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San diego, california, to see what is happening and where it is safe. >> tucker: democrats are saying this is not a wall and will only cover about 55 miles of the border that is thousands of miles wrong. >> they are wrong, it is a wall. it was a wall 20 years in the making because they tried different ways to make some sort of barrier, and most of them were poorly made, not enough funding, fell down, that sort of thing, but this wall, we went right by what the border security needs. you can see ...

>> tucker: democrats are saying this is not a wall and will only cover about 55 miles of the border that is thousands of miles wrong.l >> they are wrong, it is a wall, it was a wall 20 years in the making because they tried different ways to make some sort of barrier, and most of them were poorly made, not enough funding, fell down, that sort of thing, but this wall, we went n right by what the border security needs. you can see through it so you can see are there 5 people over there or 500? do ...

All of our citizens. its very frustrating to me. as an example, we had a bill last week that chuck schumer blocked to pay our coast guard. i met with coast guard members sunday and monday and my state, and they need to get paid. they are defending the freedom of this country. they need to get paid. our border security needs get paid. we need to open this government, secure our borders. this is frustrating. >> harris: talk with me if you will about these competing bills on the hill. what you thin...

Our say about re-opening government. and this is a crisis that was manufactured by mr. trump. i think theres willingness to try to meet additional border security needs, but lets not do it with this ongoing threat of the government being shutdown. why is he playing with all these peoples lives as political pawns on a political issue that, frankly, let us fight over, but dont hold these other folks hostage. >> well, if some of those border security measures are necessary, why cant you reach a com...

President wants to do in instigating a shutdown over border wall funding is something that has very little constituency on capitol hill. senate republicans want to support the president but they also hate shutdowns. they dont want to be blamed for a shutdown and dont want to be in the middle of one. when pat roberts was speaking on capitol hill today, he said, you know, i am sympathetic to what the president wants in terms of border security money. we do need money down there, but not in the for...

And the dems seem not to care about daca. make a deal. joining me is one of the senators behind the bipartisan bill who serves on the house judiciary committee, senator chris coons. your bill would provide a pathway to citizenship with dreamers, authorizes more technology and drones to monitor the border, green lights a study of further border security needs and increases the number of immigration judges and attorneys. that is what thement is calling a total waste of time. your reaction? >> well...

Hollowed out. the president has said we need to make sure we fill the resources that the pentagon needs and so thats our first priority with the spending bill and we also have border security needs. the president is also interested in finding a resolution to daca. he has said that but he believes that should not be tied to a spending bill or basically you are holding the government hostage. >> sandra: he has until march to make a decision on that and by senate democrats are making it a key issue...