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Are going to have to explain why that they haven't wanted to protect the vulnerable people we're all here talking about. we're talking about everything except doing something for the daca kids. you know, i would vote for a path to citizenship, which isn't very easy for me, but i would do it just as an effort. but there's certain things that you've got -- we've got to -- we're going to do. >> -- will be brought up. i really believe that will be brought up as part of what we're talking about at some point. it's an incentive for people to do a good job. if you want to know the truth. the whole pa...

In to a comprehensive immigration reform procedure like we did back -- i remember when kennedy was here. it was really a major, major effort. and it was great disappointment that it went nowhere. >> i have no -- i think that's basically what dick is saying. we're going to come up with daca. then we can start immediately on phase two which would be comprehensive -- >> would you be agreeable to that? >> i think a lot of people would like to see that. i think we have to do daca first. >> mr. president, you need to be clear, though, i think what senator feinstein's asking here, when we talk about ...

Diane, go ahead. >> do you really think that there can be agreement in all of of that quickly to get daca passed in time? i wanted to ask mr. mccarthy a question. do you really think there can be agreement on those three difficult subjects you raised in time to get daca passed and effective so -- >> yes, because you have heard from leader mcconnell and speaker ryan who said they will put the bill on to the floor if the president agreed to it. and us getting to the room, i haven't seen us be this close and having this discussion in quite a few years of the last four years. so i think yes, we ca...

You heard him keep going back to the idea of wanting the u.s. immigration system to be merit-based. and wanting to improve border security. broadly speaking, those are things that i think members of both parties can agree to. we don't know what happened when the cameras left the room but i think the people who are going to walk out of that meeting very pleased with the white house officials who have the president just sort of control that room for the better part of an hour with the cameras on and looking like he wants to make a bipartisan deal. democrats who now will see an opening and republ...

But the president said he was thrilled to be in that room of distinguished republicans and democrats. said that any deal on immigration had to include three things. border security. including that wall. more resources for i.c.e. agents. and ending chain migration. ending the visa lottery. we also heard the president there use a term that is politically loaded over and over again. comprehensive immigration reform. it would seem to folks who are watching that go down that a daca deal is going to get done here long before the march deadline. and then after that, the president said he would prefer...