lawmakers, that they are very committed at this point to finding some kind of an agreement. and according to this source tonight, and again, we don't want to get too optimistic, there is a feeling in the room right now that they're moving towards some sort of compromise, anderson. >> jim acosta, thanks. earlier tonight, i spoke with democratic senator dick durb durbin, who is one of the lawmakers trying to negotiate a budget deal. senator durbin, you were in a closed-door briefing by career security officials today. what did they tell you? do they believe that a wall is needed? do they believe that there is, in fact, a crisis at the southern border as the president has indicated? >> well, we didn't get into a crisis, but as we heard last night was a shameless exaggeration of the situation at the border p. i listened to it last night and it reminded me of how we need to build a wall from sea to shining sea paid for by the mexicans. he was back in full campaign mode last night when it came to