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John kelly, also not going out quietly. kelly in an interview with the los angeles times blasted former attorney general jeff sessions, suggesting sessions sprung something on the white house. and he told the los angeles times s, to be unhonest, it s not a wall, and now he is going towards steel slats, but we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration. just a few days ago president trump tweeted out the only way to solve an immigration crisis was through an old-fashioned wall on the border with mexico. and lindsay graham said he presented a potential idea to ....
To continue discussions over a deal to reopen the federal government. unclear that that will happen, but what we have seen over the past few days is that some of the president s surrogates have tried to argue that semantics is what s separating the two sides. kellyanne conway yesterday on state of the union speaking to dana bash said ultimately, it was just semantics that really held up discussions over a border wall, whether it was a barrier, a wall, steel slats. clearly, the president is determined to have a concrete wall somewhere. unlikely that democrats are going to be willing to give it to him without major compromise, pam. boris sanchez, thank you for bringing us the latest from the white house. let s get to cnn s suzanne malveaux on capitol hill. what are you hearing? is there any progress on ending the shutdown? it s interesting. as we begin with the new year, there s old ideas that are being recast as new right now. you have senator lindsey graham emerging from a two- ....
He s talking about the president s belief that there needs to be a border wall between the united states and mexico. he says, quote, to be honest, it s not a wall. the president still says wall. oftentimes he ll say barrier or fencing. now he s tended towards steel slats, but we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration. kelly there revealing that at some point in discussions, the president left behind the idea of a concrete wall between the u.s. and mexico. but the president this morning not allowing john kelly to define his definition of wall. here s a tweet from the president in which he writes, quote, in all concrete wall was never abandoned. and as been reported by the media, some areas will be all concrete, but the experts at border patrol prefer a wall that is see-through, making it possible to see what is happening on both sides. makes sense to me. further, the president tweeted after that that the only way to have good border security is with a strong and power ....
Border being all concrete, that s not going to be the case. the president talked about it earlier when he talked about steel slats and beautiful steel slats. some of these are obstacles to the movement of vehicles. some are really fences. there s a variety of obstacles that are used along the southern border. it s not all going to be concrete. concrete walls will be part of it. julie: i think what he s trying to say, the president is, obviously they do need to see what is coming on the other side. if somebody is trying to obstruct or climb that wall or damage the wall, whatever, they need to see what is coming to be prepared. border patrol said they need a wall. that s coming from the boots on the ground. where else would you want to get advice on how to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants trying to come into the country? we got the wall. we ve had the wall in san diego for decades upon decades. if the democrats believe the ....
How to solve immigration issues. we did discuss some of the most controversial aspects. clearly he pushed back and defended his tenure, i think as can be expected, essentially saying he did the best he could to manage a very chaotic white house, giving the example with the family separation policy, for example, pretty squarely placing the blame on attorney general jeff sessions, saying that he and others were surprised when that announcement was made. cheerily both kelly and other members of the administration said they had been considering a policy that would effectively result in the separation of families before and there was clear evidence that families had already begun to be separated and children potentially in the hundreds even before that announcement was made in may. also with the travel ban that was early on, about a week after kelly joins the administration at homeland security. ....