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What were starting to hear on capitol hill, the republican leaders might put together a bill that essentially dares the president to shut down the government or veto this and then look at what he did on the signing statement on the russia and north korea and iran sanctions bill. he signed it, grudgingly, but he said you guys dont know what youre doing, we dont like it and i dont like many things here. this is a good setup for the president to use congress as a foil, shep. >> shepard: are members...

To build the border wall in the bill they have to get done by friday night. the democrats dont want money from budget going to border wall. your response. >> i mean, its not just democrats that dont want a border wall. it is every single congress person who lives in a border district has refused to support this funding request for the border wall. the reality is most of the people who come to this country undocumented dont go over the border anyway, they come through an airport and overstate the...

Traveled over 1,000 miles. one-third of the girls have been raped. the last kid was an 11-year-old boy from guatemala that died of dehydration. that is a face that i want him to see. dont take any cameras, mr. president, but go down there and see what were facing. >> thats texas congressman henry cuellar, a democrat whos been unrelenting in his criticism of the administration when it comes to border issues. now, another house democrat from the border is my next guest. arizonas ron barber and con...

More from speaker boehner in a minute. but this issue is also drawing critics from the presidents own party. congressman henry cuellar represents a border district in texas, did not mince words, all over cnn, had a lot to say about the presidents choice not to visit the border during this texas fund-raising trip. >> words are important. but its the actions i want to see. this didnt just happen last night. hes asking for an emergency. if he looks at it, this has been going on for one year or two ...

Number we have, will be crossing illegally this year. and as it comes to these little boys and girls, congressman, do you think they should be able to stay? >> you know, i think that were going to have to address the court system first. this backlog in the courts is not only creating an unjust system with huge backlogs and long waits, but its also creating this whole other issue with border patrol being able to do their job today. so i think the courts come first, and then we have to assess and ...

Process the migrants trying to get in for more border security and members of his own party are expressing concern how this money will be spent as we saw in a senate hearing today. >> this group of children that have no paperwork, or little paperwork, many have no birth certificates, so i am really concerned about this, as aall of us are. >> joining me from capitol hill, congressman jeff denim, a republican from california. welcome. >> thanks for having me again. >> you represent a border distri...

Descriptive words to use. let ask about the seat itself, ultimate swing seats and swing districts in american politics. >> a high-profile district, long before the terrible events of last year and gaby gifford also won so narrowly, so, one of the possibilities is that her republican opponent last time around, jesse kelly, may put his name n everyone had been hands-off on this race because of the extraordinary circumstances so there are a number of democratic state senators who are being consider...

Security funding. the next week we turned it around in the house of representatives, chairman price and a couple of others, we kicked it back to them. last week on the eve before taking off for their august recession they reconfigured the bill, made it less, but we can live with the money amount, but what they did, they changed the bill so much that its not constitutional. bill: but i thought this is something that you were pining for. this is something -- i mean, you are a border district. here...