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>> the agreement is a reasonable compromise. it provides additional funding for smart, effective border security. it does not fund the presidents wall, but it does fund smart border security initiatives that both parties have always supported. including increased security at our ports of entry and humanitarian assistance of the border. >> the bill itself is more than 1100 pages look dolomite, so lawmakers and other aids or giving it a read. a number of senators sound inclined to support it so fa...

Off of this idea as hakeem jefferies put it. >> dana: hes already said hes not going to do a wall across the whole border but there are places that need it. in addition im sure the president should agree that there would be more security at the ports. he doesnt want drugs coming in that way either. >> thats right. so i hope that we are in a new place with this white house. let me give you a good example about what we mean by effective border security. former secretary johnson was telling us abou...

Member of congress on later on the show and how thats going. the president put it at less than 50% chance. do you get any other sense in washington? >> well, just talking to people, democrats and republican, they dont think money is the problem. they think its the implication and where we are where we are. i think youre getting a coalition of democrats stepping forward saying theyre ready to do something significant on border security. theyve already voted for much more than theyre being asked b...

Up in this conference committee. >> dana: sounds then -- i think the president would agree with that. is the issue going to be, $5 billion. if he wants to spend that $5 billion on actual barriers, actual security, is that something democrats will vote for? >> i think what were looking for, what is the concrete plan? what is it that the president and the white house and this administration are looking for? and we know that, yes, there are existing bare kwrers on our border. but how can we really ...

On one issue and that is made it very difficult to discuss. we dont think the wall works as you know, a lot of republicans dont think it will work as well. as you know the republicans didnt offer a bill on the floor until december 20th, almost before the year was over. we are prepared and want to see good, effective border security. we want to stop drugs and illegal contraband from coming into the country. >> bret: heres the speaker and the majority leader today. >> a well is in immorality, it i...

Hes a member of the intel committee and the foreign affairs committee. hes a member of the expanded conference as well. thank you for being with us, congressman. just give us your reaction to what the president said there, the democrats dont care about crime because theyre opposed to the wall. >> thats just not true. there is a very important distinction to be made between supporting border security, smart, effective border security like technology, more manpower, 21st century solutions, and the...

Already voted for his order will make board of security. >> a wall is different. its symbolic. i think thats where the horsetrading has to occur. security that is not a wall -- the president even changed the language of it. hes talking about slats, not a wall. >> bret: he tweeted a picture of what it would look like, slats. >> there will be a fudging of language, some money. to mollies point, once the shutdown -- you feel the negative coverage he wants to show, im the hard charging. the candidat...

Quotables." >> president trump just tweeting that secretary of defense james mattis will be retiring at the end of february. >> we know he has real disagreements with the president on syria and on the wall. >> we have won against isis. weve beaten them and we have beaten them badly. >> to say they are defeated is an overstatement and is fake news. >> sentencing of a former national security adviser michael flynn has been put off for another 90 days. >> maybe he did do those things but that doesn...

Its only a game when they say you dont need the wall, you can look at their eyes and say they are not telling the truth. >> democrats are not budging on the wall. we favor smart, effective border security. there are not the votes of the republican house for the wall, there are not the votes in the senate for the wall, whats the end game here? >> bret: the house majority leader said he does have the votes in the house, we will see as they get ready to pass this piece of legislation. there you see...