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It's -- every week is a big week. where do you begin? here we have this deadline to fund the government coming up. but immigration and infrastructure are key issues for many top republicans. where do you start? >> i think immigration is the most interesting issue just in terms of politics and policy coming up in 2018. you heard president trump say over the weekend at camp david if they don't get the wall there won't be a fix for daca or for immigrants who came here illegally as minors. you know, democrats seem like they've done a flip-flop on border security on a border fence at least. back in...

Will this red line be something they can't refuse because it's so important to protect dreamers? >> i think democrats are prepared to work on the daca issue with trump on the administration. they called for reform and they called specifically for fixing daca. >> if the red line is the wall. there is no deal without the wall. >> they promised mexico would pay for the wall. i also want to go back to something ned said about democrats not being at the table and said chuck schumer sent an open letter to chuck schumer that said democrats are ready to negotiate. one, we don't want to add money to th...

Caps for military spending and fixing daca and immigration reform. all these things are pushed into next year under this plan that is currently right behind me that house republican leadership is meeting and discussing all these things. i put the odds as low but there is going to be some turbulence over the next two days before it gets done. >> jon: a lot of animosity between the parties now. the budget deal has been passed completely along party lines. would democrats want to lend a hand at all to get the government up and running to prevent a shutdown or does it depend on what kind of goodie...

Border. we need to increase that. the trump administration will come up with another 15,000 beds for family units. but none of this is easy. >> so i huhhear what you're say in terms of the overall problem. now, you have relied -- your committee has relied on economist michael clemens at the center for global development for work. he says the main reason for the increase of undocumented immigrants crossing the border, including the undocumented -- the unaccompanied minors you referred to as the increase in violence in central america, specifically guatemala, honduras, el salvador, not the daca ...

Administration said they know where the kids are but are building out better databases. can you tell the viewers this morning that the trump administration says the kids belong with the parents? >> what might have caused all of this is going back to 2008, prior to daca we had about 4,000 coming in here. you can see the result. since that point in time over 200,000 unaccompanied children come in from central america. you take a look at family units. we have more than 339,000 family