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The short run is an open question. at least there's a one-year reprieve and this can maybe be discussed with a little less intensity, maybe a little less vitriol, if there's a longer time frame with which to work. >> and the midterm elections. your colleague, john harwood of cnbc. john, what's your take on this announcement? >> i think that means we're not going to get daca legislation this year. congress works on deadlines. if there's no deadline, i think it is likely to be kicked into the campaign. and it's probably in the long run a good sign for the daca recipients not only to get the repr...

With democrats. chuck schumer went back on his word. turning is live, fox news national correspondent ed henry. >> good to see you. senator chuck schumer, the democratic leader in the senate, is under heavy pressure from his liberal critics. in their words, he caved to president trump by those negotiations over the government shutdown. so what's happening now is the left wanted schumer to stand strong and keep the government closed until he got daca legislation. but moderate democrats facing voters this november felt uncomfortable about her showdown basically i'm standing up for illegal immigr...

Affairs director marc short. thanks for being here. this is -- you are over the hump. white house signaled this was a win in your eyes but you have much more negotiating to do. >> you are right. complicating it is the reality of the state of the union speech and democratic and republican retreats. we have a lot to do. we hope democrats don't repeat the effort of shutting down the government. i think their position is, in order to get a spending deal, we need a budget cap deal. we are close to that. the democrat position is to not agree to a budget cap deal until we get daca legislation passed ...

Senators on board with that agreement. it could fly through here tonight. we could pass it in the next ten minutes if senator mcconnell would put that up to a vote. that's what's been so disappointing. because agreement is here in the senate. i don't know why we have to wait and figure out what president trump wants to do. let's pass it. he said if we got an agreement he would sign it. if he wants to change his mind, that's up to him. but let's do our job right here. let's do it tonight. and if we can't get it all done tonight, take a couple days, finalize it, get it done early next week. >> y...

Steve wynn and ronna mcdaniels. it hinges on what happens today, shep. >> shepard: thanks, john. let's get to mike emanuel who is live in the rotunda over there on capitol hill. there was some daca legislation. they say there's nothing there for these dreamers. but there was a few days ago when durbin and graham had a deal the president said to say he was okay with before the word came up and all the back-pedalling. >> republican leaders didn't like the fact that dick durbin went around john cornyn, the number 2 republican on capitol hill. so they're going back to the drawing board and hoping ...