The physical barrier at the southern border. President trump i can tell you its not going to be open until we have a wall or fence or whatever they would like to call it. The people of this country want Border Security. Its not a question of me, id rather not be doing shutdowns. President trump of course told democrats in the oval office that not long ago he would be proud to shut down the government over the wall and would take the blame for it. We know white house gave the democrats a counteroffer last week, between the 5 billion dollar the white house wants for Border Security and the 1. 3 billion the white house says democrats are currently offering. Congressional democrats say they dont know where the white house stands and they really dont know what President Trump wants House Minority leader told usa today this. He says we are going to build a wall with cement and mexico will pay for it. While he has backed off of the cement he is down to a beaded curtain now or something. Im no
Troops and praising their efforts in the fight against isis. The other reason im here today is to personally thank you and every Service Member throughout the region for the near elimination of the isis territorial caliphate in iraq and in syria. I looked at a map and two years ago, it was a lot of red all over the map. Now you have a couple little spots and thats happening very quickly. Dana the president adding that he has no plans to pull troops out of iraq and says no country can be used as a staging area to strike islamic state. This comes after President Trump announced hes withdrawing troops out of syria, depending the move saying a lot of people are going to come around to my way of thinking. We shall see if that happens. Its kind of fun for the troops, right . Very moving experience to see the commander in chief. They looked like they appreciated it. In your experience in the bush administration, how far in advance to they have to plan these things . Dana a lot. Tom it was in
Winter mess this christmas. Parts of the region already cord with snow. A santa claus proposees to his mrs. Claus he met 40 years ago. Popping the question while in costume. That man has been playing santa since he was 13 years old. Im hearing sleigh bells im seeing snow ive waited all year, baby brian i cannot believe im listening to a Christmas Song for the first time. I have never heard that song before by kelly clarkson. Griff she is great. Lisa cant miss it, right . Griff i even brought a santa hat. This plays a part in the day, i think. Brian hold it or not wear it or are you going to wear it. Lisa you did just have your hair done. Griff our Makeup Artist is going to be mad. Merry christmas. You have got to get in the spirit. This is it. His got to fluff it up its to the side. Brian you brought your whole family here. Griff i brought two teenage daughters up. Lisa bless your heart, griff. Brian recheck the griff debt ceiling. Lisa you will need a lot in new york. Brian there was
Spend 285 million a year. Dana mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. What more do we know about this white house meeting with Senate Republicans . Reporter well, dana, i have been told a key focus going in in terms of strategy was to say when they are successful, they focus on the democrats and battling the democrats and not focusing on our senate rules. There were nine Senate Republicans in the oval office today with President Trump talking about this government funding showdown according to a source familiar. Collins, cruz, fisher, grassley, langford, mcconnell, murkowski and purdue. I asked the georgia senator about the tone in the oval office. We heard a president today thats willing to negotiate. Weve also seen that over the last five to seven days. This is all about the democrats backing up from negotiated agreements theyve had. What we should be doing is go to the senate floor and vote this bill. Reporter but there are no signs the Senate Democratic leader is willing to budge. P