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Necessarily, but it has to be something special to do the job. steel is stronger than concrete. if i build this wall or fence, or anything the democrats need to call it because im not into names, im into production, im into something that works, a see through wall made out of steel is far stronger than a concrete wall. it actually will be a more powerful wall. and it will be a more beautiful wall than having a concrete wall. >> so, john, weve gone from concrete to steel wall to fence. people are...

Im into production. a see-through wall is far stronger than a concrete wall. it actually will be a more po r powerful wall and more beautiful than having a concrete wall. people are aware of this in real time. theyve seen his comments change. theyve seen the goalposts move on the part of this white house. >> brian, i dome expect that the 2020 campaign chant is going to be build that concrete or steel or whatever the democrats want to call it. i think hes looking for an exit ramp. youve going to ...

Some of these issues. they each think of themselves as presidents themselves. and so to be playing a foil and fee be a lapdog to donald trump is not going to play well with very individual senators like mitt romney. considering the fact that donald trump keeps moving the goal posts, i mean theyre going into battle with a general, if you will, who keeps moving the goal posts in the middle of the battle and hes going to leave all these senators out on the field and politically vulnerable. >> and r...

Are willing to work through the weekend. so earliest anything that could happen would be tuesday when the next time lawmakers are in position to vote. the president said it could be a month or a year, but also said maybe it wont be that long. so how do we make any sense of that. >> and the last few times there have been shut down i goes, there ha -- shutdowns, there have been goal posts. and so kelly says earliest could be tuesday, but im still having trouble articulating or drawing a picture of...

Considering the fact that donald trump keeps moving the goal posts, i mean theyre going into battle with a general, if you will, who keeps moving the goal posts in the middle of the battle and hes going to leave all these senators out on the field and politically vulnerable. >> and ron, we know strategically as we all do in this discussion that the one thing that the leaders in the house, leaders in the senate need to do in this kind of situation is hold onto every one of their members in any vo...

115 miles was that the president was referring to? >> its him making stuff up. in many ways this has always been a figment of his imagination, just like there is going to be a concrete wall and mexico was going to pay for it. >> remember when it was going to be see through and echo friendly and solar panels. >> this is why theres such a problem negotiating on this, because he keeps moving the goal post or the metal slats as it were in this debate. >> it would be funny if it was not so serious, a...

A wall. a barrier. steel slats. technology enhancements. >> the wall has become a metaphor for border security, and what were talking about is a physical barrier where it makes sense. >> all right. so if we just take a look at the presidents own words, noesh negotiations stalled. he tweeted today give us the funds necessary and then hours earlier insisted that border security isnt possible without a strong and powerful wall. but even before that, he tweeted an all concrete wall was in all caps n...

Investment in our border security? border security is national security. it is naive and partisan for anybody to suggest -- >> is it border security or border -- >> its all of the above. >> im sure youre hearing this. republicans and democrats frustrated because they say the goal posts keep changing. >> no. the president -- >> theyre not sure what the president wants. >> the president said where are they? nancy pelosi is in hawaii. >> they argued they havent heard from the president in 19 day. >...

>> im sure youre hearing this. republicans and democrats are frist -- frustrated because they say the goalposts keep changing. >> no. the president -- >> theyre not sure what the president wants. >> the president said where are they? nancy pelosi is in hawaii. >> they argued they havent heard from the president in 19 day. >> more moola to -- >> where are they? >> they know where he is. hes exactly where hes been the entire time. thats not fair. hes exactly where he has been the entire time, work...

So you know, the question of whether enough time has gone by and that dynamic has changed, its not clear to me that it has. >> lynn, does the president want a deal or does he want the battle? >> he wants to have some wall that he can cut the ribbon on before the state of the union speech at the end of january. because he has -- he negotiates on sand, hell decide when hes a winner or not. since he kind of calls his own balls and strikes. i think actually thats where you could take heart, that the...