stopgap funding bill only if it included a, quote, large down payment on the wall. >> one of the ideas suggested is they open it, they pay sort of a prorated down payment for the wall which i think people would agree that you need. >> democrats greeted that idea skeptically. >> he is talking about a prorated down payment for the border wall. >> i have no idea what that means. >> speaker pelosi called it not reasonable. an aide tells cnn that the idea that he has leverage is not in touch with reality. one big issue is a lask claick clarity on what the president would accept. >> and one possible tactic, the white house preparing a draft proclamation to declare a national emergency along the southern border and identifying more than 7$7 billion of