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75,000 last month. the job they are doing, they are apprehending. they are apprehending thousands and thousands of people a month. and we are catching them and keeping them. we are not doing release. at a certain point we will have to do some release because we dont have the bed space. we dont have the room and we dont have the funds to build this space because we have ridiculous laws. in other countries, when you have somebody come in illegally you say sorry you have to leave. in our country be...

Record of 220,000 in march of 2000. but the recent increase the president said has the system at a breaking point. >> were catching them and we are keeping them. we are not doing release. now, at a certain point we are going to have to do some release because we dont have the bed space. we dont have the room and we dont have the funds to build this space. >> with the vote on the emergency declaration over, sights are now turning to the next big anticipated washington event, the mueller report. h...

The bed space, we dont have the room and we dont have the funds to build new space. >> the president also said that were seeing record numbers of people apprehended at the border, which is not a factual statement. the numbers that we saw last month in february, 76,000 do represent a 11-year high but theyre well off the record, which was set in modern times going from 2000 all the way to 2018, the high point, shep, was this march of 2000 when 220,000 people were apprehended at the border. were no...

Capturing, catching, grabbing -- theyre doing whatever they have to do. thousands of people, thousands of illegal aliens a month. 75,000 last month. the job theyre doing, theyre apprehending -- call it whatever you want to -- whatever you would like to use but theyre apprehending thousands and thousands of people a month. and were catching them and were keeping them. were not doing release. at some point were going to have to do release because we dont have the bed space. we dont have the room. ...

Hearing? republican lindsey graham, chairman of the senate judiciary committee. you get all kinds of scoops. i know youve been talking to the present. where is he? im hearing its "leaking oil." >> not because of him. the president is ready to accept the wall money and more judges and more bed space. what we are arguing about this late hour is whether or not were going to pay back paid to contractors. weve never done this before. with had a bunch of government shutdowns but never have the democra...

Against women act. which wouldnt seem to have anything to do with border protection or homeland security. >> right. and the president has said he doesnt want those. there is a third poison pill relating to immigration. when they talk about bed space. if the way they phrase it is a hard cap. no more than x dollars spent on detention beds, which in effect if thats it in there would mean we have a catch and release policy in law. every other person after that has to be released. steve: chris, becau...

For drug corridors. thats a pot of money. the bill also allows moving $4 billion around in the defense budget at the discretion of the president and secretary. when you added up, its pretty much when he needs. why should he take this deal? the 1.375 can be used to build barriers. nancy pelosi said not a dollar for barriers are awol. if youre going to get on those those -- hes going to get more than a dollar. money for more judges. there is no limit on bed space like i was worried about. take it ...

Take the deal and move on but at this late hour, hearing about whether the president did hesitate, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, you get all kinds of things, you were talking to the president. i hear it is leaking oil. >> not because of him, hes ready to accept wall money and more judges and more bed space. when we are arguing about is whether or not to pay back pay to contractors who have never done this before. we had a bunch of government shutdowns but never have democrats i...

Attorney general never authorized any recording that mr. mccabe references as the deputy attorney general previously has stated based on his personal dealings with the president. there is no basis to invoke the 25th amendment nor was the deputy attorney general in a position to consider invoking the 25th amendment. that wont be the last we hear of this story today. sandra. >> sandra: thank you. >> bill: do we have a deal? lawmakers racing against the clock to get a deal done by the midnight dead...

Thats virtually what lindsey graham was saying. its a little bit of money. its better than nothing. listen. >> why should he take this deal? the 1.375 can be used to build barriers. nancy pelosi said not a dollar for barriers or walls. get a lot more than a dollar. get money for more judges. nobody talks about that. there is no limit on bed space like i was worried about. so take this as a down payment. go in to the defense bill and move money around like congress allowed you to do last year. an...