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They're at and how they can move forward. however, the other factor here is that we are told this is a one-year agreem. in the past, these agreements have been for five years. that meanses in a year from now, less than a year from now, actually, the u.s. and south korea will have to sit down to the table again. it will give the u.s. some more negotiating room to get more money for keeping its u.s. forces in south korea, but this agreement right now does ease the anxiety for u.s. officials that were worry ied that presidt trump might use this as a negotiating tool when he comes to the table wit...

Use paychecks and people and essential government services as a negotiating tool. so open the government. at least six of the seven bills which have nothing to do with homeland security, and temporarily pass a homeland security measure so we can negotiate. i believe what you'll see this week is a measure by democrats to pretty dramatically improve border security. the president has talked about drugs coming across the border. indeed, 85% of those drugs are coming through the checkpoints. so we're going to provide a tremendous amount of additional scanning equipment, because a lot of those cars...

Types of negotiations could be on the table if we could bring the democrats back to the table. >> the president could say, okay, i'm open on daca. >> before the shutdown began i brought up daca as a negotiating tool. but everything that happens at the border this is all a part of it as well. the president needs to have a true counter proposal come to the white house. i think talking is very important. >> months before that there were 25 billion dollar for the border

Congress is getting paid? is that like a conversation? >> there is definitely legislation being put forth that i support that congress should not get paid in the event of a future shutdown. more importantly, there is legislation that i believe will emerge that i'll fully support that says a shutdown shouldn't be possible in the future. we cannot allow a shutdown to be a negotiating tool. to bring the country to this form of crisis so that you can get what you want, it's absurd, it should not be allowed, but people would be surprised when they learn a lot of things about congress. they would be...

Of the president's own party voiced skepticism with trump about using his emergency power. >> emergency declaration is something, obviously, that has been kicked around, contemplated but i think, frankly, i'm not crazy about going down that path. >> but some republicans believe he's already made up his mind. >> after listening to the president yesterday, listening to him this morning and listening to speaker pelosi, i think he's going to invoke the national emergency act. >> reporter: declaring a national emergency is still not a sure thing here at the white house, but sources tell us that the...