was happening in that room? let me set the stage for you, ari. it was remarkable. i went to speak with one of the senior officials here at the white house. it was going to be an off the record conversation. and then about seven minutes into the conversation, there were a number of reporters involved in that. the president walked in, he surprised us. we started asking him about his trip to davos. he s going to leave in about an hour and a half to that global economic summit. then immigration. the president expressing 0 optimism that they will get a deal on immigration. butt-head line on that point is he essentially said he s open to a pathway to citizenship for dreamers over the course of 10 to 12 years. one reportered ask if d.r.e.a.m.ers should be worried if they can t get a deal by march 5th. the president said they have nothing to be worried about. i found that to be very striking. then the headline that everyone is talking about, what you
and holding mitch mcconnell from his commitment to the floor. do you think it will change? that s what i m saying. i don t think it will change. i hope that the president will say, here s what we need and here s what we ll stick with. but if we don t, we ll come to the senate floor and the senate will be the senate again. and we ll pass something and then see if the president likes it. will you get a deal for the d.r.e.a.m.ers today? we want to get a deal by march 5th. i think the worst outcome would be to get to march 5th and then try to jam something through that would look the legislative equipment of daca. there would be no settlement for these kids and they would have to wait for something certain again. that wouldn t be good. i m convinced a deal can be done, it just won t be permanent. do you think a deal can be done with trump? it s a victory for everybody when the government opens back