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Pathway to citizenship for d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> we said we would support a permanent solution for those in the daca program and i think that would address that. >> any legal status versus pathway to citizenship or does is it not matter to the president. >> i think that is part of the negotiation process. but right now we want a permanent solution for that program. but we also want to keep a big priority for the administration as making sure we dont find ourselves having the same battle in two, thre...

Us. i hope we can remember some lessons from this regrettable incident. hostage taking do ne ining does >> while this procedure wont sat satisfy everyone on both sides, it is a way forward. im confident we can get the 60 votes in the senate for a daca bill. >> negotiations cant last forever. >> why did you all trust? why did you all make this deal predicated on a promise from mitch mcconnell about daca? >> at the end of the day, i was convinced we were not going to get more from him than that co...

Heres the question, what does he really want? what will he be definitive on? my white house colleagues and i have been trying to figure out. a path to citizenship, legal status. what does a permanent solution mean? peter a lexen der tried to get an answer to that. listen. >> be clear, legal status versus pathway to citizenship or does it not matter to the president? >> i think its a negotiation process. we want a permanent solution for that program. we also want to keep a big priority for the ad...

Quick. yesterday, i guess, the group of house republicans put out a, an immigration plan that would deal with daca and also do a whole lot of things that werent kind of under the umbrella of the four things outlined in the meeting yesterday. was that helpful? was that not helpful? to getting to a deal ultimately? does the president wish that they you know, take that off the table so you can focus on what might be happening with senator flake or others in the senate? how does -- >> no. we think t...

Priorities, ending up chain migration, and coming up permanent solution to daca. thats where we are focused and thats where well be committed to during this negotiation process. >> as much as the president today seemed to say, okay, lets go onto comprehensive immigration reform in the afternoon? >> as he said, once we get through this process, he said lets get this deal done, and then well take an hour off, and then well move on to the next phase of the negotiation. right now this administration...

And coming up with a permanent solution to daca. thats where we are focused. and thats what we are going to be committed to during this negotiation process. >> as much as the president today seemed to say okay lets going going on to comprehensive immigration reform in the afternoon. >> he said once we get through this process, he said lets get this deal done, then well take an hour off and then we will move onto the next phase of the negotiation. right now this administration is focused on those...

>> back to immigration real quick. yesterday i guess a group of house republicans put out an immigration plan that would deal with daca but would also do a whole lot of things that werent kind of under the umbrella of the four things that you outlined in the meeting yesterday. was that helpful? was that not helpful to getting to a deal? ultimately does the president wish they take that off the table so you can focus on what might be happening with senator flake or others in the senate? how does ...

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Directing a middle class tax cut. there is criticism at this point and a lot of questions about things that are not yet answered about what the proposal really would look like, what income levels there would be these tax breaks. a lot of details still to be fleshed out when it goes into a legislative phase. right now there is certainly a case to be made that wealthier americans would stand to benefit as well. certainly some cuts for middle class americans in terms of the rate they would pay, als...

Reviewing progress and making new commitments so its part of the negotiation process that president trump suggested he wanted to re-engage so theres no -- it doesnt make any sense to me that one would withdraw. >> if the white house had reached out to you, you would have told them, what, continue with the accord and try to do more? >> yes. in fact, i and my colleagues here at m.i.t. have something we call a policy plan accelerator which were trying to bring the tools that we have to help differe...