border, as the negotiations continue we will not rest, we will not relent until our customs and border protection have the technology, the percent knell and the barriers the personnel and the barriers required to secure our border. we re going to build that wall one way or another. i promise you. [applause] reporter: this weekend acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney is hosting a group of republicans and democrats for a retreat at camp dade, and these negotiations camp david, and these negotiations are not going to be a focus of those discussions, but they will certainly be coming up. eric: garrett, thanks so much. arthel: we re going to bring in jo colvin, white house correspondent for the associated press. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. arthel: where does the deal stand now? where s the common ground, and what are the sticking points? right now democrats and republicans have been trading offers back and forth trying to come up with a number for borde
it s all time crunch at this point and have to come to a solution that actually does what they promised that they would do which is promise the american people, we expect no less. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney is holding retreat in camp david, we are told border security negotiations will not be focus of discussion but they will certainly come up, leland. leland: mick mulvaney on fox news sunday, chris wallace will ask him about that tomorrow. garrett tenny, thank you. we bring former press secretary to vice president pence, mark, good to see you. rule number one of trumpism he declares victory no matter what happens almost. how much money does he need for fencing, barriers, something that looks big on southern bord tore declare victory? any funding that provides structure is leland:
wall funding, as garrett said. it sounds like the number is somewhere around that $1.6 billion which is, of course, what the senate had proposed back in december before that longest in history government shutdown, but there are sticking points beyond with just the number. there are conversations happening about where barriers would be allowed to be built, what kind of barriers would be allowed to be built and other questions, things like how many beds i.c.e. and other, you know, border agents would be allowed to be funded under this legislation. so they re still going back and forth. the hope is that they will have something in place by monday that they can bring to the white house and present to the president. arthel: and, you know, republican leaders do not want another shutdown. majority leader mitch mcing connell already told the president that would be a big mistake, but what are the chances that president trump will declare a national emergency in. there s certainly no appetite
i m willing to take what the conference committee comes up with, and i m willing to empower my democratic colleagues to give a little. i think we have to commit to this process. we have to, at the end of the day, be willing to govern. eric: so what will they come up with, and will the president agree? garrett tenny live with more. hi, garrett. reporter: eric, good afternoon to you. the clock is certainly ticking. lawmakers say this conference committee will likely need to come up with a deal by monday in order to avoid another partial government shutdown. and we re hearing some mixed messages in terms of where the negotiations are. we re told that there has been a lot of progress made and that a deal will ultimately be made, but the lickerring question is lingering question is will president trump sign off on whatever agreement they come up with. we re told that any agreement will likely include far less funding than the $5.7 billion the president previously demanded. it ll likel
is defying calls for his resignation from the democratic party in his own state and almost all the leading contenders for his party s 2020 presidential nomination. northam says he is not one of the two people in a clearly racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook, and he is appealing to virginia voters or to give him some time to earn back their trust. we begin our coverage with the latest from garrett tenny live outside the governor s mansion in richmond. garrett? reporter: chris, in less than 24 hours governor ralph northam went from i m sorry to it wasn t me. in his explanation, it s done very little to quell the calls for his resignation. i am deeply sorry. i cannot change the decisions i made, nor can i undo the harm my behavior caused then and today. reporter: clearly racist and offensive. on friday that s how governor