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Do, obviously, we will do the emergency. because thats what it is. it is a national emergency. reporter: this is exactly what democrats want to. theyve asked the president to reopen the government and then have negotiations over board security for the president however, says it is not a concession but a way to take care of federal workers hurt by the shutdown. in the rose garden he once again tried to make a case for the physical barrier at the southern border. he says the only choice is to buil...

Want this wall, but the democrats are not going to budge. >>, but the president has budged on the notion of a wall, first of all, 2,000 miles, no. does it have to be cement. >> no, it could be steel slats. >> from your interview with steny hoyer. >> he didnt think the wall was immoral like nancy pelosi. >> and that was this year, it feels like, couldnt be physical barriers and some are looking at a proposal for smart technology that has people and drones and not physical barrier. neil: theyre mo...

Wall? >> well, you can call it what you want. were open and continue to support effective border security, which would include fencing and barriers where appropriate, but also, hopefully, will focus much more attention on those issues that relate to our ports of entry. neil: youre not of the viewpoint that nancy pelosi was and is that a wall is immoral? or are you? >> i think a wall from sea to shining sea would be. i dont think we are talking about that. neil: no. the president isnt talking abo...

I have heard from some democrats who say that was never talked about. was it? >> yeah, so i think that where we are on this particular thing, if you are using the word wall and a concrete barrier, i dont think most democrats will support that. if youre looking at strategic fencing and barriers and border barriers similar to what steny hoyer just said, hopefully what you will hear from mr. kildee coming up here in just a minute, i think most democrats see that there are areas of our border that h...

For exclusive interview. big news, we start with the partial government shutdown, president trump announced today that after 35 days a deal has been reached to reopen the government temporarily until february the 15th. he is giving congress now three weeks to agree on legislation to build the wall, secure our borders, and he was speaking earlier today from the rose garden and heres what the president had to say. >> its just common sense walls work. thats why most of the democrats in congress hav...

Optimism that maybe republicans and democrats can get together to satisfy the president and keep government open. congressman dan kilde was on with neil cavuto this morning and said this about president trumps wall. >> are you open to funding for a wall? >> well, you can call it what you want. were open and continue to support effective border security which would include fencing and barriers where appropriate but also hopefully will focus much more attention on those issues that relate to our p...

And they go -- they dont come in through your port of entry because youd see them you couldnt do that they come in through our border where we dont have any barriers or walls. >> someone told him that story to be clear, human trafficking experts are completely confused by those claims. according to "the washington post," quote, they are perplexed by this increasingly repeated story in trumps repertoire and are at a loss from where he got his information. its not from them, they say in fact, they...

Air. tape put across their mouths >> and they put duct tape on their moukts >> they have tape over their mouths electrical tape. usually blue tape as they call it. >> and theyre loaded up with drugs or they have women in the back seat of the cars with duct tape all over the place. >> wrapping tape around their mouths so they cant shout or scream. >> they tape their face, their hair, their hands behind their back, their legs, they put them in the back seat of cars or vans and they go -- they dont...

I can assure you that the 16 of us are proceeding to negotiate a proposal as well. >> is mcconnell allowed to negotiate or is he still the presidents proxy. >> he is clearly negotiating and wants this to end. heine had a good first meeting with chuck schumer. theyre finally talking. i wish it happened a month ago. at least its finally happening. as far as the presidents use of emergency power and very dubious from a constitutional perspective. i dont think the president can take money that congr...

For nancy pelosi to say no for any kind of physical barrier on the southern border when in the past she has voted for physical barriers. >> youre right. senator collins, i come to you very often because you are a straight shooter in a way that is not easy to find in washington d.c. i know that she answered a question by saying no, maybe id give him a dollar, but you do know that democrats have over a billion dollars on the table right now. they offered 25 billion over 5 years before. they have a...