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What has more hope than anything? you think it is the bill in the house where we talked to a congressman and if they add e- verify that will work or the gang of eight? >> i dont think either of the bills will pass. they delayed the vote to next weeks because they dont have the votes. and that is be a big issue against donald trump in the midterm. i just think it is it doa. and they had many more votes than they thought or predicted. and they are closer and feeling more pressure, republicans are ...

Compare that to obamacare, that was passed down party lines and that was a disaster in many ways. >> if this is successful, in close house races, you could have republican saying to democrats, we fixed immigration, democrats didnt help at all. that could be problematic and unfortunately, im cynical when it comes to some party leaders and i happening nancy pelosi wants to milk this thing like a county fair winning dairy cow past the midterm because the pictures in this story and issue unfortunate...

Even though we need immigrants to pay for social security and do jobs that americans wont do. and now he is blowing up whatever chance there was for a house deal, which paul ryan should have tried to make a bipartisan bill. but, now trump says you are wasting your time. he said at one point, you know, i like both the goodlatte bill and the compromise bill. now he says i want no bill i think he just -- >> bret: what about this and how it plays for the midterm and how perhaps the president thinks ...

Congressman steve scalice. he says wait until after the midterm and see if republicans can pad majority here. leadership plan had been to vote yesterday and they were going to vote yesterday and now it is sometime next week, they realized this bill needs to be sweetened. >> we have come to the conclusion that there are a couple of provisions we need to add to the bill and that will have a vote on it next week, everybody is working together, working together in good faith. i was really amazed at ...

Xenophobes and is he going to ride this wave forever. >> bret: second half of the beltway boys. wrap it up here. >> look, this is an issue that democrats have finally found a part of the issue that helps them. thats this whole issue of separation of children from their families. its about the only one thats been around that democrats could really use. trump is going to use not this particular -- part of the issue. but the whole immigration issue this fall in the midterm and i think it will help ...

They would have put on more regulations, they would take back the tax cuts which were massive, they want to take them back and raise that taxes and the whole thing will go boom. so, we need more republicans, we got to get out of there in the midterm. a vote for democrats in ngress is really a vote for nancy pelosi and her radical agenda. democrats want to raise your taxes, increase your regulations, shutdown american energy, take over american health care, which has been a disaster with obamacar...

Are also standing by. jeff zeleny, youre already in minnesota where the president is heading right now for a campaign rally later tonight. whats the latest? >> reporter: president trump landed here in duluth, minnesota, just a few moments ago, stepping onto air force one just shortly after signing that surprise executive order sitting at the resolute desk in the oval office. wolf, we have not seen a reversal like this that the president has made since taking office. he was feeling pressure from ...

Sound case that this is right? the right thing to do? >> yeah. hes almost making is sound like summer camp. not only are they defending it here, but hes saying theyre getting better treatment than a lot of other people. i think this is just an effort to both justify whats going on and, in some ways, to continue with the rhetoric that undocumented immigrants get a better deal. >> that plays to the base that thinks illegal immigration is unfair. people who think the schools are not good because, y...

Coming into the united states. people will be going back to supermarkets and stores over the summer to buy books for their kids, clothes for their kids. this is a hidden tax on the middle class and poor americans, right? >> i think trump is using this as a negotiating tactic to try to bring down -- >> but the midterm is going to end up costing americans a lot more money for products they cant get here in the united states. >> fair enough. but china cant live with $200 billion of tariffs on their...

Parts that companies buy. youre going to get a lot of goods that consumers buy. its going to raise prices. weve already seen trumps tariffs in other areas raise prices for consumers. weve seen it with washing machines and steel and aluminum, which means its going to get passed through to consumers as well. well see a lot of pain for consumers and it will likely at least partly offset whatever benefits theyre getting from the tax cut. >> clearly, the white house is trying to temper the impact for...