all of those government workers who have still not gotten the back pay they were owed from last shutdown. later today, president trump heads to el paso for his first campaign rally in three months. literally campaigning for the wall in the shadow of the wall. back in washington, a bipartisan group has been trying to find commound groundcommon ground on issue before the deadline but things do not look good. negotiations are still going on. there are good people on this committee. i have confidence we ll get something done very soon. talks are stalled. i m hoping we can get out later today or in the morning because time s ticking away. biggest sticking point is money for the wall. the president bapted 5.7 billion
50/50. the problem is that the politics have changed but it s not clear anything else has. the president told the journal he doubts he would settle for anything less than 5.7 billion bucks for, guess what, his and only his big beautiful wall. he also said it would not include citizenship for dreamers coupling it, quote, a separate subject. on the other side, democrats have talked about border security enhancements. but they re still opposed to the physical wall. if what happens then the president, he s got three options. he can sign another cr he can declare a national emergency and try to build the wall that way. or he can shut down the government again i want to bring in nbc s geoff bennett at the white house and msnbc s garrett haake on capitol hill i want to start with you how is thisnew committee going to come up with a deal in 18
doable. the president has also offered what his administration is portraying as a potential concession. the surge has never been stronger and we have to build a wall or we have to wildbuild a barrier. can be of steel increditkrestea concrete. we don t have to build it. ask the republican who got re-elected in texas. whether it s steel or concrete, the president isn t backing down with his demand for a total of 5.7 billion bucks for this wall. but in the latest proposal, he did seem to offer a token gesture to democrats and others saying he wants $800 million to go to humanitarian needs and he also wants $4 billion for detention beds and another is.3 billion for immigration judges and border security and all of that is in addition to the money he wants for his big, as he puts it, beautiful wall. all of this is coming after two days of talks between vice