this has always been a national security issue. it will continue to be until we build the wall and we start taking care of some of the other issues that go along with that. speaking of national security, let me turn to the fine lawyer who is with you, pam bondi. three previous presidents have sealed the southern border. it was reagan, nixon, and johnson, ex he gent circumstances. they have broad latitude under section 215-a of the immigration and nationality act. should this president act to do the same? well, you know, being a leader is leading by example, greg. we know that. that s exactly what president trump is doing. he is in the white house wanting to work with the democrats while they are vacationing. i think he wants to compromise. mick mulvaney did a great job
security issue. it will continue to be until we build the wall and we start taking care of some of the other issues that go along with that. speaking of national security, let me turn to the fine lawyer who is with you, pam bondi. three previous presidents have sealed the southern border. it was reagan, nixon, and johnson, ex he gent circumstances. they have broad latitude under section 215-a of the immigration and nationality act. should this president act to do the same? well, you know, being a leader is leading by example, greg. we know that. that s exactly what president trump is doing. he is in the white house wanting to work with the democrats while they are vacationing. i think he wants to compromise. mick mulvaney did a great job
in. this, of course, he was supposed to be at the white house at this point, but stopped to take a moment to meet the hundreds, maybe even thousands of catholics who were excited, chanting as he walked out of the papal nunciature. now you are looking at the white house, the south lawn where the pope and the president will make an address. looking at these scenes, let s bring in senior communications adviser to the vatican, secretary of state, greg burke. joining us on the set. what a day. historic address to congress to come still. but this symbolic part of this visit equally as historic. well, it is. i think it s interesting, in talking about the president going out to pick him up. obviously it s a great sign of honor. on the other hand, the president can t do wrong. it is the most popular man on the planet right now. there is obviously good reason. but i think getting back to the message and anne did a really good job saying, you know, this is not a political pope. there are politi
big a priorities, and what kind of timeline do we have to get something done? not that big of a priority. a few things for passage in the congress. immigration reform is one. gun control measure are another thing. but out this along with some of the other measures were basically for the president to illustrate and enunciate the priorities that he s for, his party is for and as i mentioned earlier, some of the things poll very well and might put republicans on the defensive. are they putting out counteroffers, republicans? this is one of the problems they ve had in the past several years. you know where they stand, particularly on measures that president obama is for and they are against. republicans haven t done as good of a job saying what they are for, particularly with pocketbook issues. house majority leader eric cantor laid out a softer tone for the republican party. gave vouchers to low-income
is like having a meeting of the royal court, saying i will not sign an anti-tax pledge like that. it is like putting your feet in cement. the spokesperson for pill lows said, republicans were to there getting marching orders and norquist said it was nothing of that case, but they were there talking about what the pledge means, what it doesn t, and, also, how if republicans win control of the senate and the white house and main control of the house of representatives he think they can do house reform and the pledge helps them do tax reform because it keeps people from going off in a side room and you get a tax increase as a byproduct. neil: so it seems to me the battle is what is a tax hike? what is a revenue enhancement. there are a lot of purist in the republican party saying closing a loophole, figure like that ripping away a tax credit is a tax hike and others likeup job