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>> interesting conflicts between paul ryan and mark meadows has already said that he feels uncomfortable tying harvey funding to the debt ceiling increase, but theres so much pressure, both on the pressure and on speaker ryan to get this done that its just potentially going to be another major friction poeint between the conservatives and speaker on the hill. >> thank you for coming in on that on the very long road for people down south. we want to get back into the united nations security cou...

White house reporter for politico and betsy woodruff of "daily beast," as well. what do we expect to see happen over the next 24 hours or so here? >> i think the president will have another meeting on doca today. i think that all signs point to the likelihood, as you mapped out, hallie, that he will announce tomorrow that hes ending the program but with this six-month window. effectively giving congress that amount of time to come up with a potential fix. now, the white house bracing for a backl...

The president seems to be pointing to the justice department and to attorney general jeff sessions as part of the reason that he feels he needs to move back from keeping doca in place. according to "new york times" sessions told trump that he actually wouldnt defend doca if it got litigated in court because he believes its illegal. thats an enormous step for an attorney general to take. that puts a lot of pressure on trump. the other piece of this, however, is that trump seems to be trying to pa...

Talking about this, talking about what you need to do on doca. right now unpredictability can be an asset. >> heres my message to had president. yesterday he marked the national day of prayer. i urge him to read aezekiel which says the sins of the father should not be passed on to the son. the right thing to do is to protect doca recipients, not deport them. >> very quickly. talking about hurricane harvey and whats been happening in texas and louisiana. the idea that relief money could be tied t...

Were unified. >> bill richardson, thank you very much for joining us. as you heard, the former ambassador talk about were watching that u.n. security counsel meeting that is happening right now. well monitor that and bring you any news as we get it as you take a look at that picture from inside the room. were keeping an eye on that. were keeping an eye on the big headline out today. another big decision that this administration faces here at home. that is what to do with the undocumented immig...

Having dreamers rest easy. listen. >> going to show great heart. doca is a very, very difficult subject for me. i will tell you. for me, one of the most difficult subjects. they were brought here in such a way. it is a very tough subject. well deal with doca with heart. >> should dreamers be worried? >> we love the dreamers. we love everybody. thank you very much. >> lets say we flash forward to tomorrow. he does rescind doca and give a six-month window, as your o outlet, politico is reporting. ...

Person is undocumented and to get doca, you have to give paperwork to the government proving youre undocumented. >> let me touch on the actual dreamers effect. there is somebody named alonzo giuen died saving people from hurricane harvey related floods. jesus contrars, a paramedic, doca recipient who has been helping people down there. when you personalize the stories like this. when the administration sees stories like this in the media, optics wise it makes it a little tricky. >> this is an em...

Prospect of a life that they have never known. so, hallie, as they said, now it is a waiting game. nbc news has learned that president trump is leaning towards ending doca for congress to come up with a fix. the question he will be asked tomorrow, what happens to young people, to dreamers, whose status actually expires during that six-month window. will they be able to reapply. if not, does that mean they go into deportation proceedings right away? >> how long would that take, jacob live in l.a....

Do. >> let me ask you about doca the other big headline of the day and nbc news confirmed some reporting that the president is likely to end this program and allow that six-month window, essentially, for congress, perhaps, to get involved here. about 200,000 doca recipients are believed to be living in your state in california. so, what do you do? how do you handle this if the president does, in fact, rescind the program? >> first of all, i hope the president does not do that. we dont know until...

>> if, in fact, there is the six-month window to let congress have some time to create some kind of a law covering dreamers, what do you do? what is the legislative solution. do you think there could be a legislative solution given congress at the moment? >> i do. i believe all or at least most of the democrats would be onboard and then were getting a number of republicans who also support the doca program. this is not just an issue of humanity. its also an issue of economics. we would be delive...