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The problem now is you got the politics involved in washington. that's what's so frustrating to all of us in the real world. rick: molly joins us from the nation's capitol. what are the options right now. >> reporter: it's a program not a law, and the president plans to shut it down in march unless legislators send him a bill making it a law. if they let daca end in march or create a stand-alone piece of legislation affirming daca or wrap daca and immigration reform into a spending bill that funds the government. democrats say daca first. >> i, for one, will not vote for government funding unt...

Settled later. >> what about a clean daca bill now with the commitment that we go in to a comprehensive immigration reform procedure. >> i think that's what dick is saying. we are going to do daca and then we will start on phase two. comprehensive. i think a lot of people would like to see that. i think we have to do daca first. >> kimberly: the president thinks legislation should be a bill of love and offered to take any heat for blowback. >> 62% of the trump voters support a pathway to citizenship for the daca kids if you have strong borders. you have created an opportunity here, mr. preside...

They've lost some of their own ranks because of it. pelosi is going to make them vote over it. that gets to your question, don, about what was being said in the oval office. i said to you overnight the president shouldn't have said what he said. those are terrible words to use. but if you really care about the immigrants you're trying to protect, why not blow that up and try and cut a deal? the president is trying to negotiate and get a deal. if you're going to put the children who are at risk in daca first, maybe you wait before you start using this as a political football and you try to nego...

>> and they let him do. that they didn't try to stop him. so good. reporters were in the room as the president promised to sign a bill to extend the daca program is congress is able reach an agreement. both democrats and republicans tested the president on what has been his core issues and trump said he would accept their recommendations. >> what about a clean daca bill now? >> i have no problem. i think that is what dig is saying, we will come one daca, then we can start immediately on phase ii, which would be comprehensive. i would like it. i think we need to do daca first. >> you have to be...