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Tomorrow. vice president mike pence, you on the ground, and some others. can you tell me what is forecast for that visit? >> harris, we hope to get to a lot of facilities, talk with the border security agents, perhaps speak with some of the detainees to really get a finger on the pulse of what's going on down there. there's no question that we have challenges down there. if we have multiples of what we expected to have crossing the border illegally. lindsey graham, the chair of the judiciary committee, is putting forward great legislation on changing asylum laws, so we can stem the flow and so...

I think the president has to use every device at his disposal. we have 40% of the border security agents today not doing the jobs they were sworn to do. they're doing daycare, driving buses, trying to figure out how to handle the burgeoning population we have them. 80% are not from mexico and 80% who apply for asylum are deemed not to have a valid claim. we can solve it by stemming the tide and mexico is a very, very part of doing that. >> here is the mexican ambassador to the u.s. pointed comments on exactly that. >> we have faith in dialogue and politics in a means to avoid an unnecessary co...

Something has to be done. the plan that i put forth will put money towards more border security agents, more lawyers. it wasn't just about a wall. but i think he was concerned about these federal workers not getting paid. you saw three bills motivated, even of the shutdown continued, get these federal workers. democrats want the drama of trump, you've got to cave otherwise all of this is on your back. i think he knows that and i think is going to be forced into declaring a national emergency and then he's going to get challenged in court. >> juan: that's what i was about to say. you have to sa...

The past have voted for a wall. i think some might come around to that. i don't know that trump will get all of the money he wants, but i think he will get something. at the very least. and i think there will be pressure coming from democrats on nancy pelosi to do that. the thing here for the president though, he clearly believes that the border security was his ticket in 2016 and that it will be his ticket to re-election. the question is whether there are diminishing returns here for the president on this issue. >> i don't think there's going to be a wall. and what you hear from democrats is ...

The past have voted for a wall. i think some might come around to that. i don't know that trump will get all of the money he wants, but i think he will get something. at the very least. and i think there will be pressure coming from democrats on nancy pelosi to do that. the thing here for the president though, he clearly believes that the border security was his ticket in 2016 and that it will be his ticket to re-election. the question is whether there are diminishing returns here for the president on this issue. >> i don't think there's going to be a wall. and what you hear from democrats is ...