department of justice, doesn t make any sense. as it relates to any such offer the president said that he was basically going to put the bridge act in his proposal. the bridge act is 1.8 million people, not 700,000. once again, even what he does is not what he does and this is part of the problem of negotiating. we had marc short on. he s been involved in a lot of legislative negotiations. he said in his view the president is going to declare a national emergency to get out of this. there s no question in my mind yoi believe this does not rise to a national emergency. we just had a meeting, senate finance democrats had a meeting with the head of customs and border protection. had more people coming over the northern border who were potentially on the terrorist watch list than the southern
president decided melissa: but he s offering you what you want on the side of daca. do you think that dreamers come as they watched esco yes, he is. he s sitting there and saying that he would offer 3-year reprieve. why don t you demand something else, then? if you don t like what he s offering on dreamers, respond and demand something else. two things first of all, as i said, you don t go through this complex negotiation about immigration policy with one party essentially holding a hostage government. let s open government and we can have this debate. secondly, that s not what we are asking for. i think we are in a better position of articulating to whe think we would like to see as policy than the president. we know that we need melissa: tell me what it is paid what is it that you want? we need smart border security. not a seventh century wall. you are reporting just because before he came on the air points out the fallacy. melissa: what do you want
crime and drugs, they do see 2020 prethey should do the right thing for the country and allow people to go back to work. he cap set off with a treat this morning saying, democrats working within washington and getting things done. how is that working out? #2020takebackthehouse. the president had to quickly add over the weekend adding three years of protection for dreamers is not amnesty, that there is no path to citizenship. vice president mike pence was handed that baton yesterday. on fox news scented dome i spent a great listener. there is no amnesty, no pathway to citizenship. there is no permanent status here at all. which is what amnesty contemplates. what this is it s a good faith effort to address relief to daca recipients. they proposed the bridge act, a three year reprieve which could be renewable. the president has embraced three
eric, senate republican staff right now are working to put president trump s latest pitch for entering the shut down on paper. that is the proposal that concedes or offers up some temporary protections for dr. recipients in exchange for border wall money. and there is going to be a procedural vote on it tomorrow. the senate to not pass the bill but to open up and say can we debate this, can we amend it, can we make changes. let s find a way to get the government open because there are elements that are clearly elements supported by democrats strongly in the past like the bridge act. eric: tomorrow s vote to be successful, need 60 supporters. so at least seven democrats need to vote to proceed to a debate and that is if all 53 republicans play ball which is not a sure thing because it is unclear if every republican approves a concessions president trump is making to protect illegal immigrants
and the president has shown a willingness to address that issue. let s be clear, what he put on the table yesterday - - chris: what do you say about amnesty? it s not amnesty. we are asking for $5 billion on a wall. chris: i m talking about dreamers. the president has said we will support temporary relief for three years for daca recipients and those who are on temporary protected status. this is not amnesty. there s no pathway to citizenship. there s no permanent status here at all which is what amnesty contemplates. this is a good faith effort to address the issue. bring relief to daca recipients. democrats have proposed in the bridge act, a three-year reprieve that could be renewable.