why? because the president wants to make the country more safe. this does not stop drugs and does not stop criminals from crossing the border. in fact, it doesn't stop hardly anything from crossing the border. this does. that is what we got in this deal and why we're so excited about the opportunity we have to follow through on the president's promises to secure this other border. unless we have the other picture, i will take some questions. >> reporter: how do you say a fence will keep drugs from going over the border, they tunnel underneath? speak of the general left, this is the wall by the way that dhs said they wanted, sat in the oval office with the president, talked about bricks and mortar, concrete walls, this is what dhs wants. why? it actually works better. you can tunnel anything, i will answer your question. you can see through this one. it is actually safer. we have this in place now, and we do. it is actually safer for our border patrol agents -- you can talk to the dhs about the details, but there has been a dramatic reduction and attacks on our border patrol agents