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President trump is insisting on includes $5 billion of funding for dhs, which will be able to replace about 115 miles of existing wall and will allow them to build more than 100 miles of new lineal wall or steel slats. the u.s.-members do boarder is 1954 miles long. so there are currently about, ah, 650 miles of border fencing already built. can you do the math there. that's really what this government shutdown is all about. since trump insists that this is what americans voted for to build a border wall. maybe mexico will step up to help him keep that promise? >> well, you can use my walls. w...

Wouldn't sign it. come on. >> i think the republicans changed because they saw this as really the last opportunity to get this done before the house switches. me -- >> they were fine with it, but they were fine with it joseph, before. they were going to get to february 8th with the legislation that they had already supported. >> and democrats were fine with border wall fencing as recently as 2013. of course, the secure fence act of 2006. you had some democrats, joe donnelly, saying he'd be fine with a $5,000 border wall allocation. you had joe mnuchin campaigning on border fencing, i think his...

Exactly what he said he was going to build anew. so it was always a farce. this is about -- >> and some places, yes. >> -- more, not something new. >> chris, you're right, and some places, there is border fencing, border security that is working very effectively. you've been down to the border. >> yes. >> you've talked to the border enforcement. >> yes. >> they said we need more resources. >> right. >> i follow them. >> so you don't pay them. >> you want to help the cvp but you'll shut down the government, they don't get paid and they say the same thing, we need barriers, but you guys cannot f...

About the president of the united states. who is the president at that time, they're not going to be talking who the head of the house was, the head of the senate, you know, who's running things in washington. they're going to be discussing one person. so i really think the pressure is on the president. >> seems like your characterization of a schumer shutdown argues with the president's point there. >> of course the president is going to be partially responsible for any partial shutdown. this is the argument we had in january of 2018, earlier this year. that clearly was the chuck schumer shut...

Exactly what he said he was going to build anew. so it was always a farce. this is about -- >> and some places, yes. >> -- more, not something new. >> chris, you're right, and some places, there is border fencing, border security that is working very effectively. you've been down to the border. >> yes. >> you've talked to the border enforcement. >> yes. >> they said we need more resources. >> right. >> i follow them. >> so you don't pay them. >> you want to help the cvp but you'll shut down the government, they don't get paid and they say the same thing, we need barriers, but you guys cannot f...