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Welcome back. we're standing by for white house briefing. we'll take you there when it happens. getting everyone in the republican party to row in the same direction, seems to be hard at the moment. the second most powerful republican in the senate is making it harder for the president to live around his signature campaign promise building the wall. why? money and says it won't work. john corning of texas said quote, i have concerns about spending offset money which adds to the debt, period. i don't think we'll be able to solve border security with a physical barrier because people can come ar...

With their name saying we can't afford it and it may not work. >> reporter: absolutely. i was surprised when i was talking to a cross section of the moderates who say this is way too big of a price tag. the republican leaders like john cornyn of texas as well as other pr prominent voices like bob corker of tennessee that they believe the cost, which is republican leadership is estimating could cost between 12 billion to $15 billion is too steep of a price to pay especially if it's not offset by corresponding spending cuts. what we're hearing from the administration and house speaker paul ryan ...

>> give me data on that. >> asking americans if gun violence had gone up or down. majority of americans thought gun violence was up when it was down 50%. >> we have too little data to cover this story effectively? >> many media outlets don't use the data we have. that's a problem. >> i guess maybe what we can all agree upon is there's no common ground here. very little common ground and language. is that fair to say? >> no there is common ground. that's what's so disappointing. you hear it from democrats and republicans alike after most tragedies that we need to talk more about mental health. ...

Strategy to not debate any of these issues because the nra doesn't want any movement on these issues is not true. there's a bill in the senate introduced by republican john corning that has the nra backing to expand mental health checks. the nra is responsible for getting background checks as opposed to five-day waiting periods. the nra has been willing to help inform and construct meaningful legislation that it knows it can help get passed through congress. under this administration, however, it's been impossible when the president routinely calls out the nra after every shooting as the probl...

The taxpayers but they are $3.3 billion in paying their own taxes. they include 714 capitol hill workers and 36 in the white house. nearly 3.5% of federal workers and retirees owe back taxes which is a lower percentage than the public at large. the agency with the most, the department of veterans affairs. the va's health care and administrative woes are all over the news but their fiscal decisions have earned plenty of criticism as well. the washington free beacon reported the department has spent almost $500 million on furniture and draperies over the last four and a half years. republican se...