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He wants to be. so until we actually see this language it is very difficult to say what the president will or won't do. >> bill: white house correspondent john roberts picks it up from there. it's tuesday, john, good day to you. >> good morning. the white house is going through the details of the plan that the conferees came up with in the last 24 hours. in terms of the money, it is about the same as what the president rejected just before christmastime by 1.3 billion for 55 miles of border fencing but it is 1.3 billion more than nancy pelosi had said she was willing to give. democrats have al...

Enter the country illegally and not face any immigration detention. keep in mind, look at the last two years alone. 266,000 arrests of criminal aliens have been carried out. including 100,000 assault charges. 13,000 sex crimes charges. 4,000 murder, homicide charges. and as we speak, nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants live right here in the u.s. including some of the violent felons that are already facing removal orders. democrats want to cap i.c.e. detention at 16,500. well, that is insane because 16,5001 and what if it turned out to be a murder, rapist or part of a drug cartel? president trum...

Jersey, illinois, and california in droves. tens and tens of thousands a year. 400,000 new residents in texas and florida. no state income tax. all right. as you can see we are awaiting the president. joining us first is the south carolina senator lindsey graham. all right, senator. over the weekend they were going to cap to 16,500. the number of the people i.c.e. can detain. we hear now there mate be a breakthrough. i don't trust it. i don't believe it. what do you know? >> i know the president will never sign a bill that caps fed space for violent offenders because that is crazy. it's danger...

Enforcement can detain. democrats want to cap a daily number of the people that can be detained at 16,500. now for context purposes, the daily rate right now is about 40,000 people. and democrats say this is a way of reining in what they call aggressive enforcement tactics by the trump administration. but republicans say this is an absolute deal break because setting the cap so low they're effectively eliminating i.c.e.'s ability do their job and ob oabolishing i.c.e. >> they want to get people caught in the interior. this isn't people crossing the border, this is people that i.c.e. goes and g...

Build a wall. going down to el paso for -- this is a campaign event. this is not business of state. this is a campaign event. for him, the wall is very much a political and campaign issue. and then the shutdown, i think in his way, he still believes that his base is the most critical and that he needs to deliver on some kind of a wall or wall-like barrier. and if he needs to shut down the government again, he could see that as in his political interest. now senate republicans feel very different. mitch mcconnell does not want to shut down the government again. they have a lot of candidates up ...