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President is is saying? >> i will say this. there is 400,000 people that have come through this country illegally last year. there's about $67 billion of l illegal drugs that come through our r ports of entry and through our mail as you alluded to in the opening. this is a issue and a problem that has existed among multiple administrations so it's a problem that has been here for a while. and because previous administrations and other congresses weren't able to put together a plan to actually get operational control of our border, we're in the situation that we're in right now. and -- >> you d...

Some have just met each other that are involved in these negotiations and that's unfortunate. i actually don't believe you should be negotiating on the backs of almost a million workers trying to do the right thing for the country. if this was a crisis, the people that are dealing with this crisis should get paid. so i hope that several of us can talk through some of these issues and suggest an alternative. >> you were on the border. your district is on the border. you know it firsthand. you see it firsthand whenever you're there. is there a national security crisis on the border as the presid...

Personally. i talked to chuck schumer, the minority leader of the senate, who said, yeah, this is going to cause a problem economically the longer this goes on. he said that to me in my interview, my exclusive interview with him this week. >> so there were negotiations today between the vice president with mick mulvaney there, jared kushner there, kirstjen nielsen there all along with congressional staffers. trump said it was unproductive as we read his tweet at the top, but how productive can negotiations be if the president isn't taking part in them? because it seems like his advisers, they ...

Our federal websites. we have to find common ground in this country. we can disagree but what are we doing to make sure the country is moving forward so we lead the 21st century. maria: well so many of your colleagues and you included signed this farm bill, $867 billion and it really is questionable that you can't find $5 billion to secure the borders this is an ongoing conversation and we'll continue to have it. congressman i hope you'll join us again soon thanks very much for joining us. >> i appreciate it appreciate you having me on. maria: you mentioned syria we're going to get into it nex...

Billion on an agriculture bill full of pork, full of extraordinarily expenses that just need not be spent. we shouldn't spend our tax money on. so if they can agree on $867 billion and not agree on at least $5 billion for border security there is something seriously wrong with our government. >> jon: i don't suppose the members of this caravan waiting on the other side of the border in tijuana have p.r. representatives with them. they are helping the president, aren't they, by storming the border, throwing rocks atticus toms and border patrol officials? >> absolutely. it's the point. this isn'...