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Ground by government district r contractors. since president trump has taken office, some new border structure has gone up. last year, a 20 mile stretch was built and when you look at it, the question is, is it a wall or a fence? and does that question even really matter? according to customs and border protection officials, there are eight projects in the works. the trump administrations request for 5 billion more would pay for an additional 215 miles of new and replacement fencing. that could ...

The president has made clear, a border waum, border fence, border structure of some kind, is basically mandatory for him to sign off on any deal to reopen the government, so where does that leave things? well, at this point, lawmakers on capitol hill say theyre looking into next week. theyre looking into 2019, theyre looking into the moment on january 3, where democrats retake control of the house, for the first action of any kind, legislatively, to try and reopen the government. heres the catch...

Fence, it is a wall. you just misreported it. we are going to build a wall. >> so he says, were going to build a wall, it is not a fence. he accused us of misreporting or somebody in the press at that press conference that day misreporting it, but yet it seems he may go for a fence or some kind of steel slat structure or something like that. >> yes, i think it is interesting to see how it evolved over the time. we have the president going from a wall where we were talking about the specification...

A shorter-term extension. a number of different options. but the reality right now, jim, even though there may be legislative action shortly after democrats take the majority in the house, there is no sense its necessarily going to go anywhere. senate republicans feel very burned by what happened last week when the president decided not to sign something that had been agreed to unanimously in the chamber. and they have made clear, they dont want to move forward on anything until the president si...

Blank house nations. he says hes not racist. he says hes the least racist person ever. based on what you have seen, do you agree? >> well, i think he has a track record here. and i think the track recordings far back. but in reality, what we need to get to is a legislative solution for daca. we have succeeded in federal court here in california to enjoin the administration to accept enrollments under the current program. it needs to be memorialized in statute. >> part of this deal that was prese...

The president. only gave him 10% of the wall. 10% of the money for the wall. 1.8. the president wanted 18 billion. he gives dreamers a path to citizenship. gives dreamer parents a three year work permit and, again, as i mentioned 1.6 billion toward a border structure which they are not calling a wall and it ends the diversity lottery program. the president, of the guy who wrote the art of the deal says no deal. steve: right. ultimately what the white house is saying this is a great deal for the ...

>> most of the border does not. there is already a border structure there. >> laura: i am trying to get information. you are saying you would not give legal status, a pathway to citizen ship for the poor illegal immigrants kids, so you would deny them legal status because you are desperate to get the uncles, aunts, cousins, 3rd removed into the country. thats amazing. >> no, this is the way we have to frame the answer. i agree with the majority of americans who say lets pass a clean dream act. >...

>> most of the border does not. there is already a border structure there. >> laura: i am trying to get information. you are saying you would not give legal status, a pathway to citizen ship for the poor illegal immigrants kids, so you would deny them legal status because you are desperate to get the uncles, aunts, cousins, 3rd removed into the country. thats amazing. >> no, this is the way we have to frame the answer. i agree with the majority of americans who say lets pass a clean dream act. >...