VETERANS, INCLUDING PASSAGE OF
LONG-AWAITED VETERANS
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION.
TRISH: THAT IS THE PRESIDENT
RIGHT THERE TALKING ABOUT THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER HE IS SIGNING
RIGHT NOW TO HELP VETERANS WITH
THEIR MENTAL CAPABILITIES AS
THEY TRANSITION BACK INTO
CIVILIAN LIFE.
LET'S GO BACK TO MR. KARL ROVE
FOR MORE REACTION TO THAT
TO THE SOUND AS IT WAS COMING
IN.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT IF
HE SAYS ANYTHING ADDITIONAL
ABOUT DACA BUT DO YOU THINK THEY
ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET --
LET'S KEEP IF MIND HOW POIGNANT
ANTI-IMMIGRANT, IS THE ONE TO
ACTUALLY PROVIDE A PATH FORWARD
TO THE "DREAMERS," KARL?
COMPASSION ABOUT THIS WHEN THE
ISSUE CAME UP EARLIER.
THE PRESIDENT OBAMA, WHO HAD THE
ABILITY TO RESOLVE THIS
LEGISLATIVELY IN 2009 AND 10,
DIDN'T RESOLVE IT.
HE USED POWERS THAT, I BELIEVE,
ADMINISTRATION, IF A PRESIDENT
COULD EXEMPT AN ENTIRE CLASS OF
INDIVIDUAL FROM THE IMMIGRATION
LAWS, AND ALL THE LAWYERS CAME
BACK AND SAID THAT WAS NOT
ALLOWED BUT YET PRESIDENT OBAMA
WENT AHEAD AND DID IT.
IT WAS BEING CHALLENGED IN THE
COURTS.
I THINK THIS ISSUE IS RIPE FOR
RESOLUTION.
WHAT WILL BE INTERESTING IS, IF
EVERYBODY WAS IN AGREEMENT WE
JUST GOT TO DO DACA IT WOULD GET
DONE BUT THE PRESIDENT SAYS WE
THE QUESTION IS, ARE THE
DEMOCRATS WILLING TO GIVE THE
PRESIDENT SOME OF WHAT HE WANTS
ON SECURING THE BORDER?
FOR THEM THE ISSUE OF THE WALL
HAS BECOME A SYMBOL.
WHAT IS IRONIC TO ME I REMEMBER
IN 2006 WORKING WITH SOME SAME
SENATORS.
IN 2006 PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
RECOMMENDED WE CREATE 700 MILES
TRAFFIC.
SOME OF IT WOULD BE FENCES.
SOME OF IT WOULD BE THE WALL AS
WE NOW THINK ABOUT IT.
IT PASSED THE HOUSE AND SENATE
OVERWHELMINGLY.
SENATORS SCHUMER, SENATOR
HILLARY CLINTON, SENATOR
BARACK OBAMA, SENATOR, THEN
SENATOR JOE BIDEN ALL OF THEM
THE BORDER.
WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ASKING
FOR DURING THE CAMPAIGN HE
WELL SECRETARY KELLY AND NOW HIS
SUCCESSOR HAVE CONVINCED
PRESIDENT YOU DON'T NEED A
2300-MILE BORDER WALL.
YOU NEED MORE WALL ALONG THE
IS ASKING FOR.
THE QUESTION IS CAN THE
DEMOCRATS SAY OKAY, WE'LL GET
DACA AND WE'LL GIVE THE
PRESIDENT SOME OF WHAT HE WANTS
TRISH: YOU WOULD THINK THEY WANT
TO DO IT.
THE PRESSURE IS ON.
>> YEAH.
TRISH: THE PRESIDENT SAID, THERE
IS A SOLUTION THERE.
GO AHEAD, KARL.
>> LOOK, THE PRESIDENT, THIS
EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT HE BROUGHT
EVERYBODY IN.
STENY HOYER SITTING NEXT TO HIM,
SAYING SOME OF THE THINGS YOU
WANT WE'RE NOT GOING FOR.
THE PRESIDENT SAID, I UNDERSTAND
THAT THAT IS WHY WE NEGOTIATE
IT.
WHATEVER YOU ALL CAN COME UP
WITH I'LL BACK.
FRANKLY HE LOOKS LIKE THE
RATIONAL AND REASONABLE PERSON
IMAGE THAT IS GOING TO COME OUT
OF THIS IS, THE PRESIDENT WANTS
TO GET THIS DONE.
ASKING FOR A DEAL AND EVERYBODY
OUGHT TO SIT DOWN AND NEGOTIATE
IN GOOD FAITH.
HE WON THAT BATTLE TODAY.
TRISH: IF YOU READ WHAT YOU READ
IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA OR THE
LEFTIST MEDIA HE HAS SOME FORM
OF DIMENTIA HE CAN NOT CONDUCT A
MEETING, HE CAN NOT LISTEN,
ET CETERA.
YOU SEE EVERYTHING THEY SAID
ABOUT HIM IN THAT "FIRE AND
RATIONAL, IN CHARGE, IN CONTROL
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE IS FIT
FOR THE OFFICE OR UP TO THE JOB
OR WHETHER OR NOT HE OUGHT TO BE
TWEETING AND SO FORTH, BUT THIS
ISSUE HE IS MENTALLY UNSOUND
THIS BOOK RAISES, I COMMEND YOU
MY COLUMN, I'M WORKING ON IT FOR
THURSDAY, I THINK YOU ARE GOING
THIS HAPPENED BEFORE IN AMERICAN
POLITICS.
I THINK THE WOLFE BOOK IS BASED
POINTS AND THIS MANY INSTANCES
REFLECTS NOT REPORTING, BUT
OPINION OF THE WRITER.
I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
IT IN MY THURSDAY COLUMN.
STARTING WITH THE ISSUE THAT YOU
RAISED, I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY
THE OPENING.
TRISH: WELL, I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE
IT NOW.
THAT WAS A GOOD TEASE.
>> THERE WE GO.
TRISH: THURSDAY'S COLUMN BY
SIMILAR THINGS AND I REMEMBER IT
DISTINCTLY AS A KID.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REALITY
OF THIS HAPPENING.
IT GETS DONE?
THEY DON'T HAVE A TON OF TIME.
YOU HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION
REFORM.
HE SAID, HEY, GO FOR IT, IF YOU
CAN GET IT DONE.
>> YEAH.
BUT DO DACA --
TRISH: GO AHEAD.
>> LET'S DO DACA, THE NEXT DAY
START ON COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION.
I THOUGHT THAT IS GOOD WAY TO
PUT IT.
YOU CAN REACH A DACA AGREEMENT.
IF DEMOCRATS SAY GIVE US MOST
WHAT WE WILL WANT ON DACA, WE'LL
GIVE YOU SUBSTANTIALLY THEY WANT
ON BORDER SECURITY.
THAT RESOLVES THE ISSUE, THAT
BUILDS CONFIDENCE THEY CAN
ARRANGE AND WHOLE OTHER ISSUES
THIS IS COMPLEX OF PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
I DEALT WITH THIS THREE
DIFFERENT TIMES, 0, 6, 7, AND
STRUCK ME, THE SOUND BLAKE RAN
IN HIS PIECE, HE TALKED ABOUT,
GO NEGOTIATE IT, GO NEGOTIATE
IT.
THAT IS THE BUSINESSMAN AMERICAN
VOTERS SENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
DESPERATELY TO HIS OR HER OWN
POINTS OF VIEW, SOMEHOW THERE IS
HE ALSO TOLD THEM, KARL, TO GET
TOGETHER.
SO DIVIDED IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
ANYMORE.
CAN THEY DO IT?
>> YEAH.
I THINK THEY CAN.
WE'LL SEE.
BUT I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT
THING THAT HE SAID WAS, I WILL
GIVE YOU COVER WHICH IS MORE
IMPORTANT FOR THE REPUBLICANS
THAN IT IS FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
BECAUSE REMEMBER, THERE WILL BE
A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WHO ARE
NERVOUS ABOUT VOTING FOR
SOMETHING THAT SOLVES THE
PROBLEM WITH THE "DREAMERS,"
PARTICULARLY IF IT ALLOWS THEM
TO PATH ULTIMATELY TO BECOME
U.S. CITIZENS.
BUT THE PRESIDENT SAID, I WILL
GIVE YOU COVER.
REPUBLICANS WOULD LIKE TO GET
THIS ISSUE RESOLVED.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT BEHIND
THEM BUT THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU COVER
MATTERS A LOT TO THEM.
ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE, THEY MIGHT
HAVE INTERPRETED THAT I DON'T
NEED YOUR COVER IN MY ELECTIONS,
I WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING,
DEMOCRATS THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO
GO HOME, WE NEGOTIATED HARD AND
I GOT SOMETHING OUT OF THE
TRISH: A GOOD BOSS WILL SAY,
HEY, YOU GO FOR IT AND I WILL
TAKE THE HEAT.
>> I WILL BACK YOU UP.
HE SAID I SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE
IN THE HEAT.
SO GOOD MOVE ON HIS PART.
MY SUSPICION IS, THAT WAS AIMED
IN PART AT THE CAMERAS BUT I
HOPE IT WAS TAKEN AS SERIOUS BY
ALL THE PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM
BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS OFFERED
IN VERY SERIOUS TONE.
HAS MOVED TO THE SIDE SHALL WE
SAY, DOES THAT HELP THE
PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF
GETTING SOME KIND OF DEAL DONE?
>> BIGGEST LOSER OUT OF THE
WOLFF BOOK IS STEVE BANNON
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT TO THE A
CHANCE TO SEE WHAT HE REALLY
THOUGHT.
THE BIGGEST WINNER OUT OF THE
DOESN'T NEED TO TAKE HIS
LATE-NIGHT PHONE CALLS WHERE HE
GIVES HIM GOOFY ADVICE.
TRISH: KARL ROVE, THANK YOU.
>> YOU BET.
TRISH: LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
COLUMN ON FOXNEWS.COM?
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL."