but a wall won t fix that. this is multifacet and we re willing to address this. yes. but you talk to the communities along our southern border that have a wall and their crime has gone way down. so it is effective. you can t say it s not effective. i m just telling you fentanyl is coming in via the mail from china and a wall is not going to fix that and we re stuck on the wall. who s stuck on the wall? the president. the president is not talking about a wall along all our ports. the president is not talking about a wall across the entire border. but well, first of all he was. he s changed he s been a moving target in terms of how much wall he wants, as you know, first it was a thousand miles. thank you for saying that, alisyn, which tells you. now it s 234. you said he s changed his mind which tells you he s willing to negotiating. but he can t negotiate if people don t come to the table. did you negotiate a contract with cnn or did you just take a contract
as you know, the dea says that the heroin that is coming into our country and creating this scourge comes from legal ports of entry through private passenger cars and through tractor trailers. a wall won t solve that. will wrell, i think it will. if you read the book dreamland you will understand no one had any trouble getting in and out of our country no matter which which way they choose go. but let s sit down and have that conversation then if that s the point you want to make or someone wants to make, they can t keep doing it through you. it helps to sit down at the table and talk about it. understood. but i would invite people to come to my district, ground zero for the heroin problem in our country, and talk to the addicts. talk to the providers. talk to law enforcement. and talk to the families that have lost someone. this is a humanitarian crisis not only at the boarder but in our districts as well. it s horrible. it is absolutely horrible.
opposing a declaration of the national emergency, he says it won t get the president what he wants. using that act, in this instance it would be far larger act than has ever occurred in the past, so i d prefer not primarily because if we do that, it will go to court and the wall won t get built. so who is being held responsible for the shutdown? the president says that he would own it and according to a new cnn poll, he does. 55% of americans blame mr. trump, 32% point the finger at democrats. asked about the border wall, 56% oppose it, 39% favor it. real harm being done by the shutdown. a tsa checkpoint forced to close at george bush intercontinental airport in houston due to staffing issues. all flights scheduled to depart from terminal b are operating out of different terminals. at miami international, concourse ghchlt wi will return
national emergency. says it won t get the president what he wants. i would hate to see it. you are using that act, it would be in this instance would be a far larger act than has ever occurred in the past. so i prefer not primarily because if we do that and it goes to court and the wall won t get built. so who is being held responsible for the shutdown? the president said he would own it and according to a new cnn poll, he does. 55% of the americans blame president trump, 32% point the finger at democrats. asked about the border wall, 56% oppose it, 39% favor it. let s get more from boris sanchez, he is at the white house for us. reporter: even as new cnn polling indicates that majority of americans blame president trump for the partial government shutdown, the president is tweeting attacking democrats suggesting that they should have spent the weekend in washington trying to hammer out a deal with him as he waits for them at the white house. we should note there is new reporting
larger act than has ever occurred in the past. so i prefer not primarily because if we do that it will go to court and the wall won t get built. so who is being held responsible for the shutdown? the president said he would own it and according to a new cnn poll, he does. 55% of americans blame mr. trump. 32% point the finger at democrats. asked about the president he d border wall, 56% oppose it, 39% favor it. more from boris sanchez. reporter: even as polling indicate that majority of americans blachl president tr s, the president attacking democrats suggesting that they should have spent the weekend in washington trying to hammer out a deal with him as he waits for them at the white house. we should note that there into new reporting that there have been tensions also between president trump and his new acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. a white house official who was