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Revival. >> but as reported by bob woodward, james mattis, yes the defense secretary plotted to block the presidents trade policy. agreed together they would fight trump on this. they meant for lunch at the pentagon to develop an action plan. one cause of the problem was the further belief that annual trade deficits of about $500 billion hog the american economy. how could they convince and educate the president. educate the president, right because if you have a policy opinion thats different f...

Government. >> pardon me. not a dime a border wall funding. thats not going to fly. the murky people, democrats, independents, and republicans, wanted better border security. they all understand that means a physical barrier. >> they want border security but they dont want funding for a wall. government workers are being laid off, and the president and his staff are seeing pay increases while government workers are laid off. >> whatever helps you sleep. they want a border barrier. >> harris: sha...

As you pointed out, we also continue to wait to get new information on this meeting happening right now in the situation room. that conversation, as you know, is underway with democratic leaders. however, the last situation room gathering -- if its an indication, we may not get a lot out of this one, harris. that said, back on capitol hill there are number of lawmakers who are open to the idea of making a deal to get the government running again. >> if it were up to me, i would go into a room, l...

Mccarthy, is ripping democrats ahead of todays summit. watch. >> they say they want to beat the president. under what basis? we have a government shutdown right now. where are their priorities? we give them an opportunity to show their priorities, that they will put the american people before politics, and they will open government back up and make sure we can secure our borders. no. they voted no. every single new freshman democrat that came in just decided to pick politics over the country. th...

Are being handed out to people who should never gotten the lens prayed that has stopped. we are a consumer economy. credit is a part of this, a big part of this economy. the point is we have to pay the bills on time. >> harris: the big impact today is that there is something coming in terms of talks with china. and the president has that marc. >> if we get out of the way, theres more room to grow in the market. >> harris: ashley webster on the program for the first time! thanks for coming. congr...

♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ >> harris: president trump is again making his case for the border wall in an unannounced appearance in the white house briefing room yesterday. he said thousands of people are rushing the border, and his ideas have a lot of support. watch. >> i have never had so much support as i have in the last week, over my stance for border security, for border control, and four, frankly, the wall or the barrier. i have never had anything like it in terms of c...

We talk about how the wall does not work. but they have never spent a single day on the border. they have never walked in the shoes of a border patrol agent. if they were to do that, if they were to visit the border and actually get a real border to her, they would find out that a wall is needed on the southern border to protect the country. >> harris: there are other issues, too. i have a home not far from no gallus, so im familiar with this, personally. i will say this. when you have the repor...

Lets rip the government, put a deadline, and figure out how we are going to keep those borders safe. which isnt just a wall. his increased customs and border patrol. its of drones. its biometrics. >> harris: let me stop you right there. you said it isnt just a wall. so you can see the fact. you and i had these conversations, so i know you know its part this come apart that, part that. there are some in your party who have said, who took a vote last night, who agree with each other that a wall is...

Respond. >> lets talk basic numbers. $285 billion is what we spent to enforce border security last year. $285 billion is a lot of money. $5.6 billion is a drop in that bucket, to add more of that border barrier we are talking about. whether it is slats and steel or a hard wall in some places. its a tiny amount of money. the president said last may to the nation, "i want to another continuing resolution. im going to do border security, and we are going to set a budget." the democrats havent gone ...

The leader said, that were somewhat contentious. we will continue discussing, of course. but, its very hard to see how progress will be made unless they open up the government. >> reporter: do you get daca for the walk was directed to discuss the wall in this meeting? did you make any progress on a dollar figure for what the president wants or what you want from him? >> how do you define progress in a meeting, when you have a better understanding of each others position? when you eliminate some ...