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It's day three of a major push for his wall. an oval office speech on tuesday, followed by the meeting with democrats on wednesday. his push about a phony security crisis happening as a real crisis takes hold. food banks working to help furloughed employees. today, joshua tree, national park, shutting down to address sanitation and safety issues caused by the shutdown. despite mr. trump's drum beat about a crisis, his destination, the lowest crime rate. the fbi says border county have a far lower homicide rate than non-border counties. 3.4 per 100,000 versus 5.2. there it is on your screen. pe...

That this battle is taking place in a different environment than we were in a week ago. this is no longer just about border security, and it's certainly not just about a number, 1.6 billion, 5 billion, et cetera. this is about inspiring the confidence of people around the world during a tense time when we're facing serious challenges globally and we need to be able to demonstrate that the american government can come together. chuck schumer and the senate democrats are not interested in anything that resembles a wall because that's a political term and that's a political argument. the reality ...

We have the heroin problem but now we have the fentanyl problem because it is so dangerous, and we are seeing it. it is coming in the format of essentially fake pills. what the cartels are sending up our what are being sold as oxy, but it's fake. it's fentanyl, and it's more potent and more dangerous. >> tucker: we have seen video of drug tunnels coming into the united states. how common are those in your county? >> in our county, not common. we are off the board about 70 miles and the county is unique being that we are off the border 70 miles but it is open . that is what kind of makes us mor...

It's a bigger crisis for us. because it is so dangerous, and we are seeing it -- it is coming in the format of essentially fake pills. what the cartels are sending up are what are being sold as oxy, but it's fake. it's fentanyl, and it's more potent and more dangerous. >> tucker: we had on the screens video of drug tunnels coming into the united states. how common are those in your county? >> in our county, not common. we are off the border about 70 miles and the county is unique, being that we are off the border 70 miles but it is open desert to the border. that is what kind of makes us more ...

Nothing about that relationship has changed. it's just the funding. i still fully intend to cooperate with our federal partners. we have a great relationship as we have to. i'm the largest border county in the united states. my county is 9,200 square miles. i have 125 linear exposure to the international border. it's fundamental that i cooperate with our federal partners, border patrol and ice to keep my county safer. it isn't about the issue of illegal immigration inasmuch as it is about the public safety of my county. steve: it was $1.4 million, a county like yours could certainly use that w...