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Lets say he declares national emergency in two weeks and takes about 7 billion, more than the 5.7 billion for the wall. that is not a full wall build. so thats going to build part of it, barriers, fence, what have you. then what? so for the next chunk another national emergency? the next chunk another national emergen emergency. >> he has not yet with a new democratically controlled congress. last year what the administration asked for was 1.6 billion and they got that in the appropriations proc...

What do you think? >> i think it is strong to call it a waste of time. i think when speaker pelosi said there would be zero wall funding we know this will head to a declarati declaration. >> of national emergency. >> and hopefully appropriations process will be able to move forward without that piece of it and get a bill signed to keep the rest of the government open. >> i know you dont love the idea of a national emergency declaration. that will be challenged in court. is that really a win for ...

Thats just not going to happen. there wont be a big diagram on the wall and a conference report. the pain on capitol hill was bad in the shutdown, really bad. no one wants to go through this again. when mitch mcconnell said yesterday ill do whatever it takes not to go through that again, and i think the secret that people dont realize is the appropriations process has been the thing thats been working during the trump administration with republicans and democrats that theyve kind of ganged up on...

Appropriations process. they do these all the time. there was some success, as you know, in 2018 and the senate. ultimately they got an agreement in the house on 2018 spending. a huge bump on defense spending, which was good for both sides. >> the senate majority leader on the other side of the aisle is saying, essentially, give those lawmakers a chance to sit down and negotiate. >> i am for whatever works. which means avoiding a shut down and avoiding the president feeling he should declare a n...

Take that out of the appropriations process. lets not put that money in there. the border patrol says they need three things, a barrier, technology, and more boots on the ground. and they can go out here and say were for border security all day long. if you arent for all three of those that the border patrol says they have to have, then you are not for border security. we need to stop drug traffickers, sex traffickers, human traffickers and gangs from coming in this country. >> bill: lets see wh...

Priority is, what i want and they ask for 1.6 building, 1.6 billion for border security. not to build a wall. >> no, thats right. this point has been overlooked because i guess the presidents folks want it ignored because he totally changed his own budget. now that was pass nd the senate appropriations committee. we did add some language that money for walls and barriers should be restricted to existing barriers and that chris was supported by the republican senators on the appropriations commit...

We are here and want to work. >> your point is right. there is an appropriations process. there will be a homeland security bill. there will be amendments in order in committee and probably on the floor. they will get to vote on whether they want to have a 5.7 for the wall or 1.6 billion or zero. the republicans do control the senate. they can pass the 5.6 and send it over to the house. the idea that he is not going have a chance to make his case for his wall is ridiculous. incidentally he has h...

Lets go through a few. the biggest lie to resurface is that famous or infamous campaign promise that all of this would be funded by mexico. trump now claims that the american taxpayer would just fund the wall up front through an appropriations process, i.e., paying for the wall and then someday the u.s. would still get that money back through his new nafta deal. first of all, hoping to get reimbursed later isnt the same as paying for something. if your friend tells you hell buy you dinner and th...

Us. simple question, weve seen a number of shutdowns before that have lasted hours, days. do you expect this one will be in that category or do you think this one potentially has legs and could last longer? >> what happened last night in the senate gives me some hope that this will be short-term. jared kushner was involved in the discussions, pence was involved in the discussions, mick mulvaney was involved in the discussions. so that would hopefully indicate to us that this is going to be short...

From yesterday. many lawmakers saying theyre in the dark about president trumps plan to avert a partial government shutdown by friday midnight. senator mike rounds is here. nothing focuses the mind quite like a deadline. what do you think happens here? >> well, what were hoping happens is chairman shelby is able to bring people together and come up with an appropriation bill that lasts until next october. thats what were hoping for right now. i think chairman shelby has the right idea. it doesnt...