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>> i think he made the right decision. he is unhappy the cost estimates, they've got some higher priorities in the short term. we've got priorities the existing border that is in serious repair. they're going to need a wall and with the real costs of that are going to be. let's focus on getting the budget for the balance of the year. this budget that we are talking about will go through september 31st, even if they have that $1.5 billion in the budget for the balance of the year, it's highly unlikely that there will be much of any new wall built by september 30th. let's get the government fund...

>> i value lives and injuries the same way, tom, that courts and judges and juries do every day. >> nbc's tom costello joining us now. give us a better sense. you spoke to kenneth feinberg. what did he tell you about the payoffs and how to determine who's worth what, i guess you could say? >> that's a very difficult question as he said. here's the deal, though. you have got an untold number, an unknown number right now of dead and an unknown number of injured. they'll start submitting the claims on august 1st. they have to have them submitted by september 31st and the payout could be anywhere ...

Point out how bad it is, we can make a stronger case for ultimately replacing it. we're making progress at the votes we're having and going to bring specifics to the country and let democrats in the house of representatives get to choose on these individual provisions whether they stand with the american people or standing with the law that's going to be a train wreck. >> i have a rub with -- the continued resolution of funds of government and the debt ceiling, continuing resolution expires the end of september and the debt ceiling we're pushing up against and in spite of that, members of cong...

Know, look, there's time, but he's got to get moving. >> i was going to say, there's time, but there's not that much time, 69 days, and, yes, i'm counting, i have the calendar, i rip off the day. i won't let you go without talking about president obama on "the tonight show." let's play a clip and we'll come back and talk about it. >> have you been watching the gop debate? >> i'm going to wait until everybody's voted off the island. once they narrow it down to one or two, i'll start paying attention. >> okay. so, a very good line. but we know that this president is monitoring the race, right? >...