we then heard he sent up mike pence and he had a separate offer. donald trump rejected this own vice president's offer. so we now have at least documentation for what trump asked for. i think there can be a way to get to an increased border security, but let's not do this that in a sense at the point of a gun when he's got that gun held against the economic future of not only the 800,000 federal employees, but a whole lot of other folks who depend on federal services. >> as you know, the president is planning a primetime oval office speech tomorrow night. a visit to the border on thursday to hit home his message that this is a crisis. he's also considering declaring a national emergency, senator, to build his wall, to use funds already appropriated by the department of defense for the u.s. military to build that wall. what's your reaction to that approach? >> well, my reaction, first of all, in terms of a speech tomorrow night and a political visit to the border on the