very important, we could see some movement and certainly some changes. jason: ronna and gianno, thank you s very much. i think you are right. i think sean duffy s comments were spot on and the president needs to talk specifically about what is happening and why it is so important to secure t the border.wh while president trumpmp remained steadfast on a plan for the southern border wall, the health situation there continues to be a serious issue. u.s. customs and border patrol protection will now perform medical checks on every child ih its custody after an 8-year-old boy from guatemala died in cbp custody. this tragic death came after two separate trips to the hospital for what was initially believed to be a severe cold. now,d. as the cbp works to addrs the critical health issues faced by those who made the long, arduous journey to the united states, many in the mainstream media are busy assigning blame as fast as they can. instead of warning about the serious risks posed by this typ
immigration problem is a crisis, we are going to solve it, and he is not going to blink and democrats need to come to the table and fix this problem. it is their job and the american people, the more they learn about whatop is happening at the border, are going to support the president in this issue. jason: gianno, quickly, then president is fighting the establishment, not only in washington, d.c., but also the media as well. how do you see the shutdown playing out? it certainly is going to take democrats coming to the table. do they have any incentive to come to the table? like rush limbaugh said, not until january 3rd, they have no incentive. they want to make a power play here. but it s the individuals that the coalition groups continue to put the pressure on the democrats, we continue to make the case, i like what congressman duffy said. if president trump gets in front of the cameras and does an address to the country, stating
states of america and it is our sacred obligation. we have no choice. laura: joining me now are two republicans engaged in this site. steve scalise and congressman sean duffy of wisconsin. fox s chief political correspondent ed hen try joins us too. congressman scalise you had the votes but the senate looks shaky. are we headed today a shutdown tomorrow? i think it was important today. when nancy pelosi was in the oval office with the president and chuck schumer and she said mr. president you don t have the votes in the house to fund the wall and today we put up a massive vote with a large margin of republicans that said we re going to stand with this president, fund the wall and we gave him serious leverage in whatever negotiations he s going to have with the senate. they have to confront this issue knowing we have the president s back at the house. laura: a lot of my listeners are watching and thinking how
is that you have republicans like bob corker, bob corker told fox tonight he s retiring from tennessee, he s already driving home from tennessee. we talked to sources inside the white house who tell me, think about it, put yourself in the shoes of president trump. he was told that we will repeal and replace obamacare. he was told that will have wall funding. if you go down the list, and a lot of these priorities, he actually won on that in 2016. and, of president trump standing up against canada and the dairy farmers in congressman duffy s district wouldn t have helped in wisconsin. time and again the presidents
like bob corker, you mentioned there s not a lot of traffic, bob corker told fox tonight he s retiring from tennessee, he s already driving home. laura: that s a disgrace will they be pulled back because of wall funding? we ll see. someone inside the white house said think about it, put yourself in the shoes of president trump, he was told we re going to repeal and replace obama care, wall funding, out of afghanistan and siraj wahhaj once we defeated isis, a lot of priorities he didn t just campaign on and promise but he won on in 2016 he hasn t been able to follow-up on. look at the tariffs, people inside the white house remind me establishment republicans tell the president don t do it. but for president trump standing up against canada, the dairy farmers, in congressman duffy s district wouldn t have been helped in wisconsin laura: time and again the