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Congress? >> i don't know. the early reports were that the president is going to take a tough line on the daca issue, contrary to what he said and contrary to he loves the dreamers. the pushback from congress has been unusually strong in this case. it is a battle between the president's political benefit and his ideology here. there's a real issue here. he hates these 800,000 people and takes away their status and identifies them for deportation. that could have political implications. at the same time, because of the sort of the president's commitment to the ideology of being tough on immigra...

>> chris, thank you so much. >>. >> caller: thank you. >> all right. >> in two hours the president and first lady are leaving washington and going to go to that area in the gulf coast. they are set to meet with survivors of harvey in texas and louisiana. live from the white house, jeremy diamond with us. jeremy, what do you know about this trip? >> reporter: in a few hours, we'll see the president and first lady heading to houston as well as to southwestern louisiana. this will be the president's first chance to visit actually and meet with some of the survivors of this storm. this comes, of c...

Democrats in washington, don't want to be in a position of saying no to distressed folks in texas. >> i think it's important that, you know, although the lawmakers are called out, these once in a century, once in a millennium storms are happening more often. congress, the country is going to have a serious reconsideration with how to fund the recoveries. >> well, look, i agree with what peter said. there's no question they are going to approve this $8 billion aid package and quickly. they will do it the first couple days back because houston needs the money. the fight is going to come the week...

Supporting the middle class, they have strong popular support. i mean, these are the issues that the american people voted on and supported the president on and i think he's doing the right thing. he's activating his base and he's asking them to help get this agenda through a very dysfunctional congress. >> so when we talk about the dysfunctioning congress right now, let's talk about some of the policy fights that are taking place, and immigration is front and center. and right now, if we take the temperature of the american people, the abc "washington post" poll shows exactly where they feel ...

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