migration. look at the visa lottery. there s fraud there. it s within exploited. people have used it fraudulently saying that, you know, with chain migration, that these people are family members and they re not and they bring them to the united states. these are real issues. i don t think he s asking for a lot. he s also asking for funding of a wall, a physical barrier that as i mentioned, democrats once supported. were they trying to throw a grenade into solvable problems by letting this whole story come out of that room? dick durbin could have said that offense me. i wish all six senators would have said that. but that would the point is, they all used it. used to it their benefit. the point is that the president of the united states of america shouldn t use that kind of language to talk about people from his own country, fry in other country. so let s get so absorbed with it that we prevent a better future for children that came
along the southern boarder but now they re opposed to it. to the issue with the comment. the president disputes that is the exact language he used as did senator tom cotton. it undermines and hurts the process when senator dick durbin goes forward and puts these statements out. of course, undermines the process. it erodes trust if there was any trust there from the begins. so how doesn t trump believe that democrats are acting in good faith on this deal when he can t trust them at all? i don t think being a tattletale allegedly. and no, you have lindsey graham, which was the only one brave enough and senator tom cotton and purdue, they re saying the s house version of this. hold on. hold on. look how ridiculous this conversation becomes. it goes to border security,
definitely dragged all of that into a larger conversation. dick durbin said how can you talk about chain migration? there s a it connotes something larger and that it has some sort of indication with regard to slavery. watch what dick durbin said about chain migration in the past and now. watch? when it came to the issue of chain migration , i said to the president, do you realize how painful that term is to so many people? the dream act would not allow what is known as chain migration. in fact, students would have little to responsible sore their family members for legal status. we ve seen a change in rhetoric over not specifically the wall but a physical barrier. we had a ton of democrats including dianne feinstein, chuck schumer voting in 2006 for the security fence act. literally a physical barrier
charlottesville situation, those previous incidents are cause for concern that have made this situation even more alarming. mitt romney weighing in today as he prepares to rejoin the political debate through a likely senate run. the power of the nation of origin. the president is flying back washington after a three-day vacation in florida. what is at stake is the three-day shutdown on friday. look for meetings to happen here at the white house. one adviser told me he hopes they can move beyond last week s meeting and make progress. we ll see if that happens this week. in week three of this new year. that s right. tweeting about dick durbin on the eve of these meetings may not be the most constructive way of moving on. my panel is here to discuss all of this.
blank house nations. he says he s not racist. he says he s the least racist person ever. based on what you have seen, do you agree? well, i think he has a track record here. and i think the track recordings far back. but in reality, what we need to get to is a legislative solution for daca. we have succeeded in federal court here in california to enjoin the administration to accept enrollments under the current program. it needs to be memorialized in statute. part of this deal that was presented to the president last week did include some funding for a border wall or border fence or some kind of border structure. it is something some democrats said they would never provide money for. this deal with dick durbin was