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Priorities for defense and nondefense spending but make sure we stop wasting money in other areas. >> how much does the solving immigration and daca factor in for you in government funding, should it be tied together? >> think people on our side and others, they look at the dreamers and say the morally right thing to do here, these were kids that came over here and they were young and their parents brought them here and grew up here and work here and we have a moral responsibility to them. that is true. having said that, there is an economic imperative here as well. today when folks went to wo...

It is economic insanity and the business communet is saying that to the administration and those in congress and we should focus on that economic side as well. >> what about a one-year deal, a t temporary deal that extends daca for just one year or would you be open for that or does it need to be a permanent solution. >> i think permanent solution is much better than a one year deal. the -- some people think the daca dreamer deal is amnesty. it is not. the idea is like a 12 year pathway to get there and folks have to stay out of trouble and like a lot of us do. and they have to stay out of tro...

He's been hard-line immigration for quite a while. it's one of the things he's stuck to regardless of everything else. he has been hard-line about his desire for that wall. he fluctuates on whether he want it is to be a cyber wall or fence here and there, but he wants a wall. he doesn't want any, he wants to get rid of, deport illegal immigrants. he's sort of soft on daca, but not really. not his actions. >> is it because he feels strongly about it or did he know was a great way to campaign issue and something to run on. he has not been an immigration enthusiast for decades. >> so he's campaig...

Agendas. so for example i'm thinking about this in relation to daca. there's a lot of noise coming out of the white house with regards to the dreamers. democrats, if they fold and allow the steve miller wing of the white house to in effect overturn how we think of immigration. >> why do you say steve miller and not donald trump wing? >> it's donald trump, absolutely right. if he's going to upend legal immigration on the backs of dreamers, and they're going to fold, they're going to fold while they're point being are noise of trump. they're going to pay in 2018. >> he has no values. he campaign...

Bill heads to the senate. the president calls it a waste of time but what happens when time runs out on daca. and the dow tanks with the lowest point drop in history, will it change the president's tune about his economic wins. >> you can work hard but if you don't have the right leader setting the right tone in all fairness, and i'm not even saying --ine nonbraggadocios. >> this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. ♪ ♪ good evening. i'm katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. and we're following breaking news at this hour. the house intel committee is meeting behind closed doors ri...