people understand it. thats why the soldiers, sailors, marines dont have a guarantee. theres no long-term predictability. and so does every director of a health care center or opioid treatment center in america. theyve already been slow-rolling the government the entire way. we are just adding a little more honesty to the debate so the american people can understand what the republicans have been doing. the republican paradox is they dont believe in government, but they have ...

Power. >> jason miller doesnt work in the administration. the only person with veto power in this country is the president. thanks, guys. >> sarah sanders there saying this was all the democrats fault, the democrats were the ones that decided to turn the lights off on the government. sarah huckabee sanders refused to put blame on the presidents shoulders although members of the republican party said the president was unclear where he stood or what he would accept in a deal to reopen the governme...