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Julian castro was on the stage. he called for decriminalizing border crossings. the second night, it looked like the field was behind that. where are you on that? >> as long as we have provisions that say, if you're coming here to sell drugs, to commit crime, those are criminal acts and they should be treated as criminal acts, i think that's a separate issue. the reality of it is, we have to make sure the immigration issue is not an issue like it is today that trump thinks he can win on the separation issue. trump thinks he can win on the border security issue. we have to be firm that we are n...

Border security. we can take a sigh of relief. >> say that again. because that has been the question i have asked. is this the right way to do it? go on, sorry. >> these are two separate issues. let's deal with the trade issue on one lane and border security in another. they should not be in the same pot. but tonight we can take comfort in realizing that at least for now the tariff issue is on the back burner. and that's good sign. mexico, until now, has been looking at this, the border security issue as a speck taurt. they're not caught in the middle off this. they're on the front lines. desp...

Signal. >> he's made the choice to stand by the president on everything. >> there are real concerns about how this is going to affect the economy and i'd say while this is not centrally totally connected to china, we're seeing this sort of parallel story play out over huawei and national security concerns and questions about whether the u.s. policy on tariffs with china is in any way connected to that. >> the president sees no fire wall between any of these issues. huawei, an example, that's a justice department case, it's about a violation of law, iran sanctions, et cetera, but he's mixed it ...

Of the 12 republican senators who defied him? >> i would not say he's happy. i think the tweet is exactly where we saw things. i have a bunch of phone calls from my former colleagues and saying it's a big constitutional issue or i'm worried about where the money is going. mort was concerned about where the money will be coming from, will they lose money from their states and districts but some folks voted one way for one reason they might've also voted for a different reason. bottom line is this. this was a border security issue. from october we started having this discussion. this was a borde...

Of the 12 republican senators who defied him? >> i would not say he's happy. i think the tweet is exactly where we saw things. i have a bunch of phone calls from my former colleagues and saying it's a big constitutional issue or i'm worried about where the money is going. mort was concerned about where the money will be coming from, will they lose money from their states and districts but some folks voted one way for one reason they might've also voted for a different reason. bottom line is this. this was a border security issue. from october we started having this discussion. this was a borde...