Border and theres talk about trying to move something with just 1. 6 billion instead. But mark meadows said thats not enough. And mccarthy said hes not going to bring us anything that the president will not sign. House lawmakers adjourned very early and many lawmakers headed straight for the airport because they were told they would have 24 hours notice. Mike pence has been running point for the negotiations here on the hill. But we dont know a ton about what the white house is willing to give and what the white house might be willing to concede. Vice president only left just within the last five or ten minutes and hes been very tightlipped as he has thanks very much. Today President Trump unveiled the design of the proposed border wall on twitter. Take a look at that. But will this important project ever be funded . Joining us now, Freedom Caucus chairman, congressman mark meadows and jim jordan. Will it ever be funded . Yes. Remember, just last week in the oval office nancy pelosi told the president of the United States there arent the votes in the house to fund it. Just last night, 217 republicans proved her wrong and voted to pass a bill with dollars for a Border Security wall. This makes good sense. The only reason were going to be headed to a shutdown is because democrats dont want to support it. Trump promised it. He has tried to deliver. The house delivered, but the senate wont. So is this the Chuck Schumer shutdown . Well, indeed, in just an hours when it shuts down, the only person standing between really getting a deal and not getting a deal is Chuck Schumer. But i can tell you, you mentioned peter ducey was talking about the Vice President. Its his entire team that has been working on capitol hill all day. The Vice President , mick mulvaney, jared kushner. The president has been on the phone throughout the night. His desire is to not shut it down, but its also to deliver to the American People a secure border. And weve got to do that. Hes made a promise. Hes committed to that. I believe well get it down. Right now theres not a deal primarily because of schumer. This is exactly what the framers didnt want. They argued about having it. And they abandoned the idea because they tried it before in the articles of confederation and it led to chaos and dysfunction. Over the last decades, hundreds of productive bills have been defeated by this artificial device called a filibuster. Isnt it time to end the filibuster for everything once and for all . Yeah, i think thats where im at. Thats where the American People are. Youre right. Its not in the constitution. It is a senate rule. Imagine if they kept a filibuster for Supreme Court nominee. They were able to change the rules for something that important. It seems to me when your talking about our nations security, billing a wall, which was the fundamental promise, it seems to me this is of paramount importance where we should actually say, United States senate, maybe you need to change that so we can get this done. Were going to keep pushing and get the wall done. The president is committed to it. His team is working hard to night trying to get members to understand how critical this is and actually deliver for our country. Congressman meadows, critics would say, well, wait a minute, republicans have had control of the house and senate for two years and the white house for the better part of two years, and yet you have failed to undertake comprehensive Immigration Reform that would include a border wall. So doesnt the gop leadership, mcconnell and paul ryan and others, bear the lions share of the blame . Theres certainly enough blame to go around. Putting something on the president s desk is what congress should have done. I will say this, the president actually made a fourpillar option and it was schumer who said no to that option. We spend more money on sugar subsidies than we do on building a wall to secure our nation. I find that just incomprehensible. The president has made offer after offer after offer and been very reasonable. It is time that we put something on his desk. I know jim jordan are committed, but more importantly, the American People are committed. He said, wait a minute, isnt there another way . We have a 4. 4 trillion annual budget, 1 trillion of which is discretionary. Surely the president can grab 5 billion of in that and use it without specific authorization to start construction. Well, he can, but heres the interesting thing. He can but i know all your viewers know that he gets sued over everything. And the minute that he does that, hes going to get sued. Theyre going to get some liberal judge in california to say it wont work. Listen, we would certainly support some of those unobligated funds going that way, but its really incumbent on congress to do their job. Were committed to getting it done. So youve got four days really because government workers arent going to work saturday, sunday, monday. They have the day off, the holiday. So youve got four days. What can be done . Well, weve got to just keep pushing and making the argument. Mark is exactly right. We need to appropriate dollars. 1. 6 billion is not going to cut it. Its got to be more money than that. The big thing i think we have to get through is democrats have to be less focused on stopping the president and more focused on helping the country. Theyre so concerned about stopping President Trump. Lets just focus on whats good for the country. Everyone knows well have less problems if we secure the border and build the Border Security wall. We know when it comes down to it, the American People are us. This is why they put donald trump in the white house. We have to deliver it. I think were going to get something. Jim jordan, mark meadows, two important members of congress. Thank you for taking the time to speak with us. Over the past week, prominent democrats from all over the country have vowed to fight President Trump tooth and nail over any plan to secure our southern border. Watch this. If you build a tenfoot wall, somebodys going to have an elevenfoot ladder to go over it. And thats not securing the border. And we ought to stop that foolishness. It is very true that he will bring on this shutdown and he has to take responsibility for it. Any effort on his part to blame the democrats, will be [bleep]. As i said before, i will hardly be able to stand it. The president s Campaign Promise was for mexico to pay for the wall. It wasnt for american taxpayers to pay for it. So if hes really going to stick to his promise, he should make mexico pay. Jesus christ, who has a plea for his life, with mary and joseph. Thank god there wasnt a wall that stopped him from seeking refuge in egypt. Thank god that wall wasnt there. And thank god there wasnt an Administration Like this, or he would too have perished. Oh, how times have changed. Remember it wasnt that long ago that these same people were pretty much in agreement with President Trump. Take a look at this. I voted numerous times when i was a senator to spend money to build a barrier to try to are prevent Illegal Immigrants from coming in. And i do think you have to control your borders. People who enter the United States without our permission are illegal aliens, and illegal aliens should not be treated the same as people who enter the u. S. Legally. The American People will never accept Immigration Reform unless they truly believe their government is committed to ending future illegal immigration. Those who are in our country illegally and those who employ them disrespect the rule of law. And because we live in an age, we cannot allow people to pour into the u. S. Undocumented and unchecked. Joining us now is author Fox News ContributorLieutenant Colonel alan west, Fox News Contributor tammy bruce joins us, and attorney danielle mclaughlin. Five years the Senate Caucus voted for a barrier. Back in 2006, they voted for the secure fence act. That included barack obama, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, the whole gang. Now all the sudden theyre against it. Thats only because trump is for it, right . Well, without a doubt. And when you hear senator schumer saying President Trump is not going to get his wall, this is not about President Trump or his personality. This is about the constitutional duty and responsibility of the United States elected officials. That responsibility is to make sure the american citizens are secure. Now, when you talk about a Border Security wall, no one is talking about 1700 miles of a continuous wall, but were talking about a place where you can have an obstruction along some of these. But, tammy, its all about trump. They just he could say christmas presents for all, and the democrats would oppose it because its donald trump. Well, yes, but in this particular instance, its worth opposing because hell actually get it done. We have Congress Voting for these kinds of things all the time and it never happened. It was promised to president reagan. They that you wouought they wou wall in the 80s. This is a president who cant be controlled because he cant be stopped from getting things done. This is his primary threat. The democrats became a party of bullies, chasing around the gop women, harassing people in public. And now were seeing this happen, this kind of approach i think youre going to be seeing in office as well. We saw it with representative gutierrez attacking secretary neilson. And then he walked out. And then when shes about to respond, he walked out. We also know that this cant be a game. Its been a game for too long for washington. This is in some ways what the founders wanted. A person of action in the white house to move congress into getting things done. And i think the congress should remember what their job is, why the president is elected. 80 of americans want a secure border. And of course a barrier is going to have to be a part of that. I think most americans frankly they care about the wall, many do, but i dont think they care if the government shuts down because it doesnt affect them. There have been 18 since 1976. Tsa continues on, the post office. So it doesnt affect most americans when the government shuts down at midnight tonight. No, it doesnt. Nonessential employees. Which invites the question, why does the government employ nonessential workers . You keep the criminal folks on but take the civil people off. I still argue that enforcing our civil laws is still an important function of government. At the same time, most americans of course, if not all of them, wont notice that it shut down. But what strikes me is this obsession by the government about itself. That is the scariest thing for them, that people will have a few days off during the holiday. They will still get paid a few days late. Because americans know what its like to be furloughed for years and never get a paycheck because of what washington, d. C. Has done. But when it comes down to this, its like the scary monster of a Government Shutdown. It really isnt scary at all. As a matter of fact, the markets respond well when the government shuts down. What about that . I think that but for the haironfire media hysteria, oh, the earth will stop spinning on its axis if the government shuts down at midnight, most americans would yawn. There really is no effect on the everyday average american. Why does the government hire people for nonessential positions . And when this shutdown is over, they will be given the backpay. This is a very important thing to look at the effectiveness and efficiency of the federal government. Here you have people talking about medicare for all, which has a 32 trillion price tag, but we cant find 5. 7 billion to ensure we have security along our southern border. It really is absurd when you think of it. In the competitive marketplace, no Small Business or corporation, danielle, would hire somebody who is not essential. They hire only vital workers because their goal is to increase profits. And yet the government, the most inefficient disorganization in the world, hires a load of nonessential workers. P youre not suggesting that theyre not essential. I would disassemble the department of the justice. I think that there are many important things that doj does from a civil perspective, not at least of which is consumer protection. Theres also some things that we have lawyers and other people doing really important things for the American People. They cease assets and levy penalties is one of the things they do. Why not use the 14 billion they seized from el chapo and use just a portion of that to build the wall . Remember the billions that were lost in the state department when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. The 700 million, maybe its billion, in the pentagon that cant be found, the amount of money, because the government is so large, it becomes like water. And you just lose it. Who has a 200 we could do this with drones. Democrats are not about open borders. They care about using money wisely. Why arent we thinking whether this is really actually a big White Elephant . It costs the government far more money. Danielle, we do have sections of walls across the borders. And where those walls exist, at least 95 of illegal traffic ended. So we have the proof and the history along our own border where the segments of wall exist and again starting in the 90s. So its been consistent historically. Let me come back full circle to my original question. Democrats have long argued for a barrier on the southern border, and yet now theyre flipflopping. Would you agree the only reason is they dont want to give donald trump a political victory because he promised the wall . Youre absolutely right. Ask the israelis who built the wall did that do . When you look at, as tammy as talked about, there are direct results of having a border obstacle down there. I know danielle talked about drones and other things. The purpose of a wall is to channel people into areas where you do have additional resources. We just found out that we had an infiltration tunnel that was being built and almost completed along our southern border. We have a very serious problem and we have to rectify it. Congressman west, always great to see you. Tammy, danielle, thanks for being here. Coming up next, members of the Mainstream Media continue the same old talking point on the trump administration. Well show you the tape. And then former fbi director james comey is continuing to downplay deep state corruption in efforts to undermine President Trump. Stick around for that. Well be right back. The greatest wish of all is one that brings us together. The final days of wish list are here. Sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. Only at your lincoln dealer. Welcome back to this special edition of hannity. Im greg filling in for sean. Trump versus the swamp. With all the news this week on the trump administration, news busters pointed out the Mainstream Media had only one rather ridiculous conclusion, all in unison now, the walls are closing in on President Trump. Take a look at this. With every organization hes ever run, the washington post, said seemingly under investigation now, that this is a president who really does feel the walls closing in on him very quickly. While donald trump is no stranger to legal trouble, the walls may be closing in now. Clearly, the investigative walls are closing in on trump. The walls are closing in. It seems every day now a new facet of President Trumps life, both personal and public, is being scrutinized. Its like an echo chamber. They only hear themselves. Joining us now is joe and charlie, Fox News Contributor doug. So, joe, let me start with you. Youve pointed out that trumps ratings are fairly static. Does that mean that the media has lost its mojo or americans are just wise to their act . Thats quite a montage you just played, greg. Its as if a memo went out and everybody got the same talking point. Its like the boy who cried wolf, but now its the boys and girls who cried trump. Its not just the walls are closing in. His poll numbers are stubbornly in the 40s. The negative coverage isnt really having an effect. Its the noose is tightening. We hear about all the moments. Then we hear about the beginning of the end, the bombshell revelation, the bombshell report, constitutional crisis. This is the turning point in the trump presidency. Trump weaponizes. The point is, you keep saying these things over and over again and it gets a bit tedious. I spent a chapter in my book going through the outrageous media statements in which they said this is a bombshell, this is the end of trump. And of course most of those stories had to be retracted and corrected. They were wrong. They have written his political obituary as far back as two years ago and it hasnt happened yep. Its not that the walls are coming in, but the walls not getting built. You have to do what bill clinton did when he had a republican congress. Compromise. The president cannot govern only to build the wall and get his agenda. Compromise requires