Pathway to citizenship might be assuming too much... might be.
He DID say to Dana Bash that some of them should be given legalized status because they do jobs Americans don’t want to do. He did NOT leave out the option of citizenship for them one day.
In the midst of a conversation with Bill O’Reilly he all of a sudden said you have to give these illegals a path to succeed in this country.
I remember this interview you are referring to (do not remember the O'Reilly interview). This is in the context of people who have already been deported, but whom we might provide a legal process of return if they are people we might want. He did indeed leave the option open when asked about eventually having a pathway to citizenship, but mostly dismissed it as an idea that he wasn't even considering, and I think he even said "probably not."
More than likely he probably hasn't even thought about it. Considering his working together with Sessions, I look forward to see a full immigration plan which we'll learn more about on Sunday I believe.