dossier document. the same shift that now lied to the committee that adam shift chairs. the house select intelligence committee that i m on. on his own standard he needs to come forward. adam can t be the one previeding over that. congressman, let me switchgears. you voted against this funding deal? i did. why? because the president as commander and chief said he needed 5.7 billion dollars to fulfill his primary role securing the integrity of our borders to provide for the common defense. congress gave him a quarter of that $1.4 billion. i m not going to support that but i will support the president, again, meeting his constitutional obligation.
this weekend and can attest that what we need is not a wall but 21st century technology, port infrastructure, additional trained personnel and humanitarian assistance. house democrats will continue to oppose funding for a costly and unnecessary wall that does not make us safer or address the humanitarian challenges on our border. we should note, though, jon, that we are told that democrats are open to the idea of funding barriers in certain locations along the border. that number of funding or the amount would be far less than the 5.7 billion dollars the president s demanded, somewhere in the range of 1 to 2 billion dollars is more likely. now, if negotiators cannot reach a deal by tomorrow, what we will likely see is a short-term spending bill, a continuing resolution passed so that we don t have another shutdown when the government runs out of money on friday. jon? jon: it doesn t sound like anybody is in the mood for that. garrett tenney at the white house, thank you. be sure to
policy but it s not a policy. it s become so much bigger than just a 5.7 billion dollar project. if he cannot get the wall, it s determine by that he has failed and for republicans, too, it s become so symbolic of something much longer that they can no longer afford to give in they owned washington, they could pass anything they wanted to pass and during that time lindsey graham, who is now aing this is all that matters, lindsay sid you had one roar effectively i would say turned this into a referendum not on bored are security but on
people going to the border to deal with the caravans and er t erecting barriers. if the democrats won t give him but a dollar for the wall and we cut his legs out from under him what is he to do? martha: 60% oppose the ball. 60% support border security. the wall is hard to define. a concrete barrier most people don t support. barriers that make sense a lot of support. shutting the government down was not the right way too build the wall. the 5.7-billion dollars is what it costs to take the top 10 locations for a barrier and build it. we didn t make that number up. you ask the border patrol, they
thanks to my panel thanks to all of you for watching. we hope to see you right here next week. hello everyone shutdown is over for now. but the uncertainty remains. as toe whether the federal government will function at 100% for more than three weeks. president signs off on bill yesterday that does not include money or for his proposed wall. welcome to the new hour of america s news headquarters. hi everyone. welcome i m eric shawn. president trump is continuing to hint, though, what he may declare a national emergency at our southern border. if congress has not given the the 5.7 billion dollars toward a barrier and a the funds for the wall. most in thes including house speaker nancy pelosi, well they re sticking to their stance of not including any money or