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Border, we will be able to go back to work. >> president trump was occupied yesterday with a trip overseas but still took time to clarify hes fine if the shutdown lasts a long time. >> whatever it takes. i mean, were going to have a wall. were going to have safety. we need safety for our country. we have terrorists coming in through the southern border. we have the terror was also coming in through the southern border. it was always the easiest. >> some republicans are hoping for a fixed to the ...

Borders. >> kennedy: i dont know about that. >> julie: if democrats dont want open borders, and they do you want to tighten security with a mere $3 billion or so, how is it that they plan on doing that -- why not just give in and show that they want immigration reform. its not going to come cheap. >> jessica: immigration reform is a separate issue. it would be great if they said it was the way forward, both sides agree with it when there is some bid to get reelected. i am moving that you decide,...

>> shannon: whats the latest from the democrats? >> democrats are saying they got offered over the weekend to $.5 billion by the white house, 2.1 for border security and 400 million for other immigration priorities. democrats dont appear to be budging. they might wait until they are the majority in the house. >> i think the way we are walking into it, leader pelosi has said, we will promptly open the government. we understand the first responsibility we have is to open the government, to force t...

>> heather: something else that plays into all of this is syria. what about the u.s. withdrawal from syria? how does that play into russias hand? >> well, no surprise, the u.s. was not legitimately there in the first place, having been invited in by president asada. we certainly know that this does give russia a certain leverage in the region now. very important country. again, this analyst aside it is going to be more of a headache for russia because the war is not over. they will not be respon...

Year, around this time, representative gutierrez said i will build that wall if you help me get this deal. why arent the democrats doing it? it is very interesting that. even the hispanic activist groups that claim to represent them arent putting pressure on the democrats. >> i can tell you why. then democrats believe -- and i think there is some evidence to support, that they have leverage now. and they believe that they can win the fight, not build the wall. you heard the president of backing ...

Country illegally. so, everything from drugs and human trafficking, all these things that we say we are against, but the democrats are actually -- if you dont want a wall, how is it that you think you are going to impede? and if nancy pelosi, to listen to her, says its immoral, does that mean that she wants to take down the existing wall? lets have that fight and have that discussion. griff: keep that government shut down until there is movement on the side. >> there are numbers out there how bi...

This partial shutdown so far hasnt happened. shannon: what is the latest from the democrats? >> democrats are saying they got offered over the weekends $2.5 billion by the white house for border security, $400 million for other immigration priorities, democrats dont appear to be budging and might wait until they are the majority in the house. >> the way we are walking into it, we will promptly open the government. we understand our first responsibility is to open the government to force the pres...

Audience go out and make that discussion. i think they will strike some deal between then. griff: you know its going to hard to make progress. do you put daca on the table to sweeten it to get democrats to move. >> the president has already gone way out there on this. i think the president needs to pound on that daily basis the moral imperative to build the wall and to curb all these negative things that are coming without a wall. and i would also just on a daily basis say lets do what our law e...

In exchange for protections for daca. he threw that deal in the trash. and now its two years later when the democrats are about to take control. and he had a republican-controlled house and a republican-controlled senate and he did have a deal on the table. it seems like the reason hes got no deal now has more to do with him than it does with anybody in congress. >> well, id also tell you there was a federal court ruling that reinstated daca which took the leverage off the table in terms of the ...

Have a lot of the leverage. we can tell the turks look, this is going to be bad for you. and you get the sense from this president that hes always worried that saudi arabia will stop buying things from the united states, well be in trouble. we have the leverage with saudi arabia. not the other way around. so consistently this president talks tough but acts very weak. >> whats the alternative? and to push back, what is the -- what should be what we accept for how long troops stay overseas? should...