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Million for what they call border barriers and that is below the 5.7 billion president trump has been demanding. for more about it, heres caitlin collins at the white house. >> reporter: president trump keeping his distance from reporters after he spent the morning fuming about the russia investigation calling it a giant and illegal hoax. the president at walter reed medical center this afternoon for his yearly physical exam as he appears to show new flexibility on his demand for a border wall n...

Believe are either connected to the president or helping the president or were in a position to be able to steer things in a way what is advantageous to trump if they wanted to, which they havent yet shown happened, in this case, but certainly, you can see the mindsets that are very, very different on either side of the aisle. >> and chairman nadler already has said he is not done with whitaker yet and he said i will come back to you and ask you to follow-up on some of the questions we asked in ...

"build the wall" again? >> this is being billed as a campaign rally. well see if white house adds any formal events onto the schedule. the president now for several months has been talking about el paso as kind of an example of the success of border walls. hes been criticized by -- for people who live in el paso for exaggerating what the crime levels were like before the barrier was built there and exaggerating the extent to which the barriers made any difference. youll see beto orourke and othe...

As the president continues to spar with house democrats on their oversight role. were just a week away from the next possible government shutdown deadline. politico reporting today, negotiators are close to a deal, but weve heard this before, with democrats acknowledging that a final compromise would include funding for border barriers, a concession that could spark rebellion in their party. lawmakers and aids said friday that the conference committee remains several days away from a final borde...

Lawmakers need time to review it. >> but no one knows what the president will sign. but richard shelby met with the president and said this. >> if we can work within some of the parameters that weve talked about today, which well keep to ourselves right now, i think he would sign it. and i think that he is from my perspective being quite reasonable. >> sources tell cnn that there is a consensus the final agreement will need increases in funding for technology, personnel and border barriers. to...

Bipartisan group of members of congress, bicameral, senate and members of the house looking to reach an agreement on border security funding. we hear they are trying to hammer out a deal. are you optimistic that there is something the president would sign that you would support in terms of funding for border barriers? >> the last part of the question is tricky. im confident the members of the conference committee will come up with a good deal. the question is if the president will go along with ...

Even though there are sticking points that could prevent a deal. right now the white house is hoping a deal will be struck by sunday. now remember, lawmakers need time to review the agreement. >> a big cloud at this point, no one knows what the president will sign. but republican senator richard shelby who is part of the negotiate team met with the president and said this -- >> if we can work within some of the parameters that weve talked about today that well keep to ourselves right now, i thin...

Border barriers. i think the president will have to get use to the fact congress will not have to give him what he wants. >> all right. everyone stick around. well be right back. to make you everybody else... ♪ ♪ means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop. does this sound dismal? it isnt. ♪ ♪ its the most wonderful life on earth. ♪ ♪

What he will sign. but republican senator richard shelby who is part of that negotiation team met with the president and said this -- >> if we can work within some of the parameters that weve talked about today, which well keep to ourselves right now, i think he would sign it. and i think that he is from my perspective being quite reasonable. >> sources tell cnn there is a consensus a final agreement will need increases in funding for technology, personnel and border barriers. today the deadli...

Democrat party that wants to take us in that direction, dangerous move. after the last election i was pessimistic about winning back the majority anytime soon but every time democrats introduce something like this it is more likely republicans will be back in the majority and two short years than what i thought weeks or months ago. heather: they seem to be wanting to throw up barriers along the way when it comes to any of the successes of the president and speaking of barriers we did here last n...