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The table for border security, including a wall. the president getting criticism in el paso from something he said in the state of the union when he said el paso was one of the most dangerous cities in the fence. the mayor insisting that the president was wrong about that and that he will call him out again if he repeats that assertion tonight. at the moment, the president taking aim at democrats for demanding a cap on detention spaces for immigrations and customs enforcement. democrats want to limit beds to 16,500. the ice deputy director, matt albins had a conference call that said a cap wou...

Many as 35,000, maybe less. steve: they are trying to cap it at 16,500. the president, i am told, will not agree to limit the number of criminals that ice is allowed to arrest. if there is a shutdown, and it is a real possibility on this monday morning, there will be a shutdown because the administration will not allow the democrats to put a number on the number of people ice can arrest in any calendar year. it's not about beds. it's the number of people who can be detained. that's what it all comes down to. ainsley: it could be a shutdown on friday. steve: absolutely. ainsley: folks negotiati...

11:30 monday morning for an agreement by this friday to keep the government open and provide for border security. the big sticking point among the conferees tt moment is number of detention beds known as ice the democrats are willing to support. republicans want to expand the number of detention facilities. democrats want to reduce the number and cap the number of beds used for interior enforcement, people found to be in the country illegally in places other than the border at 16,500 beds. the president tweeting about that yesterday and today saying the border committee democrats are behaving ...

Not on the president. what do you say? >> neil, we have an agreement on six of the seven bills. we ought to pass the six bills. we sent those six bills to the senate. they ought to take them up, pass them and -- >> neil: but you don't have agreement on this. >> we don't have an agreement. >> neil: all right. what this is setting a number on detention beds that ice can use for illegals and others captured. they want to keep it as a ceiling of 16,500. in some cases, that goes over 40,000. no one has been sticking to numbers of any sort anyway. it swings from the 30s to the 40s in some given peri...

Democrats are proposing to cap the number of beds to 16500. they say it will force the administration to prioritize deportation for criminals and people that pose real security threats. republicans believe that the demand is arbitrary and will allow criminals to roam freely. >> left to our own devices i think they can have an agreement on time by friday. >> i think we're on a positive trajectory now. >> the chancing of another government shut down are -- >> nil or next to nil. >> we cannot rule out a government shut down this week. >> let's talk about the idea that we could be facing a shut do...