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Do was pass a $1.6 billion request the president made to do border fencing in texas, california and planning for additional fortifications. if we combine those two things, we have a chance of getting something passed. >> you will need more than 1.6 billion. you're more of a fence guy. the president is more of a wall guy. but the border security telling them they need to see it through. so if you get that done you will get his attention. >> and i've talked to him about putting forward and the president came to arizona a couple months ago and saw what they have there. they have what you called a...

Request that the president made to do border fencing in texas, california and do planning for additional fort fill indications on the border. so if we combine those two things, that's the best chance of getting something passed. >> brian: you're going to need much more than $1.6 billion. you're more of a fence guy, the president is more of a wall guy. he kind of gave in a little bit saying the border security is telling him you need to see through. have you reached out to the white house? >> yes. yes, we have. i'm very close to mike pence. i've talked to him about what i would be putting forwa...

We have unmanned drones that fly over the u.s. mexico border. over 700 miles of border fencing. we have border patrol agents in the amount of over 20,000, seems to be on the increase. we're talking about an issue of migration. we're talking about poverty, we're talking about people who are suffering from violence south of the border. a military approach doesn't seem from my reporting to be the most effective strategy. border security is important. but it seems like that's all we're doing. to put a general in charge of the u.s.-mexico border might have a heavy-handed approach. >> tucker: yeah, ...

We have unmanned drones that fly over the u.s. mexico border. over 700 miles of border fencing. we have border patrol agents in the amount of over 20,000, seems to be on the increase. we're talking about an issue of migration. we're talking about poverty, we're talking about people who are suffering from violence south of the border. a military approach doesn't seem from my reporting to be the most effective strategy. border security is important. but it seems like that's all we're doing. to put a general in charge of the u.s.-mexico border might have a heavy-handed approach. >> tucker: yeah, ...

We have unmanned drones that fly over the u.s. mexico border. over 700 miles of border fencing. we have border patrol agents in the amount of over 20,000, seems to be on the increase. we're talking about an issue of migration. we're talking about poverty, we're talking about people who are suffering from violence south of the border. a military approach doesn't seem from my reporting to be the most effective strategy. border security is important. but it seems like that's all we're doing. to put a general in charge of the u.s.-mexico border might have a heavy-handed approach. >> tucker: yeah, ...