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Us now its border with mexico president was prepared to endure the longest government shutdown in history to get his wall built but despite all the bluster the problem still hasnt gone away. to trolling the u.s. mexican border he and arizona it stretches for more than six hundred kilometers agent down in the hernandez takes us to a remote part of it protected by an anti vehicle beriah he says whats happening at the border is a crisis like hes never seen before there are still a lot of people the...

>> its not clear what does seem to be the case is this is more bluster and misdirection from the president of the united states of america. he apparently is concerned that despite his promise we were going to get sick of the winning, all he does is lose, lose, lose no matter what. if you take a look, anderson, at the trajectory of this whole issue around his medieval vanity inspired border wall, first he indicated that he was going to build a wall from sea to shining sea, and mexico was going to...

Joining us is congressman jeffires. he has options most people dont understand to get more money for the border wall. how do you interpret that? what options dont most people understand? >> its not clear what does seem to be the case is this is more bluster and misdirection from the president of the united states of america. he apparently is concerned that despite his promise we were going to get sick of the winning, all he does is lose, lose, lose no matter what. if you take a look, anderson, a...

Promotes more safety on the roads. drivers will be on their best behavior. >> in order, were out here today. so you know -- >> look up. dont come on the roads. >> shepard: a lot of times, the checkpoints, they pull you over, stop every third car. slows your trip down. stone cold sober. >> yeah. again, when you think about a slippery slop here, if you pick up the phone and call your friend to let them know that theres a sobriety checkpoint, how much different is that? >> shepard: no different. >>...

Is there any better sense right now from your reporting what president trump will accept from congress? no matter what chuck schumer says, it still needs to be signed. >> sure. its very difficult to product trump from one day to the next because he can be so inconsistent that even the things he says are subject to change. however, i do think you heard signals in that speech last night of where hes building himself some wiggle room. he didnt issue an ultimatum. he didnt talk about a national emer...

Venezuela, he likes to talk loosely about having military options. when he decided to hit syria and assad for chemical weapons use which he talked about in that interview as well, that was one of his most significant policy successes in his first year. everyone, dems, republicans, said they were glad they did that. obama did not. he likes to bluster on the military, but with iran, its not as if the u.s. could do anything that wouldnt lead to massive escalation in the region. and so as a conseque...

Strong point. id like to ask you something really quickly back to border security and immigration. >> yes. >> obviously leader pelosi and leader shchumer who made it cler were not going to give trump his money for the wall. do you think the democrats run the risk of looking too lacksx border security? what kind of risks do you see democrats put them themselves in? >> first of all, i hope we can avert a shutdown. i dont think were going to go in that direction with all the presidents bluster. but...

Ironic, perhaps, but for all his bluster, pete has never been in arrested, never been in trouble with the law, runs his own business, has been a good father, and over the years has taken in wayward teens to give them a better start. kids like nick. >> in other foster homes they do it for the money. pete didnt ask for any money in return. he fed me. clothed me. he gave me a car to drive. and now i look at pete like a dad. and anybody that has anything bad to say about pete never really took the t...

Congressional committee should be doing. well see if he mix it. maria: i see. this is more bluster and pr to hear him trash president trump. let me ask you, because i believe its almost a year to the day that adam schiff, now the head of the intel committee, sent a letter disputing all of the things that you and your colleague managed to uncover about fisa abuse, about what the behavior was -- >> yeah. maria: -- from this cabal of people at the top of the fbi and the doj during the 2016 election...

Maintains. i think thats why you will continue to see her and i think even at a certain point some republicans in the senate to begin to challenge the president on things they dont believe is within reality of what we maintain and the values we hold as a society. >> jay, the president keeps talking about a national emergency, and it feels like weve seen this, heard this record before. you know, tipping his hand to doing something and then you see him actually do it. is there any possibility that...