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This? at the presidents direction we are confronting it head on in many ways. let me try to quickly some rise. we have championed a border wall system which includes infrastructure, technology and additional personnel. we have implemented virtually every measure within our authority to end catch and release to keep aliens with no legal right to stay from being released into our country. we have worked with the pentagon to deploy troops to the southern border, which has helped us achieve tens of ...

And what theyve offered, incoming chief of staff mick mulvaney was on fox news sunday and he said they havent come down from 5.7 billion. they did not say what the number was. democrats, they are hoping, welcome to some center when it comes to the funding. we are talking about maybe $3 billion here. for political reasons. >> doug: i think we are talking about fundamental political positioning. >> lawrence: they dont like the optics of the wall. >> doug: i agree. >> lawrence: we know we are not g...

Trump have put policy and real physical border security on the table. democrats are generically saying were for border security but they dont define it. so when -- >> republicans are the ones saying that democrats like chuck schumer have voted for the wall in 2006, the fence thing. the president has talked about different aspects of the wall, the border wall system. theres parts of the wall in places like yuma that have worked. so when it comes to putting real solutions that are tangible, they s...

>> merry christmas. >> the sticking point in the talks to pass a spending bill has been that funding for a border wall system. last night the senate passed a short term spending bill to keep the federal government open in february of next year into that point. it did not provide new funding for the wall. today the house was expected to vote on that legislation. now its all in limbo and the white house has raised the possibility the president may veto the bill. yesterday house freedom caucus chai...

Like a health care-level failure. >> harris: actually come in arizona, i would say thats not true. also having lived near the border and i still do for part of the year. they want border security but it doesnt look the way we often talk about it. because of our border down by no there is a hard wall, if you will. but not throughout. we understand that certain parts have to be because of the topography and logistics. you got the cartel so vicious on that board to pay their flying planes over. you...

Charged with. we dont know all the details. obviously, the judge was confused today. he thought the general fund was still being played. >> harris: the judge wasnt even clear if he committed a crime. thats why his opening line was "i want to make sure im not looking at a sentence for a guy who hasnt even committed a crime." i want to move on for the government shutdown and where we really are. how do you look at it in terms of the white house now saying that they would look at a way to get aroun...

Its set to attach additional technology to it. so its really a border wall system. >> neil: i got it. the anti-dig means you cant dig beneath it and crawl under it. >> yes, sir. >> neil: the president has staked his reputation and the government on this. as much as you want this, what do you think of that? >> well, i can tell you the president has been extremely supportive and listening to my men and women on the ground and has listened to myself as we have described what we need to be able to s...

Minority -- and what im hearing when i hear the chairman of committees that im going to sit on not talk about policy issues, but rather talk about investigations -- it makes me believe that we are going to have to play defense in a very aggressive manner. there might be some places where we can find some mutual accord, but i would say we are going have to be very aggressive in defending the policies and priorities and principles that we have. >> harris: you know, i want to take us a little broad...

Democrats now. the president is sitting down with nancy pelosi house leadership, and chuck schumer senate leadership yesterday for democrats. it was pretty confrontational at times. how to get something down for this president that includes a border wall system either before the end of the year or beyond it? >> i think its going to come down to the continuing discussions between the president and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. clearly, in order to give the government funded and to get funding f...

>> harris: glad to have you. well go to the news. big news day, as always. we are watching the white house as the president, congresswoman nancy pelosi, and senator chuck schumer are set to meet. at the heart of the talks are efforts to fund that border wall system. the president has requested at least $5 billion to pay for that. an idea which democrats have so far rejected. senate minority leader schumer and house majority leader pelosi released a statement. here it is, in part. "our country ca...