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Border wall, but what he wants to the move is a seemingly moving target. and joining us is ali who spent two years on the trump campaign and new analysis of how the president's comments on the wall match up to what he is doing today. hey, ali. >> we have all heard the president's demands for the wall or the government shutdown, and that is a different promise he has made over and over again to the voters since 2016. >> are you big border people? >> fewer things are less trump than this. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico. >> not even a doubt. >> reporter: the indelible promise that...

Reuters. i want to pick up, jeff, with where ali left off. how does it complicate matters when the president is asking for a constantly moving target? >> well, it is a good question. in some ways, it complicates it for himself, because it is some fodder to the democrats, and ali cited what nancy pelosi has said in terms of kind of jibing him a little bit about moving the the goalposts or changing the rhetoric about the wall. that said, it is also very clear from his tweets today and from what sarah sanders has been saying over the past few days and in general from the white house position sinc...

Component of the security is ill timed, misplaced and passed t t continuing resolution and get through the year and then get to that debate. >> and so there is a twitter storm of sorts that the president is going to consider closing the southern border if he is not getting funding for the wall. and a, what is the consequences of a move like that? what are you reacting to, congressman fosh congressman, for the president's threat of closing that southern border if he does not get the funding? >> well, it is a threat, and he is trying to raise more awareness and sort of gauge what kind of public ...

Is way for the president to potentially figure out to say that mexico is paying for the wall, because it is clear among all of this that mexico is not go going to pay for the wall in a traditional sense. now, the president may be able to backend it by saying, look, we have cut a much better nafta deal, and so therefore they are paying, and he may be setting the stage for that, and that is why he is introducing the numbers. guys? >> thank you, hans nichols, and we switch over to you, garrett, over at the capital, are the house members showing any sign of going this direction? >> no, we are not ...

Getting a win on the immoral wall but they don't mind the terminology of steel barriers or flat fencing or is it the money when you ruck are talking about $5 billion. >> well, both. and whether the president wants to call it a wall, fencing, including technology and human monitoring, and this debate and discussion and ultimately decision ought to be made in the context of comprehensive immigration reform such as pathways to citizenship for dreamers and daca recipients and those in the country on the temporary protective status. we should look at the lottery system and family reunification and ...