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$1.6 billion in border security. it includes some of the infrastructure you are referring to. >> harris: do you think walls work in some places, though? excuse me, we dont have a lot of time. so i want to get that question in. >> i disagree with the president, the way that he characterized saying that walls will make us safe. walls will not make us safe. what makes us safe on the border is smart technology, doing immigration policies that make sense for this country. theres a lot involved in bor...

Out of the committee on to the senate floor, and after some debate if nothing changes in these dynamics, it looks like he will be confirmed. do you expect that to be pretty much a party line vote? >> well, i think we still want to get more information from mr. barr. i know there are still meetings taking place with senators. we are concerned about whether he will make available the full report from the mueller investigation. we also want to make sure that he will not impede the needs of the muel...

Behind it, other than he believes that he is doing this and hes going to gain some favor from mr. putin and others. it is just totally head-scratching. >> and on nato what seems to be lost in it all, the one lesson you might be able to teach donald trump is remember world war i, remember world war ii, they were 20 years apart. 20 years later, those same countries, those same european countries were all very strong allies thanks to, among other things, an organization called nato. >> and american...

Were to allow a senate vote on the government funding bills that nancy pelosi has moved through the house of representatives and sent to the senate? >> theres no question in my mind that the majority of senators would vote to open government. this is clearly something that president trump has done. you remember, we did that once before, we did it in december by unanimous vote. we voted for a continuing resolution and the appropriation bills that have nothing to do with the border security issues...

Out of washington? >> i want them to open the federal government back up. get us back to work. and then have the debate on border security and anything else outside of the shutdown. i mean, having 800,000 employees not being paid plus all the contractors not being paid its a huge impact not just personally but economically. they need to open the federal government back up. >> thank you very much for your time. you got a sense here just how intense this was. you had over 700 people trying to get ...

Would pass the senate and we stand a good chance of opening government. >> and the -- another senate piece of business i really want to get you on is confirmation hearing for william barr as the presidents attorney general nominee. it looks like he has no resistance from senate republicans, and so that seems like he will definitely be moved out of the committee on to the senate floor, and after some debate if nothing changes in these dynamics, it looks like he will be confirmed. do you expect th...

Not going to be easing on sanctions. we actually should be tightening sanctions. so i think it was a very healthy vote. it was an uphill battle to try to get it passed and get over a president veto, but i think its a clear message we disagree with the president on how hes managing the relationship with russia. >> is that an indication of what would happen if mitch mcconnell were to allow a senate vote on the government funding bills that nancy pelosi has moved through the house of representative...

They were 20 years apart. 20 years later, those same countries, those same european countries were all very strong allies thanks to, among other things, an organization called nato. >> and american leadership. >> yep. >> and we were not recoiling from the leadership responsibilities around the world and mr. trump is doing it every time, whether it be on syria or whether it be on issues like our nato alliance. >> john barren, thank you very much. >> thank you. really appreciate it. and when we ...

Miles of wall and still theres going to be roughly 1,300 miles of open stretch. from the republican side, they say, if we can just build the wall, its still an enormous problem and from either side, its not going to get solved. >> this has vexed administrations of both parties for decades. and back in march, we passed over $600 million of money to build more or reconstruct border wall or fencing that exists today. that was all authorized in 2006. and oh, by the way, hillary clinton and joe biden...

But whats interesting, erin, is that after the president left the room, according to one source, the vice president stayed in the room and asked democrats, are you going to put an offer on the table? according to the source, democrats did not. their position is very clear and very simple. they want the government reopened right now. they want to talk about all of this other stuff, all of the border security issues, after the government has been reopened. so in other words, we are really right wh...