approval down eight points in one month. in the end. >> uh-hum. >> -- president trump didn't get any farther than where he started on december 22nd. my question to you is, was it worth it? >> well, see, i think that's part of the problem here, brooke. they've been looking at this for a political lens. i'm not naive. i understand politics are important. but the real issue here is, it's very simple, can you secure, assuming you believe in border security and i take my colleagues, all of them at their word that they do and i doubt them sometimes, if you believe in border security, can you secure a 1,900 mile border without some kind of barrier -- >> hang on. sir, the question was, from december 22 to just a couple days ago when he finally reopened the government, it was the same speech we heard from the beginning and nothing really changed. he caved. was it worth it, is my question,