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Democrat side are planning to bring some special guests. >> secretary nielsen talked about the daca population, the people who signed up for the program is about 690,000 people. if you are not careful and have a broader definition it can go to the millions and i don't want that to happen. i want to make sure we are clearly defining who is already in the daca order and say no more. they came here and played by the rules, let's figure out how to address that. that's going to be a big part of how we come to a consensus, there is not one yet but we are working to get to a consensus. >> harris: lin...

We've been very clear what we want. we've been clear in putting out the pillars we've asked for, protect the border and visa lottery and chain migration and solve the daca population. >> that's a starting point. i'm asking. is that a starting point? >> that's not a starting point. we had a starting point that included other things that we wanted. we winnowed down our list and the president forward after listening to those conversation what is he thought was a sound compromise and on policy this is a sound compromise. the question is the politics on the left and will the radical left base allow...

Population. i think he will. what he laid out is serious. we look at the democrats willing to cause pain for the american people shutting down the government. if they don't step up and say let's look at negotiation because he has a willingness to protect the population, then they have a big problem with their base and d.r.e.a.m.ers because it shows they're not seriously. >> if you would get down there and cut deals we wouldn't be dealing with this brinksmanship. would you back a deal for d.r.e.a.m.ers? >> i understand it is broader than this daca population. i'm a national security guy. we'll ...

>> are you comfortable supporting a deal on this that would include permanent changes in the immigration system when only dealing with the daca population? for instance, i know some democrats say, look, you want to talk about the family migration issue and what those rules are, that's fine. let's just do it for the daca population. don't make changes for the entire system. where are you on that issue? >> well, that's -- first of all, i said this before, chuck. the immigration issue has not been a hot topic in the state of west virginia. people are concerned and people want security and have go...

Citizenship for 1.8 million and include funding for the border wall and immigration laws across the board really. democrats say they will be giving up too much to protect the daca population. republicans are saying you're giving way too many people a pathway to citizenship. plenty of presidents in the past have used their state of the union to reach across the aisle to spoke, not just to their base, but a broader american population and president trump is going to try and do that. the tweets that he sent last night on immigration don't really seem to lend itself to that possibility. he said, i...