the leader at large. yeah, he s supposedly in iraq but let me ask you this so i wasn t clear, dan are you for this u.s. troop withdrawal? what i believe is that the relatively modest number of troops we have in syria at this time, 2,000 troops if it were up to me i would leave them there so that they could continue to take the fight to isis and continue to provide the important train and assist to the syrian democratic forces who would otherwise be at risk from turkey and others in that region , and then also of importance is the intelligence collection. it s not like turning on or off a faucet. we need to have our military and intelligence assets in place to track isis, and without them i m concerned that we won t be able to do that as effectively. that means you agree with military and security experts on this, so again, let s talk about that because this is what s really crucial in the wake of u.s. troop pullout. you re going to have how many people would stay behind to do
practiced in the past will go undiscovered. those are all general election issues but there s a desire for more socialist-style politics if not socialism and i think that it s very real question gillian: keep in mind, doug, sorry to interrupt, keep in mind she will have to win over, once she get past primaries she will have to win over american voters in rust belt states like ohio and pennsylvania, you can t try and tell us that they re looking for more socialist policies right now? i was trying to say the opposite. i apologize i wasn t clear. i think those kinds of voters, the swing-working-class voters will gentlemen ject the reject policies that elizabeth warren stands more even though in democratic primary the narrow segment participate, they will find some degree of popular appeal. gillian: david, do you think she will make moves to bring in the
trying to from a message perspective if that happens. but i do think nonetheless that it certainly seems that some elements of what the president said, the idea that he s not talking about a 2,000-mile coast-to-coast wall, some of those elements suggest that the white house may be acknowledging some of the pressure they re facing. willing to be pliable to a certain degree? it s possible. so, daniel, if part of the strategy, if it wasn t clear, part of the inference was the white house changing the narrative, saying, we at least put the offer out there and now it s up to the democrats to come to the table. but is that really the case when already most americans don t believe in the wall, don t support the wall? his approval ratings are going down and most americans are blaming the president for the shutdown. precisely. so i think this is an attempt to
bills will be on the floor. in case i wasn t clear, 90% of the drugs coming into the country come through the ports of entry. let s use resources to expand the ports of entry. you have to base the this has to be evidence based, not notion mongered. and those ports of entry need more personnel. nearly 3,000 employee vacancies, positions not filled on the border. some of it is because of the quality of life. they need more infrastructure to do their jobs in terms of ports of entry, water supply and the rest. then we talk about technology. several hundred million dollars ranges from a half a billion to $700 million for the technology to scan the cars coming through the ports of entry. and that is to detect guns. it s like an electronic to
out of the monies that were available for the department of home land security. congressman you mentioned about the number of illegals who have melted tkhru the wall so to speak. snuck through the fencing that is already there. that would seem to indicate whatever we build we replace the fencing there now. that makes me think that s more than $5 billion. right. $5 billion is the down payment on the 25 billion-dollar figure the president has identified he will need in order to provide the operational security. this is the first time, sorry i wasn t clear that we talked about replacing walls or parts of walls and fences up now that are not adequate. we recently discovered with the caravan they may not be adequate. correct. that s why the money put forward for the defense act that s not satisfactory or creating the type of security that this