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The president's desk. it's just the timing and formality issue. david? >> are we going to. [ inaudible ] >> does the president have faith in wilbur ross? there was a report suggesting otherwise? >> absolutely. i spoke with the president directly this morning. he has 100% confidence in secretary ross. he loves wilbur and he thinks he's doing a great job. strong advocate for the administration and a great leader. his involvement and trade across the board with the administration. >> the president was very clear back in september when he said that d.r.e.a.m.ers have nothing to worry about. is tha...

That's why we laid out what we called our four priorities and listed that as one of them. >> a daca fix is on the same level playing field as the wall? >> we know that's going to be part of this negotiation. we don't want to do that without the other three components. it's like having a stool with two legs. it doesn't work very well. we want to make sure we're addressing this more fully and in a responsible way so we're not just kicking the can down the road but dealing with the issue longer term. >> what has he deny doing behind the scenes as this drama unfolded? >> look, we put outlet a numb...

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

To a bipartisan deal? does donald trump have that power, david? >> he does. and i think you spoke about this earlier. this is where the leadership of the president is required. because the moment the republicans begin to moderate, they even approach or accept some type of daca solution, the right-wing media will lose their minds. and what we've seen as president trump folds like a cheap suit as soon as the right wing media begins to ding him, this is a moment for him to lead in the direction of daca. be we haven't seen that. we saw him begin to hide because he didn't want the controversy. >> a...

About bringing the d.r.e.a.m. act to the floor so that he could get their vote for the gop tax plan and he failed there. and there is no real commitment from paul ryan on him bringing the d.r.e.a.m. act to the floor on the house side. and it's just not worth the pain thaer it was printed on. >> so why would the democrats do this today? >> i wish i knew. you're going to have to ask them. it is a really -- i just -- it is incredibly disappointing. we are -- there is 800,000 daca recipients that are waiting here, that are anxious and we promised that we would fight for them. democrats promised to...