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Doesn't relate to mexico, per se, but the president signed an executive order today that will limit all refugees, frankly, not allow any refugees for 120 days and maybe longer for syria. aren't walls an effective means of stemming the refugee crisis for certain european nations who otherwise would be overrun with the population they can't control? >> yes. they could be. unless you could just put in place a border which stops immigration from certain countries. i'm not saying these are not worthy solutions because buy some breathing time is probably a good idea in a lot of these circumstances. ...

And he feels -- he and i think the people around him, they feel like dhchina has played an utte he destructive game. >> i'll take the bait. is it possible that he's beating up on mexico, defenseless mexico so as to send a message to putin tomorrow? >> that would be a lovely thought. but the reason why i think that's not so is that in their minds, not in the minds of anybody who thinks about foreign policy seriously, china bad, russia good. so no, i don't think he's trying to send a message to putin. that's a separate conversation we can have about what he's going to say to putin. >> you come b...

Call it the trump wall. >> reporter: the border between the united states and mexico stretches nearly 200 miles. nearly 700 miles is already covered with some form of border wall or steel fencing, but donald trump wants more. >> on day one we will begin working on an impenetrable physical, tall, powerful, beautiful southern border wall. >> of course it can be done. >> reporter: professional michael dear is an expert in city and regional planning and the author of the book "why walls don't work." >> a large concrete structure which might be 25 feet high which will be very intense in resources a...

Balance this program with voices from all sides. and just last april we held a focus group in philadelphia made up of voters who had changed their registration to republican so they could vote in the primary. here are some highlights. >> i truly believe he cares about us. i have always been a proud american. i'm tired of apologizing for being a proud american. >> he started saying things like the wall, like immigration. >> some of those folks are back tonight to see what they think of the new president. jimmy fin and jerry and marylou zimmer. all right, guys. it's only a week. maybe it's unfai...

>> i'm giving him an a-minus. >> why the minus? >> hillary's still walking free and the clintons are still hoarding and stealing money. >> nrd, you really didn't want her locked up. >> i want it to be proven. let her go to the old folks home afterwards, that's fine instead of the prison, but the facts need to come out. >> jim fin, what's the grade? >> michael, i give him an "a." every day i get home from work, i'm wondering what he did today. so i think he's doing a great job. >> i wonder what he did today but maybe not for the same reasons you're wondering. but it hasn't been dull, that's for...