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He suggested just three years of protection, we think it ought to be permanent and a path of citizenship so that the offer he made was totally unacceptable and saying simply that hell try to correct partially a crisis that the president of the united states created. >> it was not official at dhs. let me ask you about something you said last night on fox. you said physical barriers are apart of the solution. i think it depends on what a wall is used for whether it is moral or immoral. if it is pr...

Did was to green light the ban, in terms of it going into effect. youre absolutely right, there are barriers the government will have to challenge if it wants to begin to implement them. >> so it cleared its way through some of lower court orders but not all of them. >> thats right. well, the government is going to ask the district court where the barriers are still in place to lift that ban. its up to the government at this point. i will say theres been a tremendous amount of -- lack of clarity...

The democrats are saying that they believe in border security, theyre putting up billions for border security. tim kaine, sherrod brown, a couple of others are saying, lets have the experts come to us and tell us exactly in a real negotiation, lets have real testimony about what they need, lets mark up a bill on the senate side and lets hear from them as to what would really -- what a wall would do versus what a wall would not do. >> thats really the heart of this, andrea, because the reality is...

Can think of an obscure example from a generation ago, an irvine, california mayor, couldnt get into any of the debates, couldnt get covered by the national press. i think the difference between then and now, that somebody like pete buttigieg might see, those old media gatekeepers, their power has declined in the last generation. social media, the internet, viral video. there are ways to get around it that didnt exist before. i think there are fewer barriers to entry than there have been in the ...

Them? >> not all. thats right. >> when do those get adjudicated. >> the government is going to have to ask the district court in which one of those barriers is in place to lift that ban. its up to the government at this point. i will say, theres been tremendous amount of lack of clarity, i would say, at a minimum, from the government on how it intends to proceed. thats from the minute the tweets were issued by the president. >> well, the tweets were issued by the president. what appeared to be h...

Secondly, experts dont believe that. i usually quote and i wont quote them all here. seven or eight republican senators from border state who says the wall is not the answer. they said technology is the answer and enhance personnel is the answer. perhaps the judges -- >> i think you said physical barriers are apart of the solution. >> is there anything that the president can offer to democrats thatll get you to offer some funding for ra wall or just 100 non-starter? >> i think as i said this mor...

Clearly the president made it clear that hes going put on the table barriers and iron fence or whatever you want to call it. hes going to put it on the table. so it is part of the negotiations. well put on investment in other areas but clearly thats going to be apart of the discussion. we are going to sit down at the table and well have that discussion. >> final question, we are out of time. when will the shutdown end? >> if it were up to us, it will end today. if it is up to mcconnell and trump...

Promise his own self imposed read my lips moment. joining me now is stephanie kut cutter, michael steele. sahil, i will let you get started. what do you know and what im trying to figure out here are the democrats negotiating or not? what is this offer supposed to be taken as? >> there is clearly a shift in their positioning. first no negotiations whatsoever. now this, theyre remaining firm that there is no wall, but the definition of a wall is changeable. if you give him $5.7 billion, physical ...

Was to be used for any new barriers on the border. so what is pelosi up to? democrats said over and over again we will not negotiate while the government is being held hostage and we wont give you a penny for the wall. but this offer boils down to we will give you $5.7 billion, you cannot call it a wall, and one democrat said the money cant be used for new sections of the ball but beefing up existing structures is okay. so is pelosi worried about her caucus getting antsy? or did they make this o...

Wall is going to somehow harm us and -- >> no, im not saying that at all -- >> no, im not trying to put words in your mouth. you said so we can remain safe. thats what you said. >> right. i mean, look, nancy pelosi said that walls are immoral. in that case is it the democrat position that we should take down the hundreds of miles of xwrarz we have now? should we just have an open border and get rid of all the walls? if that is what the democrats believe then -- >> mike, quite honestly, thats -- ...