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Mitch mcconnell is saying it is my intention to do these things and it is not the same. the way he gets long-term gain, speaking of schumer, is they get some sort of daca/border security funding deal that looks overwhelmingly favorable to democrats. you know, if you see $8 billion allocated to a border wall and some daca protections, i don't know that -- that happens on february 6th. i don't know that chuck schumer has a victory here. i can't imagine a clean daca vote. just daca. just the extension of the program coming up. even if it did in the senate. there is no way that goes anywhere in th...

Piece. there is also omb and legal reviews that have to take place before it actually finally hits the president's desk. a little bit of that is a timing and formality issue. >> will we see him today regardless of what the house does or doesn't do? >> we'll let you know. maggie? >> just going back to the nafta discussions does the president still have faith in wilbur ross? >> absolutely. i spoke with the president directly this morning. he has 100% confidence in secretary ross. he loves wilbur, thinks he's doing a great job and has been a strong advocate for the administration and been a great...

Pathway to citizenship for d.r.e.a.m.ers? >> we have said we would support a permanent solution for those in the daca program. i think that would address that. >> to be clear you must have some position on this. the president clearly has conviction on the issue. does he support this divisive issue -- a pathway to citizenship for these individuals? >> the number of people in the program, we hope to find a permanent solution to address that. >> legal status versus pathway to citizenship or doesn't it matter to the president? >> that's part of the negotiation process. we want a permanent solution...

In the daca program. what about beyond that? there was a story last week that said an internal white house memo estimated that what the democrats want would potentially legalize 3 million d.r.e.a.m.ers. where did they get the number and what is the limit the president has on how big the population of d.r.e.a.m.ers is? i think the d.r.e.a.m. act would legalize 1.7 million. where do you draw the line? >> i'm not going to negotiate any more with you than i would with major. this is something to work on with congress and look for the best solution for our country as long as, too, again, don't forg...

Proportion bigger than those in just daca. >> we're open to negotiating that and making sure we get the criteria we clearly laid out. >> is the president planning on going to davos? >> if things go as expected with the reopening of the government, which we expect that they will, the president's delegation will leave tomorrow and the president will continue on his trip later in the week. >> the priorities of a daca fix, where exactly does that rank. when you talk about what needs to happen for a deal, diversity visa lottery program, the wall, ending chain migration, daca, some other components ...