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Accept or not accept. he's in a box in terms of being able to negotiate on many of these issues. how much is acceptable to the president on disaster relief? that's tough to predict. what will he accept in terms of a border wall or security? i think leader schumer made a forward-leading offer on friday and he rejected it. i think ultimately what matters is senator schumer and mcconnell can come to an agreement that each trusts is a commitment that we will address all of these issues by a time certain. >> senator, could you vote for a bill that fully funded the president's border wall? >> you kn...

And we did. and we, obviously, passed it in the house and moved it forward. >> he called you to say the house needs to get it done. don't stand in the way. >> correct. >> the deal that even senator schumer is talking about. he did a press conference that said we have major disagreements right outside the white house. so it's in his own words. you don't have to look at the president's words. senator schumer is there. you know, we've got very serious senators over there, but they're not making serious offers. and really what we're talking about right now is immigration. but that's not in the con...

>> and schumer said you can have your wall. >> according to senator schumer it's a seven-year deal of $20 billion. and when you look at the seven-year deal, senator schumer can't even give that. you can't bind one congress to the next on an appropriations that takes on an annual process. >> you're saying schumer was saying, okay, we'll pay for the wall but over seven years. you may not be in office. >> a down payment on the wall is not the wall. but that's only one-third of what this president has asked for. he asked for it in the china migration. >> family migration. >> into diversity lottery...

Also, also before he made promises to senator collins and flake about voting they'll have. he's not bargaining in good faith. >> senator schumer held the line here. he's under a lot of pressure with the anti-trump sentiment. he said i'm going listen to you and fight. i'm not going to back down and sign on to the bill. do you think that ultimately that was the right decision? >> i think so. i kind of wish we would have framed it in the broader sense of the budget. why are we here right now? we're here right now because the republicans have not been able to pass a budget. and within the budget a...

That you wanted, and yet we don't seem to have the right kind of movement or signal from the white house. and he really didn't give us much in terms of specifics, except, as you know, he indicated that the campaign candidate trump was far different than president trump. and he really tried to minimize in that meeting that we were really talking about a 20 to $30 billion 2000-mile structure, a wall. and so, as you know, it changes every single day. >> congresswoman, do you agree with luis gutierrez and with chuck schumer? do you think that the wall should be built if dreamers can stay here? >> ...