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We should have a border wall, this is a fight against mexico and the truth. he said mexico is going to pay for the wall. until he admits he lied about that, the democrats cant compromise to reach a point on a policy that doesnt make any sense in the first place, and that the president said mexico, not american taxpayers were going to pay for it. >> that is an important point to make. heres nancy pelosi getting there as well. when were talking about the president fulfilling a campaign promise. un...

Security. he should talk about the national security of the country as a whole, and not just the folks in his base. >> lets be honest about the presidents base. theyre being painted with a broadbrush. not everyone in that base wanted donald trump to build a wall. they wanted him to shore up border security. the people who got him into office were people that werent necessarily the hardlined conservatives, the ones he may be pandering to right now. they were the ones who wanted government to func...

>> garrett, hes talking about the border wall being essential to national security. democrats do not feel that way. they feel like they are giving money to the president for border security but the wall is not necessary and they will be offering the president six other plans. >> reporter: the argument about border security being national security would have been a good one several maonths ago. i heard the president do two things in this meeting just now. its going to make coming to a solution on...

>> from i.c.e. and from border patrol. al from some local law enforcement. how bad it is, how dangerous it is and why we need a wall. they know that. when they say the wall is immoral then you have to do something about the vatican because the vatican has the biggest wall of them all. the wall is immoral. look at all the countries that have walls. they work 100%. its never going to change. wall is wall. if we have drones up there its wonderful. a lot of people thought it was

In border wall funding. he just doesnt know what he wants. and even if he gets it, i dont think hell know what to do with it, he cant build the wall in a lot of places because of natural barriers. theres a lot of issues, youre right, katie, he cares more about conservative commentators than anything else. >> he cares more about the fight. >> you have 10 seconds to wrap this all up for us. >> well, i just think -- its not just conservative radio, thats a part of it, he has staffers in the white h...

The plan, whether the president will sign it, or wont just change his mind a moment later. >> we talk about the wall and what his voters are demanding. i will say i spent 510 days on the campaign trail. and the wall was a big thing. everyone liked talking about the wall that showed up at trump rallies. not many of them were going to hold the president to the standard of building the wall. i talked with people who would say, even if he doesnt, i just think hes going to be a good leader. i wonder ...

Jake, first to you. in watching that, its kind of hard to remember were in the midst of a government shutdown. how are lawmakers viewing what we just saw? >> reporter: tough to say because many of them are not here yet. a few things to point out. the president said he will not back off of $5 billion expenditure for the border wall which is significant. theres no way come tomorrow, the house is controlled by democrats and democrats are not going to give donald trump $5 billion for that wall. numb...

25 billion. that was for overall homeland security. that was for much more than the wall. the wall was a piece of that. >> how long will you keep the government shutdown? >> as long as it takes. im prepared. i think the people of the country think im right. i think the people of this country think im right. i could have done nothing. i could have had a lot easier presidency. im here. i want to do it right. im not only talking here. im talking about middle east problems and north korea problems. ...

Forward. listen. >> we pushed the pause button until the president from whom we will need a signature, and senate democrats from whom we will need votes reach an agreement. no procedural votes, no test votes, just a meaningful vote on a bipartisan agreement whenever that is reached. and its my hope that its reached sooner rather than later. >> president trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. plain and simple. the wall is president trumps bone to the hard right peop...

Until the president, of whom we will need his signature, and senate democrats, from whom we will need votes, reach an agreement. no procedural votes. no test votes. just a meaningful vote on a bipartisan agreement whenever that is reached. and its not hoped that it is reached sooner rather than later. >> president trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. plain and simple. the wall is president trumps bone to the hard right people. its no way to spend $5 billion. for ...