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>> reporter: but the president sent mixed messages on twitter. at first saying no, amnesty is not part of my offer. but left the door wide open. amnesty will be used on a much bigger deal. whether on immigration or something else. but many democrats are rejecting the plan. democratic presidential candidate kyrsten gillibrand. >> what it really shows is his lack of compassion and empathy for people that are suffering and i think it's an nonstarter. >> reporter: but virginia democrat senator mark westerner called the president's updated offer a starting point. >> listen, going into negotiations ...

Sanders said a hoax today. how can you say it's a hoax, when there are four defendants, two of whom have already plead guilty. that's not a hoax, that's a real investigation. so i am concerned. now, i know, just based on my twitter followers, that most americans are not believing it. but the followers of donald trump definitely believe that mueller cannot be trusted and the investigation is trustworthy. that is a serious threat to our democracy and the rule of law. >> as if you were writing the page one lead all for the new york times as attention is going to scatter off for the holidays. what...

Are these efforts to undercut it, and these efforts have top democrats, including mark westerner of virginia, the ranking democrat of the senate intelligence committee took the floor yesterday and made a proactive defense against any efforts to push out mueller. maybe he knows something that we don't know. we have heard the public assurances all the way up to president trump as well as his lawyer, even sarah luck ka bee sanders today saying there is no plan to fire robert mueller, nonetheless, we have people who know more than we do, who are concerned about the possibility, that said, the muel...

Kiss babies? check. raise money? check. grand stand? check. you have to be able to to grand stan. grand standing is not rare in washington, but bipartisan grand standing very much is. >> mark and i worked hand in han on this, and contrary to popular belief, we're partners to see that this is completed and we've got a product at the end of the day that we can have bipartisanship in supporting. >> we are going to get to the bottom of this. if you get nothing else from today, take that statement tot bank. >> those are the leaders of the senate intelligence committee and therefore the leaders of t...

Day that we can have bipartisanship in supporting. >> we are going to get to the bottom of this. if you get nothing else from today, take that statement tot bank. >> those are the leaders of the senate intelligence committee and therefore the leaders of the senate intelligence russia investigation. richard burr is the republican chairman, mark westerner is the democratic ranking mechblt they say their project in the senate is totally different than the method up one in the house. at the time they made their big bipartisan statement to the press, the house investigation you might recall was fal...