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Teacher, all state employees was going to be changed from 80%/20% to 60/40. so with the small raise they were going to give us, some teachers were going to lose up to $7,000 a year. so that's why now. >> understand. i know for a lot of people watching, michelle, it's like, why not pay teachers more? but the piece of the other side of the story -- and this is how i understand it. it is the state senate who is really holding up this 5% raise request. it is my understanding they'll give you four. they say the 1% difference is $13 million which they say is too big a burden on the state of west vir...

About quote amnesty. >> lisa: if you give them the wall they will go on board with it. >> maria: you think? >> lisa: yes. if we go along with what senator mccain wants and what you guys want on the left, we are going to be right back in this situation in a few years from now. we are going to continue to be dealing with these dreamers or, you know, in a lot of case adults that are living here. >> harris: potentially more of them by then. >> lisa: exactly. don't do deal with the underlying issues illegality at the border the left doesn't want to deal with that. >> they are not base issues. 70/30...

Recipients will go away. and so we're all committed to getting to yes and we'll keep working hard until we get there. >> for you or for mr. -- >> reporter: so hoyer is an integral player. you heard mitch mcconnell kick it over to him. he is in one of the two bipartisan groups that has been working on this ands in the senate have basically said until cornyn signs off, they're not interested in what either group comes up with because he is the man that will have to count the votes and have to come to senate leadership and say yes this is something that we can get passed. republicans hope that is...

Fbi said it leaned 60/40 on the republican side of things. >> yeah, that's fascinating. your people are going to find ways to justify behavior, no matter what. this is washington, d.c. we are going to search for ways to justify whatever we want to get to. the ends do justify the means. when we see this kind of rhetoric come out, you have paige, two investigators who were part of the probe and the text messages, the anti-trump text messages that came to light in recent reporting. when you see that, you are going to add more fuel to the conservatives saying they have it out for the president. th...

Richard painter is with us. dana bash. jeff, did the attorney general help himself at all or make matters worse? >> well i think he probably left most people thinking about what they think of him going in. he's not a particularly popular figure. most polls about the trump administration winds up being gb 60/40 against and that's probably what they'd be for jeff sessions. he had a tough story to sell because he was asked, did anyone have any connection with the campaign, have any contact with russia. he said categorically no a few weeks ago. now we foe that was not the case, that george papadop...