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Potable water is -- i keep hearing about potable water, diesel generators to keep refrigerators going because people are running out of food as well. so diesel, water. here's another thing i want to get your opinion on. there's something called the jones act which is a piece of legislation that essentially requires boats that go between u.s. ports to be u.s. flagged. that was waived in the wake of harvey and irma so oil ships could come in. the waiving expires. do you agree with that decision? >> two things. we should waive the cost sharing. there's a cost to the state. puerto rico's bankrupt....

As well. so diesel, water. here's another thing i want to get your opinion on. there's something called the jones act which is a piece of legislation that essentially requires boats that go between u.s. ports to be u.s. flagged. that was waived in the wake of harvey and irma so oil ships could come in. the waiving expires. do you agree with that decision? >> two things. we should waive the cost sharing. there's a cost to the state. puerto rico's bankrupt. forget about cost sharing. save lives. number two, the jones act. it means that you add an inordinate new cost to anything you receive on th...

Package of border security. this is real interesting. "excluding the law that's anticipatable to both sides. we also urged the president to make permanent the cost sharing and reductions that will continue. >> while daca and border security were both discussed, eshcluding the wall was certainly not agreed to. we have to discuss this at some point. and to do that jeremy peters is with us, and we welcome to the are broadcast the white house reporter for the associated press. >> before our discussion, it gets even more interesting, and here's why. based on the initial report about daca, steve kin...

Years. >> so that's the background. sarah huckabee-sanders from the podium toond reminded the president is a republican and not only that the leader of the republican party. the president then had two of his new friends over for dinner tonight, chuck and nancy as he's fond of calling them. tonight chuck schumer, nancy pelosi said, quote, we had a very productive meeting at the white house with the president. this is where it gets interesting. the discussion focused on daca. we inagreed to enshrine the protections of daca into law quickly, and to work out a package of border security. this is r...

To squeeze and strangle obamacare without congress. advertising is one of them. the other one is this administration has not made a firm commitment to continue the cost sharing -- the revenue reduction payments that are made monthly. tell me what you think they could do. >> well, you are outlining the steps that are entirely in the administration's hands so they have already cut down the number of days that people will have to actually sign up for health insurance next year. they cut it in half. they have now reduced the budget for outreach and education by 90%. they've reduced the number of p...