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1.3 or 1.6 on the table right now, meet him halfway. call at 2.5 and everything goes back the way it was. >> we already have. you may have noticed that we passed 1.3 billion last year. they haven't spent it. then there was smart border security measures. that gets you to 2.9. you are over halfway. this is a manufactured crisis, and that government should not be shut down. >> sandra: 's hold on. obviously, that didn't include money for specifically spending on a barrier at the southern border, but you are responding to republican comments. go back to president obama talking about an actual huma...

Pain, i asked pouch political pain he could withstand. he hesitated and he referred to his party and he said that they didn't have the guts to stand up for this. he seems to be wanting to prove that what some senators have voted for in the past, which is true, they have voted for a wall or barriers in past immigration related border security measures, and the fact that he promised it, we have seen all of the gymnastics around it. he was saying they didn't have the guts, that tells you a lot about the thinking of the president, that he will try to project himself. but he can't do it alone. but ...

Jeff, we'll start with you. what can we expect to hear from the president tonight? what does he hope to accomplish with this primetime address? >> reporter: president trump is going to attempt to make the case direct to the american people that there is an imminent threat brewing along the border that is best addressed, best solved by a steel barrier. he's going to make the case from the oval office for the first time. he's going to try to commandeer all of the historical residence, all of the symbolic might that office lends to boost his political approach that so far has failed in getting de...

Rather than concrete. >> as for the alleged emergency it might draeraddress, the whit house is putting out bogus claims of terrorists slipping in from mexico. we begin with manu raju on capitol hill where the house and senate return to work tomorrow. some republicans, some in the senate differing with the prlt n president now on the shutdown. is this enough to get the two sides back to the negotiating table? >> we'll have to see at the moment, things at a complete standstill after the meeting with mike pence and leadership staff of the republicans and democrats on capitol hill. they met saturd...

Our say about re-opening government. and this is a crisis that was manufactured by mr. trump. i think there's willingness to try to meet additional border security needs, but let's not do it with this ongoing threat of the government being shutdown. why is he playing with all these people's lives as political pawns on a political issue that, frankly, let us fight over, but don't hold these other folks hostage. >> well, if some of those border security measures are necessary, why can't you reach a compromise? a lot of people are wondering, what is going on with the federal government? >> well, ...