That could get across the finish line. here s some of the folks we talked to. very constructive dialogue and suggestions and so i feel pretty optimistic about where we re headed. oreverybody s trying to come together as a team so we can get to 2018 and get this across the finish zblien everybody wants to solve this problem. i think when we get it didn t you president s going to even like the new bill better than this bill. reporter: the bottom line problem here is if you re a conservative member of congress who wanted the president s backing to support this bill, with him now saying let s wait until we get more republicans in congress, question do something strong, he it s hard to see what their motivation is to support this bill as it sort of limps into next week. but the other thing mccarthy told me is he thinks the house needs to show that it can do something. can a republican-controlled house pass literally anything on immigration? next week will be the point where we find out.