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Individuals who illegally entered as unaccompanied alien children. maybe they would fall under the daca program. by the way, only five of the 198, excuse me, only 56 the 200 were other than illegal aliens. so this is big news. he had a big press conference today. we are going to ask our next guest about this and the daca question. this is all coming to a head right now. we have 800,000 undocumented people brought here when they were young by their parents. and it's one of the biggest issues facing the lawmakers this falling. it is a struggle in this entire debate. is there going to be a compro...

Are not going to be big midterm participant ls and the beneficiaries of the program who are feeling it the most immediately. including medicaid are not the biggest voters in the midterm. and so it's an odd thing where you have a huge social program. part of it is controversy. but part of it is the nature and the beneficiary group. which isn't the strongest midterm electoral constituency. >> stick with me. i promise, we have a lot, lot more. up next, we're going to look specifically at a republican candidate trying to flip the script. what happened if a different kind of republican gets elected...

I think obama should take this very seriously. >> the right is surely not talking about compromise. >> what do you think, ar snirks. >> hey, you guys. >> hey, there. >> you're hitting on something that republicans clearly want to seize on, abby, which is this idea that whenever something big and bad happens, he doesn't know about it, right. now, politically -- >> so he says. >> right. so politically, that may be a problem. in fact, your argument that basically from the website to nsa, he's like, i don't know what's going on. >> that doesn't wear on the american people longer term. doesn't prov...

Meanwhile, democrat leadership continue to push for a deal to protect dreamers. in the senate, majority leader mitch mcconnell urging lawmakers not to rush a d.r.e.a.m.er deal, despite the fact that he needs at least nine democratic votes to stave off a shutdown. >> it is clear that congress has at least, at least until march at a minimum, and possibly even longer, to reach a compromise that resolves the daca question. there is no reason congress should hold government funding hostage over the issue of illegal immigration. >> reporter: cosponsors of the bipartisan bill rejected by president tr...

>> well, they have got something that is required according to the constitution which is called the state of the union address to congress at the end of the month. that is where it's all going to come together, i think. that's where you really have to sort of see this administration try and get itself back on track. we are not talking just about the president. i think to a certain extent i'm only about halfway through the michael wolff book. as brian says, it's a startling portrait of a man who seems to be believed by his assistants, by his aides to be not quite up to the job is one interestin...