wall. here is democratic senate leader chuck schumer on this subject. if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. plain and simple. chris: first of all what is going on the democraticside best you can see? a couple different things. that is an important line. it is important everyone understands the language everyone is using. the president tweeted out picture after steel fence. the slowly slatted fence with the pointed top and so forth. that is what we want to build. in the democrat s mind that is not a wall. they provided $1.3 billion for barrier we want. they go on tv there is no money for a wall. we want to build what the president tweeted out. it doesn t have to be 30-foot high concrete chris: you think they will approve 1.3 billion to approve the steel picket fence. steel barriers. here is the problem, recently as two weeks ago they offered us $1.6 billion for the same thing. so they re moving in the wrong
2.3 billion. i will not tell you what our bottom line. you don t expect me to do that. chris: i would like it. there is 1.3. we were at 5 billion couple years ago. the counter offer we came them yesterday was between the two numbers. chris: 2.3? we moved off the 5. we hope they move up from the 1.3. chris: president trump has been all over the place on the issue with the shutdown. here is where he was two weeks ago and where he was on friday. take a look. i am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. i will take the man tell. i will be shut it down. i will not blame you for it. it is up to the democrats. it is really the democrat shutdown. chris: if the president is quote, proud to shut down the government and is ready to take the man tell, why is he suddenly calling it the democrat shutdown? first of all he is proud to be having the fight. let s make that clear. he is pointing out chuck schumer voted chris: he is proud to shut down the government.
with members. but the invitees were mostly immigration hard-liners. the president is prepared for a very long government shutdown, albeit a partial government smutdown. reporter: senate minority leader chuck schumer signaled his disdain for any funding of a border wall. the senate is not interested in swindling american taxpayers. we are interested in meaningful border security, but not a wall. reporter: rattled bit stork markets precipitous dive the president is said to be infuriated over the fed s decision to raise interest rates, asking aides if he can take historically unprecedented step firing fed chief jerome powell. as members of congress rushed home for the holidays, president trump tweeted i will not go to florida because of the shutdown. staying in the white house.
i will get to that in a second. he is proud to have this fight. where we are in the back and forth. the ball is in their conner. we made them an offer yesterday afternoon. senate democrats have the ability right now to open the government and agree to the deal. that is the where the back and forth is. chris: you don t see him flipping when he says i m proud to shut down the government and now he they come back to something, ball in our court is different dynamic. right now the democrats the ball is in their court to what they are. chris: you have your own record when it comes to immigration and border wall. here is what you said as a 2015 a congressman. sure. is it necessary to have one, sure? would it help, sure? to build the darn fence and have that end of immigration, is absurd and childish for someone running for president to take that view. chris: if building a wall is
counteroffer to mr. schumer late yesterday afternoon. and immediately i think thereafter the senate went into recess until at least thursday. that doesn t mean it will meet before thursday until we hear something back but i don t think things are going to move very quickly here for the next couple days. chris: so are we talking a week? are we talking until the new congress comes in on january 3rd? couple different things. sunday, the government is shut down mostly on a sunday. government shut down tomorrow anyway because of federal holiday. tuesday is christmas. another federal holiday. wednesday is really first day this kicks in. paychecks importantly will go out on the 28th. want everybody to understand. no one is working without getting paid. paychecks go out on 28th. next pay period that is next paycheck elected. i think it is possible the shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new congress. chris: democrats are talking about $1.3 billion of border security but none of it