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Of them are characterizing this brief and partisan and misleading memo. >> nick confessore. >> senator, good morning. so you have here a bill that offers a path to citizenship for the dreamers and a study of border security, but no money for the wall. so what's the carrot will say this is amnesty, they can't back it? what's the path forward to get this through the senate and perhaps the house? >> first, i'm deeply honored that senator mccain reached out to me, someone who has long been known as a very forceful advocate for full funding for the department of defense. he's trying to join with me...

And 27 democratic cosponsors in the house. so in an environment where it's often said oh, this or that proposal can't pass the house, it's important to focus on the fact that this bill that we are introducing today that senator mccain and i are introducing in the senate already has a block of republican cosponsors about the same size as the freedom caucus. you are right in your question, it needs more border investment. it lays out a plan, a pathway, towards securing control of the border by 2020. and i expect that in order for this to be embraced by republicans as the solution that will get u...

We were led to believe that all the left wanted was amnesty for these children and i get that. democrats are saying all of their relatives have to come here, too come and get public services. so how does that work? >> [laughs] i don't think anyone is arguing for all of their relatives or for public services. there is a very interesting bill out there, very bipartisan from congressman hurd, a republican, congressman aguilar, a democrat 52 cosponsors, 26 democrats, 26 republicans in the house. it does exactly what we need to do right now, which is focus on dream and making sure dreamers have a p...

Hearing from the left and look at the real people that i've loved ones that are no longer with us because of the failed policies of the past. >> harris: on the east coast we know this, in new york 25 ms-13 ms-13 victims killed here, this is something we see locally in the papers and on television, where are we right now with the president's dream or? there are members in your party and certainly democrats who say it doesn't go far enough. and republicans who say it goes too far and looks a lot like obama's administration. >> for our part in the house we've got 79 cosponsors on the bill i autho...

Republican cosponsors on that. who obviously are they? if you can tell me. >> they are senators graham antilles on the republican side, senators koons and senator whitehouse and booker booker on our side. there's growing momentum as a result of that remarkable report last night. i think by the way, this continued excellence in reporting is another sign that the heroes of this era will be the free press and the independent judiciary. >> but here's. >> very significantly, senator grassley indicated ha he was open to considering this legislation, as well. >> here's the thing. it seems that some r...