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I have never had any i have had it described. the border wall security agreement in its framework form 1.375 billion for physical barriers. remember, nancy pelosi said you could have 1.3 but nothing for a wall. thats changed. 55 miles of new fencing is the max. which basically adds up. border patrol may use any current design, which means the bollard fence could stop tunnels. no cap on immigrants detained in the u.s. which is good. path to reduce ice detention beds. many people finds disturbing....

This bill, but sign it and dont cause a shutdown. >> bill: dont know if well get a shutdown but should he sign it as chuck schumer is urging there? >> keep in mind chuck schumer shut the government down for a day a year ago because he wanted to change a date by five or six days and i think its hypocrisy coming from him. should the president sign this? yeah, i think its a step in the right direction. understand this, though, this is not about a wall. this is about border security. and when we kno...

The money will go toward steel barriers like these, not the prototype steel and concrete walls the president had wanted to build. the presidents allies are furious. >> any republican that supports this garbage compromise, you will have to explain. >> reporter: conservative firebrand ann coulter declared, quote, "trump talks a good game," but its "increasingly clear hes afraid to fight." but republican congressional leaders say its a down payment and more than speaker of the house nancy pelosi wa...

Come together. we are more interested in what is best for america, not what might be best for one persons ego. >> the exact language of the bill is still being worked out but congressional aides say the deal includes $1.375 billion for physical barriers at the border, 55 miles of new fencing using any currently deployed design like metal slats, it does not include a immigrants detained in the united states but would provide a path to reduce ice detention beds and improvements at customs and bord...

But the honest truth is that there is a border strategy. there is a border security strategy at the department of homeland security. the president doesnt show you all of that because its not a sea to shining sea wall. no one in border security believes thats necessary in order to secure the border. and, you know, when appropriators sit down at the table and they decide how theyre going to spend this money, they know what that back story is and theyre basically saying youre not going to get a wal...

I wouldnt want to go through it, no. if you did have it, its the democrats fault. but this would be totally on the democrats. >> well, the tentative agreement includes just 1.4 billion for a border barrier. about 155 miles of new fencing. a fraction of the 5.7 billion the president was demanding to build about 200 miles of barriers. its also less than $1.6 billion in a senate compromise before the government shutdown. fridays the deadline for the house and the president. when asked about it, pre...

In the democrat conferrees. they seem to be on board with this. i understand from them that the republican conferrees have satisfied to this and so yes. i think its a good deal. >> there is $1.375 billion for a new barriers, fencing. is that fundamentally a walk back from the house speakers promise there would be not one dollar for the presidents wall? >> i think that we are compromising here. i have no idea whether or not this is replacement or repair or new. now i understand people have been d...

So that was the claim today. the presidents border wall was also a major part of the rally last night. this was what we noticed right away before the event, finish the wall banners had been put up. as we mentioned at one point, trump even said a wall is being built right there on the rio grande river. >> today we started a big, beautiful wall right on the rio grande. >> engineers will tell you that is tough to do. peter baker of the new york times pointed out no new walls have been built or fina...

Tremendous obstruction and tremendous opposition. >> that was the claim again today, building a lot of wall on the southern border right now. the presidents border wall was also a major part of that rally last night in el paso. this was the iconography we noticed right away before the event. finish the wall banners had been put up. as we mentioned last night at one point trump even said, a wall is being built right there on the rio grande river. >> engineers will tell you thats tough to do. pete...

We learned in the past hour that president trump is expected to sign the border security deal that is despite the fact no one be sure exactly whats in it. the president also pushing the idea that the deal does not really matter anyway. hes got other ways to get the pone for the wall. i have a great team to explain all of it. first i want to break this down. even if he ends up signing it which looks likely, the president, he doesnt like the deal. it got less than a quarter of the amount of money ...