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Who sets one foot in our country unlawfully must be changed by congress. it is unsustainable, it is ridiculous. few places in the world would even consider such an impossible nightmare. our plan includes critical measures to protect migrant children from exploitation and abuse. this includes a new system to allow central american miners to apply for asylum in their home countries and reform to promote family reunification for unaccompanied children, thousands of whom wind up on our border doorst...

This is not a 2,000 mile concrete structure from sea to sea. these are steel barriers in high priority locations. much of the border is already protected by natural barriers su -- such as mountains and water. we already have many miles of barrier, including 115 miles that we are currently building or under contract. it will be done quickly. our request will add another 230 mile this is year in the areas our border agents most urgently need. it will have an unbelievable impact. if we build a powe...

Raced red flags about how that would actually work. >> it includes $5.7 billion for a strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall. this is not a 2,000 mile concrete structure from sea to sea. these are steel barriers in high priority areas. much of the border is already protected by natural barriers like mountains and water. like his prime time address, he declined to reach out to hundreds of thousands of federal workers fur lowed and out of work. americans that he already incorrectly ...

The mojave desert has a huge population of federal workers. youve got a lot of them working without pay there. you said youre willing to give funding for a border barrier. im going to play what you said for viewers. take a listen to that. >> i will definitely, i dont know if its steel. i will vote for some money for physical barriers. its not going to be across the entire 2,000-mile stretch. its not going to be a concrete wall but it will be part of a package. i can almost bet on it. >> i cant t...

Democrats have a new line here. theyre going back to their districts and theyre getting hit pretty hard from a lot of their constituents about this issue of border security. theyre weak on this issue, and, you know, i think trump in some ways is having the upper hand here because reinforcing in every statement he makes he is for border security and democrats are not. by the way, if democrats were for border security they would have funded it. >> they did fund it. >> they didnt fund the $5.5 bill...

American people i own this shutdown. he owns it. they offered him 25 billion for the wall first. over five years. he said yes, then he said no. then they made another offer to give him what he wants and he said yes and then he said no. now you say theyre not offering a dollar because pelosi bungled the talking points but she is giving 1.3 plus for physical barriers. >> theres one other thing. >> one at a time. >> theres one other thing -- >> dave respond to me. >> go ahead. >> yeah. i was going ...

Up, thousands and thousands of people. we dont know where theyre from, who they are, nothing. we need strong borders. we need strong barriers and walls. nothing else is going to work. >> okay, thats a clip. it went on for three minutes and 14 seconds talking about the wall. so 21 seconds when hes talking to the military about the worst casualties since 2014 in syria, and three minutes and 14 seconds talking about his wall. and on twitter, for example, you know, this is the first time hes made an...

Commercially, thus making an arrival easy to predict. this case did not blame a trump administration leak. a separate white house official says this. when the speaker of the house about 20 others decide to book their own commercial flights to afghanistan, the world is going to find out. so this is what leaders in washington are talking about today instead of a plan to reopen the government. dana? >> dana: so is anyone getting anxious, republicans or democrats and ending the shut down? >> when it...

See it, matt, and turns of them saying in the political conversation? >> matt: i agree with melissa, this is the beginning of their election. one of the big things they will be fighting for. if you look at what hes asking for, we have 690 miles of fencing, walling, barriers at the border. hes asking for something like 230 additional miles. hes asking for a couple billion dollars, $5 billion to do that fencing or to have that securit security. i think -- this is such a small amount of money for t...

Talking to agents with knowledge of the shutdown plans. >> concerns that the president is using the military as a tool, the president gave a speech at the pentagon which was aimed to focus on missile defense. it doesnt permit those in service participating in political events. >> without a strong border america is defenseless, vulnerable and unprotected. i want to thank the military for helping us out during the big caravan period. we need strong barriers and walls. nothing else will work. every...