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>> bret: it is hanging there, march 5th. >> the administration argued -- >> where's your leverage then? >> cobble together some sort of a compromise without daca in there. >> so you have no leverage? >> he has leverage because he's the president, and nothing can become law without his signature. but daca can be reinstated on a simple executive order. >> bret: quickly, next steps? >> the next steps are uncertain. john cornyn in the senate said we put this on the bill which is jargon for the big kahuna spending bill. i'm not sure there's a huge amount of appetite for that, we'll see of the the n...

Fight with the president? or should they save their political capital, save that risk of going out and challenging the president for another time, an issue that they view as more important? and what we've seen from republicans, by and large, is that most of the time, they've decided to focus on policy issues, where they can gain some ground over the president. they focused on their own political survival. so making sure that he stays popular for their own benefit, as opposed to taking this moral high ground, like you've seen with people like jeff flake, bob corker, others who are retiring and ...

People in the country hate washington, they hate washington politicians and so both parties are at risk here. the republicans that i've talked to are saying in more than national numbers, we are looking for those trump voters in those states where there are democratic incumbents in the senate running for reelection, you know, in states that trump won and they feel confident that they can use that line to bring the trump voters home. so i don't see a quick resolution. >> let's look at the states where the trump people are really out to get democrats and grab those seats back. one, what would be...

In by their parents, they aren't law breakers, they look like they are here to stay. can they have a good life or not? your thoughts. >> what is interesting, president trump was talking about the daca solution as a bill of love. have you noticed how the rhetoric has hardened as they get into the finger pointing. they don't talk about daca anymore, they talk about illegal immigrants, i urge them. >> law breakers. he is talking about people committing crimes. >> exactly. what is happening here, rather than finding common ground, the rhett rick is pushing people further and further away. one othe...

Schumer said, i gave it to him and he renege reneges on that. democrats and republicans don't trust each other. how can you get a deal? >> it's been one year since the president's inauguration last year. here's what he tweeted about that in relation to this shutdown today. quote, this is the one year anniversary of my presidency. the democrats wanted to give me a nice present. hashtag democrat shutdown. blame the democrats. >> that's not accurate. there were five republicans who voted against the shutdown. whether the reasons were the same or similar as democrats is irrelevant. the reality is ...