Democrats in the senate and the house that would get you, the democrats, to compromise on border wall funding . Look, i think that we have offered numerous times to make more extensive investments in Border Security. We want Border Security. Were for Border Security. We dont think the wall works. Clearly the mexicans arent going to pay for it, as was the president s claim, but when you ask me that, yes, i think we could support enhancement to Border Security, bur we dont think the wall is the answer and were not going the agree to that. That does not mean we dont want stronger security. If the president has some stronger border efforts he wants to make, i think we could support those. What do you think of his proposal, instead of a wall he calls it a steel lslat barrier and he tweeted a picture of what he has in mind. Well put it up on the screen right now. Is that a promise . Look, we need to be serious, wolf. Were about to shut down the government of the well, actually, a portion of
from other places as well. he talked about reducing the force in south korea, a decision that general mattis vehemently opposed. of course, mattis is gone now. is that after afghanistan the next target? let s see what happens to u.s. troops in japan and germany as well. senator jim cardin is joining us right now, a top democrat on the floor. thank you for joining us. i want to get to secretary mattis and the syrian withdrawal in a moment. first, you reaction to a last-minute attempt for a deal by your senate colleagues on the looming government shutdown. tell us about that. what are you hearing? wolf, it is good to be with you. i think at least we have a process where we re talking and hopefully will bring about a solution. make it clear, there s no justification for a shutdown, i don t care if it is for an hour, two weeks. it is going to cost taxpayers money, it is going to inconvenience the public. our federal employees will have this uncertainty and may have to
preparing to launch potentially another icbm or another type of ballistic missile possibly towards the pacific, perhaps even in the direction of the u.s. territory of guam. so, from the launch to the editorial to the photos to now this potential missile launch after the nuclear test, north korea saying very clearly that they will not back down and they want the united states to acknowledge them, to give them respect, to give them legitimacy, something that the u.n. ambassador nikki haley made very clear today she s not willing to do. so, frankly, i don t really see an end to this. and we don t know when this next launch is coming, jim. it could be matter of hours, a matter of days. all right, that s very disturbing. will ripley, thank you very much. let s get more on all of this with the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee senator of maryland jim cardin. how much of a advancement is this of north korea what we saw with this test? well, jim, first, it s good to