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Going to support a wall, but you would support a barrier? where are you on that? or is it that no physical barrier at all? >> well, you know, certainly i want to make sure we emphasize the deficiencies that we might need down there, more personnel, more technology. first of all, were not going to have a wall. now, can we look at some sort of enhanced barrier? thats something we can certainly look at. but i have to say living on the border, you have to let the local border patrol chief have the s...

Century solution called the wall. its a false -- chris: okay. lets get off the politics, both of you, and lets talk about the merits of the issue. and ive got some statistics here. first of all, lets talk about the effectiveness of physical barriers. when they were put up in the yuma, arizona, sector, arrests for illegal crossings fell 94% in three years from 138,000 to 8,000. when barriers went up in san diego, arrests fell 80% in seven years from over half a million to 100,000. congressman cue...

Be frustrated, you know, everybody says, oh gosh, we dont want government shutdown and everybody says we need border security and then you see nancy pelosi sitting there saying theres not going to be any money for the wall, when you talk to border security they say you have to have barriers, so people being disingenuous, in fact, they are actors and theres just a lot of hatred up there for president trump on the democrats side, its frustrating. its my first to use emergency power, i will use wha...

Trump really matters whether he finds it acceptable if he demands a concrete wall or border. youre saying youll defer to the customs and border patrol people? >> well, i think its what you call it -- the president calls it a wall. sometimes we call it a fence. sometimes a barrier. but the president, i think, has already spoken out and said hes not talking about a concrete wall, 1500 miles and so forth. i think hes been talking about steel barriers and slats and stuff like that. but i think weve ...

Tuesdays state of the union address. joining me is one of the lawmakers trying to cut a deal. senate appropriations committee chairman richard shelby, republican from alabama. senator, good to see you. always good to have you on. your committee has just 12 days left to strike a deal to avoid another government shutdown. president trump said this week those negotiations you are helping to lead are, quote, a waste of time. the comments like that, do they hurt your efforts to find a compromise? >> ...

The president are way at odds, the chances of us reaching an agreement are slim, but it could happen. as a matter of fact, later this week, coming up, weve asked the professionals, the people who do the work that know something about the border, know what they need. do they need a wall? do they need a fence? do they need more technology? do they need it all? were going to have them up before the appropriation conference committee and were going to find out what they want. i think its not what i ...

To, the speaker of the house, but trump really matters whether he finds it acceptable if he demands a concrete wall or border. youre saying youll defer to the customs and border patrol people? >> well, i think its what you call it -- the president calls it a wall. sometimes we call it a fence. sometimes a barrier. but the president, i think, has already spoken out and said hes not talking about a concrete wall, 1500 miles and so forth. i think hes been talking about steel barriers and slats and ...

The president are way at odds, the chances of us reaching an agreement are slim, but it could happen. as a matter of fact, later this week, coming up, weve asked the professionals, the people who do the work that know something about the border, know what they need. do they need a wall? do they need a fence? do they need more technology? do they need it all? were going to have them up before the appropriation conference committee and were going to find out what they want. i think its not what i ...

To fencing, barriers, steel slats, but then this week he kind of did a turn around and tweeted, quote, lets just call them walls from now on and stop playing political games. it seems as though the president has just kind of put up a wall in the way of finding common ground here. am i wrong? >> i think that the president is dead set on keeping his campaign promise. i support border security, a wall, a fence, a barrier, whatever it takes. also support enhanced procedures, technology and more manp...

And whats staggering is the fact that nancy pelosi is refusing to govern when she is only 33% of the leadership of this government. shes refusing to compromise. and shes holding the american people and the government and the employees hostage by refusing to govern. this is the same woman that promised that she would be willing to negotiate on border security if we reopen the government. the president did the right thing by reopening the government and now she refuses to negotiate. >> democrats w...