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They don't have the authority. but for 37 miles on the gold water range in arizona, where they could build some fencing. that's it. that's the only authority the defense department has and they never sent over a request to do so, last i checked. he said the defense department will build it, which he can't. he said mexico will pay for it. he says a lot of things that simple areny aren't factual and no sense. >> congressman, i remember when you announced your retirement you said frustration with the president was one reason, one of many reasons, for you to retire. as you're sitting here today, a...

Acting chief of staff mick mulvaney said yesterday. >> none of that is mexico paying for the wall. you and i both know it can't work like that, i can't spend any money, the department of homeland security can't spend money from mexico, we have to get it from the treasury. >> it doesn't actually work like that, says mick mulvaney. i watched that thinking, do you think it would change the dynamic of this whole thing if the president would just once and for all admit, acknowledge, say, that he knows that mexico isn't going to pay for it? >> that would certainly help. it was absurd to state in the...

Shouldn't happen. >> do you -- he was, though, confirmed in his current post right now, he was confirmed 92-7 by the senate. >> yes. >> either the senate isn't doing their job or this is a different job, if you will, maybe from your perspective. why doesn't the fact that he was confirmed 92-7 bring you any comfort? >> well, i hearken back to the hearing. senator mccain raised very serious concerns about the revolving door, and said so in the hearing. ultimately he did come around to vote for it, quite probably for what you just said, which is the job really has to do with inside management iss...

President trump says that he's received assurances from turkey's president that turkey will finish the job, if you will, and eradicate isis from syria. should the president be taking turkey's word for it? >> well, it's far more complex than eradicating isis. you now have turkey invading syria. you have turkey quite probably attacking the kurds, who carried out work for the united states in eradicating isis from syria, all those things. now clearly things are being upset with regard to saudi arabia. i would assume that israel is having a fit, going oh, my goodness, now the door is open for iran...

Billion without construction plans as to where the wall will be, what this spiked fence will be or whether it's just a cyclone fence? we need to know. we wouldn't give the military money for a garage unless they told us exactly how they would spend it. and we shouldn't let the president do that either. beyond that, we do need a comprehensive solution to this. we need drones. we need aerial surveillance. we need better ports of entry. we need to be able to review not one out of five cars that pass but every car that passes through. >> looks like that might have to be a debate for the next congr...