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Ryan should commit to a vote on daca? >> no, i don't think he should commit to a single thing. look, we didn't shut down the government, they did. and, you know, we're not in the business of negotiating with terrorists, whether they're political or otherwise. >> you think the house should commit to vote on daca before february 8th? >> absolutely not. >> okay. well, mitch mcconnell can speak for the senate but there's two house members who kind of sound like they're saying go fish. >> i'm so glad you brought up the house here. because i think that is really key to what's going to go forward. ye...

These things. they were elected by the american people to do a job. and that job right now is getting these bills and talking about what's happening in our communities and for me, i just hope all of them are going to do their job and not just sit there and bicker back and forth. we need legislation. and right now for me this is -- this is changing my life. i know that it may not affect them every day, but this is the entire part of who i am. this is my identity right now. i am a dreamer. because i don't know what's going to happen to me. >> all right. well, just a few minutes ago, the presiden...

It's going to be hard. it's going to be a hard one to get to. and again, they now have this march 5th deadline self-imposed by the president hanging over them. that they have to meet. >> they do, but tim, where do democrats go from here? i mean, republicans are loving the fact that within the democratic party people are mad at chuck schumer. they're mad. they think he rolled. what do democrats do to try to find some sort of united voice here, because they don't have one. >> well, i think they're thinking about 2020. 2020's the long game. i think that was clearly what was on schumer's mind as h...

Daca deal depends on what they get in exchange. if that's mitch mcconnell saying today, doesn't it sound like we're right back to playing politics? because yesterday, it sounded like if democrats were willing to play ball and keep the government open, that's what they offered in exchange. now the republicans sound like they're moving the football again. >> the president was given the deal two weeks ago and he refused it. it had a border security. it had completely destroying many of our families. and it was still a deal that was brought up and he still didn't want it. now saying it's another c...

It's another to actually do it. so what is mitch mcconnell doing to show people that it was more than just lip service because it's not just democrats, this is a 9010 issue. and mitch mcconnell's own district, he has dreamers, he has immigrants who care about this. >> absolutely, there are dreamers in every state. mitch mcconnell has made a promise here but it's a very specific promise. i think we should probably start by playing what he said and how democrats are interpreting it. here's mitch mcconnell from the floor yesterday. >> as long as the government remains open, it would be my intenti...