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In just a few minutes, the attorney general, jeff sessions will be at that podium holding a briefing on the fate of daca. the administration is expected to stop that with a six-month delay for a fix. protests under way against plans to end the program. officials are telling cnn the president doesn't want to take the lead on this issue. might be why he is punting it to jeff sessions to make the announcement today. note, jeff sessions remains on shallow footing with the president. meantime, six republican members of congress signed this letter to the president urging him to keep daca in place un...

It. we have to have congress do its job and solve the problems. the numbers are there. the men and women signed up for daca, 90% of them are working. 95% of them are working or going to school. so, the numbers are there to improve our economy. we have to have a congressional fix. >> the cato institute, i know you have read this study, which is center, if not right leaning says it would hurt the economy, cost $60 billion over a decade to deport the dreamers, $280 billion in decreased tax revenue, growth is going to be hurt. you know this administration wants to see 4% economic growth. is the ad...

Hill. manu, you practically live on the hill. what is next? >> reporter: that's right. each of these committees spent the summer really going through thousands and thousands of pages of documents the trump campaign provided to them as part of the questions of any involvement with russians during the campaign season. they are going to chase a number of leads and schedule big names to come in for interviews, including donald trump jr., who is coming to the senate intelligence committee this month. >> manu raju on the hill for us, thank you so much. in moments, we are expecting to hear from att...

Absolutely opposes anything that could be construed as, quote, unquote, amnesty. the game of eight bill, back in 2013, tea party activist that is i spoke to at the time said they were just as opposed to that as they were to obamacare. the amount of backlash the president would get if he defended daca in court, if he directed sessions to defend daca could have been extraordinary. sessions himself has been a vocal, energetic opponent of daca. it's a tough decision for the president and a decision that impacts 800,000 people's lives. that's why nobody is happy here. the situation is fraught. >> w...

Thinking, they are libertarian according to to many lean right. they say deporting the dreamers would cost more than $60 billion to do it over the next decade. it would cost a loss in tax revenue and cost economic growth. this is an administration that wants to see 4% economic growth. are they misjudging this situation in terms of the effect on the u.s. economy? >> i don't think they are misjudging it. they are in a situation where they realize it's unfair to the dreamers to extend a program and start a countdown clock for the people with another round of uncertainty. what the president's poin...