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Offered a pathway to citizenship for daca participants in exchange for border security, we couldn't get the necessary number of democrat votes to get to 60 votes. that's one of the president's frustrations as well when you hear him talk about the filibuster and needing to eliminate it. it's his concern that right now he needs to go get about ten democrat votes in order to get the border security elements accomplished. >> marc short, it's always good to have you on. >> thanks for having me. >> true or not, president trump is playing to his base with several new promises. will they work to get t...

We have seven democrats, seven republicans, but broaden that, add some border security elements that people on my side of the aisle want, i'm sure the democrats will want some things as well. but if we can broaden that product, the support for that product, we can have an easier time when we get to february 8th. >> when you talk about border security, how much of that is a physical border wall? >> well, senator schumer indicated that he was willing to give additional money. what is on the table so far and what we have in the bill so far is what the president has requested for this next year. i...

Can deal with than in conference, that's how we usually work it. he doesn't have to put the senate bill. i do think if the president gets behind it, and it's something they will want to put. >> what are the next steps for a bipartisan group? >> to make sure we have a bill -- if we do go to regular order, we are not going to go through committee but if we bring something to the floor, keep in mind if everybody offers amendments and you deal with the process under the senate rules it can be a long, long process. we are still going to need some consent and some kind of agreement to move ahead and...

Republicans. add some border security elements that people on my side of the aisle want. i'm sure the democrats will want some things as well. if we can broaden that product, the support for that product, we can have an easier time when we get to february 8th. >> when you talk about border security, how much of that is a physical border wall? >> well, senator schumer indicated he was willing to give additional money. what is on the table so far and what we have in the bill so far is what the president has requested for this next year. if additional commitments need to be made in terms of a mix...

More in comprehensive reform. i do think we got that. obviously, this is going to be tough just to negotiate the daca portion as well as a few border security elements. but it's completely impossible to do a big comprehensive list bike the white house released to us just a couple of days ago as these must-have items. i'm glad they seem to have pulled back from that. that alone was worth night to hear right after, it seals headache there is a he is innage memo that went out. everybody buttoned up. they all said the same thing, we will focus on four things, daca, border security, chain migration...