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How many more are going to vote yes today, are going to feel, as chris said, they have those assurances on daca. these are the ones we're keeping a close eye on. coons in delaware. heitkamp from north dakota. she was there voting yes on friday. you have tim kaine from virginia. tester from montana. he's up for re-election in a red state. we're going to see how many can the republicans peel off to vote for that. also, the other question was there were four republicans on friday noo igt who voted to shut down the government. it looks like lindsey graham, jeff flake, they may be switching. that c...

Along with, the people in the very progressive side are going to say, no way, i'm not going to vote for this because i want a guarantee of daca, and if they're not trekkeprotected, i'g to say i told you so. >> let me bring in andy card, former chief of staff under president bush. thank you for joining us. the politics of the republican party become very important here in terms of daca and the house, specifically the house. we saw this a few years ago on this idea of comprehensive immigration reform. about five years ago it passed the senate with bipartisan support, but the republican house the...

Dreamers. there are craven and well-intentioned political passions driving the decision making, but it does result in a dysfunction that is at now normal levels for washington, d.c. what's epic about it is that one party controls the white house and the senate and the house. republicans will say, oh, that's the dnc talking point. no, that's the reality. and the reason we got to this point is because it took mcconnell a beat to figure out where the white house stood. so when you go around and you go back, try to unpack how we got here, part of the dysfunction was in donald trump after diane fei...

Finger pointing tstridency. it is something the majority could have avoided entirely, a concern the president could have obviated if he were only willing to take yes for an answer. while this procedure will not satisfy everyone on both sides, it's a way forward. i'm confident we can get the 60 votes in the senate for a daca bill. and now there is a real pathway to get a bill on the floor and through the senate. it is a good solution, and i will vote for it. i'm incredibly grateful to the bipartisan group that has come together in recent days to renew the immigration debate with a sense of urge...

Coming out of the senate with ted kennedy, lindsey graham behind it, all kinds of people. lamar alexander behind it. and it didn't get to the house because the house refused to vote. it could happen the same way later in february. >> yeah, i mean, and look, the scope of this when you're talking about daca versus that comprehensive program five years ago, it is a narrower scope. again, you saw the patrolling on th -- polling on this the other day. 84% of the public -- this cuts across all political parties -- they want daca to be a permanent fix. the trouble that democrats were running into her...