to defeat these transnational gangs we must fully and completely secure the border. that means more law enforcement, closing legal loopholes, ending catch and release, ending sanctuary cities and finishing the border wall. heather: donald trump stressing the importance of securing our borders as a bipartisan border committee releases the much-anticipated funding bill overnight. will the new proposal tackle the threats at the southern border. joining us to discuss is former tucson police officer brandon tatum. great to have you with us to respond to this, appreciate it. happy valentine s day. heather: we will see if the president shows bipartisan border deal any love. you know firsthand the issues and problems we have at the border in terms of securing it.
to defeat these national gangs, we must completely seal the border, ending catch and release, ending sanctuary cities and finishing the border wall which we will do, which we will do. we re very far along. building a lot of it right now as we speak. the wall is very, very on its way. it s happening as we speak. we re building as we speak. they are actually building some wall. it s six miles, six. while the president was trying to convince himself of his success he hadn t mentioned any of the hardships felt by the people on the wrong end of his shutdown. senator mark warner shared these numbers, 62% of federal workers depleted all or most of their savings, 42% took on debt and 25% visited a food bank. now the only people left behind in all this mess that was all
i m afraid the answer is nothing. the president calls all this destruction, all these ridiculous distractions, all this economic financial loss for nothing. republicans are going to pretend like the em porer is standing before them fully clothed. here s kevin mccarthy trying out some spin earlier today. just a few weeks ago, nancy pelosi said only $1 for the wall. the president is getting 55 new miles of wall and barrier inside this bill. i view this as a down payment. but the president still has more tools in his toolbox. he can go and grab more money, finish the wall but the most important thing here, is the wall is being built. meanwhile president trump was back in his comfort zone bragging about his wall that is not being built. to defeat these national gangs, we must completely seal the border, ending catch and
and you saw this. federal prosecutors secured a conviction against the leader of the cartel, joaquin guzman or el chapo. he s now looking at a lifetime behind bars. i have to say the prosecutors did an incredible job. eastern district. incredible job. a lot of people did a great job with that. but to defeat these trans national gangs, we have to security the border. that means more law enforcement, closing legal loop holes, ending catch and release and ending sanctuary cities and finishing the border wall, which we will do. which we will do. we re very far along. building a lot of it right now as we speak. as we review the new proposals from congress, i can promise you this.
fix this problem and close the legal loopholes like ending catch and release and giving our border agents the authority to detain, it becomes a problem. we are stuck with what we are seeing on the border, we need the funding necessary. martha: let me ask, we know in the past a lot of these individuals have been supportive of the secured border act. she came out of the meeting and said this sassy comment, she said for the president it s a manhood thing for him, as if manhood can be associated with him this wall thing, what s your reaction to that? i m disappointed with the comment, there s no need to belittle the president like she did. at the end of the day our focus is to find a solution to the border crisis and this president has been committed day one to ensuring that we are able to ensure we push forward legal immigration, merit-based immigration, instead of having