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Cap. continuing resolution is one thing. a budget deal is quite another. >> bret: john roberts live on the farm, thanks. g.o.p. lawmakers are trying to cobble together an immigration plan before the next deadline hits. peter doocy is at the g.o.p. retreat. good evening. >> good evening. there is reason to think republicans talking about immigration at this retreat have started to delete some provisions that are critical to other republicans because there is no talk about an immigration deal that...

About andrew mccabes departure. in december, he tweeted "how can andrew mccabe given $700,000 for wifes campaign by clinton puppets during investigation." the timeline wasnt exactly accurate but the president didnt seem to care. following up with another tweet. "fbi deputy director and her mccabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?" >> you say the white house was not involved but clearly the president seemed to be involved in a campaign relations against mccabe. >> t...

>> -- immigration done, because trump needs to have a foil, a villain. in his entire existence in politics is about his tough stance on immigration and the wall, all of that. so if he gets that, then what happens? i dont know that hes going to get it the way that it is defined. when you have people like stephen miller who are almost irrational to the point of xenophobia on immigration in the white house, which is kind of how we got here in the first place. because they were working toward someth...

Something that the other two presidents couldnt achieve. but then he can still push for the border security side of this. if he gives daca without border security, then hes in trouble. >> so i didnt mean to throw water on your fire there, simone. i know youre upset. you say thats why democrats need to -- >> she should be upset. >> yeah, i mean -- >> matt tweeted, democrats have managed to accede to republican demands, demoralize their energized base, give a disengaged president a win, and look l...

Im upset. i know folks are upset. i hope that come tomorrow there are folking outside the doors of the senate democrats that voted for this bill. i hope there are people outside of the office -- >> this kills the momentum? >> it throws salt on the wound. were having difficult intra-party conversations right now. you cannot say you stand with dreamers and every opportunity that one had over the last four months to legislatively demonstrate that you cave. >> i want to -- im going help you pak the ...

Activists believe they caved and thats a risk for democrats because what they want into 2018 is a sense that from their base they are going to stand up to trump and when they are voting for democrats will make a difference in the way the country is run. for a lot of people today particularly those on the immigration issue. they wont be feeling that way. >> do you think that well have any clarity on daca by february 8? thats a deadline. it there anything the dreamers can hang their hats on? >> i ...

Rational to the point of zen phobia. which is how he got who are. they were working towards something. the stephen millers of the world got a hold of trump. and the base will be upset with me. well get something. youll get daca. but after that, im not so as confident. >> dont you think the base would be upset? the base doesnt like daca. they dont want dreamers to be legal. >> overwhelming majority of the american people see this needs to get done. and trump can look like a hero. where he does so...

To do something? why would he cave like that? i dont understand it. >> yeah, i mean -- he caved because the politics writing was on the wall. when those red state democrats on friday night went with the donald trump/mitch mcconnell position, you knew where this was headed. when he couldnt hold those five red state democrats, you knew schumer really lost all his leverage. and his ability to hold on to this thing was rendered null and void. thats what happened monday. the reason the congress hasnt...

Tonight. you knew he would. surprise, surprise. about the end of the government shutdown. i want to talk about this. basically tweeting saying see you at the negotiating table. and what did he say, big win for the republicans. democrats caved on the shut down. he wants a big win for republicans and democrats and daca. especially the military and on and on. so, terra, let me ask symone. i teld told you. that your party was cave. >> you did. but you know what i was hopeful. i was hopeful. but fi...

To help you make your point, simone. in january of 2017, this is not just the past four months, in january. president trump said, were going to take care of those kids, daca kids. september 5th, he officially ended the daca program. the 13th, he agreed to a deal with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi to legalize daca in exchange for border security, that didnt happen. december 7th, democrats agreed to a two-week spending measure giving congress time to compromi compromise. december 20th, agreed to ...