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Their leaders. and so i think that could happen. my request of them, could they please do it well in advance of february the 15th when the funding for general government goes away -- maria: yeah. >> and a shutdown is not, is not a desired outcome. maria: senator, real quick on the money that hes using to -- he said that hes started to build the wall already. wheres that money coming from? he said hes hoping that 115 miles of wall will be built within the near future. >> i mean, congress has appr...

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...

Themselves into san diego. do you disagree with that? >> no, and i dont really know anybody that does. i think we have to remind ourselves that border security is comprised of a lot of elements. democrats and republicans have agreed on that for decades. we all have supported physical barriers where they make sense. what i think the debate really should focus on is what the professionals say about where technology is best utilized, where border fencing should be utilized, where concrete barriers ...

Maria bartiromo this morning on "sunday morning futures" got reaction from both sides of the aisle. >> i dont know that the position today is any different than it was 7 weeks ago. i think the president is right. its tough to negotiate and get an agreement with people who are more focused on stopping the president than they are on helping the country. >> we are focused on physical barriers where they make sense. but the debate should be what the professionals say about where technology is best u...

Will be no money for any wall anywhere. there will be a dollar, not more than that, because a wall is immoral. but, in fact, isnt there a growing group of colleagues on the left, your colleagues, that say exactly what you just said, which is practical, that there should be money for everything including in areas where it makes sense a physical barrier? but the speaker has said other side. she said no wall. under any circumstances. even though theres a wall in her state. >> well, but she did -- s...

Emergency, that thats going to be the only way he will be able to get this. eric: when you are in those meetings, do the democrats specifically for example -- in 2006, they voted for including senator schumer, voted for the keep america safe act, defense act, which laid about 654 miles. this is specific 237 miles in an area where its been said you have to have some barriers, along the rio grande valley. what is the response from the democrats, if they are asked why did you vote then but now your...

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...

Working on border security. i think we need to look at all the provisions and look at where were at today and look at things like that and do a big deal. but i want to get something done. i do not want government shut down, i want to have border security. people have to stop being actors and sit down and get something done. we shouldnt going go to a negotiation like nancy pelosi did and say theres going to be no money for a wall. there has to be border security. there has to be barriers. we all ...

In 2018 taking an oath -- talk about a metaphor for dysfunction. has the president in his threat of the shutdown still, does that undermine the negotiations that are happening now on capitol hill? >> well, first off i dont think its the first thing you want to do is use your emergency power to do things like this. but if i was the president right now, id be pretty frustrated. everyone says, oh, gosh, we dont juan government shut down and everybody says we need border security. and you see nancy ...

Have been elected who do not appear to be shy of saying whatever they want to say. >> even when other democrats dont like it. >> that is correct. in fact, i would say that theyre there in stronger force than weve seen for awhile. there are some secret democrats who want to fund this wall, it doesnt seem likely. nancy pelosi seems to have her caucus in line on this. >> absolutely. and i think what all of this -- when we go back to the facts that we have 700 miles of wall already. that we have the...