as far as concrete, i said i was going to build a wall. i never said, i'm going to build a concrete -- >> reporter: even though he did. >> tno windows, no nothing. precast concrete going very high. let's see about a little higher than that. >> reporter: but the president continued. >> steel is stronger than concrete. if i build this wall or fence or anything the democrats need to call it, because i'm not into names. i'm into production. >> reporter: trump claiming the recently renegotiated trade deal with canada and mexico will pay for the wall, even though it hasn't passed congress yet and he didn't explain why the government is shut down if usmca is paying for it. a redo in the rose garden after trump took no questions from reporters during his first appearance in the briefing room yesterday. the president describing his meeting with democrats as productive, though that's not what they said. >> we really cannot resolve this until we open up government, and