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attack on the capitol city. president biden right now in mexico for the first time as president, getting ready to go one-on-one with the mexican leader as the politics over immigration top headlines. were live in mexico city. also this hour, youve got the house getting ready to come into session. kevin mccarthy now officially in charge. trying to set the rules and set the tone for his term with the gavel. this hour, not all republicans on board for todays vote. even with some of the ...

If we pull back the curtain here a little bit in the so-called three amigos summit. last year was the first one in years with a hiatus during the trump administration and all about restoring relationships and today im told, and tomorrow, well focus more on actual tangible deliverables on things these countries can hopefully do together. hallie? >> monica alba in mexico city. thank you. we are talking more about the story later on in the show. lets talk about what is going down in the building,...

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By nancy pelosi and following that lead. they want the government opened first before they will negotiate anything. it would put us back to president trump are not going to go for that. that is mcconnell blasted out his statements saying he was going to bring the presidents proposal to the floor. that is a change for mcconnell. he was saying it had to be negotiated. what if he doesnt get to the 60 votes to start debate on that bill? then what happens to republicans unity in the senate? that is s...

Talking about unity. >> i think theres a point he is trying to make, or maybe its not necessarily hes trying to make it, but i think theres a level of unity out there, when it comes to policy on a lot of issues. these guys are still republicans. guys and a few gals are all republicans.

Positions for him. hes a pragmatist. with the president sort of the personal relationship is everything. if he wants to have some influence on these key issues he cares about, like immigration, health care and tax reform, if he has a positive relationship with the president. he talks about how great the president is at golf thats a small sacrifice, if he can get something done on the policy front. >> the evolution that donald trump has gone through. its been stark and fast. this is the guy of i ...

In this case i think hes being a pragmatist. he understands what rand paul also understands which is sort of the president the personal relationship is everything. and if he wants to have some influence and he may yet get burned, but so some of these key issues he chairs about, that if he has a positive relationship with the president. if he dpz out and talk about how great the president is at golf i think theres a small sacrifice if eng get something down done on the policy front. >> this evolu...

>> dana: my instinct is that thats probably true. what do you think? >> i think thats probably true as well. he better hope so. at this point president trump attacked somewhere from six to eight republican senators personally after lisa murkowski, rand paul, bob corker, jeff flake, mitch mcconnell, ted cruz, marco rubio. half the senate has been on trumps hit list. i think that there is more policy unity than theres unity about president trump. again, all he needs is for three republicans to pee...

Knocking out state deductions. >> dana: right. lot of them in the northeast are also in california. youve got a lot of members of congress saying i dont think we can do that, but they have to pay for it some way. president trump said theyre much more united as a party than the democrats. >> not at all. no. we have a very good relationship. honestly, when you look at -- when you take a look at whats happened with hillary clinton and bernie sanders and the hatred and the division and the animosity...

And then you have these other people who arent quite ready to come forward. >> were you surprised the president who has an aversion to stick to talking points. talking about unity. >> i think theres a point he is trying to make, or maybe its not necessarily hes trying to make it, but i think theres a level of unity out there, when it comes to policy on a lot of issues. these guys are still republicans. guys and a few gals are all republicans. they still agree. there is disagreement on things lik...