state. she s never asked about the idea that, you know, she keeps calling wall immoral and yet there s a wall in her own state which obviously is working. i don t understand playing politics with this issue. is this all about the president getting his, you know, campaign promise delivered, knowing what the facts are in terms of the human trafficking, the drugs, et cetera? well i think the day that donald trump was elected president democrats still couldn t believe and they said we re going to do everything we can to stop him from accomplishing anything whether it s good or bad for america. that does seem to be the way they ve headed certainly with border security because they have flip flopped they re now against something they ve been for and voted for, in the past, and that to me, is the most disturbing nature of all of this , because we need the border security. i just met this other day the other day with the secretary of homeland security, and we re on a path to having a millio
u.s.-mexico border yesterday. the speaker of the house who has called that wall immoral was in laredo, texas and has scheduled a vote on that bill tuesday. there are now 222 co-sponsors. that s enough votes to pass the house. the legislation needs only 51 votes to pass in the senate. if all 47 democrats support the repeal, only four republicans would have to cross party lines for it to go to the president s desk, and several republican senators including marco rubio, ron johnson, susan collins and thom tillis oppose the president s decision to use that emergency declaration. this is building up to what would be a hugely consequenceal moment, testing the presidential powers. will you definitively veto that resolution that s introduced today that would
that follow. next year this same issue will come up again, even if they come up with an agreement concerning this year s appropriation for a border wall. eric: you said the magic words, border barrier. the president has called it a wall, it s now a fence with slats. the democrats have called, some of them have called a wall immoral. so we re taking a look at what it could potentially look like. what do you think the chances are then of some of the democrats saying, okay, we will have a barrier? you know, the president wants 234 miles, that s less than a third of what the democrats voted for and approved back in 2006. that s a very good point, and i think that s one of the things that s pushing them in the direction of providing some money. some money, pretty significant, by the way, if it s $1.6 billion or $2 billion, that s pretty significant. some money for that border wall that would put them in line with what they voted for several years ago. it would satisfy, obviously, i think
blessing of the chiefs on both sides, mitch mcconnell in the senate and nancy pelosi in the house. that seemed to behind when nancy pelosi indicated a deal was close. that it might involved funding for a wall. what do you know? well, i m hearing that she said something trying to walk balk from her position that she put herself in a corner, this is where it s always been. if she decided she could fund a wall, does she deliver enough votes to offset whatever they re going to give up for that wall? we don t know. today they were having a meeting and i haven t heard anything of the outcome of that meeting yesterday. shepard: part of the argument would be we ll give you something for it. they might not call it a wall. the understanding would be the president might get the $5.7 billion he wants. but in between these sharp areas, there s a gray for maybe 3.5 billion where the funding of