because really a march deadline. well, wolf, we have been talking on working on the d.r.e.a.m.ers time and time again. and the judge ruled the president s decision is illegal. what is at stake is not immigration, but it s about government s word. we promised a number of daca kids if they gave their information to the government, if they paid a fee, then we would give them status in this country. and just because the president switches, doesn t mean the united states doesn t have to live up to its word. so for many of us it s a matter of our government s credibility to people who we made a promise and we just had a recent federal court judge affirm that logic. the federal court that judge said that the program could continue although the trump administration, the justice department is now taking it to a higher court as wells immediately to the supreme court. we don t know what the bottom line decision is going to be. but if there is it a government shutdown, the president says the d
sticking points. we have to compromise. it s not a bill i would have written by myself or lindsey graham would have written by himself. we have tried to meet the president s criteria of things that are important to include i think we are very close to doing that. also today the senate democratic leader talked about the types of security his side is willing to accept. democrats are interested in a effective practical border security measures. we want what secures the border the most. not what sounds the best. not what is a political slogan in a campaign, but what actually protects our border. democrats believe they have leverage so they want this issue addressed now. republicans say there is no rush. they still have time before the president s march deadline. sandra? sandra: mike emanuel, thank you for that report. a lot to work off of there. katie, you heard chuck schumer say we want what is best to protect the border. katie: we want real border security said the democrat chu
next week. it was a rare glimpse of the president in action working for compromise. there needs to be a willingness on both sides. what about a clean daca bill now is a commitment we go in to a comprehensive immigration reform procedure. we will come up with daca and we can start immediately on what is comprehensive. reporter: republicans in the room jumped in and pressed for border security first as part of a deal but what emerged were four key issues, and immigration deal, daca for 800,000 dreamers, border security, changes to chain migration and ending the visa lottery system. the president emerged expressing confidence in lawmakers to find a way, possibly alleviating that march deadline. we will hear more about that but one thing that happened after the meeting of the president tweeting a reminder that the
bill: fox news alert awaiting the meeting at the white house 30 minutes from now. lawmakers from both parties engaged in a fiery immigration showdown over daca. democrats claim the president is making unreasonable demands as they shield a million daca beneficiaries from deportation ahead of a march deadline. we believe there should be border security, real border security and help for the dreamers. what they want to do is take 800,000 dreamers and democrats have to hold the line. bill: karl rove from the white house, deputy chief of staff to george w. bush. good morning, we may get interrupted in a moment by paul ryan and others. great to see you in the new year. statement from the white house minutes ago. they are asking for secure the border with a wall, closing
that they should have a path to citizenship, fox news poll, and these are folks who serve in military, who work in businesses. heather: the president does not disagree with you. easy fix then, so if funding, set aside a border wall to put that to the side, you can get this done tomorrow, we can get it done today. health heat not really easy fix, though, they ve had since october to get something done with march deadline. march deadline coming up. exactly. the march deadline is coming up. heather: that has nothing to do with p agreement. they did come to agreement initially and now he changed the terms. you set wall aside and you say that we will d the border fundit we talked about in september and make sure that the dreamers can stay which the american people want in part because they re part of our community and because kicking them out heather: nan, final word. he always promised that we will have a border wall.