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>> harris: this was a huge point for then candidate donald trump, the wall. the trump administration has announced the completion of eight different border wall prototypes. private contractors spent the past month putting them together, building them out, u.s. customs and border protection have unveiled the mock-ups and it happened just moments ago, they are alive from san diego, this is a big moment, an important moment. walk and talk us through it. >> that is the past, that's the old offense. you can cut right through it. this is the future, 30-foot monsters and i want you to take a look at ...

Wall prototypes are nearing completion. so far the models have cost the government up to $500,000 each, and that's just for mock-ups. these are roughly 30x30 feet. part of the the border remains completely open with no word on who will pay for the actual wall. we sent msnbc's jacob soboroff to tijuana, mexico, across the border from where some of those prototypes are being built. what do you see? >> reporter: you make a really good point. these border wall prototypes are not funded by congress. they are not funded by mexico, despite the power with which -- the strength with which the president...

We're on the mexican side because you can't actually look at these from the american side. they're set far away from where the public can be to avoid protests like we saw at standing rock. border patrol took me to get an up-close look. take a look. just east of san diego between the two existing border fences, mock-ups of president trump's proposed border walls are coming together. >> what are we looking at. >> there are a total of eight prototypes four constructed out of concrete and four out of alternate material. >> these are pretty tall. >> 18 to 30 feet tall. >> the trump administration m...

The border. hey, jacob, what you got? >> reporter: hallie, the reason we are on the mexican side of the border, it is virtually impossible to see these from the american side. border protection has kept people at a far distance on purpose. basically to prevent people from getting too close. they expect a big protest, they didn't quite get those. what this is here is the vietnam-era landing strips called the primary fence, put up in the '90s. people jump over it, like 70 people a day go over it. those are president trump's prototype border walls to try to stop that entirely. will it? that's the...

>> this week secretary rex tillerson said the united states and china are at a pivot point in history. >> we test this relationship through things like the situation in north korea and where we have differences in the south china sea and trading differences that need to be addressed. can we work through those differences in a way without leading to open conflict? >> just one day after north korea's record-setting missile test china conducted a series of missile tests of its own firing 20 missiles at mock-ups of u.s. thaad missile launchers and f-22 fighter jets in what officials officials say ...