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Congress' progress to get this solved. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago senator lindsey graham, who has been working with democrats on an immigration deal that is now stalled, starting urging fellow republicans not to ask for the moon in exchange for a daca fix. >> there was a deal to be had weeks ago. the president's heart is right on this. he wants to be fair to the daca population. he deserves to get money for wall funding. we're not going to get comprehensive on our side just for daca. >> reporter: as of right now though, graham is a no on a short term budget resolution. he said that he...

Ceremony for bob dole. i know you will be, too. what was mitch mcconnell just saying? is he saying that the white house needs to tell congress what he is willing to sign so that they can figure out a deal that they should pass? >> yeah. we're getting the 11th hour here. unfortunately, the issue of daca has been married up with government funning. i'm supportive of keeping the government open. i'm supportive of fixing the daca issue. but these deadlines have been tied up. what we're trying to say is that if the president can show us what he's willing to do. we know about this bipartisan group t...

Their friends at the pentagon have been complaining about that. i think they also worry about what happens when you get this right at the time that daca happens. there's -- this is completely up for grabs both among republicans and democrats in both the house and the senate. >> dana: makes me think they probably will have to do something short term if they're that far apart and it's wednesday afternoon. do you think d.c. threatened to shut down so many times that it sort of lost its impact? have they cried wolf too many times? like when they say they're going to work through the weekend and th...

However, that's not our first choice. the president doesn't want to shut down. if one happens, i think you only have one place to look, and that's to the democrats, who are holding our military and our national security hostage by trying to push through other policies that have nothing to do with the budget. >> dana: peter ducy is live on capitol hill. are any democrats willing to agree to a spending bill if daca is not addressed? >> reporter: none that we know. they want it by friday at midnight. the white house sent john kelly here to the capitol to meet with the congressional -- the congres...

Director for the washington examiner. this is quite a plate for our members of congress. republican and democrat. in the president as well. they cannot seem to find any agreement. how do you see them going forward? >> i think eventually there will be an extension of daca but it will involve the parallel to that some funding for the border wall. it's interesting, the president tweeted up this morning the democrats were all talk and no action. there's some truth, the democrats like doctor as an issue. this is an election year. they can go forward if it's not fixed and blame the presidents and re...