reporter: and signaling an openness to pursue a larger immigration deal. if we do this properly, daca, you re not so far away from comprehensive immigration reform. if you want to take the further step, i ll take the heat. i don t care. i ll take all the heat you want to give me. and i ll take the heat off both the democrats and the republicans. reporter: at times, the president appearing to contradict himself, insisting that border security must be part of any agreement but also suggesting he is open to a clean daca bill. i have no problem. i think that s basically what we said. we re going to come up with daca, do daca, and start immediately on phase two, which is comprehensive. reporter: kevin mccarthy interjecting this. mr. trump, you need to be clear. when we talk about daca, we don t want to be back two years later. you have to have security. reporter: it was unclear if border security meant a wall. the white house offering little clarity. what has to be part of a