very comfortable with the idea of saying to the president, not a dollar for the border wall ever. so is that your position right now as the 17 bipartisan members of both chambers get together and try to hammer out a deal? you don t want any money for any new border barrier? we all go into this negotiation with our own point of view recognizing there will have to be compromise in order to get to yes. so my view all along has been, if we re going to go big, and make significant investments in border security, let s focus on what the real problems are. the president believes it s a wall that would be the solution to the problem. many of us do not. i would much rather see us spend the resources on drug-sniffing technology and basically using 21st century solution to this problem. but let s be clear. that s the position that i take. but i m also a member of congress that commits to the
what was the breaking point for the president to agree to end this shutdown with no wall guarantee. well, there were several different factor, for one, the president was watching his disapproval numbers climb, poll number force him were sliding. secondly on thursday he got a call from mitch mcconnell according to a source who says the senate majority leader told the president he was unsure how much longer he could hold republicans together on this issue. some in the gop became frustrated by what they saw as a lack of a plan from the white house, to end the government shutdown. and then third, yesterday, you had so many airports with delays, because air traffic controllers were calling in sick, over not being paid, because of the shutdown. so ultimately, the president decided to concede and move forward, giving democrats what they had been asking for, for weeks, and not getting a single cent for his border wall. now the president is trying to spin this, but let s focus on exactly why
plate. we know that donald trump may go in the wrong direction on that and not help the situation at all. let s be fair. the president has a lot on his plate but weighs going after jeff baseos a little bit. he was tweeting about a lot of stuff this weekend but no comment from the president of the united states on a sitting republican congressman endorsing white nationalism. i mean, as a republican, how does that make you feel? well, it s a terrible situation. and one of the things that we know, look at charlottesville, when donald trump wades into these waters, it s not a force of good. i would say it s a positive step because trump weighs in a bad direction, it takes us into a worse direction where that becomes the focus. let s focus on what kevin mccarthy is going to say to steve king today and what action house republicans can take again
and allow families to have even more security. let s focus on also getting our fiscal house in order. we helped rebuild the military working with the president last year. the troops are about to get an important well-earned pay raise. let s focus on getting the budget balanced again and let s talk about infrastructure, there s a lot of issues we can work on in the new year. democrats have to be willing to work with the president. of you ve seen a lot of focus on what they re going to do with what the president calls presidential harassment. that s not what the company wants. let s focus on getting this economy growing even better and it s doin great right great t right now. sandra: always great to stalk with you. thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. up next, making sense of the markets, it s been a wild ride and the economic outlook for 2019, what is it? with an internationally respected economist, we speak to
more security. let s focus on also getting our fiscal house in order. we helped rebuild the military working with the president last year. the troops are about to get an important well-earned pay raise. let s focus on getting the budget balanced again and let s talk about infrastructure, there s a lot of issues we can work on in the new year. democrats have to be willing to work with the president. of you ve seen a lot of focus on what they re going to do with what the president calls presidential harassment. that s not what the company wants. let s focus on getting this economy growing even better and it s doin great right great t right now. sandra: always great to stalk with you. thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. up next, making sense of the markets, it s been a wild ride and the economic outlook for 2019, what is it? with an internationally with an internationally respected economist, we speak to in my ethnicity i have all sorts of things