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Domain to take property to build a border wall. when the president explained what the wall would be last night saying it would be see-through steel slats. >> yeah. >> you, more than most democrats in leadership seem open to the possibilities of funding for some new barrier under the right circumstances. >> yes, so long as its smartly done. listening to the experts. i dont think we ought to put ourselves in the place of experts. we ought to have a smart wall. i defined that as a wall using drones...

Investigation. and the way that sentence was constructed, he wanted us to remember it. he made it easy to remember so i wonder where that will go and i dont think that sounds like an olive branch to democrats. >> that was a line where i think the president was expecting applause and didnt get it from either side of the aisle. it was notable. aisha, you heard lauren fox on the hill. we have a bipartisan group of senators from ways and means discussing. do you have a sense based on your reporting ...

The circumstances that this particular port of entry, this needs to be reinforced with certain barriers, i dont see us turning our backs on that. >> do you know what this conference committee is going to come up with? have you been given insight as to where they are in their negotiations? >> everyone seems very pleased with the progress thats being made. they really think on both sides of the aisle they can get to a reasonable conclusion if we stay out of it. and not just us in the congress, but...

Smart, give him something right here. >> on the physical barriers. >> let me explain why. he will push, push, turn to his base, see, i told you, you have to stay with me. look how recalcitrant these people are, how difficult it is to deal with them. not there yet. reason he pulls back, ann coulter blamed or lou dobbs or people like that but its him. his judgment, i had lunch with general kelly on his birthday, buried the hatchet. i had a miscue, fireable offense, had a good spirited conversation...

Think there should be any physical barriers on the border at all? and see what the response is to that question. i feel that will be higher, especially when you hear the men and woman in charge of keeping our country safe saying, we do need more. >> exactly. and the democratic party has stood for doing it smarter and at the entry points, and doing it with barriers. why would they depart from it now? hes painted himself into another corner, if they dont blow this thing, the democrats have got him...

Spinning a rubiks cube, got to keep base engaged. cant have them not vote. not going to vote for democratic nominee but could walk away from the polls in 2020. keep the base engaged and seek out moderates and independents, coalition that helped him win in 2016. that speech was setup for the 2020 campaign. >> heres what happened, democrats offering money for physical barriers, not as much as he wanted. thats not new, always offered that. until now hes made the wall such a single priority it seems...

With you. >> do you think democrats should offer money for physical barriers in any deal? >> weve always supported border security. hes so totally fixated on a wall, he keeps coming back to that. i think thats his mantra, and as long as he keeps talking about a wall, maybe the border security that could be in a bill that will be brought before him and the house and senate, he can call it peaches or whatever he wants to call it. and if that makes him and his base happy, fine. but he didnt say the...

Investigation, and by these other offices taking this up, we can make sure that those who are responsible for breaking the law are brought to justice. >> an effort to shut down the mueller investigation different from what weve seen before? is there something new youve referred to? >> well, no. weve seen pressure from the white house all along to shut down mueller. we saw recently matt whitaker, this hand-picked acting attorney general, talked about how he could privately cripple the mueller inv...

Under obama. >> tucker: that is right. i dont understand it, tucker. that is the part that is so frustrating. you have democrats saying what they think we need a long southwest border instead of listening to the experts on border security. here is the tools we need. and if you ask him about the tools, they will never say that the barrier is a -- they will never say that, the experts but a part of multilayer approach but they are not listening. although i will cite 2006 they listened and 2013 the...

Jillian: donald trump highlighting the crisis at the border in his state of the union speech. rob: chip roy brought brandon judd as his guest to the address and they join us now, thanks for coming on, the president stuck it to the democrats say you guys voted for barriers in the past, you know they work, cut the nonsense. >> i was delighted to have brandon with me as a representative of the wonderful men and women who protect the border every day, the president was 100% correct in focusing on th...