on the one hand there was trump digging in moments after democratic leaders spoke. >> so we told the president we needed the government open. he resisted. in fact, he said he'd keep the government closed for a very long period of time, months or even years. >> i did say that, absolutely i said that. i don't think it will, but i am prepared and i think i can speak for republicans in the house and republicans in the senate, they feel very strongly about having a safe country, having a border that makes sense. without borders i've said it many times, we don't have a country. >> so there was that, and there was also this. >> you don't need congressional approval to build the wall? >> no, absolutely. we can call a national emergency because of the security of our country, absolutely. no, we can do it. i haven't done it. i may do it. i may do it, but we could call a national emergency and build it very quickly and it's another way of doing it. but if we can do it through a