Application rules for undocumented immigrants protected by d a aca w, preside trump last night stated a solution is probably not necessary. En honestly, i dont think the democrats want to make a deal. They talk about daca, but they dont want to help the daca people. We used to say the daca children, but the children arent children. Is it your responsibility to make a deal on daca . Were ready, willing and able to make a deal on daca, but i dont think the democrats want to make a deal. The folks from daca should know, the democrats are not ones that arent going to make a deal. However, the white house rejected a compromised deal last week. On sunday evening, the department of Homeland Security issued a guidance that daca policy would operate on the rules it had before the order was rescinded in october due to an appeal but a jumg if in california. The same judge ruled that lawsuits against the daca order can prove to seek discrimination on President Trumps past comments about latinos. President trump tweeted daca is reasonable dead because the democrats dont really want it. They just want to talk and take desperately needed money away from our military. I do not believe daca is dead, but what i would say is from my perspective, of course, from the department of Homeland Security, its not a daca deal. Its an immigration deal. We must ensure we dont end up here again, ensure these temporary populations are not encouraged to take the journey to get here, but when they do get here, we are able to quickly remove them so we dont end up with daca again. Last night the president was asked about his had quote about people from expletive countries had an impact on the immigration deal. Did you see what various senators said about my comments . They werent made. No, no, im not a racist. I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. That i can tell you. But trumps comments are in opposition to what other participants at the meeting and those they spoke to from the beginning and only what his allies have changed their stories to. When you started to describe the immigration from africa that was being protected in this bipartisan measure, tease when he used these vial and vulgar comments, calling the nations they come from [ bleep ]. The exact word used by the president , not just once, but repeatedly. My colleague, republican senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina spoke up and made it a direct comment on what the president said. So shortly after that on friday, republican senator Lindsey Graham put out a response which read in part, quote, following comments by the president , i said my piece directly to him had yesterday. The president and all those attending the meeting know what i said and how i feel. Ive always believed in america is an idea not defined by its people but by its ideals. Will also on friday, republican senator tim scott told the Charleston Post Courier that graham told him the comments as reported in the po media were basically accurate. And republican jeff flake tweeted that the comments were made to him directly following the meeting. However, two republicans in the meeting, david purdue and tom cotton issued this comment, quote, we do not recall the president saying these comments specifically, but what he did call out was balance in our immigration system. Thursday, we had a meeting and coming out of that meeting we had a gross misrepresentation of what happened in that meeting. But its not the first time weve had a gross misrepresentation by that individual . Are you saying the president did not use the word thats been so widely reported . Im telling you he did not use that word, george, and its a gross misrepresentation. I didnt hear that word, either. Senator durbin has a history of misrepresenting what happens in white house meetings, though, so perhaps we shouldnt be surprised by that. Youre saying it did not happen or you dont recall . I didnt hear it and i was sitting no further away from donald trump than mr. Durbin was. Funny how your memory can kick in like that. The Trump Administration is reportedly on track to remove 1 Million Immigrants in the next two years. That includes hundreds of thousands of d. R. E. A. M. Ers, haitians and others from Central America who have lived in the u. S. Legally in some cases for decades under temporarily protected status plans that the administration is now ending. In an interview yesterday, kirsten defended the comments. I take a little bit of offense to the comments and the suggestions that the president is racist. What hes looking at is the exact meritbased system we have in australia and canada and im sure were not suggesting australia and canada and their leaders are racist. But the president seems to be suggesting youd rather have a janitor from norway than a doctor from haiti. I disagree. Why would merit have to do with the country . Why wouldnt it have to do with your qualifications . I think it does. I think hes trying to move away from a quotabased system, whether thats a quota of underrepresented countries or a quota of norway. I think what hes saying to say is we need to look at the individual and we look at those who can bring merit to our country. So as the daca deadline draws closer, a new poll finds americans overwhelmingly support the program. A new poll shows 70 of americans favor allowing d. R. E. A. M. Ers to remain in this country. 51 of independents and one year into trumps presidency, 43 of the americans say the state of the union is worse than a year ago. 35 say better. And 21 say the same. Joining us now from palm beach, florida, is daniel. You lucked out with the assignment today the being in florida. Youre welcome anytime. Thanks, yes. Were going to take morning joe for his look on the road. The forecast for a democratic wave in the fall election, looking increasingly likely. Not just in the house, but possibly beyond that to include a lot of statehouses, as well. What do you hear from how much are they contributing these expected losses to President Trump . So its not an unfamiliar thing that in the first couple of years of presidency, you see a party reversal in, you know, the 2010 democrats lost a lot of seats in that election. And so this time youre seeing governors, too, being up for play. At their, you know democrats had only 15 government seats. Now they have over 13 in play from the republican side. So theyre hoping to get a lot of the seats in place this year. Even with the comments last week, that makes it much harder for a republican on the republican side to get elected if the party is represented by someone who makes those type of racist remarks. Lets talk daca here with the deadline looming and all. The president , as we know, going back and forth on daca most recently over the weekend saying a deal is, quote, probably dead because of the democrats. But there is a Bipartisan Group of senators trying to get this done. What do make of all of it . I think the president s comments made negotiating much, much harder because you have lack of trust when you have senators on both sides of the aisle accusing each other of lying. That makes it harder to make a deal. But i think both sides recognize that a deal is in everyones interests. Very few people want all of these d. R. E. A. M. Ers supported. When you hear the department of Homeland Security director say daca dead, you have to believe theres some truth. Officials in hawaii are blaming human error after an Emergency Alert was mistakenly sent out saturday morning. The alert was sent at 8 07 a. M. Local time with the message this is not a drill. It took 38 minutes for a correction to be sent out, despite officials saying they knew within minutes that there was month threat. At a press conference, hawaiis governor said a single individual sent out the alert by mistake. It was a procedure that occurs at the change of shift where they go through to make sure that the system is working. And an employee pushed the wrong butt withon. A spokesperson for hawaiis Emergency Management agency tells the Washington Post the employee has been temporarily reassigned, but there are no plans to fire him. The agency a has now put into place a verification process. The fcc has launched an investigation. The fact that these processes failed so epically that caused this trauma that caused this terror all across the state of hawaii must be fised immediately and those responsible for this happening need to be held accountable in making sure that this cannot happen again. I would hate for anybody not to abide by alert and warnings coming from government systems. They can trust government systems. We test them every day. This is a very unfortunate mistake. But these alerts are vital. Seconds and minutes can save lives. That is a state thick, but were going to get involved with them. I love that they took responsibility. They took total responsibility. But were going to get involved. Their attitude and what they want to do, i think its terrific. They took responsibility. They made a mistake. We hope it wont happen again, but part of it is that people are on edge and maybe eventually well solve the problem so they wont have to be on edge. Ahead, a u. S. Ambassador resigns and blames the president in the process. Those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. It takes a lot of work but i really love it. Im on the move all day long. And sometimes, i dont eat the way i should. So, i drink boost to get the nutrition im missing. Boost high protein nutritional drink has 15 grams of protein to help maintain muscle and 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d. All with a great taste. Boost gives me everything i need. To be up for doing what i love. Boost high protein be up for it welcome back, everybody. President trump says he will waive nuclear sangs against iran and says he is giving european allies to fix what he considered flaws. The president said in a statement, quote, if at any time i judge such an agreement is not within reach, i will withdraw from the deal immediately. No one should doubt my word. Irans foreign on minister said the deal would not be renegotiated. Meanwhile, tehran is now citing human rights abuses and censorship in the wake of those massive antigovernment protests. The u. S. Treasury Department Sanctioned 14 iranian entities and individuals, including the head of irans judiciary, a close ally of the u. S. John feely, a career diplomate and former marine Corps Helicopter pilot says he no longer felt able to serve President Trump. An excerpt of his Resignation Letter reads in part, quote, i signed an oath to serve the president and his administration in an apolitical fashion even when i might not agree with certain policy he. My instructors made clear that if i believed i could not do that, i would be honor bound to resign. That time has come. The u. S. Officials say feely communicated his intentions to step down on december 27th before President Trumps alleged use of a vulgar word to describe haiti and african countries. According to officials, feely will serve until march 9th. Lets get a check on your weather now with bill karins. Bill, you have what youre calming a clipper storm moving to the northeast. Not a huge storm as far as the mountains are considered, but the impacts are from minnesota to texas to the east coast by the time we get to tomorrow. So Winter Weather advisories, 45 Million People. This is where the snow has fallen or is falling. St. Louis, indianapolis, columbus, during the day today. Eventually this will head into areas of east. Thats why massachusetts is now under a winter storm watch. Here is the radar. About an inch on the ground snowing in areas, all of ohio, now the snow is shift doing through missouri. Again, its a slow mover. Usually clippers you associate with a fastmoving storm. Light snow through the ohio valley. Pittsburgh by 11 00 p. M. , slight light snow for you, western new york, too. Thats not a big deal. Its been snowing all winter here. Memphis, you get another winter event. Northern portions of mississippi. By the time we get through tuesday, that snow moves through areas of pennsylvania and upstate new york. Tuesday night into wednesday, that moves into the northeast. As far as snowfall totals go, the white is one inches, blue is two. One to two inches in the ohio valley. This area of pink, a little enhancement here in new england. This will be wednesday morning, especially the about 4 inches of snow possible from hartford through much of massachusetts, boston, right for our friends in southern portions of maine. Kind of a typical winter system. The great news is that by the end of the week, that snow will always be melted. Next weekend looks 40s and 50s. 40s and 50s and sunny . Not completely, but it wont be raining. Basically, bill is saying, stick with it, it will get better. Eventually. Thanks for that, bill. Still ahead, a lastsecond win for the ages in minneapolis. While man citys unbeaten run goes on the line against the reds. Will it survive . Well have all of that for you next. Time it takes to brew your cup. Lets go to sumatra. Wheres sumatra . Good question. This is win. And thats wins goat, adi. The coffee here is amazing. Because the volcanic soil is amazing. Making the coffee erupt with flavor. So we give farmers like win more plants. 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On minnesotas final drive with no timeouts left and ten seconds on the clock, quarterback case keenum completes a pass to Stephane Diggs and a 2924 victory for the vikings. Saints in disbelief. Minnesota next heads to philadelphia to face the eagles in the nfc title game. Next, jaguars and steelers postseason. Jags will set the tone early in this one cared by Leonard Fournette who rushed for 109 yards and 3 touchdowns the in the game. The jags jumped out to a 21point lead before pittsburgh could even get on the board in this one. And led by two tds at the break. While the pittsburgh offense picked up steam in the second half with quarterback ben roethlisberger, airing it out with 469 yards and a franchise record 5 touchdown passes, jacksonville still had all the answers, even after the steelers cut their deficit to 7 on two separate conversations in the fourth quarter. The jaguars hang on to win this one, 4542 and will meet the new England Patriots in the ufc championship in foxborough next sunday. Im sure thats going to be a great game. Lets head across the pond now for premier League Football and the end of manchester citys 30man unbeaten run as they were topped 43 at anfield. Despite defeat, manchester remains at the top of the standings. I just want to say, this hurts for them. They did want to have that invincible season like arsenal had in 0304, but i think theyre still going to win the league. Next, the australian open. Sloan stevens started the day on a rough foot. They are falling to zwhi. Stevens has failed to win another match since her championship. Next was the fifth ranked Venus Williams who lost in two sets. Then tenth seeded coco vendeweyh lost. Out of nine americans who played so far, only one has advanced to the second round. So a poor showing by the american women there. There are so many highlights to talk about, lewis, i dont even know which part of sports to talk about. You go. You go. Im a little bias towards what happened over the nfl weekend with the falcons blowing it in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, but what an amai amazing finish for the vikings. And one final note on liverpool, they traded one of their best players away to barcelona a couple of weeks ago. They showed that they can still beat the best team in the premier league. That was an an unreal match. Up next, a new lawyer for donald trump paid a former adult porn star for her silence. Plus, a run for office by chelsea manning. Smoo. Welcome back, everybody. It is the bottom of the hour. Lets start with the mornings top stories. President trump is set to return to the white house from his maralago resort in florida later today where he spent the weekend working to dispute the claims over his controversial comments on immigrants from receivable countries.