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But it needs 60 votes in the senate. thats been the problem. >> dana: i noted, mo, that congress had this year more than 200 immigration related bills were proposed in the past year. most have not passed. $1.6 billion was approved last month for the border fencing and does not include concrete wall construction. president said on saturday night that he would even look to a shutdown in september if he doesnt get that money. take a listen to that. >> we have to have borders and we have to have the...

Spending bill, disappointed in the wall construction. then there was an article for a propulsion of the caravan. now lawmakers are covering this caravan of migrants, some of whom are tryiheading to the uni states. someone took this buzz story and ran with it. >> an army marched to america, and the media is marching with them. >> do you see the time? this was around 6:30 in the morning eastern time. just 20 minutes later, the president tweeted, the border is getting more dangerous and the caravan...

Come. joseph hine is bracing for the fight of a lifetime. he owns nearly 600 acres of ranch land outside laredo, texas and he wants to keep any kind of border wall off his property. >> i can be the type of person that sides on the side of logic, but if you suspicious me, ill fight you back. and if i think im in the right, you dont want to fight me. >> reporter: wall construction could come through this area, but until it does, president trump is planning to secure the border with up to 4,000 nat...

Trying to woo in culture into his loving arms. it was an astounding weak moment from a guy, hes so loose with the truth to begin with that it seems pathetic almost today. >> rick wilson, speaking for the republican establishment. >> stop. >> this is the second time the trump administration claimed new wall construction is happening. is he deliberately misleading voters? >> yes, yes, and yes and let me follow up on what rick is saying, oftentimes you will hear us talking heads on cable news, used...

Built. its there. this is an alternate reality bubble. this is a key promise to his base. this is something he cant walk away from. the desperation of that made me feel like he is trying to woo an coulture back into his loving arms. it was an astounding weak moment from a guy, hes so loose with the truth to begin with that it seems pathetic almost today. >> rick wilson, speaking for the republican establishment. >> stop. >> this is the second time the trump administration claimed new wall constr...

>> let not forget there was a little roseanne barr and he took another whack at the wall construction going on on our southern bored ader claiming cr for it. that is not correct. this is a project that started in 09. it is a replacement project. we refer to weeks like this as quiet weeks around here. digenova and toensing, the floating of the pardons, the dangling of the pardons was just last night and a cabinet member dismissed. thats what passes in a slof week. >> this has been by trump

Construction project of great size and scope. and then the "l.a. times" came along and ruined everything with this headline. trump tweets that his border wall construction has started. it hasnt. they quote a spokesman for the border patrol, and forgive us for thinking that the former spokesman for the border patrol as saying the following during the media tour of the sector earlier this month. quote, first and foremost, this isnt trumps wall. this isnt the infrastructure that trump is trying to ...

President floated that idea with some advisers, even presenting it to house speaker paul ryan during discussions about the omnibus spending bill that he signed into law last week. we didnt really get a clear read of what the speakers reaction was nor if this is really a serious path forward for border wall funding. keep in mind congress would have to go back and approve any changes to 2018 funding for the budget. obviously it didnt really have a whole lot of support last week. it only got about ...

Building the wall. im wondering if the president believes he can reprogram funds from defense department for wall construction without a vote of congress or if hes asking the white house to examine that. and what military programs that were included in the omnibus that he would -- he could see cutting in order to pay for what he says is a -- >> i cant get into the specifics of that at this point, but i can tell you that the continuation of building the wall is ongoing, and were going to continue...

Defend the country. >> is it true that mexico will not pay for the wall? >> ly -- i will not go beyond what the president already said. >> whether its mexico or congress or the military, the president has promised to deliver a wall and to be fair, theres some new construction under way. mike pence saying the wall is coming. >> last week president trump signed into law border wall funding that will provide for nearly 100 miles of border wall. let me make you promise, when it comes to building the...