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Willing to negotiate or compromise. >> bill: that house majority leader told fox he thinks a deal can be struck. >> i think there can be a compromise position. all sorts of alternatives that we can pursue, i think, a consensus solution to achieve the objective. i think we all want to achieve and that is a secure and safe order for the country and for our citizens. >> from whatever sources are telling us, no active talks among the various leadership group so no active work towards a deal. some pressure bubbling up in the corners, picking up on that? >> no question about that and the call to del...

Racist. we think some of that rhetoric was to inflame and was not based upon facts. having said that we are prepared to work with the president to make sure our borders are secure. that is the important point. >> bret: the last thing. why not give a lump of money -- whatever that amount is to the border patrol and say you do what you think is the best way to secure america. if it includes a wall or slacks or whatever you want to call it. why not do that? why is it not to compromise position? >> there can be a compromise position. i don't know whether the border patrol or the governors on the e...

>> we're doing what we can to make sure we hear that voice and be a part of a reasonable voice of compromise to say, you know what this everyone agrees. i have yet to hear a democrat or republican to say the border is functioning and keeping us safe and secure. everyone knows that it needs to be fixed. let's get a compromise position and take care of those folks and get this done once and for all. >> what do you say to people who aren't focused on the border and they're focused on their bank account, because there is mno money and they're living paycheck to paycheck because the government has ...

We are in a shutdown situation. i think at the end of the day a compromise position can take care of the border and take care of the shutdown and now is the time to seize that opportunity. >> why not separate it and re-open the government so people who can't afford to donate their salaries, their paychecks to charity can put food on the table for their families and then deal with the issue of border security separately? >> because you're never going to fix the problem of border security and you're turning your back on the voices of those two children that died on the border. the law enforcemen...

Compromise. and we're stuck with a shutdown. you are 12 hour, 12 days, 13 hours into a shut you. >> i think where we have to go is get away from this extremism, this partisanship, where folks are focused on a word, a symbol, a wall. when we should be focusing on what is best for america. what about border security can we agree upon. and i will tell you, if you really are sincere, the border security is going to include a wall, a fence, other structures. it's much deeper than that. that's why i think a compromise position will emerge. >> tell me how that happens. because 12 days in, where does ...