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By robert mueller and arrested. >> he is accused of stealing wikileaks e-mails. >> the white house wielded to pressure. the president made it clear this is not the end of the fight over the border wall. >> cnn white house reporter sarah westwood is joining us live. what is he saying from the white house? and good morning to you? >> reporter: good morning, kristi, president trump emergeed from the longest shutdown battle in history, despite remaining defiant four weeks that the government would n...

>> we really have no choice but to build a powerful wall or steel barrier. if we dont get a fair deal from congress, the government will either shut down on february 15 again or i will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and the constitution of the united states to address this emergency. >> that would likely include a declaration of a federal emergency, the office of management and budget has identified several billion dollars that could be put toward wall construction. what is ironic ...

Idea until about five minutes ago. >> oy. >> thats just a lie. i mean, its just a lie. up until they lost control of congress two months ago, republicans didnt want to pay for the wall. now, in april 2017 "the wall street journal" found no republican lawmakers from southern border states who supported a funding request to start wall construction. they found none. in july 2017 the house gop dodged a vote on funding the wall. now two months later, a "usa today" survey found that less than a quarte...

Agree with you, it is a crisis but you hear nancy pelosi and chuck schumer speak last night even though chuck schumer voted in favor of border wall previously specifically in 2006, they say this is not a crisis. >> if it wasnt for double standards chuck and nancy would have no standard at all, chuck schumer voted in 2013 for $46 billion of wall construction for president obama and filibustering legislation passed by the house only asking for tens of that for donald trump to build a barrier. it i...

Border wall is a critical matter of national security. leaving for a retreated campaign yesterday, the president laying down the arguments. >> we have the crisis at the border of drugs, of human beings being traffic all over the world. it is national security. national emergency. >> i debriefing this afternoon like president mike prince said the president made a good offer to democrats the day after christmas, believed to be to put $5 billion for wall construction, democrats rejected it. added w...

Coming out with high school diploma and a lot of times felons gets opportunities. no one wants to talk about that because thats good news but when we talked about the wall and how its affected job, its not about my personal belief if we should pursue it or not. they are either going to allow him to pursue what it is that voters want or they dont and democrats will have an opportunity in 2020 to take over if they feel and tear down the wall. heather: one spending bill sent through the house $1.3 ...

And we know what to do. we have a solution for getting us out of this mess. and i think that is so important for the president to understand that the people that are impacted most directly by this right now are -- theyre not retreating behind their ten foot walls and living the life of riley. these are people that live, somebody said this woman who is a federal contract worker, 71 years old, a grandmother, she says if i dont get paid i dont pay my bills. the impact that that has on peoples lives...

We have a solution for getting us out of this mess. and i think that is so important for the president to understand that the people that are impacted most directly by this right now are -- theyre not retreating behind their ten foot walls and living the life of riley. these are people that live, somebody said this woman who is a federal contract worker, 71 years old, a grandmother, she says if i dont get paid i dont pay my bills. the impact that that has on peoples lives is immediate and a big ...

And i think that is so important for the president to understand that the people that are impacted most directly by this right now are -- theyre not retreating behind their ten foot walls and living the life of riley. these are people that live, somebody said this woman who is a federal contract worker, 71 years old, a grandmother, she says if i dont get paid i dont pay my bills. the impact that that has on peoples lives is immediate and a big deal. >> the president had this to say. hes been flo...

Border security. >> right. >> and then president trump said no, no, no. nothing less than $5.6 billion. its tough to negotiate when the numbers keep changing. >> well, its tough to negotiate when one side is not negotiating, jake. and youre a good journalist and so lets make sure were clear on what has happened. an offer was made by this president, and his team for $2.5 billion, part of that to go to new wall construction, part of that for border security measures. and it was met with, were not ...