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You take an issue like immigration, on the far right youve got president trump who wants to build a wall. on the far left, you have democrats that want to eliminate i.c.e. it doesnt need to be on the furthest outreach of the conversation. most americans agree there should be a path for dreamers and some protective barriers that are on the border in places it matters. we shouldnt have internment camps for kids and families. it doesnt make sense. but because of the way washington is operating, the...

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Year. democrats have been fighting for borders security as long as ive been in politicses which is a long time what they didnt want is a $5.7 billion shrine to donald trump for him to make good on a campaign promise, a promise that he said mexico was going to pay for. they wanted to be spar about border security. in places, if the border control agents are saying we need a fence here or better technology here, let be smart about it. dont build a wall just for somebodys ego. >> i reason i ask thi...

Additional barriers could be useful. >> uh, meanwhile, i see that mitch mcconnell made sure that the people that got appointed to the committee are people that make deals, not people that represent some extreme. do i smell a deal coming? >> it could be. to some degree this isnt that surprising, consider there are democrats that have been working on border security issues for a while. they didnt want a 5.7 billion wall with a big, beautiful door and all the things that the president said were par...

Barriers where they make sense. if theres an argument theres a particular part of the geography that requires strengthening the fencing or barriers that are there, i think youll hear democrats be willing to go that direction. but i dont want to get ahead of the conferees. i am, however, willing to accept a compromise that may include some things that i dont like because we have to do that. thats the nature of government. >> all right. there was a question on friday. many people were saying this ...

Presidents saying is fiction. so its very hard to negotiate with someone whos dealing with a made-up problem. so they will continue and they will put more resources, again, this has been building up over the last ten, 12 years. more money, higher, you know, better technology, more border patrol, and the president is going to have to figure out a way to say, hey, i got what i want and move on. or, go to the courts, which he could have done 38 days ago, and see if the courts let him to do it. >> t...

Stop another shutdown in just three weeks? the president is expressing doubt. joining me is maggie hassen of new hampshire. a member of the homeland security and finance committees. im glad youre joining us on a morning when youre fully up and running. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me, poppy. i think were all very relieved the government is back up and running. incredibly grateful to the federal workers who were needlessly penalized here. we cant have another government shutdown, a...

D.r.e.a.m.ers in exchange for border wall funding. he told the "journal" that is a separate subject to be taken up at a separate time. but after politically damaging five week shutdown, senate republicans are not in the mood for more. >> i dont think shutdowns are a good leverage. it is a lesson ive learned here. there have been two shutdown since the time ive been there and the aggressor in neither one was the winner. >> they are never to be used as a means to achieve any kind of goal. i think ...

1.3 billion annualized. we have over 600 miles of barriers on the southern border that democrats voted for and paid for. so theres a lot of semantics and spin in all of this. at the end of the day, idd lik to think both parties can get to a place they feel we ought to secure our southern border. looking like theyre against border security is bad politics. >> are you trying to say this was a win for the president? >> no, i dont think it was a win at all. the fact -- look. trumps brand is that he ...

They have to figure out how to fund the priorities put forth by the american people after elections. >> of course. thats called negotiating. he was dug in, insisting -- >> what you just said is that hes moved from saying -- because i have been in meetings where ive watched him get briefed. hes listened to the border patrol and listened to the people at the border. even the mayor of tijuana who hes developed a relationship with. and he said the most critical thing is to let the border security de...