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Congress? >> i dont know. the early reports were that the president is going to take a tough line on the daca issue, contrary to what he said and contrary to he loves the dreamers. the pushback from congress has been unusually strong in this case. it is a battle between the presidents political benefit and his ideology here. theres a real issue here. he hates these 800,000 people and takes away their status and identifies them for deportation. that could have political implications. at the same ...

>> chris, thank you so much. >>. >> caller: thank you. >> all right. >> in two hours the president and first lady are leaving washington and going to go to that area in the gulf coast. they are set to meet with survivors of harvey in texas and louisiana. live from the white house, jeremy diamond with us. jeremy, what do you know about this trip? >> reporter: in a few hours, well see the president and first lady heading to houston as well as to southwestern louisiana. this will be the presidents ...

Democrats in washington, dont want to be in a position of saying no to distressed folks in texas. >> i think its important that, you know, although the lawmakers are called out, these once in a century, once in a millennium storms are happening more often. congress, the country is going to have a serious reconsideration with how to fund the recoveries. >> well, look, i agree with what peter said. theres no question they are going to approve this $8 billion aid package and quickly. they will do i...

Supporting the middle class, they have strong popular support. i mean, these are the issues that the american people voted on and supported the president on and i think hes doing the right thing. hes activating his base and hes asking them to help get this agenda through a very dysfunctional congress. >> so when we talk about the dysfunctioning congress right now, lets talk about some of the policy fights that are taking place, and immigration is front and center. and right now, if we take the t...

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Be strong and everything will be okay. >> the presidents promise of swift government response is handed over to congress. the white house is requesting $7.85 billion in disaster aid, a couple billion more than initially expected. a vote on the aid money has been scheduled for late next week in the house. >> in political news, "the new york times" reporting special counsel robert mueller has details about the reason president trump fired former fbi director, james comey. the times reports the jus...