president that understands it, that s willing to step up and make a difference, then he has to do what he needs to do, but we need pressure, now is the time. i think we can get something done maybe. neil: you hope, right? you re famous for that famous shot where you re getting in the president s face not doing enough to help you out at the border. this president put out a plan this week he says will alleviate a lot of the problems we have, but he s complicated it, democrats say, by this merit-based plans for people 0 who get green cards and the like, that people like maxine waters goes so far as to call racist, what do you think. that s outrageous, anytime we do anything then we re racist. the our immigration system has been in flux, hasn t worked for years. it was addressed way back at
first of all, keep in mind it s hard to break through in this media cycle that will trump is perpetuating here. so given that factor and combined with the fact that dras don t have any control right now in terms of the house and senate, it is slightly difficult to get our message out. i happen to believe the better message than schumer and pelosi are touting works and makes a lot of sense to me. what s the key thing you hope will ring out there? what s the couple phrases will ring with the voters between now and november? one of the things that is important on the better deal is is the economy is doing relatively well. democrats can t necessarily run only on the economy. that can t be the only message. this is basically saying maybe the economy is doing okay, but we want to raise wages and create better jobs. how do you raise wages in the private sector? you work on legislation that will allow private sector companies to that s what
explaining to do, they wanted six months to work it out. you want the dreamers handled. i think president trump does too. what is something else that you hope is in play when they talk about this? let s talk about the elephant in the room. neither side wants to talk about it. temporary worker visas. president trump talked about a physical wall but there s nothing wrong with that, a philosophical wall.ut mexico has 50%, as much fault to do with illegal immigration is the united states. what are we going to do? if we get temporary work visas, let them go back, we rebuilt mexico. presumably, what mexico was supposed to do, all it did was create the world s richest person. let s sit down and talk about it. where do we want to go as a country? brian: as much as i know where you stand onn immigration, there s got to be something on both sides. there needs to be 60 votes. how many times have we been through thisis cycle? republicans and democrats keep talking atta each other. and nothing
hope is in play when they talk about this? let s talk about the elephant in the room. neither side wants to talk about it. president trump talked about a physical wall but there s nothing wrong with that, a philosophical wall. as much fault to do with illegal immigration as the united states. what are we going to do? if we get temporary work visas, we rebuild mexico. it only created the world s richest person. let s sit down and talk about it. where do we want to go with the country? brian: as much as i know where you stand on immigration, there s got to be something on both sides. how many times have we been through this cycle? republicans and democrats keep talking at each other. and nothing gets done. do you think president trump would lose some of his base if he green light some compromise?
the first time, and i was there, we saw an america that came together around not just barack obama, but the core values of hope and change. and, you know, that s what people came together around. what we re seeing today is absolutely just spectacular. john lewis has to feel really, really good today. because to a large extent, he s created what we re seeing today. and i don t live very far from here. and this feels reminiscent, and i wasn t born then, but it feels reminiscent of the 1960s, the spirit of this march. so this says something really, really big about where we are in america. we re a divided country. and the people are standing and marching today and they re sending a message to president donald trump and america that we re going to stand up, we re going to stand up collectively as one people, and hold him accountable. and kareem, lucky to be here with two obama alumni, three if