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Senator lindsey graham, a top trump ally, said yesterday after a two-hour lunch with the president, that trump was open minded about a deal that would involve him sticking with that $5 billion demand but also supporting a temporary renewal of daca protections for young undocumented immigrants. >> the president didn't commit, but i think he's very open minded. i know there's some democrats out there who would be willing to provide money for wall border security if we could deal with the daca population and tps people. and hopefully, we can get some serious discussions started maybe as soon as n...

>> the president did not commit, but i think he is open minded. i know there are democrats out there willing to provide money for wall border security if we could deal with the daca population and tps people. we hope to get serious discussions started maybe as soon as next week. >> reporter: keep in mind, mick mulvaney, the acting chief of staff and budget director, has signalled the president is willing to back down off that $5 billion number. vice president mike pence offered something in the neighborhood of $2.5 billion. half of that and democrats rejected it. keep in mind, democratic congr...

People on the ground who are really on the front lines, on the borderer every day, what they needed and what they said they needed was a barrier in some areas, but it would look not like a concrete wall but would be steel slats, a combination of fencing, but along with more personnel and technology. that goes to show that distance between rhetoric and reality. and potentially how difficult it's going to be for whoever comes next as chief of staff or anyone, any official on immigration and border security to really succeed when the president in fact ran and won on some pledges that he may not b...

His ally is floating a proposal he says could end the standoff. >> the president didn't commit. but i think he's very open minded. i know there's some democrats out there. who would be willing to provide money for wall border security if we could deal with the daca population and tps people. >> nbc's geoff bennett is at the white house for us. last date for john kelly, the outgoing chief of staff. the president says huh-uh, what you just said in that interview, not true. >> here's some context. because it's important for people to know that dhs officials and border patrol authorities have been...

Surprised the white house when he announced the policy back in may. in his interview with the los angeles times, outgoing chief of staff john kelly talked about president trump's plan to build a wall along the u.s./mexico border. he told the paper, quote, to be honest it's not a wall. kelly added the president still says wall. oftentimes he'll say barrier or fencing. now he's tended toward steel slats. we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration when we asked people what they needed and where they needed. lindsey graham met with the president for lunch yesterday. afterwards he...