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My problem is this, is the binary nature of this. the democrats saying, no wall. and the other side saying, why? we want a wall. look, heres the reality. youve got barriers along that thing all over the place. >> yep. >> they need more. i believe the men and women who keep us safe and their assessment that barriers help and they need more of it. so the democrats should say, fine. more barriers. okay. lets talk about where, how much and why, not no wall, not a dollar for your damn wall. dont say ...

Border is about manpower, technology, and barriers. what i would say is thats fine, 654 miles of barriers, we have that, lets move on to some of those other topics. >> as you look to moving on, alexander saying both speaker pelosi and the speaker she stay out of the this, theyre not the only ones that should be part of these negotiation dollars. but can you have these meetings and talk about a deal to come together without some influence from the president when we know he has to sign it? >> that...

Now, but we need to get there. i think we need to focus on our common ground. theres a lot in the homeland security bill, john, that we do agree on, and thats the good news. theres going to be some sticking points. i tend to support the position that we need not only border security, but barrier security. theres a lot of barriers out there right now that need repair that are porous that have been set up, for example. henry and i are very good friends, but he showed me some barriers that were set...

He said large sections of wall have been built and much more either under construction or ready to go. renovating existing walls is a plan to properly secure our border. the wall is getting done one way or the other. on the one hand hes saying i have already won. making it easier to make a deal maybe. he beats himself up with the other hand. >> theres a 180. >> not a lot of consistency there. that hallmark of his com strategy. this is the whole thing. the democrats and republicans supported phys...

There was no funding for physical barriers in their initial offer. these negotiations are going to take place. well see how they ultimately come out but at the moment theres a belief that there will be no funding that well get out of this house and the senate with any wall money. what will the question do ultimately? so still a lot of uncertainty before that february 15th deadline, brooke. >> thank you so much. i have with me now tiffany cross and elana plot and, so, ladies, lets get to it. ti...

Principle. donald trump made the pledge, the promise to his base to build the wall. i think republican congressmen are certainly very hesitant to want another shutdown. so that leaves us with not a lot of options. both sides have to save face. neither side wants to blink or back down. the only out maybe unless there is some miracle compromise or expert panel bipartisan blue ribbon panel assembled the only out for donald trump may be this, you know, emergency order. >> maybe. although we were jus...

Appropriate places is clearly an ingredient in border security. >> fencing is different and a wall should not be confused with border security. >> so much of what we have been hearing really boils down to semantics and it boils down to the language which is confusing sometimes coming from the president because hes going back and forth on walls and border security and fencing. but also when it comes to democrats who are comfortable talking about money for border security but dont want to talk abo...

Be enough for you and your colleagues to vote yes? >> we heard a lot of positive comments about border security and how we all agree. if they were to review their very own legislative texts or the summary proposal from their own party it includes zero dollars for additional barriers. zero dollars and phasing out of the tension beds. its a lot of things that i think they are not aware of. maybe they should have a conversation with party leadership to get everybody on the same page. >> im asking y...

Through executive fiat, some sort of fake announcement of a crisis that doesnt exist will be his approach. i hope we can avoid another shutdown and all the pain that it has cost and the economic growth that it has interfered with through the trump shutdown. a wall is just snot going to happen. >> i have heard some democrats who are on this negotiating committee who dont want to really have a bunch of money going to the wall saying that they are open to some wall money in order to dont let the pe...

The sides are playing this politically rather than administratively. they are not really working toward a solution, they are working toward a win. thats unfortunate. everybody understands, youre not going to put a wall over the entire 2,000 miles. the president doesnt even think that. but you do need physical barriers and some places, some places electronic in some place. everybody says they understand that. but they are dug in against this idea that they would be any physical barrier. if thats ...