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A bill with only $1.3 billion for border security. the current democratic offer. today the president sending out a flurry of tweets on the shutdown, taking shots at the democrats, saying, quote, i'm in the oval office. democrats, come back from vacation now and give us the votes necessary for border security, including the wall. but democrats appear equally dug in, taking control of the house on thursday. they plan to vote on a package that maintains the $1.3 billion for border security. but no wall funding. still, following a two-hour lunch with the president on sunday, senator lindsey graham...

Senator lindsey graham, a top trump ally, said yesterday after a two-hour lunch with the president, that trump was open minded about a deal that would involve him sticking with that $5 billion demand but also supporting a temporary renewal of daca protections for young undocumented immigrants. >> the president didn't commit, but i think he's very open minded. i know there's some democrats out there who would be willing to provide money for wall border security if we could deal with the daca population and tps people. and hopefully, we can get some serious discussions started maybe as soon as n...

In, taking control of the house on thursday they plan to vote on a package that maintains the $1.3 billion for border security but no wall funding. still, following a two-hour lunch with the president on sunday, senator lindsey graham remained optimistic a compromise could be reached in the next few days. >> the president didn't commit, but i think he's very open minded. >> reporter: meantime, new details about the administration's attempted rebranding of the trump wall. outgoing chief of staff john kelly telling "the los angeles times", quote, to be honest it is not a wall. he went on explain...

And start talking once again, he said. pam? >> we should note in his tweet this morning that the concrete wall was never abandoned, something that's been reported by the media. that was coming directly from his outgoing chief of staff, john kelly. >> on the record, yeah. >> on the record. boris sanchez, thank you for that. >> white house reporter for the washington post and patrick healy, editor for "the new york times." great to see you both. >> hi, pam. >> all right. i first want to go to what lindsey graham said after having this two-hour lunch meeting yesterday with president trump. let's ...

Surprised the white house when he announced the policy back in may. in his interview with the los angeles times, outgoing chief of staff john kelly talked about president trump's plan to build a wall along the u.s./mexico border. he told the paper, quote, to be honest it's not a wall. kelly added the president still says wall. oftentimes he'll say barrier or fencing. now he's tended toward steel slats. we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration when we asked people what they needed and where they needed. lindsey graham met with the president for lunch yesterday. afterwards he...