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Senator fine stein also pressed the president on whether it was possible to pass a clean fix for daca and that led to a house republican leader then trying to clean up donald trump's tendency to lean into whatever the latest question was. >> what about a clean daca bill now? >> i have no problem. i think that is basically what dick is saying. we'll come up with daca, and then we can start immediately on the phase two which would be comprehensive -- but i think we have to do daca first. >> mr. president, you need to be clear though. i think what senator feinstein is asking here, we don't want t...

Questions. >> can you lhelp us clarify whe the democrats came out they 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 as deadline for action. can you explain the president's interpretation of the meeting and that assessment of the congressional democrats? >> right. the president just conclude whad we felt was a very successful and productive bipartisan and bicamera meeting on immigration reform. during the closed door session the leadership agr...

Daca bill, that just protects the d.r.e.a.m.ers, nothing else attached to it. take a listen. >> i'd like to ask the question, what about a clean daca bill now with a commitment that we go in to a comprehensive immigration reform procedure like we did back when kennedy was here. it was really a major, major effort. and it was a great disappointment that it went nowhere. >> 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 we can start immediately on the phase two which would be comprehensive. [ inaudible ] >> i would...

I think a lot of people would like to see that. but i think we have to do daca first. >> mr. president, you need to be clear. what senator feinstein is talking about, we don't want to be back here two years later. you have to have security as the secretary would tell you. >> that's what she is saying. >> no, i think she is saying something different. you are saying daca without security. are you talking about security as well? >> i think if we have meaningful comprehensive immigration reform, that's really where the security goes. if we can get the daca bill because march is coming and people ...

Antiquated immigration system. but we don't want to do it before we do border security and the american people have not trusted republicans in the past to do that. pete: correct. they feel they can trust donald trump on his rhetoric and willingness. peter: i asked mitch mcconnell on this after a hearing last month. are democrats going to do this right away he said well, there is no emergency to do it until march. the administration gave us until march it seems like what's about to happen is that the republicans by january 19th will have to go to the dems keep the government open again schumer ...