Anthem protest. But first, time to build the wall. Thats the focus of tonights angle. Its one of the president s cornerstone issues, and one he continues to invoke at rally after rally. And we are building a wall on the southern border which is necessary. And we will build the wall, that i can tell you. [crowd chanting] President Trump do not worry, we are going to build the wall. Dont even think about it. Laura well, congress intends to put nine Spending Bills on the president s desk. Of but there is no funding for the wall. We still are in favor of the wall, we want to get funding for the wall. The best time to have that discussion is after the election. Laura they have made a
political calculation that funding or talk of the wall wilw spook voters before the midterms. They have convinced the president of this. Here he is last week. President trump we are getting the wall done, but i have had so many people, good people, great people, they rather not do it before, they rather do it after the election. They dont want to do anything to upset the apple cart. If it was up to me, i would shut down government over border security. [cheers and applause] laura well, mr. President , your inclination is right. This wall must be built. B he claims he has a commitment from mcconnell and ryan. Un but if you are worried about turning out the republican base, wouldnt it make sense to talk about the wall, the need to build it now and get it done . Heres what my Radio Listeners said. Nobody was chanting 3 gdp. They were chanting build the wall. Thats why people voted for this cat. We can afford to take care of the rest of the world and not our people. Op begin a build the wall campaign. I have my donation ready to send in and millions of Trump Supporters are ready to donate, too. If they would do their job and do what they promised. Laura this is a winning issue for republicans and a necessary Security Measure for america. On this 9 11 anniversary, just look at what we spent to protect ourselves. According to a report, since 9 11, the u. S. Has spent at least 2. 8 trillion on Counter Terrorism. 15 of our discretionary budget goes to fund Counter Terrorism efforts across the government. In 2017 alone congress dedicated
175 billion to fight terrorism. And that doesnt count for thet trillions that we spent on the wars in iraq, afghanistan and work in syria and pakistan. A Brown University study estimates the total cost of all that since 9 11 through this year could be a staggering 5. 6 trillion. So we lay out all this money to enforce other countrys bordersr but we cant afford 20 billion to enforce and fortify our own . A porous border remains one of our greatest threats. Since 2001 there have been more than 11. 6 million illegal Border Crossings along our southern border. Just the last few days, the Border Patrol reports that they have arrested in the United States eight ms 13 and 18th
street gang members, some sexual predators and frustrated Drug Smuggling Attempts at the same time. Thats a few days. Only one region of the border. How do these people get into our country and might a wall stop the flow of illegals who pose ao criminal and possible National Security threat to our citizens . Well, i disagree with the good people the president referenced earlier. Now is the time to talk about the wall and to awaken citizens to the ongoing threat posed by an open border. And particularly on 9 11, we should remind people of theou horror visited upon us by five hijackers who overstayed their visas. A whole separate issue. As of 2017 we have over 700,000 people here on expired visas. Thats separate from the wall. This is total madness. All of this. But controlling our border who comeser in and who goes out of e country should be one of our top priorities. This summer reuters found that immigration was the top issue for voters going into the midterms. If republicans want to really motivate their base to turn out and vote and win in some of those Security Moms in the process, give them what they want. Fund the wall immediately. Attach it to one of those Spending Bills going to the president at the end of the month. Now, i know, people are worried about a government shutdown. But this isnt a small deal. If this isnt done now, mitch mcconnell, im telling you, if they are nott smart enough to know this at this point, they are never going to know it andl this wall will never be built. And thats the angle. Joining us is enrique, this is a few of the facts, this is Border Patrol facts along our southwest border. Fiscal year 17 we have had 415,000 border apprehensions. 15 44 0000, so this is what our Border Patrol are up against. So why not make their job easier by having a physical barrier in place to lighten their load so they can look for the bad guys . There is already a 700mile wall. Laura its a 2,000mile border. We have 20,000 well armed
men. We haveha drones, we have mility grade laura how do they get across . Hold on. I want this to be a productive conversation. So when i go through the stats,. We put them up on the screen, we are talking 11. 6 Million People who have been apprehended Sincea America was under attack, we lost almost 3,000 americans. That is a security problem. We might have some wall, and we have some fencing. We have 170 miles along the laredo sector alone that is completely open. People can walk across or swim across. Thats the problem. Im glad you want to make this a constructive conversation. You said 3,000 citizens that lost their lives. Not just u. S. Citizens, which goes to show you that the multiculturalism was also a
target, under attack by terrorists on that day. Thats why they chose new york city. Laura lets get to the wall. Lets focus this conversation. Jason, i got to go to you on this. We got to move this forward. The line from the more of an open borders crowd is a wall is unnecessary. You are on the ground every day, you are in san antonio now, but you are on the ground every day, your Border Agents are doing their best. Would a wall help or not . Let me put the answer simple, yes, it absolutely would. We do have 700 miles of border along a 2,000mile border. Itsm not enough. What we have is not enough to fully secure the border. We have 20,000 Men And Women in the Border Patrol. Its not enough. We still have people getting through, still have things coming across the border we dont know about. If we want to protect this
country, these are things we need. And the subject Matter Experts that have done this job, we aree telling you, we need a wall, road, infrastructure, cameras to detect the traffic coming across and the brave Men And Women out there to do the job right. Laura you saw the facts in the angle, 175 billion just in fiscal year 2017 on Counter Terror measures. And we cant find 25 billion over a period of time to pay for a physical barrier . A its not everything, b stop a lt of the flow. We saw in Operation Gate Keeper in the san diego sector, that cut down Border Crossings by 89 . That was started under bill clinton. So mexico has the right to protect their borders, guatemala has the right to protect theirs. Every country has that right, that sovereign right to control who comes in and know what their intentionsre are. You agree with that, correct . Of course. And we have spent over A Hundred Billion dollars since 9 11 Mill Tarrizing our south border. And its human rights. Instead of being a broader strategy, its become the only strategy. Thats why we have to really look at what has been going on over the last 50, 60 years. E why dont we invest more in finding the root causes. Why wait until people are at our door . We see the violence. Its not going to stop that. Laura we are dealing with a lot of violence as i noted in
the angle just this last week, ms13, gang members have been app Prehenned Coulding the crose border. Tens of thousands coming across every month. The wall slows down the flow. You brought up the issue of Mill Tarryizing the border. Its something enemies would do, not friend and strategicio partners. Its an economic issue and wont beed solved by having more guar. It wont seal the border, it will suffocate it. Are you part of the strategy, you and your agents, doesnt that hurt the relations between mexico and the United States . No, absolutely it does not. We areua a law enforcement
organizations. We are part of border and customs and border protection. Our job is to facilitate lawful trade and travel. It serves both sides of thebo border. One thing thats important to remember, we are not just talking about the flow, the volume of traffic coming across, but what that traffic consists of. You referenced gang members. In my sector alone, one of nine, we have caught almost 50 known gang members this year alone. Over 770 criminal aliens that have been deported and came back after committing violence crimes, murder, assault, rape. These were the type of folks coming across. Those are the ones we are concerned with. We need to know they are coming across and need to stop them. A wall helps that. It takes that criminal element away. If they cannot exploit a weak and porous border. They have no reason to exist. Laura real quick. I just want to say, one example of a successful Terrorist Attack on u. S. Soil. Laura how many people have flownn planes into buildingsbe before 9 11 . Why are we focusing on the border when the problem is at airports. Laura you really arent for Border Enforcement or any wall or any fence. You believe in open borders and a free flow of people and goods. I wish more people would say that, it would make the conversation easier. Borderless world. Otherwise, then a wall would make the relationship with mexico better, we could go through normal important of industry and control the people and flow. It would be much better forch mexico. We are out of time, great segment. A shocking story on a most sol up day, an oped shows that Joe Scarborough complaining that the president is a greater danger to the United States than foreign terrorists, something he expanded on this morning. If you Strip America of its ideas, forget about knocking down buildings in the financial district, forget about running planes into the pentagon, those are tragedies, but those tragedies bring us closer together. Tr america is an idea, you got america of that idea, thats when you do the most harm to americans. This seems to be a far graver threat to the idea of america. Laura here to respond is new york Fire Departments commissioner during 9 11. Tom, its a so solemn day for al of the firefighters, first
responders. Thank you for your service to new york all those years and especially on 9 11. I had to get your thoughts on this, Joe Scarborough saying the president is more dangerous to america than the 9 11 terrorists. Its even worse when you hear him say it. Its pretty upsetting. Being at the ceremony this morning, one of the Family Members gotly up and begging politicians and the press to stop politicizing september 11, stop using the families as fodder for opinions on one sidei or the other. These are folks that mostly all of them, actually, innocent people on airplanes or in buildings or firefighters, Police Officers and emergency first responders, who tried to go in and make a difference and help people and get them out of harms way. I have known at least between 5y to 10 of the firefighters, good friend of mine, whose kid grew
up and went to military academies, all with the idea of going into the military and serving the country, serving to honor their fathers. Most of those fathers were special guys. The best of the best we had. E we had some really great people. So i would doubt if you asked any of those kids graduating from Naval Academy or west point, how they felt about the Police Officers and firefighters. You might get a different version of the politics, disagreeing with the president who we should be working to helw and comparing him to a brave threat from a foreign nation. Laura its easy to make these comments. I kept thinking of that day and what we were seeing on the ground and all the firefighters who walked up when everyone else was walking down. Those buildings shaking and
falling. Senator angus king in maine compared Russian Election meddling with 9 11. Lets watch. They used airplanes as a tower. The flip of a computer key inm russia to attack. Its an attack that continues. Its the same kind of attack today. Laura so Russian Election meddling, serious, but its the sameng kind of attack as 9 11. I dont know what to say to these people. Im wanting your opinion. There is no comparison. I dont know how reasonable people, if they were just thinking about the folks that were involved, the firefighters involved, civilians involved, people who went to work, people whose Sons And Daughters went to
work. And they were lost because of evil and sick people because there was a civilization they hated so much, and if these politicians would do their job, we wouldnt have half of these issues that we have. I dont know how they take paychecks and go home every night. That doesnt happen with firefighters, Police Officers and soldiers. If you dont do your job as a soldier, you pay a price. These politicians havent done o their job. So im not really too hopeful on them doing it now. Laura tom, i cant believe whether the country needs to have a secure border all these years. Im notde just talking about trump. Obama, bush, all these years we still dont have a secure border. It is a security threat. Thank you so much. Its great to see you tonight
and our prayers are always with new york. Thank you so much. When we come back, Newt Gingrich has a critical piece of advice for President Trump and the g. O. P. Dont go away. Ay informed. And while some advisors are happy to earn commissions whether you do well or not. Fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better. Maybe thats why most of our clients come from other money managers. Fisher investments. Clearly better money management. Laura as we discussed, President Trump has ahe lot of decisions to make. Stakes could not be higher for the president , his agent today, even the country. For answers lets bring in former house speaker, Newt Gingrich, who has a great series about this on his website. Newt, lets talk about this. First, on the wall, i can tell you my Radio Listeners plastered me with calls today after we learned that nine Spending Bills that will be delivered to the president the end of this month, no funding for the wall. Not a penny. Zero. After that was one of the key Campaign Promises of President Trump and hes expressed his desire to have that thing built. Well, look, i think he ought to keep pushing for the wall. The contrast between democrats who want open borders which would flood the country with people is dramatic. I would not recommend that he close the government. I dont think we are in a position to explain it and ind dont think it gets us far. He ought to keep pushing for it. After the election, im confident they will have a continued resolution and then i think he can be tougher. Between now and the election hes begun to draw a really big contrast from the speech in montana, began to draw the right contrast between, as he put it, democrats who want to abolish i. C. E. And republicans who want to abolish ms13. I will be surprised with some things. In my own conversations, they do have some money and they are building parts of the wall right
now. Laura all i know is its about 130 billion a year for all the services that Illegal Immigrants get in the United States. Its 72,000 per illegal immigrant, 90,000 per illegal immigrant child. This is a huge amount of money we throw around, including in other countries. Most voters hear this, why cant you find the money to build this wall. Its going to stick with the voters. Its a Sticking Point and im glad the president is pushing for it. Newt, steve banon yesterday on the show made a point about whether or not this is an election where you can still persuade people in the midterms. Lets watch. Trump has been there. I started this film, feeling that by the time we had the runup, it was like the tea party movement. We needed these rally films. This is for the base plus to get them excited. Laura his point was this is going to be a base election. He wants you to watch his film. You are not going to persuade people going down the home base, its only turning out. Do you agree with that . Hes half right. We have to turn out the base. The president has to convince people to vote. If we dont turn out the base, lose. If we pose a