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With all due respect, i don't think the american people elected congress to do things that were easy. it's not the president's job to create law. it's not -- it's congress' job to create legislation. i think that's something we learned in 8th grade civics. something needs to be done. it's congress' job to do that. we would like to have confidence that congress will actually do their job. we want to have laws that address these problems. but it's congress' job to legislate, not the president's. i think he is giving congress the ability to do their job. the goal here is that congress actually fi...

Daca. the president preemted the official notice tweeting, congress, get ready to do your job. a week from tonight, billions more for hurricane irma. a new budget, a new debt limit, tax reform, infrastructure, maybe even another shot at repeal and replace. all this in a month where the house is only scheduled to be in decision for 12 days. joining us tonight, kimberly atkins, chief washington reporter for the "boston herald." and harold ford, jr., former democratic congressman from the great state of tennessee. kim, we usually say that donald trump does best against an opponent. this is one of...

Though they are a monolith. they enjoy an approval rating lower than the president. what is going to be the dynamic? they get that their fortunes are tied to this guy. >> i think they all understand it. kimberly's point, you look at august for a moment. the president was critical of must bes, including john mccain, mitch mcconnell and others and continue to be. i found daca interesting. not one republican came out in favor, at least publicly, and supported what the president did today. three, i think congress might be able to get something done on this front. you heard lindsey graham calling o...

And good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 229 of the trump administration. and today, the president announced a major policy decision that affects 800,000 or so people and their families. then tonight, he gave himself an out to change his mind. today, the white house announced it will end the obama era daca program. it stands for deferred action for childhood arrivals. and it created legal protections for people who were brought to america illegally as children through no fault of their own, and then were willing to register with the federal government la...

The problem with congress right now, the length of all the things they have to do is very long. they have to make sure the government stays open. they have to fund for hurricane harvey. they have a million other things to do. it's going to be very, very hard for them to accomplish this. they haven't accomplished this in previous years when they tried. >> look how easy repeal and replace was. jonathan, you wrote today, the short history of the presidency of donald trump, his history on this issue. >> on inauguration day, before he took the oath of office, attended a traditional prayer service. ...