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Virginia, collin alred from texas, districts that hillary clinton won but the republican was the incumbent. those democrats are starting to say, we are for border security. are we painted into a corner here because of this stance that pelosi and schumer have taken? if the democrats cannot increase their offer, if they re at 1.6 billion, if they can increase their offer, they don t want to appear to be negotiating with themselves, if the president is not moving in their direction, we thought for a while, before mike pence cut the legs out from under mike pence, hey, what about 2.5? instead the president said no, it s 5.7 billion. so he actually increased his demand. so for democrats at a certain point, they have to wonder, does it behoove them in districts like the one you described at a ....
yes. dana: thanks, jonna. thank you. dana: the part government shut down will be one for the record books. it will go on for more than 21 days with congress likely done for the work. the hold-up, wall funding. mike emanuel is live with more. good afternoon. this afternoon the house republican, steve scalise, blasted top democrats for not being willing to negotiate with president trump over border security. a dollar is not a serious counter offer. the. has had multiple meetings at the white house and continued to extend and invitation that whenever there is a serious counter offer that can be backed up with how it can secure or border, if that is the operative of the other side, can the gentleman from maryland share with me when that counter offer will be made? the house majority leader expressed concern about the anxiety being caused for the ....
Furloughed federal employees. not a word about 800,000 people that are not getting their salaries. not a word of the financial instability that he s subjecting the people to, he being the president of the united states. here being held hostage for the ransom of what they believe doing the right thing to do on border security. the house did approve a bill to provide back pay to federal workers once the shut down is over. a texas republican says those on the front line of the illegal immigration fight should not be punished. if we re going to talk about border security, the brave men and women on the ground evidencery day securing our border should get paid. border security and immigration has been a contentious issue a long time. the only way we solve big problems here in washington is by working together. maryland democrat chris van ....
Brought to the united states. they don t come through visas and legal documents. they re the young girl brought here by her boyfriend or romantic partner and working in a brothel. it s the nanny that comes here believing she s going to work for a family and working without pay and under sub standard conditions. it s the person that is coming here with a professional degree believing he s going to work in the capacity of computer specialists and cleans hotel rooms for little pay. dana: so your thoughts on border security in the united states. from your perspective, you think it s not necessary to have more physical barriers because you re saying most of the problem is continuing through legal points of entry? we believe a legal wall is not effective. we need common sense solutions. dana: and what is that? people are looking for that. one of the things is addressing the bureaucratic ....
Down but you get the headline you want. in this case, the president would get cover to reopen the government. dana: this weekend we have democratic hopefuls for presidential candidates in 2020 headed to iowa. that would be the first caucus state. what do they do when they get there to talk about border security? are they going far left to capture that attention? if you re near a pizza ranch anywhere in iowa, brace yourself. the salad bar will get busier. the truth for democrats, the activists there talking to in iowa want the hardest, most absolutely intransigent line on this question, not a penny more. they re with pelosi. that s what they want to hear. for other states and the general election, they can t paint themselves in to that corner that you talked about earlier, this is a problem that democrats face. how do you run for president when donald trump is better at manipulating the media environment than anybody else and you re going to find ....