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Citizenship, some border security issues, other issues? is the president committed to allowing this debate to go forward not only in the senate but in the house? >> well, the president has invited this debate and engaged in this debate, and actually two weeks ago in the white house for what we saw a televised debate for basically an hour, we walked away with wanting immigration reform that outlined four principles. it was the daca that you just talked about, but it was also border security and the border wall. the extended family chain migration system. those are still the points and contours ...

Yesterday. cameras were allowed in. 54 minutes, this free-willing discussion. glass half full. is the fact that the discussion happened and we were allowed to see it, is that a positive development? >> i think it is a positive development. i talked to several of my colleagues in that meeting, and while they describe the situation as a little surreal and some of the things said by the president were more than a little contradictory, i think the fact that they are focused on the d.r.e.a.m.ers and recognizing that is the urgent situation. the d.r.e.a.m.ers have known no other home than america an...

Dangerous enforcement loopholes, eliminating the lottery and ending chain migration. okay. i think there is a deal to be had here. you take out the extremes on the right and the extremes on the left and you have a president who can wedge the middle. am i on to something? >> you are. for that to work you just read a long list of border security issues. in order to get that done that kind of deal will require the president to give up some of that in order to get what he really wants which is the border wall. right now the democrats, they are the opposite. they want one thing. they want daca and ...

Figure out how the ideas are going to turn into votes. and if it's going to have to be a bipartisan vote. you have the far left and the far right that no matter what we do, are never going to be satisfied with the daca deal. but i can tell you, with discussions with my of my fellow democrats and republicans, we want to come up with a good solution. we all know it's going to have border security issues addressed. and frankly, i would like to see the immigration issues addressed along our airports and with our current immigration system, because frankly, hallie, that's where most of the illegal ...

As chaotic, someone who's still throwing bombs on twitter. there's this idea that they feel perfectly comfortable running against prt and making the case that he's unstable. >> you mentioned daca and democra democrats. what might democrats have to give up to get a deal done on d.r.e.a.m.ers? >> so far there are a couple things they'll have to give up. if steven miller gets his way, they might have to be focusing on whether or not people will be allowed to bring other members of their family and if the daca kids get to be citizens, they call it chain migration, but for most immigrants across th...