Thread: LIVE: President Trump Talks DACA, Amnesty, Border Wall, Shutdown

President Trump is now speaking in the Rose Garden. He is flanked by Vice President Mike Pence, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Steve Scalise, Kevin McCarthy.

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President Trump talks about the negotiations with democrats and republicans today. They met for two hours. They have been invited to gather together people to help craft a way forward to open the government and get something for border security and wall. Trade offs and compromise.

DACA is the primary focus of reporters now asking questions. President Trump is talking about a pathway to citizenship for dreamers that was about to be done in earlier discussions. He is talking about DACA in the courts and after that is resolved there will be DACA discussions combined with other things.

The president says we need more people. He says we need to keep the people who get schooled here instead of sending them back to other countries like China.

President Trump addresses reporter about eminent domain, lawsuits, and the border wall. That can be dealt with quickly. (National Emergency)

Another question posed to the president: Have you considered using emergency powers to build the wall? President says I can use national emergency to build the wall. Trying negotiations now.

When asked by a reporter, President Trump said he did make the comment in the meeting that the government could be shutdown for months or years.