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>> that is been obviously, very few people believed the mexican government was going to write a check to donald trump to pay for a new border wall. that was a fantasy. what is not a fantasy is constructing new physical barriers in places border patrol says they are needed, democrat after democrat went on television to say during the shutdown they were willing to play ball so long as the government reopened. it wasnt just rank-and-file democrats. it was leadership. steny hoyer said physical barri...

Checker here, and we have a fact check online that helps readers make sense of what they heard, point out facting that might not be part of what he said. where it might be false, and that is a necessary thing. president trump has not gotten where he is with an obsession to precision. what he is talking about often is trying to find a way to appeal to his base, telling the base im working on this. he is working on replacing some old barriers previously approved under the bush administration. does...

You dont have the barriers and were not going to let that happen. so were building a lot of it. well be up to about 115 miles of wall, some renovated, some new. and were going to make a big step in the next week or so prior to my doing anything. but actually having a national emergency does help the process. it would certainly help the process. what would help a lot would be if the democrats could actually be honest and -- if theyre not being honest -- everybody knows theyre not being honest. th...

>> president trump rejected that possibility. >> no, because if theres no wall it doesnt work. shes just playing games. by the way, if you go do tijuana and you take down that wall you will have so many people coming into our country that nancy pelosi will be begging for a wall. shell be begging for a wall slechlt say mr. president please, please, give us a wall. >> well, the presidents remarks followed a slew of morning tweets about the southern border. he warned about new migrant caravans. sai...

Weve set the table for where we are now. if i didnt do the shutdown, people wouldnt know, they wouldnt understand the subject. >> reporter: are you going to declare a national emergency if theres no money for the wall? >> i would do at that. >> nancy pelosi said theres not going to be a wall in this deal but she did say shed be open to other kinds of physical barriers. would you accept that? >> no, because if theres no wall, it doesnt work. shes playing games. if you go to tijuana and you take d...

She would be open to other types of physical barriers. would you accept that? >> no, because if there is no wall, it doesnt work. shes just playing games. im not saying this as republican, as anything other than fact stater. without a wall, it just doesnt work. >> once again the president has thrown a grenade into negotiations by demanding money for a wall. yes, w-a-l-l numerous times today that he promised time and time again mexico would pay for. and since republicans and democrats came togeth...

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In yet again. >> thats absolutely right. hes given in. the fact that he would call them a waste of time. a signal he doesnt have much confidence in them. you heard pelosi toss out that possible area of agreement. could there be more funding for fencing for example without using the word "wall." to some extent this is a fight about semantics. but president trump was asked about it yesterday. >> she did say shed be open to other kind of physical barriers. would you accept that? >> no, because if t...

Beyond traditional tv. to tv on any device. beyond low-res surveillance video. to crystal clear hd video monitoring from anywhere. gig-fueled apps that exceed expectations. comcast business. beyond fast. as nancy pelosi said this morning theres not going to be wall in this deal but she did say she would be open to other physical barriers, would you accept that? >> no, because if theres no wall, it doesnt work. shes just playing games. if you go toity wanna and you take down that wall, you will...

Crime or drugs. i have set the table. i have set the stage for doing what im going to do. >> im going to wait until the 15th. its a waste of time. t >> could i have done it differently, no, not really. by having the shutdown we have set the table for where we are now. if i didnt do the shutdown, people wouldnt understand the subject. >> nancy pelosi said this morning theres not goingel to a wall in this deal. et shewa did say she would be on to other kinds of physical barriers. would you accept ...