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Network, i can tell you that. >> martha: that's absolutely untrue. [portal] absolutely untrue >> please. the notion that we care less is nothing but a smoke screen. >> martha: i'm asking what happened on that topic which was a very passionate topic -- >> excuse me. excuse me. it still remains so. what happened to it for the third time is the president trying to restrict legal immigration. he did that. just like he put the whole thing in play by ending the dreamer program in the first place. >> martha: we know there are other points along the way in this process where that suggestion was reopen...

Let's go back a couple years ago. he was fresh in office. took an oath and the big promise of the wall. his party held both chambers of congress. he said give me $1.4 billion to start the wall. well, democrats and some republicans too weren't too keen on the wall. so they said here's a counter offer. about that much for border security. for cameras and motion detecters and patrol. he doesn't like it very much. but takes the deal. and in doing so kills his first attempt to get the wall funded. we jump forward. toward the fall. now wast in the news. this is in the news. the dreamer program. daca...

His party held both chambers. there was a threatened shutdown and he says here's what i want. you nied to give me $1.4 billion to start this wall. democrats and some republicans weren't too keen on the wall so they said here's a counteroffer. we'll give you that much for border security for cameras and motion detectors and patrols out there. trump doesn't really like it much, but he takes the deal and in doing so kills his first attempt to get the wall funded. so we jump forward. we move toward the fall. now what's in the news? this is what's in the news. the dreamer program, the daca program....

Broken immigration system, that includes making progress on resolving the status of folks who are here through things like the dreamer program, and investing in border security. i do think we can get this done in a bipartisan way. let me take one moment before we end and give hope to your viewers, the first vote has just been called a few minutes ago and a comprehensive criminal justice reform bill. this is a bill that has the sponsorship or the support of the fraternal order of police, the national association of evangelicals, catholic charities, u.s. chamber of commerce, heritage action, and...

That's what will happen. >> people talking about this, the caravan that drove trump to do this. i disagree. michael anton who was trump's national security counsel spokeman had an op-ed earlier this year in the "washington post" making the argument donald trump is making nou. i don't think it's new now. can he do it by executive order? i hope the people saying that he can't also got upset when president obama created the dreamer program by executive order. i do think you need to go through congress. >> bill: you want me to take you back 25 years? harry reid in 1993 talking about this very topi...