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A bill with only $1.3 billion for border security. the current democratic offer. today the president sending out a flurry of tweets on the shutdown, taking shots at the democrats, saying, quote, im in the oval office. democrats, come back from vacation now and give us the votes necessary for border security, including the wall. but democrats appear equally dug in, taking control of the house on thursday. they plan to vote on a package that maintains the $1.3 billion for border security. but no w...

Senator lindsey graham, a top trump ally, said yesterday after a two-hour lunch with the president, that trump was open minded about a deal that would involve him sticking with that $5 billion demand but also supporting a temporary renewal of daca protections for young undocumented immigrants. >> the president didnt commit, but i think hes very open minded. i know theres some democrats out there who would be willing to provide money for wall border security if we could deal with the daca populat...

In, taking control of the house on thursday they plan to vote on a package that maintains the $1.3 billion for border security but no wall funding. still, following a two-hour lunch with the president on sunday, senator lindsey graham remained optimistic a compromise could be reached in the next few days. >> the president didnt commit, but i think hes very open minded. >> reporter: meantime, new details about the administrations attempted rebranding of the trump wall. outgoing chief of staff joh...

And start talking once again, he said. pam? >> we should note in his tweet this morning that the concrete wall was never abandoned, something thats been reported by the media. that was coming directly from his outgoing chief of staff, john kelly. >> on the record, yeah. >> on the record. boris sanchez, thank you for that. >> white house reporter for the washington post and patrick healy, editor for "the new york times." great to see you both. >> hi, pam. >> all right. i first want to go to what ...

Surprised the white house when he announced the policy back in may. in his interview with the los angeles times, outgoing chief of staff john kelly talked about president trumps plan to build a wall along the u.s./mexico border. he told the paper, quote, to be honest its not a wall. kelly added the president still says wall. oftentimes hell say barrier or fencing. now hes tended toward steel slats. we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration when we asked people what they needed...

>> general kelly talked about president trumps plan to build a wall along the u.s./mexico border. he told the paper, quote, to be honest its not a wall. the president still says wall. oftentimes hell say barrier or fencing. we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration when we asked people what they needed and where they needed it. lindsey graham met with the president for lunch yesterday. afterwards he told reporters that the wall has become a metaphor for border security. >> the...

Hands, waiting to see what, if anything can be worked out between the democrats and the white house. the ball is not moving. you have the plans pop up and be dismissed over the last couple days, including lindsey graham who floated the idea of pairing off the wall with expectations for dreamers. here is how he described the president with that yesterday at the white house. >> the president didnt commit, but i think hes very open minded. i know theres democrats out there who would be willing to p...

For a wall/border security, the bridge act and tps reform. i think thats in the realm of possibility. the president didnt commit, but i think hes very open-minded. i know theres some democrats out there who would be willing to provide money for wall border security if we can deal with the daca population and tps people. and hopefully we can get some serious discussions started maybe as soon as next week. >> senator graham, will the president be willing to put halfway to citizenship? not for $5 b...

>> jeff bennett live at the white house and mike live on capitol hill. i want to bring in my panel. lynn sweet, politics reporter. also betsy woodruff. atima and victoria. great to have all of you with us. amazing lineup. lets lfb isten to more of what lindsey graham had to say and then ill get your reactions to it. >> when i mentioned today is an outline of a potential breakthrough would be $5 billion for a wall/border security, the bridge act and tps reform. i think thats in the realm of possi...