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Tomorrow trying to keep the focus on his border wall just days before the government is set to partially shut down again over wall funding. on capitol hill, lawmakers are trying to seem hopeful they can come up with a deal the president will agree to. the latest negotiations center around about $2 billion for border barriers. that is short of the $5.7 billion president trump said he wanted. joining me to discuss this and much more, the third ranking republican in the house, conference chair liz cheney. the congresswoman joins us from casper, wyoming. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having...

Money for the wall. maybe they could give one dollar. they are rallying around this $2 billion figure for border barriers. the president in the past has said he doesn't want to budge. is this the occasion in which perhaps he might? >> like selena was referencing, he can budge if he thinks he has money elsewhere, and that's what mick mulvaney was saying this morning, almost saying that's what he's going to do. in that situation it behooves the president to take the deal. 2 billion isn't as much as tas the money that was agreed to last week. that's the sticking point. can democrats and republica...

Allegation of rape. that's a crime that you can go to jail for, for a very long time. and so i think you have to look at the circumstances of every case. these are serious. >> the government is just five days away from another potential government shutdown. democrats have previously vowed not to give the president any money for any wall. but there's this group of bipartisan lawmakers working on a compromise that, according to sources, could include up to $2 billion if not more, for border barriers. whatever you want to call them. a wall, border barriers. is it fair to assume democrats will sup...

Absolutely have to secure the border. i thought it was interesting when you watched the negotiations that have been going on between the bipartisan and bicameral committee. when the committee members had a chance to go visit the border, when the committee members had a chance to hear from border patrol agents themselves and testimony, it made a difference, i think. and i think that there's bipartisan agreement. we have to secure the border. there's some members of leadership on the democratic side, in particular, speaker pelosi, who is really out there on her own saying things like walls are i...

Seriously. where does due process fall into it? i don't think there's any one standard. >> i think the nature of the allegations do plattematter. one is a crime you can go to jail for for a very long time. so i think you to look at the circumstances of every case. these are serious. the government is five days away from another potential government shutdown. there's a group of law mamakers that could include up to $2 billion for border barriers. is it fair to assume democrats will end up supporting at least some funding for some sort of barrier at the border at the end of the day? >> what we...