martha: final thought, richard. i don t think securing the border as a prerequisite. if republicans want to do it, they could. this is about the money and the local governments like bill de blasio and by eric garcetti saying, our job is to keep the city safe, and to enforce immigration laws, don t expect us to do it. what needs to happen, congress needs to be bold, instead of working on tax reform, this is more immediate. we have 11 million people living in the shadows. they have all chambers. let s get it done. martha: there is no reason you can t do both at the same time. donald trump is already going to build a wall. he is committed to building the wall, so, if he will do that, let s pass immigration reform. martha: thank you, you guys. good to see you both. still i had come at the white house setting at sites high with another ambitious legislative goal. this time, they are hoping it will be the trick on tax reform. chris stirewalt, charles hurt
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majority bipartisan agreement. he said, essentially, let s aim low. he didn t restate his whole second-term agenda. he said, let s just get some of the basics done that we all agree should be done. he said, let s do a farm bill, let s try to pass a budget for once, and let s pass immigration reform. you guys said you wanted to do that, let s do that. the president made his case right after the shutdown, the response from republicans was not good. it was less than not good. when you look at the substance of what he asked for, namely immigration reform, which obviously is something that many republicans want to do, particularly after the way that they got really hit hard in the last election, day did not they lost badly with hispanic voters, mitt romney did in particular, everybody wants to do it. i was asking a question, really, what do you think the chances are of immigration reform happening? one e-mail i got just said, ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha straight cross, another said zero, and
he didn t restate his whole second-term agenda. he said, let s just get some of the basics done that we all agree should be done. he said, let s do a farm bill, let s try to pass a budget for once, and let s pass immigration reform. you guys said you wanted to do that, let s do that. the president made his case right after the shutdown, the response from republicans was not good. it was less than not good. when you look at the substance of what he asked for, namely immigration reform, which obviously is something that many republicans want to do, particularly after the way that they got really hit hard in the last election, day did not they lost badly with hispanic voters, mitt romney did in particular, everybody wants to do it. i was asking a question, really, what do you think the chances are of immigration reform happening? one e-mail i got just said, ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha straight cross, another said zero, and another said not happening right now. e-mails to cnn s dana barb a