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Cap of interior enforcement in which basically congress would be through this funding bill, directing us not to enforce the laws that they themselves have passed is problematic. certainly the public safety and certainly the border security. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> thanks for being here. and coming up, cool running. amy klobuchar braving the elements to announce her presidential run, breaking down the expanding field of democratic candidates next here on "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us on msnbc. reports. stay with us on msnbc. ts. and how many patients saw ...

Vice president. i believe we have some latitude to hopefully conclude this. >> i think the talks are stalled right now and hoping we can get off the dime or later in the morning because time is ticking away. >> the main sticking point is this number of additional beds to give by i.c.e. for those coming across illegally. they think it is better to let asylum seekers and others be released while awaiting their proceedings. and letting republicans know this is about interior enforcement. democrats want to cap the number of people they want to put in beds they can apprehend inside the united state...

Dealing with this shutdown hangover. some of them still have not gotten their back pay. some government contractors are still not back to work two weeks now after that last partial closure ended. this thing could just stretch into the next one. >> this is why it's unclear how hard democrats are going to fight for this issue. >> right. i think one of the things you saw was democrats came out unscathed. this has been pushing off the funding fight, pushing off the fight on the border wall has been a two-year fight, a proxy fight for who is controlling washington. i don't think there's an appetite...

Inhumane agenda. here to respond is acting ice deputy director matt alvins. matt, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. thanks for having me. steve: start at the beginning, inhumane? right? >> no, absolutely not. the men and women of ice are con sue mat professionals. they have a difficult job and do it with compassion and dignity. and rather than being vilified for doing that job they should be respected for it and thanked. steve: our story this morning four progressive house members urging cuts to the department of homeland security budget. they are sending out a dear colleague letter...

Nancy pelosi did not. >> i mentioned schumer said a few chris pass on critical infrastructure, a federal felony, why trespass on america being a similar crime with some of the consequences. heather: the biggest issue is daca specifically, 3 years it will be extended for daca recipients to be covered by that but you say that would be catastrophic. >> my concern, let's include everybody who could have applied but didn't, maybe they were too lazy to apply, maybe they weren't even here. if you run the border the record is created of your entry so we don't know when you came here. the age cutoff wo...