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We are applying basically the same approach we've applied to our border security situation prior to this influx of americans. if we lose the tools we have and policies and procedures we've utilized for the prior border situation which are adult males trying to enter the united states and evade capture, the answer to your question is no, we do not have the resources. we simply cannot detain this type of population. candidly, it's why i think we should be have been looking a long time ago as treating this this has a humanitarian refugee crisis. we simply aren't equipped and border patrol is not ...

Add to that that now the u.s. military is being asked to foot a significant part of the bill for the border wall and the border security situation, katy. >> that was going to be my follow up question. the president wants to take money from the military, from the meant gone, where will that leave them? >> there already is money in this budget assuming it gets approved by the hill. there is money for the border and there is two pots of it. 3.6 of that is dedicated to southern border projects, another 3.6 of that is allocating for military construction. but if money is taken from military constru...

Deterrent, that is only one aspect of the full border security situation. >> which gets you to the question so it looks like, okay, here's several billion, maybe in excess of the $5.7 billion, with some specifics, ports of entry, drug screening and other new technologies and barrier, fencing and the language worded in a way that everybody can say i win. is that enough for the president? or do we end up having a national emergency or some other executive action to say never mind, i'm going to find my money over here and build the wall. >> democrats are open to providing money for anything that'...

Left vacant by furloughed employees, answering phones, processing paperwork, helping care for detainees. some agents had to leave the front line to perform administrative tasks. >> we had to pull some agents off the line. we have agents that are engaged in the humanitarian mission which is processing and other things we have to do. fortunately we have sufficient amount of personnel in the field. i think we're able to bring in 75 officers from some of the r other sectors. >> he met personally with president trump. from one chief to another, he told the president he supports building of addition...

Border security situation and this emergency as he describes it certainly bad news and little reason of optimism, many of them not getting paid or simply furloughed right now. the first paychecks are likely the best are scheduled tomorrow. >> vonn. you are with those federal workers, many of those will miss their paychecks tomorrow. you have been talking to them for a couple of weeks now and what are they telling you there and how are protests looking? >> let's take you to one city, for example. this is in utah where we are. the largest employer here is irs. 75% of them currently furloughed. i...