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>> the agreement is a reasonable compromise. it provides additional funding for smart, effective border security. it does not fund the president's wall, but it does fund smart border security initiatives that both parties have always supported. including increased security at our ports of entry and humanitarian assistance of the border. >> the bill itself is more than 1100 pages look dolomite, so lawmakers and other aids or giving it a read. a number of senators sound inclined to support it so far. >> i will say that based on the examination i have had time to do so far, i think my colleagues ...

Off of this idea as hakeem jefferies put it. >> dana: he's already said he's not going to do a wall across the whole border but there are places that need it. in addition i'm sure the president should agree that there would be more security at the ports. he doesn't want drugs coming in that way either. >> that's right. so i hope that we are in a new place with this white house. let me give you a good example about what we mean by effective border security. former secretary johnson was telling us about a steel portion of an existing wall on our southern border. cartels blasted through it and we...

Member of congress on later on the show and how that's going. the president put it at less than 50% chance. do you get any other sense in washington? >> well, just talking to people, democrats and republican, they don't think money is the problem. they think it's the implication and where we are where we are. i think you're getting a coalition of democrats stepping forward saying they're ready to do something significant on border security. they've already voted for much more than they're being asked before. now it is about giving president trump a victory. they're not willing to do that. they...

Up in this conference committee. >> dana: sounds then -- i think the president would agree with that. is the issue going to be, $5 billion. if he wants to spend that $5 billion on actual barriers, actual security, is that something democrats will vote for? >> i think what we're looking for, what is the concrete plan? what is it that the president and the white house and this administration are looking for? and we know that, yes, there are existing bare kwrers on our border. but how can we really improve immigration? we know one of those key areas is more immigration judges are needed to help p...