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Hour, we all agreed, every single person in that room, that we would focus on four items. we'd focus on daca, we'd focus on merit and the president just put out a compromise -- >> by the way, do you view that as an opening bid, a start of negotiations by the white house? >> i view that as an opportunity to really show who's willing to solve this problem. >> that's a -- that's up for notion still in your mind? >> well, that is -- talking with the president just put out there, i think it's a sign that shows he's serious about solving this problem. >> could that bill if you brought it on just pas...

A huge concession for democrats. the reality when he put it out there, he didn't get anything in return so he undercut the democratic negotiating position. that's why he's walking this back saying actually we're not going to put that much money on the table. the reality is, both parties will tell you that they do expect the money for the wall will be part of any daca deal. the question is when are they going to do this, can they overcome the other differences on immigration policy. i do expect we'll see wall money in any deal that comes out of congress. >> shepard: a daca deal, a deal for the ...

If you want to give legal status to these 700,000 or so people who are in their 20s and 30s now who came here illegally as children, that's a permanent and irreversible change. you need to make a permanent and irreversible change in response to protect american workers. the way to do that is my legislation, which will stop unlimited chain migration and reorient our green card system to high-skill workers. that's the real core of the deal. >> you say if you do codify daca into law that it's a permanent change in this system. do you believe there is a way to just do it for these approximately 80...

Number of issues including the repeal and replace of the affordable care act. we need to be part of the governing body. we cannot just obstruct. people are, these are real human beings. they count on government to be able to deliver. i say democrats need to work with republicans on this to make sure that we do have a strong package, to make sure that when they do codify daca it works. there are a number of people on the line and frankly as was talked about a little bit earlier i think that we do needs to have comprehensive immigration reform. democrats need to step up with the porkable solutio...

Prefer sooner rather than later, i would think it's going to gravitate around these four pillars. >> laura: but then came a typical sneak move that we expect from democrats but not from the president's own party. before running to the airport today for their working august recess, the house held a sneaky vote on a homeland security appropriations bill that will only end up adding to our problems at the border. the amendment basically codifies daca and was the brainchild of congressman david price, a democrat from north carolina. wasn't just david price. g.o.p. congressman kevin yoder, the all-...