mary, i will start with you. they are doing sit ins across the country. they say they don t want the funding to get done by the end of the year and they re going to call out democrats and republicans to make sure they get their way. this is one of the things that i think really angers americans. here you are, demonstrating and telling us how we have to run our country. that s not a way to make people sympathetic to your cause at all. a lot of people feel you have no right to be demanding anything from this country whatsoever. i think people would like to see them be graceful and appreciative for what they have gotten so far as opposed to demanding. i don t know if this helps their cause. shannon: this is what senator cornyn had to say, a republican from texas. this simply does not advance the interests of these daca recipients to try to force this into a shutdown narrative. shannon: what do you make of it richard? ted cruz is the king of
which is it? is daca legislation amnesty or not? well, i think what you ve got to recognition, two administrations have placed these minors in a quasi legal status. they have executive protection but no authority of congress. so we have to decide, do we give them some legal protection in a permanent status, or in a temporary status, or do we deport them? those are the two choices. i just don t see deportation ever on the table. i think one of the solution would be give them a temporary legal status, and then whether or not they become citizens will be based upon their own merits as any other person might obtain citizenship. is that amnesty? or is it now? we treat minors differently under the rule of law. as long as we ve had our nation. for example, if you had a 12-year-old commit a capital crime, we would not send them to the, you know, to the gurney for execution. we would treat them different.
people are about their security and their prosperity. they need to wake up. so what i think trump did here which is brilliant is send a message to congressional republicans that if you don t get on board, i will find a way to cobble together coalitions to get deals done. steve: i tell you, a topic that the democrats are not on board with is daca. and the president tweeted this out yesterday. apparently after a phone call with nancy pelosi. he tweeted for all those daca that are concerned about your status during the six month period you have nothing to worry about. no action the president says. all right. pablo, does that make you feel better? that is reassuring. but even more reassuring than that was the tweet he put out a couple days before which was calling for, you know, congress to do the rit thing and get a legal status or legalize these 800,000 immigrant youth. there are a lot of different ways to do this. a very simple straightforward way to do this would to allocate expedite
struggling with is daca. he rescinded the program in the fall and tasked congress for coming up with a solution for those 700,000 or so d.r.e.a.m.ers that are affected by the problem but it doesn t seem like there s a solution in sight for congress on daca. with time running out, president trump paid a visit to capitol hill today. to honor former senate gop leader, bob doyle. you are a patriot wick a hero, a leader and today you have become a recipient of the congressional gold medal. it s an honor to be with you bob, thank you for your service. reporter: ahead of his visit, the president tells reuters that a compromise reached last week was the opposite of what i campaigned for and, quote, unacceptable. we re working on it. reporter: but republican leaders are saying it isn t