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The bill. the president said he's not going to allow the government to shut down. listen here. >> i don't think you're going to see a shut down. if you did have it, it's the democrat's fault. i accepted the first one. i'm proud of what we've accomplished. people learned during that shut down all about the problems coming in from the southern border. i accepted that. i always accepted. this one i would never accept it if it happens. i don't think it will happen, this would be totally on the democrats. >> again, the money for a border barrier in this appropriation is $1.375 billion. the presiden...

>> remember, joe, the reason he was in el paso to begin with he was trying to make the case there was a crisis in board towns. last week the sheriff came out and said no, mr. president, here are the numbers. we're a low crime city. we're about the same in terms of crime since we had the barrier. that's not truetter. the entire thrust of his being there is based on something that's not truetter. i want to underlie the president wants $5.7 loin for the wall. that's his number. in this new bill he gets $1.375 billion which is about $200 million less than he would have gotten if he had taken the d...

Principle. we think it's going to work. that's why we negotiate, had some hard negotiations and we're glad to be where we right now. >> here's what's not clear. if the president is going to be happy with what they came up with. 1 $1.375 billion is what they came up with. that is higher than the $1.37 billion democrats offered back in december. nowhere near the $5.7 billion the president wants. instead the money will pay for new fencing in the rio grande

Bill in written form. sources provided important details. as we mentioned, it provides $1.375 billion for border barrier enhancement that involves steel slats, existing technologies and it would limit funding to 55 miles of new barrier with restrictions on where the fencing could be built. based on the supporting, there is no money, zero to fund a concrete wall. it provides 1.7 billion in new funding for border security to the department of homeland security. that money would be dedicated to border security and that includes technology at ports of entry, additional customs officers and humanit...

Do we have? >> well, we know that we know this is a deal in principle. everything needs to be written down on paper and agreed to by all sides before it's agreed know is that the four top appropriators that met this afternoon, met this evening to come to a deal, came to some numbers they think everybody can agree to and that the white house can agree to as well. that includes 1.3 -- $1.375 billion for a border barrier. now, that would include new fencing, like steel slats and other existing technology but it will not include anything -- it is going to specifically exclude the idea of creating ...