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Dreamers program. thats an obama era plan also known at daca protecting young undocumented immigrants brought to the united states as children protecting them from immigration now. sources telling cnn the president will abolish daca with a six-month delay allowing congress to pass a legislative fix. in limbo, though working or living here in the united states. this is the president back in february. >> were going to show great heart. daca is a very, very difficult subject for me. i will tell you...

On twitter before and after mcconnells speech. >> he slammed mcconnell for failing to repeal obamacare and, "i requested that mitch m. and paul r.," house speaker paul ryan, "tie the debt ceiling legislation into the popular v.a. bill that just passed, for easy approval. they didnt do it. now we have a big deal with dems holding them up, as usual, on debt ceiling approval. could have been so easy, now a mess." >> the senate republican leadership aide says the idea of tying the debt ceiling incre...

He kept up the attacks on the kentucky republican. on twitter before and after mcconnells speech. >> thats right. mcconnell was having a breakfast speech, talking up the administration and president the moment he slammed mcconnell for failing to repeal obamacare and, "i requested that mitch m. and paul r.," house speaker paul ryan -- >> and majority leader mitch mcconnell -- >> yes. "tie the debt ceiling legislation into the popular v.a. bill that passed for easy approval. they didnt do it so no...

Popular veterans reform bill had been discussed, but the idea was rejected by hard-line conservatives that the freedom caucus, who want provisions to curb government spending, and did not want to vote against the v.a. bill. for now the white house is trying to dispel the notion of fractures in the republican party. our sara murray has more from the white house. >> reporter: good morning. president trump spent much of the day yesterday railing against members of his own party including house spea...

And the legislative goals back on track. mcconnell offering mostly praise for the trump administration. in a speech at a kentucky farm bureau event, president trump kept up his attacks on the kentucky republican on twitter before and after mcconnells speech. >> he slammed mcconnell for failing to repeal obamacare and for this -- "i requested that mitch m. and paul r.," house speaker paul ryan, "tie the debt ceiling legislation into the popular v.a. bill which just passed for easy approval. they ...

Welcome back. welcome back, we have been diving into the fractures of the republican party. well look at those fractures that democrats are left. what about those in the middle? >> how did we get here? >> we are going to start by looking at the red\blue map after the 1998 midterms. the last congressional, election in the 20th century. it looks like a fairly split map if you will. you see there of the border state, upper south, barely competitive. look at the changes inless than 20 years when y...

All. >> he this werenthey werent go anyway. >> they might have if theyd gone about it in a bipartisan way. john mccain has asked for this to be a bipartisan process. hes asked for hearings to be held on hey, alth care so the american people could know whats going on. >> he said right from the beginning that he didnt support anything. he didnt support the actual bill. so i mean the point that our correspondent was just making. we almost shouldnt be surprised in many ways that this hasnt gone thro...

All as far as ideology. and i think its wishful thinking, but i dont think mccain believes that either. >> shawn, i see you raising your eyebrows. but before you answer, what does this do to the republican party in terms of fissures and fractures within the party? >> there was a great polarization. and the scorched earth was developed bit democrats, especially when they controlled the congress. you couldnt do anything, breathe anything. republicans, and so lets face it. both sides have been, bot...

Health care repeal bill. were supposed to vote on it in just a few minutes. molly, this along with the fractures that have been exposed during the health care debate in the house, what does it really say about the gops ability here to govern? >> well, it says you need to go through regular order. >> yeah. >> and this is something that happened over on the house side as well because that cbo score belies the reality. its not that 16 million people would be kicked off their insurance. its not that...

>> loyalty oath appeared to go in one direction. >> yes. >> president trump didnt have confidence in seans ability to handle the job. when i first got offered the job, president obama said im not going to watch your briefings. is there any information you need for your briefing, come and find me. that is an indication he had confidence in my ability to use my discretion to go and do the job in the way that i thought was most effective. it is clear that trump never gave sean the opportunity to ex...