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Barriers of some kind. whats frustrating for me is that people are upset about this 2,000 mile concrete wall. thats where it started. weve moved on from that and we need to see that as a victory and say just based on recommendations, based on the best security experts do we know, what do we really need and in some cases that will include a barrier. >> brooke, you can call it a wang doodle. call it what you want. its the word wall and so you think its the word wall -- >> people are getting very h...

Thats why shes polling higher. than president of the united states. >> what public policy are you talking about? because every border control agent, everybody who is down there on the front line is saying that walls are effective. >> they say walls -- >> walls are effective. >> be careful. >> lets just be careful, gentlemen, especially on this show, one, everybody knows and they come after me for it, i believe the men and the women who are in charge of keeping us safe that physical barriers are ...

We want to see them working together on infrastructure. this is something that we need not just to grow the economy but to secure the futures for our children. we need to be building new schools in rural communities. we need to repair our bridges and roads and installing sewage and water in rural communities for the health of our people. so a lot that we can work together on. >> do you think theres time for a comp pliez romise on border s? will you support partial steel barriers along the border...

Shutdown and well negotiate. >> yes. it is responsibility. there is a spotlight that will be on her that i know there are a lot of people on both sides of the ail saying okay. now that they opened up government what are you going to do? >> i awe groo but you. dwsh. >> youre right. >> saying now we have heard him talk about steelie barriers and slats. he is not a good -- >> but i wanted to change the subject. he is also fundraising off of the state of the union saying it

Physical barriers. i believe that. >> dont disagree, but thats already been put into place. >> some of it. some of it has not, and thats a legitimate political debate. how much and where, and where does it fit in our priority scheme? thats politics. thats government. fight about it. the president has created a perversity here. he has made it all about the wall and keeps telling people were a wall away from fixing problems that a wall wont fix. >> nope. >> so its on him. and rick santorum argued ...

>> he says he wants these steel barriers in place of a formal concrete wall. ill repeat the question. are you ready to support at least some money for that kind of steel barrier? you want to call it a fence or whatever. are you ready to give him that? >> i have no idea whats going on in that room. if they come out there with the common approach i dont care what it is. if the democrats and republicans come together on that conference committee and presents them to that congress i will vote for it...

>> absolutely not, because you look at the facts and what weve invested in, and weve invested in things that work. were not concerned about political trophies, were concerned about safety. the whole conversation about border security is a colossal distraction. he doesnt want to talk about health care. he doesnt want to talk about making sure we provide coverage for people with preexisting conditions. if you want to get bipartisan applause, talk about the fact that youre going to tell the justice...

And how he demonizes immigrants. >> mm-hmm. >> ive been harping on this. we are not talking about the real -- the fundamentals and the actual facts that are happening when it comes to a barrier on the border and how previous administrations had already put into place new barriers, fixing up the old barriers, putting barriers in places where they havent been before. what he wants in large part is already happening and was earmarked and put into place by previous administrations, both democratic a...

Border, you have to let the local border patrol chief have the say so and let the local community the involved so they can come up with may be some sort of enhanced barrier. >> laura: okay, what does this look like? im a bit confused. enhanced barrier. not a wall. see through it. i think a while you can see through but were going to have it see-through. its kind of already and enhanced barrier. seems like theres a semantic problem in part, correct? >> well, its a little bit of a play on words. e...

People going to the border to deal with the caravans and er t erecting barriers. if the democrats wont give him but a dollar for the wall and we cut his legs out from under him what is he to do? >> martha: 60% oppose the ball. >> 60% support border security. the wall is hard to define. a concrete barrier most people dont support. barriers that make sense a lot of support. shutting the government down was not the right way too build the wall. the 5.7-billion dollars is what it costs to take the t...