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Issue and i just dont see how house democrats are going to vote for any more border funding for a wall. there might be a way to slice and dice this and have some border security measures in there and i get back to the point that i think the president has backed himself into a corner. he own this is shut down and said it was going to be his shut down and he has not provided clarity on what he would agree to and as a consequence, everything is ambiguous. no one knows how to move forward. the house...

Number. we were looking at the number of 1.6, 1.3 billion. something you do not support right now. you said if the senate passes what they had at that moment, your suggestion as a member of the budget committee is he should support that. do you no longer support that idea? >> that package had an additional 25 billion dollar for other border security measures. there are multiple offers that have gone back and forth from the white house to get to that solution. if you have the bridge act, you coul...

It. the president, not just there, but other places, has talked about the democrats being solely to blame for our immigration problems. thats just not the case. i was part of a group that negotiated the deal that we had in 2013, which would have provided about $42 billion in added border security measures, whether its fencing, manpower technology and every democrat in the senate, every one of them, voted for it. so democrats are willing to vote for border security, as long as its tied to other t...

Democratic obstruction of the needed wall. mick mulvaney said the partial government shutdown could very well go into the new congress. democrats say that they support border security measures, but they do not believe the wall is an effective border security measure. of the president of course disagrees. he says that the technology alone, funding for physical barriers, and the government will not open until he has some funding for some sort of physical barrier. >> leland: the semantics here beco...

Whats going on? >> theyre virtually going nowhere at the moment. the last time they had a face-to-face meeting was on saturday between vice president mike pence, chuck schumer, and that did not go particularly well. pence came and offered $2.5 billion to deal with the border wall on the southern border along with border security measures. thats more than the $1.3 billion that the democrats have been pushing and schumer rejected that offer out of hand, and since then, theyve closed shop on capito...

Continue running. so it plays right into the hands of those who would prefer to see a government take a back seat. >> where is the plan in this? do you think it was a mistake of president trump to put the bar at $5 billion for a border wall, as opposed to id like to see some border security measures in the bill? >> well, i think it was a mistake to say that this is the only way to secure the border. i really -- i was an optimist. i thought he was going to use this to negotiate improving areas wh...

Democrats, too. my sense of it is, keep in mind the last government shut down, there was a lot of analysis afterwards that said maybe the democrats overreached on that one and that shut down probably could have been laid at their feet. this time around, thats not going to happen. >> manu, there is a concern by republicans as well. just this shut down after the shut down after the shut down. this is not what they want to be seeing. >> especially the last days of all republican control of congress...

Yesterday morning, but. the day fell apart quickly after republicans met. there was no clear signal from the president he was going to sign the continuing resolution that the senate had passed. and then we found out that the freedom caucus had been on o the phone telling him he needs to be seen fighting. he cant cave. then there was an epic meltdown on capitol hill and republicans did prove they had the votes to pass $5 billion in border wall funding. that was a big question mark. so the senate ...

>> look, i think democrats -- here is the thing, despite the presidents mean tweets on this issue, both sides actually do want to see some increase in border security, right? the president is hanging it all on the wall. democrats have put other border security measures on the table. i think you strip away all the politics and insanity of washington >> julie: i know what word came to mind when you were saying that. i can feel it. >> i think this is an area where we can find -- congress proved yes...

. this is my son. i miss his beautiful smile. i will never get to see him. build the wall. thank you, president trump. >> wow, that was a news conference with angel families named for those whose loved ones were killed by illegal aliens. they held a rally on friday to show their support for tougher border security measures. >> our next guest an angel mom who immigrated legally from hungary lost her only son when he was shot by an illegal immigrant in 2002. thank you for joining us. im sorry ab...