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What we're starting to hear on capitol hill, the republican leaders might put together a bill that essentially dares the president to shut down the government or veto this and then look at what he did on the signing statement on the russia and north korea and iran sanctions bill. he signed it, grudgingly, but he said you guys don't know what you're doing, we don't like it and i don't like many things here. this is a good setup for the president to use congress as a foil, shep. >> shepard: are members of congress, democrats and republicans, there was a time when everyone that represented a bord...

To build the border wall in the bill they have to get done by friday night. the democrats don't want money from budget going to border wall. your response. >> i mean, it's not just democrats that don't want a border wall. it is every single congress person who lives in a border district has refused to support this funding request for the border wall. the reality is most of the people who come to this country undocumented don't go over the border anyway, they come through an airport and overstate the visa. it's a big waste of money. it won't be effective. now the difficult you are against you m...

Traveled over 1,000 miles. one-third of the girls have been raped. the last kid was an 11-year-old boy from guatemala that died of dehydration. that is a face that i want him to see. don't take any cameras, mr. president, but go down there and see what we're facing. >> that's texas congressman henry cuellar, a democrat who's been unrelenting in his criticism of the administration when it comes to border issues. now, another house democrat from the border is my next guest. arizona's ron barber and congressman, thank you so much for joining me. i want to first place for you what house speaker jo...

More from speaker boehner in a minute. but this issue is also drawing critics from the president's own party. congressman henry cuellar represents a border district in texas, did not mince words, all over cnn, had a lot to say about the president's choice not to visit the border during this texas fund-raising trip. >> words are important. but it's the actions i want to see. this didn't just happen last night. he's asking for an emergency. if he looks at it, this has been going on for one year or two years. why is he calling this emergency funding? look, if he's afraid if he goes down to the bo...

Number we have, will be crossing illegally this year. and as it comes to these little boys and girls, congressman, do you think they should be able to stay? >> you know, i think that we're going to have to address the court system first. this backlog in the courts is not only creating an unjust system with huge backlogs and long waits, but it's also creating this whole other issue with border patrol being able to do their job today. so i think the courts come first, and then we have to assess and deport those to their native countries as we see fit. >> are there exceptions, though? with those ...