some successfully. how does that number come down again? congress has to act. they watch what s happening in congress. they watch what s happening as part of our national conversation. they are watching everything we do and learning from it and finding out how to exploit it. brian: the numbers don t lie. chief, let s take a look at this. in january 25th, a new administration takes over of the rhetoric is strong and what is the result in terms of crossings? so this is the number of individual family units. and unaccompanied children that are arrested here in the rio grande valley during those time frames. steve: look at the drop, right? it s amazing. it s 45-year low in may. brian: and then what happens? the calculation starts to change. since may, these loopholes that exist in current law are now being reexploited. brian: and numbers go up again? consequences matter. that s a demonstration of it. brian: not just fax and figures. it s what the actual border agents are experien
see an opportunity there to have lasting peace. i really believe that we will see. it s underreported. he has got great street smarts. he has great common sense. and he has strengthed our alliances around the world and he has made americans safer that s going to start to unfold as well. brian: president has pledged to personally go out there and campaign. what s at stake if they lose either chamber? listen. he s up against it because we know historically congressional elections in the first term it s usually rough on a president. go back to president obama, he said in 2010 he got she lacked. you know you are always up against it. the 1982 ronald reagan, he got hit pretty hard. so, typically what happens in america, they try to balance things out by shifting things, if you have got a republican president you may get more democrats in the congress and the senate. but this is a unique situation where because of the president s economic agenda, if he goes out there
numbers, policy director for the center for immigration studies jessica vaughan. where does this number come from. this comes from the congressional budget office, which are like accountants to congress. and they run the numbers on the population that would be cord by thicovered by this amne. and the legislation, they look at the fiscal costs. they balance out any increased revenue that the u.s. government would receive based on taxes paid versus the public assistance and other public expenses associated with legalizing this population. and when you do the math, it doesn t come out well for amnesty, talking about $26 billion. brian: you are not talking about the millions that are here illegally. you are talking about the ones, the so-called daca, right, the dreamers come here, brought here as young children and they can t get legal status, correct? you are not talking about
he failed to pass any firearms legislation. by the time it became a priority, he simply did not have the political capital. i think a president has to going to have a chance of e s getting through, like gun control. he might have felt, if i go for that, then i may lose this. because you re building up capital or you re losing capital. let s be honest here. there haven t been the votes in the congress for gun control. make no mistake about it. kill the bill. kill the bill. the midterm election of 2010 had been a disaster for the democrats. some election nights are more fun than others. they lost the house and the senate and with them any chance of getting major legislation passed. still, when it came to guns, obama would finally find a way to act without congress and make the first move on gun control in decades. but now it could all easily be reversed. president-elect donald trump has vowed that there will be no gun
the republican opposition, the president who ran as a government outsider surrounded himself with political insiders. it was the opportunity to do things nobody had the political will to do before. rahm emmanuel, an arm-twisting dealmaker. he had rapidly ascended the democratic leadership in congress. he knew the hill. and he knew health care. some value having gone in the clinton white house, saw where it went wrong from the inside. emmanuel and obama knew they needed congressional buy-in this time. they decided congress should write the bill. i just want to make sure i don t get in the way of all of you moving aggressively and rapidly. and there were others obama needed on his side. the special interests. insurance companies. big pharma. the doctors associations. karen represents america s health insurance plans. we understand we have to earn a seat at the table.