trump will reject it. the fox news host has the president s ear, of course. and he railed against the agreement last night, tossing in this message for any republican who backs it. if you are a republican senator or house member and you re too weak to take a stand, then it s probably time for you to retire. go home. let somebody who is willing to fight take your place. $1.3 billion? that s not even a wall, a barrier. i m going to settle this tonight and we will get back into this tomorrow. any republican that supports this garbage compromise, you will have to explain. more resistance to the deal coming from the conservative house freedom caucus. chair meadows says, quote hardly a serious attempt to secure the border. and jim jordan of ohio, while giving a great speech in el paso, congress was putting together a bad deal on immigration. the president doubling down
bears. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start . happy snow day for many of you on the east coast. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. it is tuesday, february 12th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. we have an outline for a deal to avert a government shutdown. they declined to get into specifics. but senator appropriations chair shelby said, quote, we got an agreement on all of it. we were working feverishly to put all the particulars together. that s all we can tell you. the democratic source tells cnn the deal includes $1.4 billion for the 55 miles of new barrier. and funding for 40,000 beds i.c.e. can use to detain
15th. i think it s a waste of time. cnn has learned the white house in is mulling one other action for additional barriers. a white house official says they are keeping their options open. the president s most loyal allies are slamming the deal. sean hannity predicting mr. trump will reject it. he has the president s ear. and he tossed in this blunt message for any republican who backs it. if you are a republican senator or house member and you re too weak to take a stand, then it s probably time for you to retire. go home. let somebody who is willing to fight take your place. $1.3 billion? that s not even a wall, a barrier. i m going to sell this tonight and we will get back into this tomorrow. any republican that supports this garbage compromise, you will have to explain. more resistance to the deal