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You know. the first words out of the president s mouth were, we ve been bonding. we ve spent this retreat so far, we ve spent the time bonding. that was the first thing he took care to say and i think that underscores, really, the agenda behind the summit which was, as you said, to sort of highlight the accomplishments of 2017 and straegize about the tough uphill climb in 2018 with the mid-terms and show the nation in spite of the hullabaloo, they re standing on this. and a couple of interesting comments, point out what senator mcconnell said, he said this is the best year for center right conservatives in decades. that was a very interesting comment, too, especially coming from the senate majority leader. leland: and considering the relationship at times between certainly mitch mcconnell and the president and speaker ryan and the president, and there have been wedges driven between the two of them, it s very clear ....
A lot of his basis base says not a chance. if he were you were able to do away with it. if we were able to deal with the lottery for immigrants coming there. they want to come and know that america will be safe and that we are treating all immigrants fairly. that was for its. that was for its. if they truly want to have daca and they are going to have to negotiate that s what legislative is all about. did the democrats approve at least when it comes to daca that they have the upper hand. you saw the famous deal with chuck and nancy. they were the ones who walked away smiling and not paul ryan or mitch mcconnell who are ....
Everybody thank you very much, i appreciate it. thank you. thank you very much. leland: president trump there as he heads out of the hangar at camp david, having addressed the media with the who s who of republican leadership there. we had mitch mcconnell speaker ryan there, the vice-president there, presenting a lockstep republican leadership for what they want to accomplish in 2018. leland vittert here along with gillian turner, america s news headquarters, from a very chilly washington and you even heard the president sort of joke how cold it was inside that airplane hangar. we saw gary cohn get called up. he was wearing his overcoat. they went on this retreat, if you will, and it looks like they sort of have spent the time looking backward at 2017 in their victories and talking about their successes, we heard the vice-president highlight those and thank the president for his leadership. and then half looking forward. gillian: yeah, in an extraordinary display of unity, ....
a video from camp david, president trump addressing the president, along with congressional leadership there, just in the past hour or so, on a saturday afternoon here in washington. one of the big subjects the president and not only that, but the vice-president, the senate majority leader and speak are ryan talked about was the issue of a deal on daca in exchange for funding of the border wall. and the president talked there about wanting 18 billion for his promised border wall. joining us now salt lake city radio host, rob arquette out there, thank you for being with us. thank you. leland: it s interesting because you heard from the president and leadership and the president said something very important. everybody up here wants a deal on daca. ....
Loans a together in 20 years not 25. trying to consolidate student loans together for lower interest ra you heard the pushback from the representative ryan there. we begin the panel segment early to accommodate for the center seat guests. congressman ron paul in a few minute. let s bring in tonight s journalists. columnists. steve hayes for weekly standard. juan williams, columnist with the hill. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. another moment that people well, some eyebrows were raised on the tour was this at a san francisco fundraiser from the president. we ve lost our ambition, our imagination. our willingness to do things that built the golden get a bridge and hoover dam. bret: that reminded some citbes of the statement he made in an interview saying this. the way i think about it is, you know, this is a great, great country that had gotten ....