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Getting the president to agree to legislate a quick fix for the daca kids and put off all other issues until after that was done. then watch what happens. >> what about a clean daca bill now? >> i have no problem. i think that's basically what dick is saying. we're going to come out with daca. we're going to do daca. and then we can start immediately on the phase 2 which would be comprehensive. yeah, i would like that. go ahead. i think a lot of people would like to see that. but i think we have to do daca first. >> mr. president, i don't need to be clear, though. i think what senator feinstei...

Hopefully with an agreement, this group and others from the center, from the house comes back with an agreement, i'm signing it. >> a lot of people would like to see that but i think we need to do daca first. >> when we talk just daca, we don't want to be back here two years later. >> i think that's what she said. i think we're saying we'll do daca and we can start comprehensive immigration reform the following afternoon. we'll take an hour off and then we'll start. >> republicans sat around that table and watched their president almost give away the entire store for nothing. msnbc political a...

Chance to make his case when he allowed cameras to roll for nearly an hour as he presided over a bipartisan negotiating session on immigration. one issue on the table, whether to pass a standalone bill to protect d.r.e.a.m.ers from deportation as democrats want. >> what about a clean daca bill now, and with a commitment that we go into a comprehensive immigration reform procedure -- >> i have no problem -- i think that's basically what they're saying, we're going to come up with daca, we're going to do daca, then we can start immediately on the phase two which would be comprehensive -- >> you ...

Organizing the meeting but said it was their understanding this would be a two phase process, daca first, and then other elements that you outlined in your statement second, and that they perceived january 19th, not march 5th a the deadline for action. can you explain the president's interpretation of the meeting and that assessment of the congressional democrats? >> right. the president just concluded what we felt was a very successful and productive bipartisan and bye cammeral meeting on immigration reform. during the closed door session the leadership agreed to negotiate and narrow the folk...

In to a comprehensive immigration reform procedure like we did back -- i remember when kennedy was here. it was really a major, major effort. and it was great disappointment that it went nowhere. >> i have no -- i think that's basically what dick is saying. we're going to come up with daca. then we can start immediately on phase two which would be comprehensive -- >> would you be agreeable to that? >> i think a lot of people would like to see that. i think we have to do daca first. >> mr. president, you need to be clear, though, i think what senator feinstein's asking here, when we talk about ...