according to the dea's national drug threat assessment, most of the drugs are smuggled through ports of entry. even john kelly made this fact clear in april of 2017 while he was homeland security secretary. >> tell us what are the most important metrics we need to be cognizant of. >> another metric would be the ports of entry which is another discussion that we can certainly can have here, but the amount of drug that's come through. >> all right, i want to bring in tom perez, chair of the democratic national committee, thank you for being with us. >> tom, let's talk about this. the president and whether or not he has movement on this, he is getting dug in on his message