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President of mexico, vicente fox. he has a new book, "lets move beyond fear and false prophets." before we get to the book and who the false prophets are, i think i know, you have said president trump is never going to build that border wall. do you think he will? theyve had prototypes up now. >> it depends on the americans and taxpayers because the money has to come from there. congress has stated the position in mexico. no way mexico would pay. the actual president, the same thing. and the thr...

Have brand-new proof just how much its needed. rob: u.s. special forces spent three weeks in san diego testing all the prototypes you have seen video of, the new height requirements should stop illegal immigrants from crossing the border and that is not all. carley: here to discuss the findings president of national border patrol council brandon judd, thank you so much for being with us this morning. tests were done to eight different wall prototypes using jack hammers and other climbing devices...

>> welcome back to a special edition of outfront. president trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail. among them cutting taxes, and that is a promise he kept. it was the biggest legislative victory his first year in office. but what about his other promises? tom, lets start with the wall. i mean, how many times did he say the wall, the wall, the wall and who is going to pay for it, mexico. >> like a lot of candidates he made a lot of promises and then hasnt delivered so much. and then ...

Pete: coming to life. the testing the 8 prototypes of the border wall. finding it extremely hard to climb. using jack hammers, claws, torches. the testing could laps up to two months and result in a wall that combines elements of several different designs. thats a great idea. have our special operators trying to climb the wall if they cant then the other guys wont be able to atoo either. rachel? rachel: accused cop killer show nothing remaroun al-ras in court over the deaths of two california sh...

Where we are encouraging people to come across that border. >> harris: i want to make the point because it does affect what youre doing, do you think the president has been consistent with what hes been calling for? >> the demand signal has been clear, secure that border, hes asked us what resources we need and we forwarded those plans. >> harris: the president has said hes going to go take a look at those prototypes, we covered it their first few weeks we were on the air because those prototype...

Guarantees have come to fruition, others face an uncertain future. >> i will build a great, great wall on our southern border and i will have mexico pay for it. >> prototypes built yes but 363 days on the job and not a single mile of the presidents promised big beautiful wall has been funded were constructed. plant been mapped out to get mexico to pay for it. as for the affordable care act. >> obamacare has to be replaced we will do it and we will do it very, very quickly. >> except he hasnt. >>...

Your department has done when it comes to building walls. as of december 6th, 2017, less than 1% of the $341 million appropriated for 40 miles of replacement funding had been expended. actual construction has yet to be begin on money appropriated in the last fiscal year. so is the president realistic when he says he wants $20 billion so he can build the wall in one year? >> i think the president is encouraging us to go as quickly as we can. as you know, it is a very complicated issue building th...

Oh, will that be a beautiful wall. >> already comedians mocking the prototypes. the venetian. just look at the decorative fringe of the spoke razor spikes. >> talk about looking sharp. >> one man bowore a spandex wal costume. >> the cost of the wall isnt shrinking. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico. >> nope. mexico says no way. and every time a mexican leader dissed the wall, it grew. >> i am not going to pay for that [ bleep ] wall. >> what are the walls going to be made out of it....

Is the presidents promise of a great wall just a metaphor? here is jeanne moos. >> so far its been a wall of words. >> i will build a great, great wall. we are going to have a very, very big and powerful wall. an impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful. >> also a shrinking wall. the eight prototypes are as tall as expected. but after promises at least a thousand mile wall, the administration proposed a new structure running 316 miles with 407 miles in replacement of secondary wall. >> ...

Comes to building walls. as of december 6th, 2017, less than 1% of the $341 million appropriated for 40 miles of replacement funding had been expended. actual construction has yet to begin on money appropriated within the last fiscal year. so is the president realistic when he says he wants $20 billion so he can build the wall in one year? >> i think the president is encouraging us to go as quickly as we can. as you know, it is a come ple ka -- complicated issue for a v variety of reasons. we ar...