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Physical barrier, meaning a wall. and if you dont have that. then were just not opening. todd: as the shutdown enters day five president trump doubling down on his terms to get it back open. so, does the president have a point? democratic strategist jason nickels joins us now. jason, im going to go out on a limb and say you disagree with the president. why? >> i absolutely disagree with the president. number one, we have 650 miles of border barriers already. we spend $20 billion already on borde...

Border. in return, of course, democrats got a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally but yes, they have voted for big border barriers in the past. >> rick: the president has said its about security and we had the former ice director on "fox & friends" this morning and said there were 138,000 criminals arrested last year including 2,000 homicides. so people responsible for 2,000 murders and 11,000 sex crimes. these are people who were arrested last year crossing the border. >> wel...

Will not make their mortgage payments and college tuition payments. its a real deal, an important deal. on the other hand, i think hes in a better position today than three days ago -- >> so he went from 1.3 to 1.6. >> he went from nothing to 1.6. >> not really. he had 1.6 a week or two weeks ago. >> but it was done by three days ago. >> he had the whole wall. you could make a case for a brief period, which would have made the left wing of the democratic party insane. >> last winter. >> yes. he ...

Saying, yes, there is funding that have been used for these border barriers but it isnt the wall the president promised, in fact, specifically cited it cant be for the wall as he promised it. but i do understand what youre saying. >> john, to that point, what the president said after the campaign is customs and border patrol career officers came and said, heres the wall that we want. here is the fencing that we want. thats the plan the administration submitted to congress to get funding that con...

Repairing fences from about 8 feet to raising it to 30 feet of bollard fencing, what customs and border patrol said they want. the administration should be taking credit for what they got and the new bill has another $1.6 billion. its actually the first new funding in ten years delivering on the presidents commitment to actually build a wall. >> i understand what youre saying, yes, there is funding that have been used for these border barriers but it isnt the wall the president promised, in fact...

Needed to restore national sovereignty with the wall. and this is strange, nobody in washington seems to be upset about the price of the afghanistan debacle. many people are getting rich from it and thats the difference. you also hear endlessly and usually from people in gated communities that the walls dont work. so why is congressman happy to pay for border barriers in jordan, tunisia and israel? nancy pelosi says walls are immoral and yet for some reason shes not flying to jerusalem to lectur...

Upset about the price of the afghanistan debacle. a lot of people are getting rich from it, and thats maybe thats the difference. you also hear endlessly and usually from people who live in gated communities that the walls just dont work. but if thats true, if they really dont work, so why has congress been happyua to help pay for border barriers in jordan, tunisia, and israel?d nancy pelosi says walls are immoral, and yet for some reason shes not flying to jerusalemm o lecture the israelis on h...

Fences and walls and partitions. but you know what? they only dont want to do it because of me. we need to have the wall. we need border security. whatever it takes to get border security, i will do it. weve done a really fantastic job with what we have. we can do an almost perfect job if we have the wall and proper border security. that is what were going to do for the person people. >> sean: its stunning. democrats say they want border security. sounded like trump in the obama years. but now...

2232 page omnibus bill coming down the pike its going to be the biggest spending bill we have ever had. it is a compromise bill between production and republicd democrats. leadership went over and explained why its still good for republicans. ainsley: government will shut down on friday night. we have thwe count down clock. one day, 16 hours and 57 minutes. brian: third one if it does. steve: the president was entertaining vetoing it. because it doesnt have any money for his wall in it. keep in ...

Omnibus spending bill that congress is going to be voting on. president tweeting this morning got $1.6 billion to start wall on the southern border. the rest will be forthcoming. most importantly, got $700 billion to rebuild our military. $716 billion next year. the most ever. had to waste money on dem giveaways in order to take care of military pay increase and new equipment. while the president did get $1.6 billion for some 90 miles of border barriers and technologies, he did not get the multi...