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With sarcasm which i'm sure was your intent. the president's base doesn't seem to care. why is this an issue that could help democrats? >> one reason i wrote that tweet is i realized the president tends to do the opposite of what rational people tell him to do. so i thought i would do some reverse psychology and see if that would work. keep in mind, his base will do what the president tells them. he could tell them, look, wednesday is not even a day of the week, and they would say okay. it's not the base we're worried, it's everybody else. we just need rational, decent people in america to rea...

That really impact the public's safety and well-being of the american public, including people in california and including local law enforcement in california. >> ann gearen, the irony here is that jeff sessions is doing exactly what the president wants. jeff sessions who is ridiculed and evaded against by the president both on and off the record. he's either taking a very hard line on this issue. this is something the president campaigned against. >> it is. it's something the president campaigned on. it's the way the white house political advisers see it, risk free. there's really no down sid...

Sides of the story, look across the aisle there, the republican turn out of such an all-time record in texas for republicans there. over 1.5 million. that gap between narrows a bit from what it's been in the past. if your flat democrats, we've been talking about energy, it also reflects how did the party in texas the last couple of elections. the republican base doesn't look like it's going to roll over in texas either. >> steve kornacki. thank you too much i appreciate it. bringing in from austin, abbey livingston. tamara and kimberly are back with me here in washington. abbey good to see y...

Associated press writers are doing a good job. you are under no such constraints. so the question is do you think it was a real meeting or the land of make-believe on mr. rodgers? >> no, for the president and the white house. this is a moment where the president demonstrated what we would know. it also turned into an axiom. just because trump is dealing with dhaka, he gave away the store suggesting he would get daca. and the irony, the great irony here, brian, is this. daca will be the one thing that truly is trump's legacy in these 12 months. everything else has gotten done from the tax bill ...

Sudden there is a tweet that builds up a what you thought was a carefully laid plan. mcconnell has to -- he needs the president to a certain extent to give him and his members cover to say okay this is a deal i want i'm happy with this. so that the republican base doesn't result against them. and that's where you get into thorny issues like the border ba wall. there is a couple big chunks that they have to work out, big issue buckets. democrats think they are most of the way there. republicans clearly felt the need to put out a sharply worded statement this afternoon and make a show of going t...