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Agreement to move forward. so i voted against the proposal at that time. in the intervening time, we have worked with the majority leader to have a shorter time frame, which has now been offered. that of february 8th. thats longer than i would like, but its shorter than a four-week cr. also have an agreement that the majority leader has just announced that if an agreement on immigration has not been reached by that time that the majority leader using his discretion and his authority as majority ...

For these, you know, the average age of these people when they came to the united states not of their own will was six years old, right? so the president says no daca deal until i get wall funding. where does this go? >> well, poppy, the message from the white house has been a little more opaque than that. you do have the presidents folks around him saying you will need to give us something like the wall in exchange for resolving daca, and the president also suggested that march deadline might b...

Compromise on in that earlier bill? did they concede anything earlier? >> its not entirely clear there was much of a compromise at all. the one thing they are saying is is they agreed to extend the childrens health insurance program that authorization is set to expire and they agree to the six-year extension of the c.h.i.p. program. thats a bipartisan deal. thats something that has been supported on both sides. what youre hearing a lot tr republicans is everything thats in this bill to keep the ...

Just the movement and what youre hearing and seeing earlier? >> this was pushed by senators who are trying to get a consensus around the various things they are saying. lets keep the government open until february 8th and well negotiate these other matters separately. we wont even talk about these issue others. we need a commitment to see if these issues like daca and disaster relief and we need to make sure theres a commitment that these will become law. not just a vote. not an assurance, but a...

Then the president had the terrible meeting. he said we have a deal. come over to the white house. we dont know which member of his staff whether it was steven miller, but somebody called in hard liners. people whose views dont represent the consensus in this kocountry. they came in and changed the presidents mind. by the time that durbin and graham came in, hen wasnt interested and used really rough language. so you can imagine how the bipartisan team must have felt, which is, wait a minute, th...

Bustling, but no sign of mitch mcconnell. again, expected to make some remarks to give an update to the american people any minute. were told the top of the hour was when this was going to happen. well keep an eye out and dip in as soon as he steps forward. in the meantime, lets discuss with presidential historian timothy notoli is back. what do you think about this 9:00 p.m. announcement of sorts? >> this could be -- this could auger something really important and unusual in our recent history,...