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Legislation, which stops this policy for good. this legislation. but last night it was sweeping legislation. this morning, we re told we re going to get an executive action. we ll hear from the president momentarily. republican senators also at the white house. number two, word is there will be some stand alone legislation. again, something this president of the united states, a man whose trademark is stubbornness, is caving again. yes. and look, last night was i was up on capitol hill. i think it was pretty much a bust, and we can talk about that later, since we have this breaking news. but i think the question is whether it really is even possible for congress to pass a stop gap measure, to pass legislation that just deals with this issue of separating children, because even if the president deals with the flores issue, the court issue through executive action, there still is going to be an outcry to do it ....
Executive action by republicans. the president needs to say i m going to stop it. trace? yes, there s no pathway to legislation, mike emanuel, on capitol hill. there s no pathway to legislation. the president is planning on this stop gap measure, which is the executive order to keep the zero tolerance policy in effect but keep families together. the white house pool has been called to the white house.we have not confirmed it s for the signing of this executive order. we assume that s it and as soon as we get that, we have breaking news. the president has just signed this. the executive order just passed or just was signed by the president. we knew he was about to do this. we re now waiting tape playback of that signing. keep in mind, the deal here is the president has been getting pressure from all sides. we re talking about the pope, ....
Either of them through because conservatives like one and not the other. then they will try to pass a stop gap measure. maybe that will put into effect a legal way what the president s order can t do. that doesn t answer the practical problems. how do you do this? so i think we re at the beginning of a long road here. i just want to point out, the president is about to go to minnesota, jump on air force one and go for a rally that he s holding there. he just signed this executive order and going back to your point, jerry, talking about what will happen on the ground and what will happen in congress. if you re a democrat right now and you see the children that looks very uncomfortable and in some cases crying, this is one of those things that you want, this is a victory for them, this is one of those things where they re coming out and really helping them, you know, to get what they want in these ....
In september 27th and that is why we are making a daca deal. martha: that is disingenious. the truth of the matter. president obama in 2012 when the program came in to be. this is not amnesty or immunity. or a path to citizenship. it is not a permanent fix. it is a temporary stop gap measure that lets us focus our resource and giving a degree and hope to driven and patriotic young people. martha: it was supposed to be intended to be temporary. it it was not amnesty or given a path to citizenship which was unfortunate. but president obama did allow 800000 people to have a life. ....
Going down in the history books as the shortest in american history. pete: this is my read. griff jenkins live in washington with what comes next to make it official; griff: cue the music for the great government shutdown in 2018. don t you like what i have done with your sky. i have reopened the government and painted the sky like a portrait. here is what happened. the house just voted in the last hour and change 240-186 to pass what the senate passed at 2:00 a.m., in a vote 71-28, a two-year budget bill in a stop gap measure that funds the government through march 23rd. so we will have a budget with military spending and budget reforms. make no mistake we will be back here in six weeks. now the g.o.p. needed about 70 dems to join it. in all, that s 67 republicans that voted no. so that s a handful of defections. mostly because of that 400 billion-dollar increase in spending. but paul ryan called this a victory for our mental and women in uniform. and the man who whipped that vote, st ....