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A deal is going to pass the house of representatives? this is a rhetorical question to say the least. indicating real skepticism on part of the white house this is actually going to move anywhere. in the -- sorry, craig. in the eyes of the administration, there is no deal at this point. they don't think there's a deal. as far as time line for a deal, they're not optimistic it's going to happen by the end of the week. there is positivity i think from the white house that people are talking. that everybody's sitting down having the discussion. centered on these key issue points. i'm told on each...

Approximately 1 in 5 americans. this new directive comes as ten states have already asked to impose these requirements. more on this, joined by jake sherman, politico's senior writer. jake, before we get to medicaid, let's start with this news of the day, potential deal on immigration. what are your sources telling you about the likelihood of a deal? >> i think politico is reporting or my colleague is reporting on twitter that the six senators have come to an agreement but let's be clear about what that means. six people are six people, right. so they need the other 94 people in the senate or ...

Negotiations and that they were working through those four broad principles that we've been talking about. it of course includes a fix for those dreamer kids, for people who were brought here by their parents as undocumented children, through no fault of their own. there were a couple of other areas they were working through. one of the biggest sticking points was family migration. what was going to happen to the parents of those kids. were they going to be able to stay here in this country in some fashion. or were those families going to end up potentially being split up. so the details that ...

So again, if they have reached a deal in that bipartisan working group, the next step would be to make sure that the white house is going to sign off on it. flake also did say that those negotiations are, quote, the only game in town, and that's a reference to the fact that there have been multiple conversations around different bills. including one on the house side from the chairman of the house judiciary committee mr. goodlap. that bill, democrats have said, under no circumstances will they support. house speaker paul ryan had some positive things to say about it in a news conference that j...

Well, vowed to sue the trump administration if they did not end daca. they met your deadline. now looks like congress according to senator flake is going to come up with a deal here that will protect these so-called dreamers. your response? >> so this is the way that's supposed to be done. congress is supposed to address these issues as long as they're doing it lawfully. we have elected representatives doing what they're supposed to do. obviously in texas, we hope -- i know you asked the question on an earlier interview about the wall and border security. certainly we hope that some of that is...