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At the same time, the war has not ended. the political war between republicans and democrats is expected to continue. democrats see an opening here to really press leader mcconnell to bring up an immigration vote. if he does not, theyll say you pledged that you would move in some way and maybe we could have another shutdown impasse in february. >> but robert, quickly, is the pledge here, as you understand is from mcconnell, to do the vote before february 8th, or is it just to do the vote at some...

Indefensible and frankly these expressions of moral concern that you hear just slightly bogus. if that was really true. if they really cared about fixing daca and the dreamers, they wouldnt do what keith ellison, the deputy dnc chair said the other day, which is to basically make a clean daca. daca with nothing else attached. a litmus test. he used those words. and if they really cared about the plight of these people i think we all agree with the plight, they would do this deal. >> harris: 55-m...

Extends fund are fots the government. we will do this week by week. >> i love it. >> harris: delays several obamacare taxes and extends child healthcare funding for six years. does not include dreamers. chip, health insurance for children, six years is a big nugget. democrats have said thats a deal breaker too. thats not kicking the can down the road that substantively deals with that particular issue. >> melissa: it does. i want to go back to this other meeting. we are learning more about this ...

I dont know what is going to be said, what is going to be done. i hope that we are actually going to work on fixing daca. you have to understand, we cannot let this derail us. i think the worst thing that can happen right now is for daca, for there not to be a fix, at all. there are people that are depending on us. not just americans on border security, but families that are waiting, that are in limbo, that need something that a president cant give or take away from them. we have to find a way t...

Minimal standard here. >> youre calling for president trump to apologize. he obviously hasnt done so on twitter. have you heard from him at all? >> well, the white house did reach out, they would like to meet with us. i dont know what is going to be said, what is going to be done. i hope that we are actually going to work on fixing daca. you have to understand, we cannot let this derail us. i think the worst thing that can happen right now is for daca, for there not to be a fix, at all. there ar...

Its -- every week is a big week. where do you begin? here we have this deadline to fund the government coming up. but immigration and infrastructure are key issues for many top republicans. where do you start? >> i think immigration is the most interesting issue just in terms of politics and policy coming up in 2018. you heard president trump say over the weekend at camp david if they dont get the wall there wont be a fix for daca or for immigrants who came here illegally as minors. you know, de...

Will this red line be something they cant refuse because its so important to protect dreamers? >> i think democrats are prepared to work on the daca issue with trump on the administration. they called for reform and they called specifically for fixing daca. >> if the red line is the wall. there is no deal without the wall. >> they promised mexico would pay for the wall. i also want to go back to something ned said about democrats not being at the table and said chuck schumer sent an open letter ...

Caps for military spending and fixing daca and immigration reform. all these things are pushed into next year under this plan that is currently right behind me that house republican leadership is meeting and discussing all these things. i put the odds as low but there is going to be some turbulence over the next two days before it gets done. >> jon: a lot of animosity between the parties now. the budget deal has been passed completely along party lines. would democrats want to lend a hand at all...

Border. we need to increase that. the trump administration will come up with another 15,000 beds for family units. but none of this is easy. >> so i huhhear what youre say in terms of the overall problem. now, you have relied -- your committee has relied on economist michael clemens at the center for global development for work. he says the main reason for the increase of undocumented immigrants crossing the border, including the undocumented -- the unaccompanied minors you referred to as the in...

Administration said they know where the kids are but are building out better databases. can you tell the viewers this morning that the trump administration says the kids belong with the parents? >> what might have caused all of this is going back to 2008, prior to daca we had about 4,000 coming in here. you can see the result. since that point in time over 200,000 unaccompanied children come in from central america. you take a look at family units. we have more than 339,000 family