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Obsolete laws on immigration. is this a game to him? >> hes correct on that. if you want a durable solution that is not subject to the whims of a president trump or any other leadership, then you have to do it this way. look, i think its possible both trump and schumer want an issue instead of a solution up to the midterms. whether thats a good calculation or bad for trump or shoo schumer, i think its more bad for trump than schumer, but i think thats part of this. and i think he felt the heat f...

Correct. the president indicated everything we have been saying intended everything he has been saying many settlement congress can fix this problem. >> is that factual? are there things that have to be fixed through legislative channels in the senates.democrat is saying it is not worthwhile, wont fix anything, is at the white houses fall, where does the blame like? >> i assume schumer is talking narrowly about there is no policy to separate children, it is there but we cant do anything about it...

The parents of the children that are sent for the problems that the children are now encountering. they are recognize the parents are making the choice to send them by themselves or smugglers to get them in the country. even with 100 negative media on the president. his approval rating is not moving and you are saying parents, you are not supposed to abandon your kid at the border. >> the parents narrative on the economy is lost in the 100 percent negative media on families. >> melissa: that cha...

The democrats in congress have about as much control over what goes on there as i do right now. >> shannon: they control the senate. if you cant get the nine together -- >> the problem is, schumer will get down everything -- >> congress is republican. they couldnt even get their own caucus today to get on the same page about a bill. >> shannon: thats true. >> yesterday, whos arguing on the floor? into speaker ryan and mark meadows. at each others base. >> they are working in the business of the ...

President, what is the plan for reunification. were hearing from the president this morning tweeting out just a couple of tweets in the last 15 minutes or so noting we shouldnt be hiring judges by the thousands as a ridiculous immigration laws. we should be changing our laws, building the wall, hiring border agents and i.c.e. and not let people come into our country based on the legal phrase they are told to say as their password. the border has a big mess and problem for many years. schumer and...

Senate, again, schumer came out and said no to that. so theyre obstructing every single piece along the way. all you can conclude is the democrats want a talking point in november. they dont want to help the kids. >> you think all democrats dont want to have kids, every single democrat, a lot of republicans would take issue with that statement, but two points. one, republicans cant even get on the same page on this. you oppose the compromise bill, the ryan bill. you support the goodlatte bill, t...

Or six from the senators frankly running in the states where i won by 25, 30, 40 points with mike. i think we will get six senators. maybe w will get seven senators. that still doesnt get us to 60. there is nothing you can do to get there. people dont understand that. when we have a majority in the senate. we have a majority by one but we need ten votes. we need ten. essentially we need ten democrats. not going to get them. they are told by schumer and pelosi dont do it. because we want to see i...

We have 51 votes in the senate. we need 60, unfortunately, because we have the ridiculous filibuster rule. so we need 60. and i think ill get four or five or six fro setors, frankly, running in states where i won by 25, 30, 40 points with mike. and i think well get six senators, maybe seven, that still doesnt get us to 60. theres nothing you can do to get there. people dont understand that. when we have a majority in the senate, we have a majority by one, but we need ten votes. so we need ten po...

Offered chuck shumary deal, schumer took and it the president rescinded the deal. the deal essentially was daca and full funding for the wall, you know work out some of the details, done deal. is that your understanding and was that still a form of a deal that you could still support if it showed back up? >> absolutely. its true they brought in the media and the house and the senate and said he would like to have a love bill and get this done and take the heat. two days later after taking the he...

>> president trump inherited a very polarized country. he has doused some gas on the fire. >> theres only gas in his mug, not diet coke anymore. >> thats what we saw. its primal anger and frustration that hes not able to get what he wants on these issues and i think hes not able to get democrats coming and giving him a lot of what he wants. >> congress has to step up and really for the good of the country. we have a problem. the current situation is not figure to solve itself. today they announc...