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Are just serving as the location. for further questions, and direct you to the secretarys office and the office of the four brie first, with that, i would be glad to take some questions. >> reporter: talking about the budget, how committed -- we talked about this earlier, but can you talk about how committed the president is to having the border wall funded this week or having some funding and that spending bill, and if it is not in there, will he sign it? >> press secretary spicer: again, there...

Done? >> no. we expect the priorities of the president to be reflective in the cr. so we expect a massive increase in military spending. we expect money for border security in this bill. and it ought to be. because the president went overwhelmingly and -- >> are you okay -- are you okay if the money is not designated specifically for the border wall. if it is zeg zdesignated for bo security. >> as long as we get moving with an increase in military spending and rebuilding of our military as he pr...

>> it doesnt make sense. >> how does it make sense. these folks are not preparing for their own staff to decide who theyre coming into office. let me ask you about the government shut down, run out of money, if a bill is not passed by the end of the week. your budget director said you want to have a down payment on the border wall in that government funding bill. if you dont get it, will the president veto the funding bill? >> we already have seen progress in regard to getting money for border s...

Deep in those discussions. but im not toing to start to take things on and off the table. >> doubles up on that question there. does he specifically expect there to be funding for the border wall or would border security measure also enough to satisfy the president? and how do you differentiate between the two? what could be funded in the cr that is part of the wall even if its not? >> theres a lot of components to that. again, i dont want to get ahead of the negotiations, theyre ongoing. but th...

April was too aggressive to try to get health care passed. so i hope theyll take their time, pump the brakes and not get in a hurry on the tax bill or the spending bill, or for that matter, health care. all of those are very complex and we need a lot more debate than weve had. >> they have a deadline on the spending bill, thats non-negotiable because the government wont be funded by this coming friday if they dont do something. lets listen to what reince priebus has to say. >> the president sign...

The fact that theyre not going to try to get mexico to pay for the border wall. take a listen. >> we have seen progress in regard to getting money for border security within the cr, so im confident were going to get something satisfactory to the president within current negotiations. >> it may not be the wall itself? >> it will be enough in the negotiation for us to move forward with either the construction or the planning or enough for us to move forward through the end of september to get goin...

Of commerce that was chosen in november, not confirmed until february. that person is going to take the time to choose who his undersecretaries are. those undersecretaries that are chosen need 30 days to go through clrance, chuck. >> i have to move on because -- >> this is very easy. >> it doesnt make sense. >> how does it not make sense? >> these folks are not preparing for their own staff to decide who theyre coming into office. let me ask you about the government shutdown, run out of money if...

They enter the final days of negotiations. >> we have already seen progress in regard to getting money for border security within the cr. im pretty confident well get something thats satisfactory to the president in regard to border security within the -- >> it may not be the wall itse? >> it will be engh -- it will be enough in the negotiati for us to move forward. >> all right. will it be enough, which includes money for the wall and a spending bill. this is a sticking point for democrats. >> ...

Border wall. >> but it may not be the wall itself? >> it will be enough in the negotiation for us to move forward with the construction or the planning or enough for us to move forward through september for us to get through -- >> and speaker ryan said its not going to gum up getting this funding bill done? >> no. i mean, we expect the priorities of the president to be reflective in the cr. we expect a massive increase in military spending, we expect money for border security in this bill, and i...

>> its a political stunt an obsession for the president that should not shut down the government. >> the president talking about this wall is expressing a sign of weakness. hes saying i cant control our borders. i have to build a wall. >> and then some administration officials appearing to back away from the hard-line stance. >> we have seen progress in regard to getting money for border security within the cr. so im pretty confident well get something thats satisfactory to the president in rega...