in trouble with some folks. listen, i don t want to we all know it s not that 2,000-mile concrete barrier so i m, you know, as long as it s not that, i m pretty good. whether president trump could change any more minds tonight remains to be seen conference committee has only a week from friday to fund the government and do something about border security we will hear from experts from customs and border protection tomorrow. cpb insists it does need barriers in strategic locations, particularly in texas. we will see if they can make that argument fly tomorrow. bret? bret: hey hey, john the trump inaugural committee received a subpoena from the u.s. attorney s office in new york. what about that? federal prosecutors are looking to the trump inaugural committee for all records related to fundraising and activities dealing with the 2017 inauguration. that committee spent a record $107 billion. the federal prosecutors from the u.s. attorney s office and the southern district of new
really, the head of the snake lies outside of the united states. is there a way that doj can be working with additional ideas, methodology, with other departments p that you might think would help? yes. you know, this is an area, again, because i m out of the government, i don t know how it s functioning, how the drug war is being coordinated, but i think justice can play a big role in pushing for partners like the state department, defense department, the intelligence agencies and so forth to help deal with this. it s not to me not just a law enforcement problem, it s a national security problem. and you mentioned as well the situation on the border where we do need barriers in place to control the influx of whether it s drugs, human trafficking,
part of that is illegal immigration, but a big part of it also is preventing the influx of drugs. absolutely. you stated earlier that, really, the head of the snake lies across the united states. is there a way that doj can be working with additional ideas, methodology, with other departments that you might think would help? yes, this is an area i don t know how it s functioning, how the drug war is being coordinated. but i think justice can play a big role in pushing for partners like the state department, the defense department, the intelligence agencies, and so forth to help deal with this. to me, it s not just the law enforcement program. if the national security problem. you mentioned, as well, the situation on the border where we do need barriers in place to
and you stated earlier that really the head of the snake lies outside of the united states. is there a way that doj can be working with additional ideas, methodology, with other departments, that you might think would help? yes. this is an area, again, because i m out of the government, i don t know how it s functioning, how the drug war is being coordinated. but i think justice can play a big role in pushing for partners like the state department, defense department, the intelligence agencies, and so forth to help deal with this. i want to me, not just a law enforcement problem. it s a national security problem. and you mentioned as well that the situation on the border where we do need barriers in place to control the influx of whether it s drugs, human
breaking up the partnerships that we have developed with our state, local, and federal partners to maximize our ability, to share resources and intelligence so that pea can get the bad guys off the street n this case get them out of the country when warranted. so that our citizens can be safe. democrats say, and even some republicans in border states, say that a wall in and of itself is a tremendous waste of money, there s a lot of things you want to do. that physical barrier, isn t perbly effective. terribly effective. it s not true, i have been down to the border three times, also to the borders of israel. i have seen what the israelis have done. combination of you do need barriers at certain points, you need cyber security at certain places, seismic sensors, observation posts. there s a whole combination of things. certainly along the border there, the terrain doesn t allow for a wall at every place. but the walls are important and