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Will make the decisions. and i guarantee you this builder turned president will get that wall built faster than you could possibly imagine. >> katie: that comment which aired on "fox & friends" this morning was made during his survey of the border with nielsen and ted cruz on friday. today speaker paul ryan indicated the house wont look at legislation until next month. daca the protections expire in march built but ryan seems in no hurry after the senate rejected four immigration plans last week...

The wall behind uses you can see through it do yo do you prer that. >> president trump will make the final decision about the structure of the wall. but the first step is that congress has to fund it. and you know, we were disappointed this week, but, look, were going to stay on it. and the president is absolutely committed. our whole yation is to work with republicans in the house and the senate to. work with democrats in the house and the senate. and find a way to build this wall and to solve ...

Getting things done. however, you are optimistic and say that you think this infrastructure plan could be done by the summer. why so positive and optimistic? >> well, because this is the first time we have had a president of the united states since eisenhower talk about the need to invest in our infrastructure in this country. this is the physical plan. this is what helps to keep us competitive in the world. president trump who is a builder understands the need so he has put it on the front burn...

Military spending, all these things have become new third rails, essentially. >> thats right. while were talking about budgets and spending, the white house rolled out plans for refurbishing americas public infrastructure. >> to me this is a very, very sexy subject. the media doesnt find it sexy. i find it sexy, because i was always a builder. i always knew how to build on time, on budget. thats what we want here. >> well, if theres a show in the media that does find infrastructure sexy, youre...

Solution. we have the opportunity to do that now. president trump has offered a very generous plan to deal with it. it is time to act and the senate ought to be acting today. >> bill: last point on this and well see whether or not it acts. it is 9:45. you are at the white house in an hour to talk about infrastructure. what sort of deal can come out of this? >> the president has offered a very robust plan. i think its important to proceed on those issues in terms of fixing our roads, our highways...

Thats what we want here. >> lets see if ezra cline finds it sexy. ezra, in that meeting today with mayors and governors in the white house about infrastructure, the president promised during the campaign hes going to be the greatest builder ever in the white house. he actually said to them, after he made them this offer to pay a small amount of some of these projects he actually said to them, if you dont want it, thats okay with me, too. thats how hard he was actually pushing it today. if you do...

Abcs senior white house correspondent cecilia vega asking, when will the president offer his own message to the women? >> reporter: with scandal hanging over his white house, today, president trump sought to shift the focus to his $200 billion infrastructure plan. >> to me, this is a very, very sexy subject. the media doesnt find it sexy. i find it sexy, because i was always a builder. >> reporter: but no mention of the two ex-wives of his former staff secretary, rob porter, who went public near...

To me this is a very, very sexy subject. the media doesnt find it sexy. i find it sexy, because i was always a builder. i always knew how to build on time, on budget. thats what we want here. >> lets see if ezra cline finds it sexy. ezra, in that meeting today with mayors and governors in the white house about infrastructure, the president promised during the campaign hes going to be the greatest builder ever in the white house. he actually said to them, after he made them this offer to pay a sm...

Problems, i believe, with jim in san francisco. sitting next to me and watching all of this unroll is mark lotter, the former assistant and spokesperson for mike pence at the white house. so the positive side of this is that the presidents finally unrolling the infrastructure plan. the negative side is, mark, to be perfectly blunt, this comes after days of controversy over rob porter, over a second, quote, resignation or firing from the white house, controversies over the lack of security cleara...

The full scope of the revelations were made clear and maybe the right questions werent being asked. >> bill: a couple of pointed questions. what is the status of rob porter? is he officially out or not? >> it was interesting. when they first announced porters resignation, they described it as a resignation, but suggested that he might be sticking around for a while, theres a pattern in this white house. even when people are dismissed, they kind of hang around the building for a little while. the...