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Speaking in front of the white house. do you have worries? are you concerned? are you afraid at all of what this means for your future when your daca protections end? >> i know immigrants like myself are here to stay. people across the country would want to see someone that is crying and afraid. i will tell you, i believe in our democracy. i believe in the dream my parents crossed the border for 21 years ago. so, it is scary. it is -- we are in a moment of uncertainty. i's more than undocumented young people. it's our democracy. we call on them to get rid of it and deliver relief for undocumen...

Repeal? [ cheers and applause ]. >> thank you, kati. >> so i'm sure you haven't had a chance to read the entire thing, kati, but do you know how the new republican bill will affect you? >> i do. and i am very concerned about one thing in particular, which is i may be an error in this. there will be a 30% surcharge on people with pre-existing conditions if they have a coverage gap of 63 days. and that might not seem like a big deal for people with pre-existing conditions that don't have on going treatment, but for people like me with on going needs, people who even with the aca protections have...

New republican bill will affect you? >> i do. and i am very concerned about one thing in particular, which is i may be an error in this. there will be a 30% surcharge on people with pre-existing conditions if they have a coverage gap of 63 days. and that might not seem like a big deal for people with pre-existing conditions that don't have ongoing treatment, but for people like me with ongoing needs, people who even with the aca protections have unmanageable out of pocket expenses, you know, for example i'm having to raise over $61,000 in out of pocket expenses this year alone. i'm having to c...

Orderly transition. and the length of time that that will take will be a subject of legislated debate and we'll fill in the substance of that. >> that certainly wasn't part of the trump campaign. that work with the other side, orderly transition. get rid of it and put in something else. the problem is, as the that's much easier said than done. 56% of the newly uninsured if you get rid of all the aca protections and subsidies will be nonhispanic white, also known as the trump base of their vote. what is that reality mean to you on the democratic side? >> well, i tell you, take my home state of ...

Have not only spared a government shutdown, but cemented an agreement on spending caps, including those for our military, the healthcare issues, disaster relief, and immigration issues. president trump reached out to me today, this morning, to invite me to the white house to talk all of these issues over. and i accepted. we had a lengthy and substantive discussion. during the meeting, an exchange for strong daca protections, i reluctantly put the border wall on the table for discussion. even that was not enough to entice the president to finish the deal. many democrats don't want to go that fa...