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And started railing about. but that share of people crossing the border has dropped dramatically and now 60% of people crossing the border are either families or unaccompanied children. they are actually flee they are fleeing gang, they are fleeing poverty. they are families. theyre not terrorists or things like that. to prepare everybody for the discussion tonight about the wall, i thought it would be useful at what numbers were tucking about, 154 miles long. trump wants to build a thousand mil...

Visit, but sarah sanders, the press secretary, announced today the president will be visiting the southern border on thursday in an effort to draw attention to what the white house is calling the crisis on the southern border. so all of this coming as the president talks about going around congress to declare a national emergency in order to get funding for the border wall. that, of course, would be an unprecedented move. the president has said he would rather negotiate with congress first befor...

A way to incite his base. >> the president now says he wants this barrier to be made out of steel, not concrete. does the material matter to you at all? >> no, it doesnt matter at all. putting up a 30-foot wall of whatever material its made of doesnt make a difference. listen, we know from the experts -- >> go ahead. >> we know the cost effective ways to provide border security. lets spend the citizens money in a smart fashion not some fourth century basically pointless strategy. >> is all fenci...

And what the resources to do it. use technology for drones or satellite or cargo inspections. do things that will secure the border. chris: talk about the effectiveness. the president of national border patrol council and has been an agent 21 years. this is what he says. >> anywhere that you look where we have built walls , they have worked. they have been an absolute necessity for border patrol agents to secure the border. chris: he has been on the frontlines for two decades. he says the walls ...

And not spending money to protect america though? . >> $54 billion but the obama care website how much did that cost? it broke and its over $2 billion. solyndra, "cash for clunkers", clunkers", 3 billion and he is only askingl for 5 billion for the wall. talk about priorities. they funded the wall before. >> add the wall to that list of failed programs. . >> it is not to say we shouldnt have a barrier of entry. we have barriers now and we still talk about it.

Barriers it funnels the illegal aliens to softer spots. soot problem with the presidents approach to this is making the wall the center piece of our immigration policy. jesse: how would you secure the southern border. >> having a fence -- jesse: president david. how would you secure the border. i just elected you. how would you have secure the border. >> the reality is having agents across the border -- the president has put agents on the border and said the border is secured. so why does he nee...

It. use technology for drones or satellite or cargo inspections. do things that will secure the border. chris: talk about the effectiveness. the president of national border patrol council and has been an agent 21 years. this is what he says. >> anywhere that you look where we have built walls , they have worked. they have been an absolute necessity for border patrol agents to secure the border. chris: he has been on the frontlines for two decades. he says the walls work. >> i think no question ...

Border security means. our definition is very clear. we need to insure that there is wall at the border. they get stuck on concrete wall. the president is talking about steel and providing steel barriers that are very effective at the wall. and basically answering to the needs of our border patrol agents. the democrats are using delay tactics. they want to push forward on funding individual bills at this point. were saying look, we have to fully fund the federal government. department of homelan...

Barrier that border wall over 51% of our border patrol agents workforce are hispanics and we support the wall. we support president trump. and thats just absolutely false that this is a monument for nationalism. steve: you dont follow that. let me ask you about this. the white house budget director russell mouth sent a letter to congressional leaders everything the white house wants. one of the things was $5.7 billion for the construction of a steel barrier on the southwest border. whats importa...

Political will and not practical feasibility. >> dana: the president tomorrow night will address the nation at 9 p.m. tomorrow night. theres a speech where theres a lot riding on it. im curious what you think he needs to do tomorrow night to make some head way. the approval/disapproval on the walsh those numbers have been about the same for 2 1/2 years. what can you say tomorrow night that will convince people to move in his direction? >> well, dana, coming from texas with a 1200 mile common bor...