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Guards to patrol there. the scale of the project is also different. the u.s./mexico border is some 13 times longer than israels border with egypt. and oh, yeah, its a fence. not a concrete wall. or steel slats. and the israeli fence looks nothing like the prototypes commissioned by the trump administration, the ones ha cost millions of dollars before construction has even started. can trump claim that his wall will do the same as israels southern border fence? probably not. let me explain. if pr...

From capitol hill, and phil, break it down. a busy day. what can we expect? >> no question about it. history will be made, barriers will be broken, the house will come into session around noon. the first thing people will keep an eye on is the asession or reasession of nancy pelosi. her vote on speakership will happen at the end of the 12:00 p.m. hour. shes expected to have the votes. she will be the first person to return to the speakership in more than six decades, since sam rayburn. coming to...

Represented. its a hsieh change for a institution that for a long time, that was considered old, white, and some would say stodgy. its not entirely reflective of the united states in terms of diversity, but a change in that direction. you want to drill down, as well, on the number of women in congress. not just new members but overall, 102 women total. 89 democrats, 13 republicans. thats nearly 20 women more than have ever served in the institution. and again, it just underscores that the 116th ...

Really appreciate the support youve given the border patrol and given i.c.e. im brandon judd. ive been a border patrol agent for 21 years. i can personally tell you from the work that i have done on the southwest border that physical barriers, that walls actually work. you hear a lot of talk from the expert -- you hear a lot of talk that there are experts that say that walls dont work. i promise you that if you interview border patrol agents, they will tell you that walls work. i worked in nacho...

And, in fact, there is $1.6 billion that the president already has that he deems to be security. >> he cant use that on the wall. that money that was allocated in fiscal 18, he cant use that on the wall. it has to be used to fix existing barriers. >> on the question of border security, weve got to have a secure border. wy understand that. we have to deal with the status of the dreamers, people who served in the military and law-abiding citizens brought here by their parents. we have to have a pa...

138 times longer than israels border with egypt. and oh, yeah, its a fence. not a concrete wall. or steel slats. and the israeli fence looks nothing like the prototypes commissioned by the trump administration, the ones ha cost millions of dollars before construction has even started. can trump claim that his wall will do the same as israels southern border fence? probably not. let me explain. if president trump is talking about the barriers between israel, israeli and palestinian territories, t...

Andmost misleading claims about the wall he wants between the u.s. and mexico. heres part of his tweet. everybody knows that the wall will work perfectly. in israel the wall, would 99.9%. this one goes all the way back to the beginning of the 2016 election. >> walls work. all you have to do is ask israel. walls work if its properly constructed. not the walls that these characters, these politicians that we have running our country who are a disgrace, all talk, no action politicians. they build a...

Thats how xfinity makes tv... simple. easy. awesome. lets talk about the wall. weve all heard this president, the lies that this president continues to tell about the promised border wall, lies like these. >> mexico is going to pay for the wall. >> tremendous amounts of wall have already been built. >> its going to be as beautiful as a wall can be. >> all lies. trump is asking congress for money for the border wall. not mexico. no parts of the wall have been built. old barriers have been refur...

Appreciate president trump and all of his efforts in getting us those physical barriers. theres also a lot of talk on the shutdown that federal employees do not agree with this shutdown. i will tell you thats not true, and with that i would like to introduce art delqueto, the national president of the border control council and he would like to say a few words. >> im the national vice president of the border patrol council. i want everybody to take the time to understand what is going on. we are...

And it cant be beautiful, it doesnt exist. you might have policed it but over the holidays president trump recycled one of his oldest andmost misleading claims about the wall he wants between the u.s. and mexico. heres part of his tweet. everybody knows that the wall will work perfectly. in israel the wall, would 99.9%. this one goes all the way back to the beginning of the 2016 election. >> walls work. all you have to do is ask israel. walls work if its properly constructed. not the walls that ...