the white house releasing president trump list of immigration priorities. the president saying those reforms must be part of any legislation to extend the protection from deportation many young immigrants had under president obama s daca program. they include overhauling the country s green card system to make it merit-based while decreasing the number of family members from abroad. cracking down on unaccompanied minors entering the country and building mr. trump s promise to border wall. and denying a federal grant to century city spread the policies could end up being a deal breaker for democrats. senate minority with dick durbin saying in a statement congress has to act now on legislation to protect streamers. lawmakers can debate the white house policies later. and senate minority leader chuck schumer and house minority leader nancy pelosi saying this in a statement. we told the president at our meeting that we were open to reasonable border security measures alongside the dream a
president that so many people are left on the airports? i m saying there s a human side which i think which we could have done differently. but the intent i think the intent is right. reporter: bob says this is not about being fair to those immigrants who want to come to america. but about being fair to an entire nation of immigrants already here. they have come here to create a society and nation and they want to be protected. right now we have a threat. we are at war and we have to recognize that and do something about it. reporter: i did push back on a number of aspects there. one of them being 9/11. the majority of the attackers there from saudi arabia, it s not on the trump list so far. they acknowledge that and admit the list may not be perfect. it can be changed. they also point out to those who say this is a dramatic turn in american history they say you don t know history. in times in the past, we have
short list, what kind of fight can trump expect from democrats? we ll look at the short list, their backgrounds, why they have made this group of people that apparently are on the final trump list. everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don t stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox.
let me say, steve is 100% right. if we buy insurance across state lines it will be a race to the bottom. texas has 22% of children with no health insurance. we had universal health insurance for kids in vermont for years. it is a terrible idea put together by people that love free markets but don t know anything about health care. other items on the kellyanne conway list, which doesn t mean it is on the trump list, but create health savings accounts. that s nice. those are fine for small items but don t work when you are trying to decide whether to have a heart operation. four or $5,000 or having a tax credit of $5,000 per person. health care in this country costs an average of 10,000 plus per capita. if you have a family of four, if
let me say, steve is 100% right. if we buy insurance across state lines it will be a race to the bottom. texas has 22% of children with no health insurance. we had universal health insurance for kids in vermont for years. it is a terrible idea put together by people that love free markets but don t know anything about health care. other items on the kellyanne conway list, which doesn t mean it is on the trump list, but create health savings accounts. that s nice. those are fine for small items but don t work when you are trying to decide whether to have a heart operation. four or $5,000 or having a tax credit of $5,000 per person. health care in this country costs an average of 10,000 plus per capita.