$5 billion because i m for preserving that daca border security deal. but this is a race to the bottom, to your point. the state of the union stunt yesterday answered by now this pettiness of canceling the military support that all members of congress get that was probably a bipartisan code out but they have to be. and afghanistan is not a public relations event if you call trying to figure out how the troops are i ve been there. that is not where people go to have fun. that is not a public relations event. that is what the president classified it. when i went that is not at the heart of it all is a lie. compromise over a lie. compromise over a policy based on a lie. when do you just say uncle? what do the democrats do here? what is your advice. for me, the democrats need to hold the line. i believe i understand i understand exactly what you re saying. make mcconnell blink. mcconnell has ablink and
and again, i think the only such solution is that daca plus border security compromise. and i don t really see senator mcconnell moving. and part of the story here, steve, is that the country has grown so numb to these shutdown situations. you look at these financial markets. they re kind of ignoring it. i think most americans are ignoring the situation, obviously with the exception of the federal workers who are suffering through this. but the country is so sick of this shutdown drama, so many people don t take it seriously anymore. it s just another example, an indication of how far our politics have fallen in this country. i just think that s totally wrong. that s totally wrong. i just want to get well, one quick thing here i want to follow up on this. realistically, this idea, and again, former congressman curbelo is putting it out there. daca border security deal. in terms of the white house s posture on this. we heard what the president said publicly today. privately, is th
encourage the white house and democrats both in the senate and in the house to negotiate until there is something that s amenable to all parties. and again, i think the only such solution is that daca plus border security compromise. and i don t really see senator mcconnell moving. and part of the story here, steve, is that the country has grown so numb to these shutdown situations. you look at these financial markets. they re kind of ignoring it. i think most americans are ignoring the situation, obviously with the exception of the federal workers who are suffering through this. but the country is so sick of this shutdown drama, so many people don t take it seriously anymore. it s just another example, an indication of how far our politics have fallen in this country. i just think that s totally wrong. that s totally wrong. i just want to get well, one quick thing here i want to follow up on this. realistically, this idea, and again, former congressman curbelo is putting it out
country. i just think that s totally wrong. that s totally wrong. i just want to get well, one quick thing here i want to follow up on this. realistically, this idea, and again, former congressman curbelo is putting it out there. daca border security deal. we heard what the president said publicly today. privately, is there any movement there? there has been at least a rekindling of some discussion. people i talked to close to the white house noticed sean hannity on fox news, who frankly sometimes acts as an unofficial white house spokesman floated this very idea on his show last night. the question was that a threat with the president s blessing or is that his attempt to steer the president a certain way, which we know sometimes advisers to donald trump find the best way to advise him is to do so through television. this is something that the president himself was they were considering this deal remember last year, a similar structure. and then of course as he said today, th
things like visa fees, renegotiation on nafta on what that would mean to our economy. in one way or another, it s possible that we could get the revenue from mexico but not directly from their government. bret: the reason you re at this point with congress is because of the bigger funding, daca border security deal never came through. let me take you back to tuesday. you folks are going to have to come up with a solution. if you do, i m going to sign it. i will take the heat. i don t care. those who think we re going to get away with getting all we want now and we will deal with it later, the dream act population closer to march 5 when their backs are against the wall, that s nuts. somehow by 12:00 on thursday, something happened when i don t think he was well served by his