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For just 65 miles of barrier. and now republicans are urging him to take even less, $1.75 billion for 55 miles. even if the president takes that deal, he still has a few cards up his sleeve in the form of executive actions to fund barrier construction without congressional appropriations. cnn's jim acosta has more from the white house. >> christine and dave, president sump says he's not a big fan of this bipartisan agreement from capitol hill to provide some border fencing. but it appears the president is going to sign this agreement. i talked to a white house official who said the president i...

The president is likely to sign the deal that includes more than $1 billion in new border fencing. but that's only a fraction of what the white house wanted and even less of what democrats offered mr. trump in december, all raising the question, did the president shut the government down for nothing? >> i think it's what every compromise should be. it's not everything that democrats wanted. it's certainly not everything that republicans wanted and certainly not everything the president wanted. >> reporter: slumping in the polls after taking responsibility for the last shutdown, the president s...

Democrats' offer of $1.6 billion for just 65 miles. and now republicans are surging him to take even less, $1.75 billion for 55 miles. even if the president takes that deal, he still has a few cards up his sleeve in the form of executive ashgsz to fiction to r action. jim acosta has more from the white house. >> reporter: christine, the president says he's not a big fan from capitol hill to provide border fencing. but it appears the president is going to sign this agreement. we talked to a white house official who said the president is likely to sign this deal. although aides, and top aideses ...

I wouldn't want to go to that now. if you do have it, it's the democrats' fault. and i accepted the first one, and i'm proud of what we've accomplished. >> so what exactly did the president accomplish? he originally wanted $5.7 billion for 230 miles of border barriers. last december, he turned down democrats' offer of $1.6 billion for 65 miles of barrier. and now republicans are urging him to take even less, $1.375 billion for 55 miles. even if the president takes that deal, he still has a few cards up his sleeve in the form of exec i have actions to fund barrier construction without congressi...

Few cards up his sleeve in congressional actions. fund to barrier. here's jim acosta. >> reporter: christine, the president says he's not a big fan from capitol hill to provide border fencing. but it appears the president is going to sign this agreement. i talked a white house official who said the president although aides, and top aides are going over what is exactly over this bipartisan agreement. as the president was meeting with his cabinet earlier in the day, he registered his complaints about this agreement. here's what he had to say. >> i have to study it, i'm not anticipate happy about...