good faith negotiations, with an offer on the table, and their only answer is they will not negotiate until we reopen the government. when the president says well if i gave you exactly what you are asking for, would you agree to border security and a wall and they say no, i think the american people deserve better. i think these leaders know the american people deserve better. and i can promise the american people this president, republicans in the house and the senate, are going to continue to stand firm until we get the resources and the reforms necessary to end the humanitarian crisis on our southern borders, to end the security crisis on our southern border. then and only then will we end this partial government shutdown. >> shepard: this was a campaign issue, the president campaigned for the wall, the democrats campaigned against the wall, the