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Secretary of the army, your mission is secure to border. you have 30 days. use whatever forces you need. write up the rules of engagement and provide you with whatever funding is necessary. you will secure the border. now while the army does that, we can proceed with building barriers. we have an organization called the u.s. army corps of engineers. they can be tasked to build barriers. >> tucker: well, i thought they were for flood control. >> they have all sort of missions inside the united st...

About unity and coming together. is the president -- has he done anything to bring this country together? is he really the right voice to credibly pass along that message? >> well, the state of the union does not look like were coming together. the state of the union looks like were very tribal and not invite together other tribe. so im hoping the president will call for us to come together. i think its going to be hard to demonstrate thats a viable option today. if the democrats could show they...

>> even when other democrats dont like it. >> that is correct. in fact, i would say that theyre there in stronger force than we have seen for a while. if there are 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 rio grande river and we have deserts that also form natural barriers, and that two...

Stupid wall that is not going to really prevent the actual drugs coming through, because most come through ports of entry. were going to make sure we have effective smart bill sewaorder . >> this comes up every time there is a democrat sitting in a seat such as yours and its a question that gets asked really in every interview, can you just clear up for those of us in the media and for the audience once and for all, is there any discussion at all about building a wall across the southern border?...

Keeps going. >> maya, it is interesting that the president raised after everything else he said that there are democrats that want to say what they want to say. theres a new freshman group of democrats, there are progressives 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 we have seen for a while. if there are secret democrats who want to fund thi...

President? does that affect these candidates as their coming out of the gate message and really emphasizing their racial heritage? >> well, i tell you, both these candidates, senator harris as well as senator booker, did make their entrances coming into the race, but i dont think either of them will be able to put theirs in a singular box. theyre not running to be the first black woman president or the second african-american president of the united states in mr. bookers case. they really have a...

Are. usually im good at seeing where youre coming from. i get the problem. i get the frustration. i get the need. i believe the men and women who keep us safe on the border need more physical barriers. i dont think they see it as a pa panacea. put that to the side. this is what do you do if theres app impasse. i cant believe you want to take another hit after what you saw happen in the shut down. it had to hurt the president with the base. >> well, actually it didnt hurt the president. >> we saw...

Called a levied wall, which is basically there is flooding down there by the river in the south texas area. we got a dirt mound and we put a cement barrier on it and it became a flood control and at the same time border security. so we can get creative. what we dont want is washington to get a red crayon and tell whats we need to put any sort of barriers if we even get to that part. >> congressman henry cuellar, thanks for your time. joining us kirsten powers and former campaign aide michael cap...

So we have to look at whats out there. now, keep in mind that in the year 2000 -- 2008, senator cornyn and myself and a democratic county judge, we came up with a compromise for what we called a levied wall, which is basically, there is flooding down there by the river in the south texas area. we got a dirt mound and we put a cement barrier on it and it became a flood control and at the same time border security. so we can get creative. what we dont want is washington to get a red crayon and tel...

That nancy pelosi will be begging for a wall. shell be begging for a wall. she will say mr. president, please, please give us a wall. it will be very interesting. some people have suggested let me take the wall along california. lets move it to arizona. lets move it to texas. and you know, it would be a very interesting statement. >> now he is not only moving the goalpost, he is maybe moving the whole wall. the president was asked if he would accept the other kinds of physical barriers the speak...