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Hundreds of miles to get to the border. youll walk another 50 feet to get across. this is a joke, this fight. >> thats right. and the bottom line is that institutions still matter in this country. and if you want to get a priority funded, and youre the president, you have to go to congress, build a coalition, negotiate, and the president missed that opportunity. the president could have put an offer on the table that provided a permanent path to citizenship for dreamers. permanent relief of the ...

$6 billion that president trump wants and it of course does not include the word "wall," which is something that is not going to please the president at all. fred, it is important to keep in mind the way democrats will likely view this latest proposal from president trump, if it turns out to be exactly what we believe its going to be. essentially what president trump is asking for is $6 billion in wall funding for a permanent wall in exchange for a temporary bit of protection for the dreamers an...

Know how many people believe this is a good idea other than me. if you can get a bunch of us saying it, then i think he would change his mind. >> doesnt that exchange one problem with the sort of hard right on immigration for another? i already heard ted cruz say that would be amnesty. >> we wont get everybody, we wont get everybody democrat or republican, but i do believe theres a critical mass for the idea that the daca population, a renewable work permit is a pretty good solution for their si...

This, republican senators who want this to end. >> why not do it, congressman, until february, to sign something at least to keep it going and continue to negotiate? whats wrong with that? >> theres nothing wrong with that. in fact, i think on your show before christmas, i recommended that the house pass the six appropriations bills and then a continuing resolution or a stopgap on the homeland bill. then between now and then, negotiate some border security enhancements in exchange for protection...

Enough. i mean cory gardner, susan collins have spoken about. but there are other senators i know are very frustrated by this, republican senators who want this to end. >> why not do it, congressman, until february, to sign something at least to keep it going and continue to negotiate? whats wrong with that? >> theres nothing wrong with that. in fact, i think on your show before christmas, i recommended that the house pass the six appropriations bills and then a continuing resolution or a stopga...

Take care of the dreamers, the tps population, i would also maybe insist on a mueller protection bill and force the president to make a decision. but this can be easily resolved. republicans are not doing well in this fight, in my view. look, the president owns this shutdown. he pretty much admitted as much. so, really, right now, the answer is getting the government reopened. and i recommended doing just what the democrats proposed before christmas. this is an easy way out. >> julie, how hard i...

Communications effort more than anything. theyre pretty far apart today. you had the democrats go to the white house today, they couldnt even listen to a briefing by secretary nielsen without interrupting or stating their talking points, the white house that has hair talking points. this is a talking points public fight. >> congressman dent, how do you see it? if the president doesnt shut down, is it republicans in congress who will end up looking like the foolish ones? >> well, right now, i thi...

Breakthrough on immigration, a $5 billion appropriation wisely spent would go a long way to securing our border. its just not about physical barriers. its about other things. if we could find a way to make sure that the daca recipients have a work permit, it certainly makes their lives better. the tps population, i think all of us are trying to find a way to help them. so theres a deal to be had. the wall has become a metaphor for border security. and what were talking about is a physical barrie...