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>> the legal underpinning of daca is sound. grounded in statutory law. as recently as 2012 held in u.s. v arizona that its constitution because the federal government has brought in powers and discretion over immigration enforcement. the fact we have the faith community, business, liberals republican lawmakers coming out against it, it really doesnt make sense we have all of these people on one side. but whats very troubling is one way of ending this does make sense if you look at it as part of ...

We love everybody. the thank you very much. >> donald trump says he lives the dreamers but on tuesday he may end the program known as daca which allows a million young people to live and work in this country without fear of deportation. joining me now, our attorney, and kerry sheffield and our colleague. thank you guys for being here. lets start with you. your thoughts on whether or not you think its likely just based on the chatter youre hearing. you are an attorney. do you think its likely tha...

Attorneys general leading this potential lawsuit dont even have backing of conservatives in their own state. remember the lawsuits that went forward against the affordable care act? you have 26 states, all republican states against you because there wasnt that type of -- it was a real issue to them. this potential lawsuit against daca, we must stop about it like either we have daca or congress acts. we can have both. >> we are out of time. i want to ask carrie, in the end do you think we should ...

>> okay. were just finished our live pictures of the president on air force one. get back to had that when air force one does take off as it heads back to washington, d.c. alex, for democrats, how should they handle this situation if they dont want to take political leverage here and use it to its fullest value? >> i mean, i think youll see rep al green who you had on earlier who has introduced or has called for the impeachment of president trump, you heard a much more friendly tone. you heard h...

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America illegally as children through no fault of their own, and then were willing to register with the federal government later in life. but tonight, just hours after the attorney general, jeff sessions, made the announcement, the president wrote on twitter "congress now has six months to legalize daca, something the obama administration was unable to do. if they cant, i will revisit this issue!" the white house has not provide any other information clarifying what the president means by "revis...

For more on this. im joined by senator al franken of minnesota. thank you and changes on your book. lets get to this. it seems like trump is thrown a hot potato. he didnt want to say ill give them chance. by their parents. im going to let them stay and not be prosecuted. he is saying, let congress do it. >> first of all, the executive order that president obama gave on this was actually lawful. president reagan did a similar thing, george w. bush did a similar order so thats bogus. i guess he wa...

Probably in most cases, america is the only country they know. and i think everything that former president obama said is absolutely true. >> if all of that is true and it is a legitimate law, why didnt congress just pass it? >> well, i hope we can. i dont know if it will be tomorrow. we have to get the votes. >> is it hard to get 50 votes for daca? >> i think well be able to do and it it depends on what bill we pass. i know that senator durbin has been the leader. >> can we attach to it some bi...

It reflects that this is a president who legitimately has been torn on this issue in recent weeks. as much as during the campaign, consistently he said were going to terminate this program, do it on day one. when he was exposed to some of the stories of daca, when he was exposed to the political reality surrounding it, that many in his own party dont want him to get rid of it, he saw this as sort of a untenable situation and was looking for a way out. in some ways, pushing this to congress is hi...

And farm worker. came to the u.s. at the age of 8 and was undocumented. congressman, as someone who is not personally a d.r.e.a.m.er in the sense of a daca recipient but whose experience is very much ha lined with theirs, what was your reaction when you first heard this was snapping. >> thank you for having me. very disheartening. to see that the president a few days after saying that he loves these people, that he will take away their dreams by taking away this daca status. i know what it is li...