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Moment. the facts are well-known. >> meanwhile, plenty of questions around the extent of the president's participation in the negotiations. the white house is taking a victory lap. >> what the president did clearly worked. 81-18. those numbers are much more in the president's favor. >> politics as usual. all sides blaming the other a claiming victory. latest from capitol hill, we find phil mattingly. who are the winners and loser in this. >> 104 democrats in the house voted against this proposal and while they are not all homogeneous, it was largely the daca issue and largely the trust deficit...

Everything we can in the next three weeks to deliver. >> does it concern you, because in that very public meeting where cameras were allowed, bipartisan meeting, i guess it was two weeks ago, the president seemed to agree with senator feinstein about doing daca, then doing what he termed comprehensive immigration reform. not clear he understood the meaning or how that phrase is commonly used, but then when republican kevin mccarthy jumped in and said actually, mr. president, i think what you really mean, he seemed to side with the republicans. then he seemed to go back to the democratic positi...

>> want to go now to the white house. cnn's jim acosta is there. how much of a role did the president play in this deal. >> reporter: there was a wall for daca deal that was put on the table. the white house later rejected it. the white house chief of staff apparently told aides on capitol hill it was too liberal. and ever since that moment the president basically stayed behind doors. did not speak with chuck schumer. so he was no longer wheeling and dealing the democrats. that was essentially left to the senate leaders up on capitol hill. schumer and the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell...

Leverage and believing that a deal on daca is down the road. >> i am concerned the republicans will resort to this kind of tactic to create a crisis. and score cheap political points. so i am concerned about that. but the d.r.e.a.m.ers are, the issue of the d.r.e.a.m.ers are meritorious on their own and the rank-and-file members of the senate and the house of representatives have worked hard to bring forward proposals that the president has not taken up and it is as sichl mple as that. so we are concerned the president is not invested in this. he will come forward on the state of the union and...

8th. keeping them honest, all they're really doing is kicking the government funding can down the road for another likely heated showdown next month. mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer struck a deal to reopen the government without resolving any issues that sparked the shutdown, mainly immigration reform, namely for daca, and democrats want to stop any deportation efforts against the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers. mcconnell indicated he'd be open to consideration of and votes on legislation regarding daca and border security at a later date. that was enough for most democrats to back today's short-te...