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Means only here at the 11th hour and the question is how many people should i.c.e. be able to detain at one time? right now they're looking to detain 48,000 people and that's what they've authorized to pay for for congress. democrats want to reduce the overall number to 34,000, but more critically, they want to cap the number of people that could be apprehended across the united states and being held to 16,500 people. so the administration is saying that that would effectively limit their ability to detain criminals because typically interior enforcement are focused on people with committed cr...

16,500 beds. do we know approximately the geographical location of these beds? are they all along the border? >> i would actually like to consult my colleague julia ainsley on exactly where they are located. i can tell you there are about 48,000 right now beds that are funded by the department of homeland security, by ice, that congress has said fine. democrats want to cut that number to about 34,000 beds. they woont to reduce overall the number of people ice can hold at any given time, essentially to try to force them to prioritize. but they also want to add this cap on people who are caught ...

The west coast but possibly by the end of donald trump's term, strike the heartland of america. >> if donald trump is a two-term president, most definitely. >> certainly at a time when he should be pushing back, he is embracing this madman, this tyrant, for some reason. and he's going to pass on a crisis to future presidents that is going to be untenable. kasie hunt, it seems the democrats were getting somewhere in the negotiations for the wall but now they're adding another condition. what is it? >> they're talking about limiting the number of bets that ic -- beds that ice, the enforcement ag...

Them. i spoke to a doctor on board. why would america head down to this part of the world to help these people? they're not americans. >> i think there's a variety of good reasons but that's what america is all about, supporting our neighbors, back to pioneers on the plains. you never watched a neighbor in distress and just ignored them. you brought them back to a level of self sustenance be a neighbor and if you're in trouble they can help you out. >> reporter: so the cost of this mission in medical supplies, $2.4 million. with about 16,500 patients seen so far on this -- well, about 18 days ...

Circle until january 23rd. and finally, 16,500, that is how many ornaments volunteers just packed for wounded service members and their families. the semper fi fund in virginia has been doing this for 10 years. what a great organization. brian, over to you. i did a great job with the walk, right? better than you. brian: even though i invested it. ainsley: but you are not good at it. brian: 25 minutes after the hour. tensions growing in tijuana thousands of migrants arriving in that caravan. many calling it an invasion, as did the president. what should president trump do about it? here to weig...