Border Wall Worth News Today

The president has been adamant he still wants this wall, its something he campaigned on, he talked about, and that he thinks that its necessary and that he wants to get the money for it, this is the time for him to try to do that. >> jeremy, i have three visuals and then a question. visual number one is a letter by all the former secretaries of homeland security. as cabinet agencies go, it hasnt been around that long, but they all signed on to this letter saying in effect end this. it also inclu...

Chief of staff. visual number two is some polling information. and it shows the president deeply underwater. when people were asked the question by cbs news pollsters, is this border wall worth the government shutdown? 71% say it is not worth it. now add to that the following visual. this is all the aircraft over the united states right now. see some of those routes that really pop like dfw up to new york. the european flights leaving this time of night to begin their long arcing flight over the...

Is this border wall worth the government shutdown? 71% say it is not worth it. now add to that the following visual. this is all the aircraft over the united states right now. see some of those routes that really pop like dfw up to new york. the european flights leaving this time of night to begin their long arcing flight over the north atlantic. and all the pacific activity as well. thats what the skies over this country look like. and heres a prediction. they will all land safely tonight becau...

And trying to leverage trumps unpredictability. its sort of the same tactic they used in foreign policy and trade negotiations with china mexico and canada, but where this goes, you know, its still an open question. >> and somebody else at the table help and i know youre in the middle of that and you have to keep a strong public face and they keep saying theyre winning. with the caucus theyre winning and the anti-immigration hardliner, hes winning and hes the president. if you look at the new cb...

Some 800,000 federal workers are about to miss another paycheck as the government shutdown drags into its second month. it was sad even when we said second week and now were saying second month. a new cbs poll asked is the border wall worth a government shutdown? 71% said no, not worth it. 28% said yes. senator, thanks for coming in. >> good to be with you. >> in that poll there is some support in the polls for what you all are saying, 7 in 10 americans dont think the issue of the border wall is...

The fact that they have subpoena power and investigative authority into the trump administration right now. coming up for us, is the border wall worth shutting down the government? a new poll asks that very question and the results are very important. plus, paul manaforts major deadline. the former trump campaign chief had until 10:00 this morning to respond to allegations that he had breached his plea agreement, that he lied and broke his deal. last time this happened, you remember his team...

Pressure perhaps on republicans, given democrats do have a message, open the government now and then well talk. >> exactly right. the republicans do not have a message. they have trump changing his mind. >> they do have a message, border security. >> their message is getting killed, right? people are blaming them for the shutdown. remember, this shutdown is not supposed to be about immigration. its supposed to be about funding the government. instead, trump is saying i want what i want and you h...

They dont know what the president wants. he keeps changing. he got in the fight yesterday with his chief of staff. he needs to send a signal. this is what i want. is he a hard liner or moderate? beats me. i have no idea. he needs to be more explicit in what he wants. >> and mcconnell has said we need to know where the president is leaning here. what he needs. lets talk about what the -- everyone is playing to their base. i want to show you is daca worth the risk of the shutdown? the cbs news pol...