you know, joy, you talked about beto and julian castro who are both texans. i was down at the border interviewing beto o rourke and he made all this news. i said look, there is a wall in el paso. should they take it down? he said yeah. it was an interesting moment, because he does have it s an issue where he has policy command. they put out a very comprehensive policy that would essentially go back to the case management system that would not necessitate detention. he has some policy command on it. if there is a single thing that he has genuine passion authentically coursing through him, it is on this. it is on the border. it is about immigration, migration. that is something that he can speak to i think in a fairly distinct way. handy is right. the reason that there isn t a wall, and the reason that even the compliant republicans in congress won t give him money for a wall is because a wall doesn t actually stop illegal immigration. right. we want to bring in andrea mitchell
steve: by the way, beto o rourke melissa: i need to ask a question on the way out so she s not totally frustrated. do you think there is a solution where both sides can come together that includes a wall that isn t a wall? could it look like criminal justice reform? do you think they would go for that? jessica: i think border security done in different ways obviously conversation prayed but it s a huge sticking point. dagen: i need to say this about criminal justice reform. they did this because they re trying to disavow with bill and hillary clinton did in labeling young black men super predators. that s why they signed on to it. melissa: that was very fiery, i don t know how much more time we have left in the show now. [laughter] we will go to a commercial. a desperate crisis of the border, as you know. coming up harris will talk with one of the people at the center of the issue. acting ice director mark morgan, who was recently nominated by the president. be sure to stic
to seems fairly straightforward. the g.o.p. wants $5.7 billion for border security including a money for barrier or a wall. democrats want to reopen the government first and then negotiate on border security. it appears what they both really want most is a face-saving way to make a deal, get people back to work all without loosing their respective bases. white house officials believe that means compromise like offering through your protections on daca. i think it is possible for both sides to climb down and claim some kind of compromise win, the democrats are talking about offering $5.7 billion in border security that isn t a wall. immigration are talking about other internal measures, enforce mechanisms that are not a wall and i think if you package a bunch of those with a high enough number, it could be a win
meanwhile republicans like mike pence say he kept his cool and even passed out candy. that aspect of the story is when getting a lot of attention on social media today. who doesn t want some candy, christopher said. heather on twitter saying do we know what kind of candy it is? we do because house minority leader kevin mccarthy addressed it, he says it was butterfingers and a whole bunch of other things, a mixed bag but one thing is clear, this meeting, both sides digging and unwilling to compromise with the other. we will see. maybe a different kind of candy will do the trick. let s talk about the oscars, they will go on without a host. for the first time in 30 years the oscars are not going to have a host. instead of you a-list celebrities have been tapped to introduce various segments after kevin hart stepped down following the controversy over old tweets. is this a good idea?
those federal workers already working without pay who may be waiting for that tax return. absolutely. heather: eight minutes until the top of the our. look at this terrifying moment caught on camera. a car slamming into a police cruiser bursting into flames. what led to all this. hits ardent in the head. hard pass and even harder hit, james harden deflecting a rocket pass into a play that is going viral. this is how we do it - to be a pro at selfies takes practice,