Border Wall Spending News Today

Bill last night, actually two of these packages. and i want to stop right here and break down how surprising it is that republicans and democrats during this incredibly divisive time in washington were actually able to come together and get something done and ton top of that were able to pass something that both sides were able to claim had various wins in it. you have to keep in mind just one year ago that was the time where a debate over border wall spending shut down the government for the lo...

Lot of these aides werent giving it a whole lot of thought, feeling like theyre powerless to do anything until the report comes out. theyve of course gained out what they would do based on what mueller may find. but at this point, theyve all gone in for their interviews. the president has responded to those questions, and its all in mr. muellers court to decide what this report is going to say. >> jill, real quickly, i saw you were nodding in agreement. >> yeah, thats very much the case. you kno...

You know, the televisions of the west wing are always on, but that definitely was the story that had everybodys attention today. there are also a slew of other things that the white house is dealing with right now, venezuela, the trying to convince republicans not to break with the white house and try to overturn the presidents emergency declaration on border wall spending. theyve got all of these immediate fires to put out. and at this point, as were in the third year of the administration, you...

Separation of powers is that he is ding dong ditching congress and our courts and the american people. hes throwing the emergency bomb and then running off to mar-a-lago. we have courts inundated with lawsuits and now that the becomes the campaign issue where he is in control of the narrative. hes done a masterful job of shifting the narrative from his loss of negotiations for the border wall spending from his $5.7 billion down to $1.4. he lost and this is his way of deflecting. >> alex, if i ca...

Nancy pelosi is being held hostage by the leftwing of her party. thats not necessarily the case. nancy pelosi made clear from the beginning that she will not be offering any funding for a border wall, certainly while the government shutdown continues. democrats instead are calling on the president to reopen the government and then allow for negotiations on border security and immigration only after the government has reopened. as you mentioned, democrats now offering an additional $1 billion in ...

>> reporter: the acting chief of staff clearly frustrated by the slow progress being made in these talks to try to reopen the federal government and to give president trump what hes asking for. the 5.6 or $5.7 billion to fund his long-promised border wall. to be specific, those baby steps that you mentioned, according to a source on capitol hill, are essentially the discussion between democrats and republicans today that indicate that democrats just basically asked republicans for an official ju...

In nine hours the government low pressure come to a shut down. >> the president has a very small ask that he had really since he arrived that congress focus like voters want him to do on border security and she addiment that will happen. we have seen a lot of down to the wire negotiations in my lifetime here. i have been in washington for 30 years he has a very, very firm position and right now he is engaged in ongoing negotiations to achieve his objectives. >> talking about a partial shut down ...

To mueller, to changes in staff. >> give me a synonym for stress. you have the russia investigation, as you mentioned, kicking up and closing in, you have prosecutors on all fronts investigating nearly every aspect of donald trumps public life. you have democrats coming to control in about two weeks time. and investigate any whiff of wrongdoing, and then add to all of that, what could be the first signs of an economic slowdown on the horizon. you take that and add to that drama, this impasse ove...

And foss president trump, the border wall funding is key. joining me now is republican carl carlos curbelo of florida. >> jim, good to be with you. >> were told by the senate appropriations committee, the chairman, that president trump has made $5 billion, his red line funding target for border wall spending. is that your understanding? and if he doesnt get that, is it your understanding that the president would be willing to shut the government down? >> thats exactly right, jim. and the good ne...

Extrajudicial killings, killing people before they have gone through the judicial process, but hes nabbed one of the most coveted invitations in the world. he will go to the white house. >> and what are the optics of rodrigo duterte at the white house? >> the white house is defending it. and well talk about that. also, both congressional parties reaching a deal on a huge spending bill where if approved will fund the government through september. it includes several wins for democrats, adding b...