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Todd: the drug trade going across the border, customs agents seizing $3 million in narcotics during the shutdown. why is it so important to view the immigration crisis, the border crisis through the lens of the drug crisis? >> it is outside in. as in a career prosecutor i have seen drugs that flowed into my state coming to florida from mexico, the way they sneak them in, the way they get them in. i asked a couple months ago in one drug bust at the border, it could have affected 2 million children, meth, heroin and cocaine. 2 million hits of these drugs, could have potentially killed over 1 mil...

Supported and voted on in committee, in conference, in one form or another. so, look, what i'm open to is making sure that the president understands that we're willing to work with him when it comes to a strong border security initiative in the united states, one that includes technology, scanning capabilities, as we look at the ports of entry, which even his administration has said is where these narcotics are being intercepted. so let's do what we can to improve our ports, not just on the southern border, the northern border, the water ports as well as interior ports across america in additi...

Whose money will dry up. you have some that should be getting ready, lift, air bnb. nobody is answering the phones. you have people who are really going to start feeling the pain. how long before those members who have constituents were all getting hurt at both ends of the economic spectrum react? >> even people at the border. even representatives on the board we. >> customs agents. >> i think it's wrong to assume it only goes back on republicans. after tonight the american people see everyone owns the shutdown. they will want to get the thing back up. >> if the president is successful in what...

Unstaffed, but the state of arizona is keeping the grand canyon open for business. it's difficult to understand the scope of what happens when a quarter of the federal government shuts down. a call to the white house doesn't help. >> due to the lapse in federal funding we are unable to take your call. >> funding for nine cabinet departments, and it means about 420,000 federal workers deemed essential are working through the holidays without pay. have a flight to catch this holiday season? tsa will be on the job to screen you and the federal aviation administration will direct your plane, but a...

Sent to gonzales and says, "i know nancy needs all the support you can get right now. if they give away border wall funding, i think there would be an effect on how the congressional hispanic caucus would feel come january 3rd." experts say pelosi may have some wiggle room to negotiate but making everybody happy is a very tall order. shannon? >> shannon: trace gallagher, thank you very much. the debate surrounding birthright citizenship reigniting tonight as the migrant caravan at the tijuana border leads to the very situation many illegal immigration opponents predicted. correspondent steve h...