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In terms of where you are there's a little bit of having it both ways. you have the president who said i want a bill of love, we have to help. you have been openly compassionate about these people. but the urgency isn't matching the compassion. why wouldn't you doing that first? border security is going to be there. these other considerations are going to be there. frankly, you know, the democrats don't want to hear it, but the cadillac tax and those things, those are going to be there. why isn't the first order of business doing something to protect these hundreds of thousands of lives that a...

Very clued in to the white house. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you, chris. >> it is good that something's happening in washington, d.c. that gives us some type of window into action for friday. but why go with one month again, february 16th being this funding date? why kick the can down the road? >> i know everyone in america asks the same questions, but we need 60 votes in the senate, chris. there's still a filibuster. and we still have to do something on daca slash dreamers. the 800,000 young adults now who were brought into this country as young children. you know, they've b...

Deal to allow the d.r.e.a.m.ers to stay, work out what border security means, work out what the chain migration might mean as far as a short-term deal, the lottery, maybe kick that down to comprehensive immigration reform, but after possibly leading to a pathway to citizenship. >> he is willing to consider the comprehensive immigration reform after this. but the deal now would call for an end to chain migration. >> the president has promised to drain the swamp, that language during the campaign. but all of a sudden today he was saying maybe it's a good idea to bring back the earmarks. bring ba...

That, but that would be something she'd be willing to give up in return to perhaps large-scale funding and that's something to keep an eye on, but i want to reiterate the point i made to you, since it's an inception now. two things at play here. number one, the talk of border security and we still cannot quantify what border security means. number two, you only have 40 house republicans that have 20% or more latino districts. >> they like this, surprisingly or not. this is beneficial to them so they don't want to help the president. >> does kevin mccarthy play a role or is his district 35% lat...

Reform. the lawmakers indicated they're close to deal, we think but how would they make our southern border secure? it stretches for hundreds if not thousands of miles between california and arizona, new mexico and texas. bob beckel, former democratic campaign manager co-host of "the five" on fox news channel and mary katharine ham. editor of hot air.com. good morning to both of you. it is my sense you will not get republicans on board, unless, mary katherine you can define what border security means. am i right on that or not? >> yeah. i think the first step, many democrats will say, look the...