full border security in this year end funding bill. this is not a dramatic request. this is mainstream common sense. how can you fund the government and not fund border security? >> you're a close observer to what's going on. he hasn't gotten the $5 billion for the border wall. the democrats are about to become the majority in the house of representatives. are you willing to come up with some sort of compromise right now to prevent 900,000 federal workers including 400,000 or 500,000 law enforcement types, they will no longer get their paychecks as of midnight tomorrow night if there's a government shutdown. >> i'm not going to negotiate on air, but i would answer that simply. if democrats don't want the government to shut down, support border security. it's that simple. i heard earlier you were discussing the steel slat barrier. what that's referring to is the border patrol's preferred method of building a physical impediment to illegal entry which are -- >> are you talking to democrats