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>> we thank you for joining us here on the program. let's take it back to rosemary church. as you heard just then, progress is being made in north korea's weapons and nuclear weapons program. back to you. >> has a lot of people on edge. christy we'll come back to you for just a moment. we do want to turn to another major story we've been following. cnn has learned that president trump is expected to end a program that protects thousands of undocumented immigrants from deportation. daca applies to qualified participants brought to the u.s. lylely as children. his decision won't be final until h...

That didn't qualify on the first round because they were just months into their 16th birthday or months into their 30th birthday and they couldn't qualify. so either way there is a piece of legislation waited on the senate to be acted upon. we know that daca has the overwhelming support across the united states by both the republican, from speaker paul ryan, to all democrats on the other side. so we know this is a popular piece of legislation in the united states and we hope that congress can act and protect these children and, you know, potentially even move on to protect a little bit more of...

Thank you for being with us. it's believed that the elimination of daca will cost employers about $2 billion or so and the gdp could lose $280 billion over the course of ten years, so why would the trump administration get rid of this program? >> well, the reason why we're hearing is th is because there are certain advisors, the attorney general, jeff sessions be, stephen miller, who really want to end this program. there are also some state attorney generals pressing for the end of it and trump himself has the view of if they're undocumented immigrants they're not doing us any good. i think t...

You can't distribute foods. i think the fact we didn't see those sanctions in the last round of, you know, sanctions. it's china saying this is where we draw the line. >> there's also the final part to play to really have leverage here. jean lee thank you so much. rosemary back to you. >> thank you. we'll get back to you soon. more on another major story we have been following. sources tell cnn president trump is expected to end an obama-era program that protects undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. as children, protect them from deportation. they say mr. trump will give congress to ...

Expected to happen until tuesday. we're joined from boston massachusetts but the former executive director of freedom house and has worked extensively with students helping them with their daca applications. thank you for being with us, we appreciate it. of course, you understand the plight of these students, you've helped many of them. so how will these nearly 800,000 people be affected if president trump announces the daca program will come to an end. >> first of all, thank you for having me. there is close to 800,000 undocumented immigrants right now protected in the action that was enacted...