but, for those people, if you don t have a wall system, we re not going to have a country. laura: is he back on the construction site today. i loved it joining us now for reaction is the ceo who submitted one of those prototypes, fisher sand and gravel ceo tommy fisher joins us from phoenix. okay, fisher sand and gravel. you guys have been in business for, i don t know, since 1952. it s a family run company. and what was it like to have the president check out the prototype today? it was a great honor for myself and all the employees and hopefully my dad looking down from heaven to see where we have come to. to have that opportunity to demonstrate to the president and all the people of america what we are capable of building, it was just a great honor. and i would also like to thank your commitment and determination to keep border security front and center with all your viewers as well, laura. laura: absolutely. i want to play a sound bite. this is the president, you know, he was
laura: i love it. not taking sides which prototypes is best this is why you are a good businessman. how many jobs are we talking and really quick what types of jobs are these good paying jobs? only american products and only americans workers, right. all-american with all-american grit. we probably if we did the big project, the 700 miles you are talking thousands of jobs with us and our partners. the smaller job, probably 1,000 jobs. but here s the big differences. our product and our patent pending system does not need cranes. when we go into the mountains, laura in 30 minutes you could be running one of our escalators and pull back wall forms you would see 30 feet of perfect wall built. laura: tommy fisher. fisher sand and gravel. fabulous with the president out there on the project. i have a question, should president trump send federal troops to sanctuary cities? that seems wild, right? well, we are going to debate it directly
next hour. now back to d.c. hey, brian. brian: all right. hey, jill yam. great job. 24 after the hour. the theme of the president s first state of the union address will be building a safe and strong and proud america. ainsley: the president is looking to make good on one of the biggest campaign promises building that border wall. steve: here to tell us what he hopes to hear about the wall tonight is tommy fisher. tommy is the president and ceo of fisher sand and gravel which was one of the companies selected to build a border wall prototype. tommy, thanks so much for joining us today. thanks for having me. brian: president wants 24 billion to build a wall. how much do you need if he chooses you? we can get after it right away on the original budget. we put a proposal in for first 700 miles. 10.77 billion. that s every square inch of the border through the mountains and everywhere else to give complete protection. brian: what state. all of california, arizona and new mexico and a
paperwork later on today down in tallahassee. and that man lost an election but became mayor anyway. tom nelson, the guy right there, sworn in as the mayor of laurel, montana after the mayor elect didn t show up to the ceremony. dave wagner won november s election against nelson but never quit his other job to take office. the city council then forced to appoint mr. nelson. all right. ainsley, an exclusive. ainsley: that s right. an exclusive interview. you will be interested so keep your tvs on. the border wall remains the top priority for administration. four companies in the running to build the wall. one of them is called fisher sand and gravel. tommy fisher is the president and ceo out of arizona. and he joins us now. flew in to new york with this exclusive interview. tommy, thank you so much for joining us. what was your reaction when you got a call saying you re one of the top four companies, you could be chosen to build this wall? all the employees at fisher industries were v