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The point of education, you limit their growth. it is a serious, serious problem across the country. >> all right, the government shutdown, we brought it up before. we got to hammer it again. it is hitting the most vulnerable americans, thousands of low income residents including elderly aies and disables. well go live with this story next. >> first, it is time for our monument americans day. we recognize a latina politician who broke down barriers for puerto rico. she was the first female mayor...

U.s. history enters its 23rd day, congress is set to return to the nations capitol tomorrow. you see there is a lot of snow in washington, but that is the plan. but the two sides appear no closer to a deal to end the standoff. 800,000 federal employees remain in limbo and without paychecks. president trump continues to demand more than $5 billion for a border wall. so far democrats have refused to back any wall funding. with me now is freshman democratic congresswoman katie hill from california....

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Youre home. warner is home. hundreds of thousands of americans are not getting their paycheck. republicans did have unified control of the federal government for the past few years and did not pass any major immigration reform or wall funding. our new cnn poll out this morning shows most americans are putting the blame for the shutdown on president trump. if this is so important and so needed, why didnt republicans in the house and senate pass wall funding at any point in the last two years? >> ...

The margin of error. a higher margin of error and you get these subcohorts. you dont want to see your numbers going down. you know thats true. you dont want to see your -- >> anyway, keep going. >> its plus or minus 6.8%. im moderately proficient in math so i can count. but the reality is you dont want to see it going the wrong way. what i think the president has come to the conclusion of, if i bend on my motivating item. this motivated me into the race, got me the nomination and won me the pres...

Needed, why didnt republicans in the house and senate pass wall funding at any point in the last two years? >> because we have a majority in the senate but dont control it. we need democrats to work with us. and have democrats stop being hypocritical and put their money where their mouth is and fund better barriers. they work. they supported and vote forward about $8 billion of better barrier funding in the 2013 immigration reform. $40 billion in total in terms of border security. this is a grow...

Step and also need to fix all kinds of bad law and loopholes and legal precedent thats incentivizing, rewarding people coming here as unaccompanied children from central america or as members of family units. and that is a growing problem. that is the problem at the border and its a crisis at the border. its viewed as a crisis in 2014 when 120,000 people came in as family units and unaccompanied children. last year 145,000 people came in under that same category. its a growing problem. it needs ...

The margin of error. a higher margin of error and you get these subcohorts. you dont want to see your numbers going down. you know thats true. you dont want to see your -- >> anyway, keep going. >> its plus or minus 6.8%. im moderately proficient in math so i can count. but the reality is you dont want to see it going the wrong way. what i think the president has come to the conclusion of, if i bend on my motivating item. this motivated me into the race, got me the nomination and won me the pres...

Funding of a wall. i said in negotiations after we reopen the government, we can talk about potentially having some kind of physical barriers. i think thats always been on the table. a year ago there was a piece of legislation introduced by my colleagues aguilar and congressman hurd, and it was funding smart border security including technology, including personnel, and in places where it makes sense, physical barriers. then in exchange were getting additional resources to process claims to deal...

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