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Foot tall wall system with lighting and roads and technology that's a new wall, 52 miles of that new wall system has been built, another 52 miles is on track to be built and within 18 months a total of 205 miles of new wall will be built and if we could get d&d funding that will be another 250 miles. >> that is tied up in a court battle as so many of the president's policies are. i want to talk about the young man born in dallas who says he was held for 23 days in a facility, francisco edwin goalie seattle the dallas morning news it was inhumane how they treated us. i was ready to sign a depor...

Taken all together, that is a very bad, misleading statement. he also jumped on to this thing that he's been battling over and over again. el paso had a giant crime problem, they put up a big wall and it ended. >> when the wall went up, was it better? you were there, some of you. it was not only better, it was like 100% better. >> go to el paso, you will see they have a giant barrier and wall system there right now. and yes, they did have a giant spike in crime. it went way up and it did come way down. here's the problem. the wall was built down in this area. all of this had already happened. ...

The professional on the border knows a wall system intended not to prevent the entry. msnbc jacob soboroff is live in texas. >> reporter: it is not something that i associate with the president now we have a few one to add to the list and these were seen for the first time. what this wall, steel slabs, the president said of his choice. it is capable of being sliced through eye a saw. dhs tested all prototypes and i have seen all of them. we have not seen what those

Congressman eric swalwell. let's talk brass tacks as a democrat getting this done. some of your party, congressman -- and i mentioned kildee from michigan -- are ready to do a deal. what is the sticking point. is that your leadership? >> is whether we are governed by facts or fear. we followed the facts, they show at that, yes, we have undocumented individuals coming across our border. but there is a net outflow of undocumented individuals leaving our country. let's increase border patrol agents, let's deploy technology, let's put fencing and barriers where vulnerabilities are. a sea to shinin...

Happen. that is something we need to address as well. >> harris: i am specifically getting to presidential power. because if there is an emergency of the border, there are some things with the president can do that are quite different than waiting for congress to get its act together. i will let you answer that, and i've another quick follow-up. >> i would submit that the president should do that. i would think that this president will do that, if he deems it to be a crisis. and if the secretary of homeland security advises him on that, i suspect he will listen. spew one you know , i've been w...