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Government policy is, thats another thing. >> until after the midterm, the house is expected to vote tomorrow on a compromise bill crafted by moderate republicans. you and i have been talking this for a long time. i think i have said this a few times in the last several weeks. is it likely to happen? >> it is. the vote could slide back, but paul ryan promised them that they would get a vote on the bill. if they set aside the discharge position. thats how we started with the conversation. that vo...

Side to be as divisive as president trump. it is -- i just find it really unbelievable that this is the kind of thing they are trying to stoke this mob mentality on the left. it is the exact thing that will drive turnout on the other side. and shes -- this is just -- this is exactly the example that maggie was talking about and we have talked about here so many times. people sort of end up behaving like the president and shoot themselves in the foot. >> the election is 140 days out. midterm tend...

Have been working with keeping him with his own base. >> but the republican -- but first of all, donald trump, he thinks he is the president of his people and he is the president of everyone. and so republicans are not just going to -- just having the republican voters on board will not save the republicans in the midterm and that wont be enough to get donald trump re-elected. and secondly im concerned that were talking about policies as over 2,000 children are separated from parents and there i...

Jessica, i know you couldnt hear that. >> i have heard it before. >> melissa: okay. what do you think about that? that is dramatic to say ice has to taken apart rebuild from the ground up. >> its dramatic and i dont think its politically smart. both have acknowledged the crisis we have. immigration is an issue that is tricky for the democrats, especially a democrat from a state like california which has different attitude for us than necessarily more conservative state. or different place on the...

It needs to be addressed. but at the same time i appreciate the president resolve to protect the borders. >> melissa: you want him to stick to what he is saying but if you dont have the votes and fail to get something passed isnt that a huge problem for republicans? it makes it look like they cant govern. >> i think it means we need more republicans. we have seen that with governor mcmaster and attorney general. im grateful we worked to block the sanctuary cities. we want people to come to the c...

Get away with it, we wanted to look at a unique phenomenon that has been percolating over the last few months that trump supporters arent so much reacting to the policy of separating children from their parents, theyre reacting to the reaction from that policy. >> this is what a lot of cable news hosts that were ashamed to ever come out and publicly support trump, the tact they took was becoming anti-anti-trump. >> thats right. its a powerful emotion heading into a midterm and could end up being...

Timetable for reunification. the process of determining someones standing legally, whether theyll be deported or not, can take a significant amount of time, ana. >> sometimes six to nine months is what ive read. thank you, boris sanchez at the white house. lets talk about all this with david gergen, cnns senior political analyst and a former white house adviser to four past presidents. david, this is now week two. the white house has gotten incredibly bad headlines. lawmakers on both sides of th...

Resulting in enthusiasm. the midterm usually the party is already empowered doesnt have that enthusiasm but with some its different. i dont think we can expect that it will be just a blue wave because of different with chuck. greg: my theory, emily, is that a way more personal decision for the anti- trump people but trump is basically the tournament for a car that they hate because trump symbolizes a whole swath of americans so the vote is against this whole idea, the deplorable, maybe. >> the i...

Resulting in enthusiasm. the midterm usually the party is already empowered doesnt have that enthusiasm but with some its different. i dont think we can expect that it will be just a blue wave because of different with chuck. greg: my theory, emily, is that a way more personal decision for the anti- trump people but trump is basically the tournament for a car that they hate because trump symbolizes a whole swath of americans so the vote is against this whole idea, the deplorable, maybe. >> the i...

Resulting in enthusiasm. the midterm usually the party is already empowered doesnt have that enthusiasm but with some its different. i dont think we can expect that it will be just a blue wave because of different with chuck. greg: my theory, emily, is that a way more personal decision for the anti- trump people but trump is basically the tournament for a car that they hate because trump symbolizes a whole swath of americans so the vote is against this whole idea, the deplorable, maybe. >> the i...