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San diego, california, to see what is happening and where it is safe. >> tucker: democrats are saying this is not a wall and will only cover about 55 miles of the border that is thousands of miles wrong. >> they are wrong, it is a wall. it was a wall 20 years in the making because they tried different ways to make some sort of barrier, and most of them were poorly made, not enough funding, fell down, that sort of thing, but this wall, we went right by what the border security needs. you can see through it so you can see either five people over there are 500? do they have guns or rocks, what is...

>> tucker: democrats are saying this is not a wall and will only cover about 55 miles of the border that is thousands of miles wrong.l >> they are wrong, it is a wall, it was a wall 20 years in the making because they tried different ways to make some sort of barrier, and most of them were poorly made, not enough funding, fell down, that sort of thing, but this wall, we went n right by what the border security needs. you can see through it so you can see are there 5 people over there or 500? do they have guns or rocks, what is happening there? it can't be driven through, you can't cut through ...

All of our citizens. it's very frustrating to me. as an example, we had a bill last week that chuck schumer blocked to pay our coast guard. i met with coast guard members sunday and monday and my state, and they need to get paid. they are defending the freedom of this country. they need to get paid. our border security needs get paid. we need to open this government, secure our borders. this is frustrating. >> harris: talk with me if you will about these competing bills on the hill. what you think and pass the senate. it looks like even senator schumer now has worked on a bipartisan bill. talk...

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, ...

President wants to do in instigating a shutdown over border wall funding is something that has very little constituency on capitol hill. senate republicans want to support the president but they also hate shutdowns. they don't want to be blamed for a shutdown and don't want to be in the middle of one. when pat roberts was speaking on capitol hill today, he said, you know, i am sympathetic to what the president wants in terms of border security money. we do need money down there, but not in the form of this wall that he keeps talking about. so republicans -- senate republicans do want to find o...