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>> for being a heart beat away from the presidency, vice president pence has mastered acweesing to everybody. he's been that way to president trump and everybody else. >> you mean he has the soul of a vice president. >> exactly. what lack of soul he still has. lack of spine and soul. the it catch is rush limbaugh is about as trustworthy as president trump. he is criticized the president before. just because you're on the air kissing his but -- >> you're at the barber shop you don't get asked please turn on rush limbaugh? >> no, no. >> and meanwhile, a show of solidarity with the president only...

In hidalgo texas where president trump is expected to land in a few hours. do set the stage for us if you can. what is the president hoping to get out of this trip? >> reporter: well, craig, as we're going to witness a few hours from now he's bringing this pr blitz, this campaign here to the heart of the rio grande valley. this is the busiest stretch in the united states in terms of illegal crossings. this is some of that steel barrier type wall the president refers to when he says he wants to build a wall right now. this one was here before president trump arrived in office. today he has a se...

We're all behind the president. we think this border security issue is extremely important to the country. we appreciate your leadership on it. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the republican party is united, but there are cracks starting to appear in the facade. >> many of us did express our views, and there were some of us who urged compromise. this cannot be allowed to go on forever. >> our next guest shared the following on twitter today. "the government will be open by the end of the week. as mitch mcconnell bows to the wishes of his colleagues and to political reality and c...

The number of unauthorized crossings is at historic lows. so, yeah, border security is always going to be a challenge. we have many challenges in government, but there is no evidence whatsoever that border security has become a larger problem in the last year or two. there has been an increase in asylum seekers but understand the asylum seekers are not a border security issue. they turn themselves in. they're not trying to sneak across. the question is how do we process them? but in terms of border security, the president hasn't made the case. he hasn't said, here's where they're coming in. he...

Bills that senate republicans have supported in one way or another already. so we heard today, coming out of the lunch the. had with republican senators, there are a growing number of them who free that we should reopen the government and then focus on the border security issue. >> neil: say they do that, would you be among those democrats who would be open to funding for a wall? >> i'm not going to fund a 2,000 mile long wall. because we all know -- >> neil: no wall. democrats have supported a wall in the past, half of the gap is a wall, you wouldn't support it? >> here is -- here are the fac...