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Fascinating that the president's answer to this problem is to propose an appropriation larger than the entire border patrol for lasted year. now, this is a problem which can be solved largely by a single fix. because prior to the feinstein amendment being adopted in 2008, the number of people coming across the border, unaccompanied children from those three countries, was somewhere in the 6 to 8,000 a year range. and since that amendment this has gotten worse. in the crossfire, let me ask you, ben, this is say theation where literally, you wouldn't solve all of the immediate and past problems ...

Tweet us. please be sure to join us in "the situation room." you can dvr the show so you don't miss a moment. that's it for me. thanks for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." now let's step into the crossfire with stephanie and newt gingrich. >> can they handle the crisis? >> if they can handle the crisis, why isn't president obama going to the border? the debate starts now. >> a irn whias children and protesters head to the border, the president is going to congress and asking for lots of money. >> what is wrong with you! >> on the left, stephanie cutter. on right, newt gingri...

>> best signal to slow this down is send them home. >> senator, on the 3.7 billion, you said you weren't going to support it. are you going to actively work against it? try and block it? >> first of all, if we spend 3.7 million, $60,000 per child is way too much money. cut it in half. 30,000 is too much money to care for a child if in a mass grouping and then place them. too much money. aside from that, whatever we have to spend to adequately take care of them, guarantee them the vigor we guarantee anybody, that we guarantee our prisoners, we have plenty of room in the federal budget to pay fo...