>> SUGGESTING THAT THE
WHITE HOUSE HASN’T BEEN CLEAR
WHERE IT STANDS ON A DACA DEAL.
>> I AM LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SUPPORTS
AND HE’S NOT YET INDICATED WHAT
MEASURE HE’S WILLING TO SIGN.
AS SOON AS WE FIGURE OUT WHAT
HE’S FOR, THEN I WOULD BE
CONVINCED THAT WE WERE NOT JUST
SPINNING OUR WHEELS.
>> Shannon: JOINING US NOW,
WHITE HOUSE SENIOR ADVISOR FOR
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS,
MERCEDES SCHLAPP.
DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU?
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN CLEAR
ON SOME THINGS BUT SOME OF THE
SENATORS DON’T GET THE WHOLE
PROGRAM.
SPEAK OF THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
VERY CLEAR ON WHAT HE EXPECTS
FROM A DACA DEAL.
HIS PRIORITIES, DEALING WITH
DACA, SECURING THE BORDER,
ENDING CHAIN MIGRATION AND THE
VISA LOTTERY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT
TALKED ABOUT TUESDAY IN THE
MEETING WHERE HE WAS WITH
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE,
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
HE ASKED THEM TO COME UP WITH A
BIPARTISAN FRAMEWORK ON A DACA
DEAL.
THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
CONGRESS TO PRODUCE A PRODUCT,
SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT CAN
SUPPORT.
IT’S SOMETHING WE HAVEN’T SEEN
YET, ESPECIALLY NOT ONE
SENATOR GRAHAM AND
SENATOR DURBIN CAME TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
IT WAS A WEAK PROPOSAL AND THE
PRESIDENT HAS FOR MONTHS LAID
OUT HIS IMMIGRATION PRIORITIES.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO END
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
IN SHORT -- ENSURE WE DON’T
RECREATE A SECOND DACA.
>> Shannon: IN THE HOUSE
PROPOSAL, THIS BH PROPOSAL.
SOME KIND OF TEMPORARY RENEWABLE
LEGAL STATUS FOR DACA,
30 BILLION FOR A WHILE, ENDING
CHAIN MIGRATION AND THE RESULT
OF THE DOJ WOULD BE ALLOWED TO
WITHHOLD MONEY FROM SANCTUARY
JURISDICTIONS.
THAT SOUNDS TOUGH.
ON THE SENATE SIDE, A PATH TO
CITIZENSHIP FOR DACA, CHANGING,
NOT ABOLISHING THE VISA LOTTERY.
SAME THING WITH CHAIN MIGRATION.
NOT COMPLETELY GETTING RID OF I
IT.
BORDER SECURITY, NOT JUST A
WHILE.
HOW DO THOSE SITES GET TOGETHER?
>> THAT’S GOING TO BE A BIG
CHALLENGE.
THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
PROPOSED FOR THE HOUSE AND
SENATE TO FIND A SOLUTION ON THE
DACA DEAL.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN FIND THE COMMON
GROUND WHEN YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT BORDER SECURITY FOR
INSTANCE.
IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT DHS HAS
TOLD THE PRESIDENT AND TALKED TO
CONGRESS ABOUT THE NEED OF
ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A WALL
THAT’S BUILT.
WHAT WE SEE IN THE SENATE
PROPOSAL, THEY ARE NOT PROPOSING
ENOUGH MONEY.
IT’S ONE-TENTH OF THE FUNDING WE
NEED.
THE OTHER PART IS THE SENATE
PROPOSAL INCREASES ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
VISA LOTTERY.
WHAT HAPPENS IS IT DOES LEAD TO
INCREASED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
WHY DO WE WANT TO BE IN THAT
SITUATION?
MAKES NO SENSE.
>> Shannon: IS THAT WHY THE
PRESIDENT GOT SO MAD LAST WEEK?
HE DIDN’T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND
HE DIDN’T LIKE WITH A BROAD.
GENERAL KELLY SAID THE PRESIDENT
GOT A CALL.
HE TALKED TO PEOPLE ON THE HILL
AND BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER
FOR MEETING THEN THE PRESIDENT
IS UPSET.
>> Shannon: THE DURBIN AND
GRAHAM PROPOSAL HAS BEEN IN THE
WORKS FOR SOME TIME.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO SOLVE THE
DACA SITUATION IN GOOD FAITH AND
HAS ASKED CONGRESS TO COME UP
WITH SOLUTIONS THAT HE WOULD
SUPPORT BUT IT HAS TO INCLUDE
HIS PRIORITIES.
YES, HE WAS FRUSTRATED WHEN
SENATOR DURBIN AND
SENATOR GRAHAM CAME OVER AND
SAID WE HAVE THE SOLUTION.
WHEN HE READ THE PROPOSAL, IT
OBVIOUSLY DID NOT FIT WHAT HE
WAS EXPECTING.
WE HAVE A SERIOUS SITUATION
WHERE WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE
HAVE TO STOP, WHERE DHS HAS THE
AUTHORITY TO BE WITH TO EXPEDITE
THE REMOVAL OF ILLEGALS COMING
IN THROUGH THE BORDER.
WHERE WE HAVE OUR I.C.E. AGENTS,
WHERE THEY ARE IN EMPOWERED SO
THEY CAN REMOVE CHEMICAL ALIENS-
CRIMINAL ALIENS.
WE HAVE LACKED CONTROL IN OUR
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM FOR DECADES.
I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE
SINCE THE DAYS OF
GEORGE W. BUSH.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE
THIS AND IT’S UNDER
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LEADERSHIP IS
WILLING TO MAKE A DEAL BUT THEY
NEED TO COME WITH THE RIGHT DEAL
WHICH WILL INCLUDE NOT CREATING
A SECOND WAVE OF DACA RECIPIENTS
COMING IN BUT BEING ABLE TO
CONTROL THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
ISSUE AND ALSO ALLOW FOR
RESPONSIBLE REGRESSION REFORM.
WE WANT INTEGRATES IT
WE WANT A MERIT-BASED SYSTEM.
STEVE WHAT WE KNOW THIS ISN’T
HAPPENING BY FRIDAY.
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS AND SOME
REPUBLICANS SAY THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO VOTE FOR A SHORT-TERM
FUNDING DEAL.
SOME OF THEM ARE SAYING IT’S
BECAUSE OF THEY DON’T GET DACA
OR SOME KIND OF DEAL, WE RUN OUT
OF MONEY AT MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY.
THERE IS THIS BATTLE OVER WHAT
HAPPENS.
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE, STEVE
ISRAEL, DEMOCRAT HAD THIS TO
SAY.
HE SAID REPUBLICANS CANNOT
AFFORD TO SHUTDOWN THE
GOVERNMENT IN ONE OF THE
ROUGHEST MIDTERM ENVIRONMENTS
THEY’VE EVER HAD.
DEMOCRATS HAVE THE UPPER HAND
AND THEY SHOULD PLAY IT.
>> I THINK THE DEMOCRATS LOSE IF
THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN.
THEY ARE HOLDING FUNDING FOR THE
TROOPS HOSTAGE, FUNDING FOR
NATIONAL SECURITY, THEY ARE
PLAYING POLITICS OVER OUR
COUNTRY.
THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE A VERY
CLEAR HE DOES NOT WANT THE
GOVERNMENT TO SHUTDOWN.
MANY REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING THEY
DON’T WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO
SHUT DOWN.
WE NEED A SOLUTION.
>> Shannon: WHEN HE SAID WE
NEED A GOOD SHUTDOWN SOMETIMES.
THEY ARE GOING TO SAY THE
REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE
WHITE HOUSE AND BOTH HOUSES OF
CONGRESS.
>> YOU NEED 60 VOTES TO PASS THE
BUDGET.
>> Shannon: DO YOU THINK
AMERICANS GET THAT?
>> YOU NEED DEMOCRATS TO GO WITH
REPUBLICANS IN ORDER FOR THE
BUDGET TO PASS.
FOR THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO
PASS ON THE SHORT-TERM SPENDING
BILL, THEY NEED DEMOCRATS.
IF THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO
PLAY THIS GAME, THEY WILL BE
IMPACTED TO THE END BECAUSE
THERE ARE SO MANY REPUBLICANS
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT SAYING
WE DO NOT WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE
GOVERNMENT.
WE NEED TO ENSURE WE GET A DACA
DEAL AND THEY SUBMITTED THE
BUDGET MONTHS AGO AND CONGRESS
HAS NOT ACTED IN TERMS OF
PASSING THE BUDGET.
IT IMPACTS THE READINESS OF OUR
MILITARY AND SECRETARY MATTIS
HAS DONE, MET WITH REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS AND SAID THAT THE
PLAN LONG-TERM IN TERMS OF
MILITARY WE NEED TO HAVE A
BUDGET IN PLACE.
THAT’S WHY IT’S IMPORTANT AND
IMPERATIVE THAT CONGRESS WORKS
TO GET THIS BUDGET DONE.
>> Shannon: I GOT TO ASK, HOW
MUCH FUN DID THE PRESIDENT HAVE
PUTTING TOGETHER THE FAKE NEWS
AWARDS?
>> THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THE ERRORS BUT SOME OF
THESE MEDIA OUTLETS HAVE
COMMITTED AND I THINK IT WAS ONE
OF THESE MOMENTS THAT I THINK IT
JUST SHOWS THAT SOME OF THESE
MEDIA OUTLETS ARE OUT THERE TO
ATTACK THE PRESIDENT.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT REALLY
ENJOYED BEING OUT THERE TALKING
ABOUT THE FAKE NEWS.
IT’S GOTTEN A LOT OF COVERAGE,