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>> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico is going going to pay for the wall. mexico is going to pay for the wall. who is going to pay for the wall? 100%. now, though, republicans on capitol hill say their plans call for american taxpayers to pay for new border security measures, including some new wall construction, and they say they have team trump support for that financing plan. the president-elect insists you at home, the taxpayer, just part of a temporary fix. in his twitter session, ...

The part of the mexican government that would help finance the construction of the wall on the mexican border, wolf, weve heard from not a single white house official who has ever explained how thats going to happen so it sounds like for all practical purposes the president has given up on that. but hes not given up on it as a campaign tool. we hear about his vision for a wall at just about every campaign rally. and he claims falsely that what he presented to the voters during the campaign is be...

Drones? this isnt what the president promised. he vowed to build a wall. it is not complicated. now we have the biggest spebdzing bill in history, and it sets aside $640 million to supposedly fund wall construction for one year? my friends, i hate to say this, but as i see it, right now, tonight, the wall is never going to happen. as weve dug into this and really looked into this, this bill doesnt fund the wall at all. in fact the bill only pays for construction, i cant believe im saying this, o...

Fund wall construction for one year? my friends, i hate to say this, but as i see it right now tonight the wall is never going to happen. put the big bienvinidos welcome mat at the front door, because it doesnt matter. >> cnns manu raj u, rachel bay of positiliticpolitico. help me? after the government runs out of money, after you promised to sign it, and members based on that congress have left town. if you were going to do something, yesterday or the day before is when you should have raised y...

President getting frustrated with how slow things move in congress. and hes simply looking for a way to jump start the process here to get some actual results. >> youre the money guy here for this president. whos going to pay for the wall? >> again, that is part of the larger discussion. thats also part of the appropriations process at the end of the year. where we in the year we just did a short-term cr last week. that was the previous discussions we had with schumer and pelosi. that will get u...

Of tea. i havent found it yet. on this tuesday, april 25th. its 4:00 a.m. in the east. the president showing some flexibility on funding for his promised border wall. white house officials signaling an offer from democrats, would be enough to satisfy the president. >> the president telling conservative journalists, he is open to delaying wall construction until september. theres no deal yet. a strong sign in the white house, may not have the showdown over the wall as the funding bill nears. the ...

>> reporter: mexico says they wont pay, and now the president is backing down on his demand that congress start paying for the wall now. its part of his effort to cut a deal with democrats to avert a government shutdown. >> its really good news that the president seems to be taking the wall off the table in the negotiations were having. >> reporter: so the president is not insisting that he has money for actual construction of the wall in this current bill? >> look, im not going to get into -- t...

Tells me that funding for a wall construction remains a top priority, acknowledging that theyll likely push for it with the more regular appropriations process to take place this fall. she blames democrats for opposing what would be a presidential victory accusing them of being petty and partisan on this issue. chuck schumer the top democrat in the senate says its a good thing for america that the president is at least for the moment as they describe it, backing down. stephanie? >> all right. i ...