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Hands on. >> thats old school. we shook hands, therefore, you have an obligation to get it done. >> thats exactly right. and not just we shook hands on the obligation to get it done but on a deal, and now parts of that deal are falling apart. the key one, of course, how to finance this, how to pay for it. republicans because of some conservative pushback, are arguing that the irs enforcement provision, which, of course, just gave more money to that entity to try to go after people with unpaid ta...

Not everyone has signaled their support yet. well watch to see if that does move forward. putting reconciliation aside, that bipartisan package, text can be written, they dont need the text to move forward. they can open debate without it. they are starting to see that not all senate republicans are willing to move forward to debate until they see that finalized texts. lawmakers are working overtime throughout the weekend, two key senate holdouts are saying they wont move forward until they see ...

Whats still holding them is how to pay for it, including this irs enforcement provision which republicans have been complaining about. they do not want more money to go into the irs to make people pay their taxes. that is something that is having to be renegotiated. senator schumer wants these things to move forward quickly because he has a tight timeline and a tight calendar and he wants both of these things to get done, craig. >> leigh ann caldwell breaking it down for us on the hill, thank yo...

>> president trump: that is right. we are working enforcement right now. that is largely agreed to and that is one of the things. we have an enforcement provision. and they are working out the final aspects of that enforcement position and i think that is something, bob, you wanted to say something about that? >> so we are going to have a very elaborate confrontation -- consultation and various areas of difficulties to be resolved,h parties have allocated and assigned various people with a struc...

Stop hacking into your company. and i was talking to somebody as the shipping was shining the agreement and there realizing that chinese hackers were back at it. it goes to the issue of accountable to, how did the chinese believe that even if they make these deals there is going to be accountability vacuum. >> i think the difference you see between the approach and the chopper ministration in the obama administration is that these deals that the chopper ministration is working on with china are ...

Runs a restaurant in chicago decides who comes here because he offers a guy a job. and its illegal. when are we going to have a regular system like most countries, a work permit. you come here with dignity, you get a good wage and everything is on the books? cant we get there? >> we have to. theres no question the discussion has to be had. it could have been had in the first couple years of the obama administration and the democrats seem to plame us with not dealing with immigration reform, but ...

First couple years of the obama administration and the democrats seem to blame us with not dealing with immigration reform, but they had the congress, they could have dealt with it. its got to be an issue we get to because there are too many people in this country who could be productive citizens or productive workers, if you will -- >> if you ask one party to do it without the other party helping, you know how it works. one party has to give cover to the other party, if youre going to have a to...

I was there recently. no conversations at all about tpp and human rights in mexico. i saw the pictures of 43 dead young men on reforma and people demanding to know whats happening to them. human rights is worse than ever in mexico and telling some secret trade deal is going to improve it. it doesnt work whether its in the united states, mexico vietnam, or any of the other nations. >> so, laurie how do you see this enforcement provision that would be any different? >> ed the problem is not just...

Is this, you know, reason for a lot of people to celebrate, feel optimistic? >> reporter: i think a lot of people are going to say its an important step, of course, fredricka. on the other hand, were already hearing reaction in washington, d.c., that gets to the heart of the matter, and that is the question of enforcement. theres no enforcement provision in this agreement, which would allow the u.n. to send in forces in the event the al assad regime doesnt comply with the framework. theres no co...

Bill: it sounds like you can change your mind in the q & a. you are a former immigration attorney. the reporting suggests you will break up immigration reform and run through a series of mini bills to work through graham legislation. if you get your way, what is the first bill you would push for, sir? >> we are not wasting any time on that either. we are going to take up an enforcement provision in the house judiciary committee today. it addresses the interior portion. about 35%, 40% of people w...