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>> we are going to build the wall. >> not until congress approves billions of dollars. "i have decided that sections of the wall that california wants to build now will not be built until the whole wall is approved." california wanting to build a wall is news to the state attorney general who has been fighting it. president trump praised federal district judge gonzalo curiel. >> de trump administration has basically acted like a king and said i can waive any and all laws along the border region....

Be realizing is that between 2005 and 2017, we went from 135 miles of border barriers to 635 miles. one final point, and this is where i disagree with dana about what an effective communicator he is. it is like 65% of americans oppose building this wall, see it as superfluous, redundant, waste of money and time we have a huge deficit. >> brian: i dont know where the last number came from. i think border security is extremely important. to be on the border and talking to our homeland security sec...

Essentially accept graham/durbin and then a lot of people say you got to him and you stiffened his spine, so can you explain the presidents position because it doesnt seem to be clear, as mitch mcconnell has said. >> chuck, i dont think anyone got to donald trump. donald trump studied the proposal that dick durbin and lindsey graham put before him and realized it didnt address any of the key priorities. not only did it give legal protections to the people in the daca program and gave mass amnest...

Places he wants stronger security from end-to-end but there are places where that doesnt actually mean a wall. >> only non-nuanced people. though that the. why would you put a wall where the ocean is at the border. you have mountains. >> they were pushing back against permanent border barriers all together. they fought it when bush was in office and tried to establish fencing along the same path. it is more trumpish to say a wall instead of a fence. >> it seems like were on the same page. why wo...

Enforcement, and change migration. i think its a behavior critical on their part, they were the ones in 2006 who basically supported these physical border barriers. its time for them to come to the table, lets strike a deal. the president wants to strike a deal with the democrats and the time is now to do it. >> melissa: john roberts is live with more on all of this, busy day, john. >> its always a busy day, good morning to you. we will start with a little bit of breaking news, fox news has lear...

See in this daca deal. the president has made it very clear. he wants to have -- secure the border and interior enforcement. we want to end chain migration and close the loopholes including ending the diversity visa lottery. those are critical components to ensuring that we know who is coming in to our country and also to enforce the law. and so for the democrats, i think its a bit hypocritical on their part if they were ones in 2006 who basically supported these physical border barriers and, yo...

Sequence. i think its going to be a hot part of this issue, what comes first. >> sure. and i think youre right. the argument that you have had mostly from folks on the right is, look, we cant create any guest worker program or a path to citizenship until we secure the border, and that argument has a lot of resonance, but we have got to consider the moment that were in. its a fact that this president has committed more resources to the border than any president in american history. in 2004 when p...

>> sure. and i think youre right. the argument that you have had mostly from folks on the right is, look, we cant create any guest worker program or a path to citizenship until we secure the border, and that argument has a lot of resonance, but we have got to consider the moment that were in. its a fact that this president has committed more resources to the border than any president in american history. in 2004 when president bush was re-elected, there were 10,000 border patrol agents on the bo...

Guest worker program or a path to citizenship until we secure the border and that argument has a lot of resonance but we have got to consider the moment that were in. its a fact that this president has committed more resources to the border than any president in american history. in 2004 when president bush was re-elected, there were 10,000 border patrol agents on the border. today there are more than 21,000. there are 652 miles of border barriers, including fencing, along the border. so this pr...

Sand. is this only nixon can go to china. can only donald trump build a wall on immigration. calm down and cut a deal? >> its possible because the whole issue with the wall is that the wall can mean a lot of things. the wall can mean x number of dollars in physical improvements to current border barriers. the wall doesnt have to be the trump fan thick from california to texas like an actual 20-foot wall. trump can declare a victory. its trump. hes the master of showmanship. from that stand point...