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Getting that budget agreement to be able to plus up the military but the democrats are holding that hostage and i think that's a wrong, we should not play with the military at any time with politics. maria: yeah so i want to get back to that tuesday meeting in a moment on immigration but first in terms of the military you just heard general jack keane talk about the lack of readiness. can you categorically say that those budget caps will be lifted in terms of spending on the military come january 19? >> well yes, because that's what we've been fighting for and that's what we've been negotiat i...

Meeting with congressional leaders. mark short and mick mulvaney had a meeting and just concluded. the republican that republican leaders might want to lower expectations especially when trump is talking about infrastructure and doing big things, they have to deal with the big stuff first. that involves keeping the government open on january 19th. they have to renew fisa, domestic spying program, budget caps. that was a big part of the meeting a few minutes ago. neil, don't forget that democrats hold many carts. i asked nancy pelosi as she walked behind us, did she push for a daca fix. she sai...

The president wants a two-year budget deal that provides realistic budget caps and certain tie for our national security. our biggest, number one priority. the focus front and center of the conversations taking place this week. >> many republicans want more money for defense to rebuild our military. >> sandra: what do democrats want? >> they will push for a deal for daca, the children brought to this country illegally by their parents. republicans don't want to mix it up with government funding. pelosi and schumer are pushing for matching the amount of spending increase in terms of boosting do...

This is touching the entire social economic fabric of life in iran. while there is demonstration in tehran, the capital, going on, these protests and demonstrations and 80 other cities. that did not happen the last time on that kind of scale. i think it's considerably more deep-rooted. they are calling out the president rouhani, calling out the supreme leader. they are clearly frustrated with the lack of economic opportunity and progress. they don't agree with the foreign policy. they believe they are throwing away their money on wars that are unnecessary. >> shannon: it does feel different. t...

Weekend, for the american people who might be wondering, so what happens in a meeting like this, can you sort of layout what the expectation might be from the president's point of view? >> i think it would be to talk about, again, the strategy of the best way to accomplish maximum success in all of those areas that we have outlined. obviously the budget is first and foremost one of the biggest priorities right now and certainly the big priority in the immediate term. the president wants a two-year budget deal that provides realistic budget caps. and provides certainty for our national security...