AN AGRICULTURE BILL WHICH INCLUDES MONEY FOR FOOD STAMPS,
AND ONE TO FUND HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS.
TOMORROW THEY'LL 2008 FUNDING TO REOPENING NATIONAL PARKS.
YESTERDAY THEY AGREED TO A SPENDING BILL FOR THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE I.R.S.
THE HOUSE BACK AT NOON EASTERN TO BEGIN THEIR LEGISLATIVE
WORK. WE'LL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE HERE
ON C-SPAN. IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL TAKE YOU
TO THE WHITE HOUSE A SHORT WHILE AGO PRESIDENT TRUMP
HEADING FOR TEXAS, HIS VISIT TODAY TO THE U.S.-MEXICO
BORDER. HE SPOKE WITH REPORTERS BEFORE
HE DEPARTED THE WHITE HOUSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE'RE GOING TO TEXAS.
WE'RE GOING TO THE BORDER. JUST HOPE SOME SPOKE TO SOME OF
MY FRIENDS IN ARIZONA. WE HAVE ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR
ONE MINUTE SUPPORT. THE REPUBLICANS ARE EXTREMELY
UNITED. THEY ALL WANT TO SEE SOMETHING
HAPPEN, BUT YOU THEY ARE EXTREMELY UNITED.
AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN UNITY LIKE THIS IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE MEDIA, WHICH I CALL THE
OPPOSITION PARTY, A LOT OF THE MEDIA, IN COORDINATION WITH THE
DEMOCRATS, THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS -- FOR
INSTANCE, THIS MORNING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE CAME OUT AND SAID YOU
DO NEED VERY STRONG BORDER SECURITY.
THAT INCLUDES A WALL OR WHATEVER IT IS.
A NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS SAID THAT.
BUT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO REPORT ON IT.
E HAVE TREMENDOUS UNITY IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE.
I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY BREAK AWAY BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE
NEED BORDER SECURITY. WE HAVE TO HAVE IT.
THE ONLY WAY YOU YOU CAN HAVE BORDER SECURITY, THERE IS ONLY
ONE WAY YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD, I'M A
PROFESSIONAL IN TECHNOLOGY, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A STEEL
BARRIER OR WALL OF SOME KIND, STRONG, POWERFUL, YOU ARE GOING
TO HAVE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE DRUGS POURING
ACROSS THE BORDER, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE MS-13 AND THE
GANGS COMING IN. AND WE HAVE DONE APPREHENSIONS.
WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. BUT WE NEED HELP.
IF WE HAVE THE WALL WE COULD .AVE FAR FEWER PEOPLE
DOING AND EVEN BETTER JOB F WE HAD THE WALL, WE COULD HAVE A
TREMENDOUS SAVINGS. I REALLY BELIEVE THE STEEL
BARRIER OR WALL WILL PAY FOR ITSELF EVERY THREE OR FOUR
MONTHS AND MAYBE EVEN BETTER THAN THAT IN TERMS OF OVERALL.
SO THAT'S IT. JUST A COUPLE CAN OF THINGS
CAUSE I KNOW, DURING THE CAMPAIGN I WOULD SAY MEXICO'S
GOING TO PAY FOR IT. OBVIOUSLY I NEVER SAID THIS AND
I NEVER MEANT THEY'LL WRITE OUT A CHECK.
I SAID THEY ARE GOING TO PAY FOR T THEY ARE.
THEY ARE PAYING FOR IT WITH THE INCREDIBLE DEAL WE MADE FOR THE
UNITED STATES, MEXICO, AND CANADA, USMCA DEAL, IT'S A
TRADE DEAL. IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY
CONGRESS. IT PROBABLY WILL BE OTHER THAN
MAYBE THEY EVEN HOLD THAT UP BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE --
THEY WANT TO DO AS MUCH HARM AS THEY CAN, ONLY BECAUSE THERE
WILL BE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL INDIRECTLY.
AND WHEN I SAID MEXICO WILL PAY FOR THE WALL IN FRONT OF
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO WRITE A CHECK. BUT THEY ARE PAYING FOR THE
WALL INDIRECTLY. MANY, MANY TIMES OVER.
BY THE REALLY GREAT TRADE DEAL WE JUST MADE.
CONGRESS HAS TO A APPROVE THE EAL.
I INTENDED TO GO AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE WORLD FINANCIAL
COMMUNITY IN DA VOSE. --DAVOS.
THAT'S STILL ON, BUT IF THE SHUTDOWN CONTINUES, IF THE
SHUTDOWN CONTINUES, I WON'T GO. I HAD PLANNED TO GO.
IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WHEN I WENT.
WE HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL. WE HAVE THE BEST JOB NUMBERS WE
HAVE EVER HAD IN MANY WAYS. CERTAINLY WITH
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WITH HISPANIC, WITH ASIAN AMERICANS.
OVERALL WE HAVE THE BEST JOB NUMBERS IN AT LEAST 50 YEARS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.
THE ECONOMY IS INCREDIBLE. WE'RE NEGOTIATING AND HAVING
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS WITH CHINA. AND I FIND CHINA, FRANKLY, IN
MANY WASTE TO BE FAR MORE NANCY. E THAN CHUCK AND
I THINK THAT CHINA IS MUCH EASIER TO DEAL WITH THAN THE
PPOSITION PARTY. [INAUDIBLE]
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO O DECLARE A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY. THE LAWYERS HAVE SO ADVISED ME.
I'M NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT YET.
BUT IF I HAVE TO, I WILL. I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
I WILL. I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO
DECLARE. WHEN YOU SAY WASN'T PASSED BY
CONGRESS, IT WAS. OTHER PRESIDENTS HAVE USED IT.
SOME FAIRLY OFTEN. I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO
DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.
I MAY DO IT. IF THIS DOESN'T WORK OUT,
PROBABLY WILL DO IT. HIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
I LIKE TO DO THE DEAL THROUGH CONGRESS.
AND MAKES SENSE TO DO IT THROUGH CONGRESS.
AN EASY ROUTE FOR ME WOULD HAVE BEEN CALL A A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY AND DO IT. WILL I TELL YOU, THIS IS A
TREMENDOUS -- I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS A TREMENDOUS -- LOOK AT
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S STATEMENT FROM THE PAST.
NUMEROUS STATEMENTS WHERE HE CALLS IT A CRISIS.
THIS IS A CRISIS. YOU HAVE HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
YOU HAVE DRUGS. YOU HAVE CRIMINALS COMING IN.
YOU HAVE GANGS, MS-13. WE'RE TAKING THEM OUT BY THE
THOUSANDS AND BRINGING THEM BACK.
THIS IS A CRISIS. HAD HE DON'T COME IN AT A
CHECKPOINT, WHICH THEY DO ALSO, BUT YOU THEY GO IN BETWEEN THE
CHECKPOINTS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE BARRIERS.
IF WE DON'T MAKE A DEAL, I WOULD SAY 100%, I DON'T WANT TO
SAY 100% BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP.
BUT IF WE DON'T MAKE A DEAL, I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE A -- THAT
I WOULD NOT DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND JUST FUND IT
THROUGH THE VARIOUS MECHANISMS. BY THE WAY, THERE IS MORE THAN
ONE MECHANISM. THERE ARE VARIOUS MECHANISMS.
AND THE LAWYERS TOLD ME 100%. IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD
MAKE A DEAL. DEALING WITH THESE PEOPLE IS
RIDICULOUS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW HOW
TO MAKE A DEAL. WE NEED -- ILL TAR HEEL YOU
WHAT, A LOT OF DEMOCRATS, I WAS LOOKING AT NUMBERS, A LOT OF
NUMBERS AGREE WE NEED NATIONAL SECURITY.
THE ONLY WAY YOU HAVE IT, THE ONLY WAY YOU HAVE IT, IS YOU
HAVE TO HAVE A STRONG BORDER. THE ONLY WAY YOU HAVE A STRONG
BORDER IS YOU NEED A WALL OR YOU NEED SOME KIND OF A -- GO
AHEAD. YOU NEED A STEEL BARRIER.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A STEEL BARRIER OR A CONCRETE WALL,
FORGET IT. PICTURE THIS MORNING SHOWING
STEEL BARRIER WALL. PRESIDENT TRUMP: THAT'S A WALL
THAT WAS DESIGNED BY PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN'T BE PENETRATED.
BUT IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO.
THERE ARE OTHER WALLS. WE HAVE MANY WALLS UNDER
CONSIDERATION. EVEN CONCRETE.
THERE'S ACID THAT CAN GO THROUGH CONCRETE.
WHAT YOU DO IS YOU FIX IT. IT'S VERY MUCH LIMITED.
IT'S VERY, VERY HARD. THE WALL WE'RE DOING IS VERY,
VERY HARD TO PENETRATE. MR. PRESIDENT YOU WALKED OUT
ON THE DEMOCRATS. ARE YOU GOING TO BRING BACK --
HOW CAN YOU -- PRESIDENT TRUMP: THE NEWS
INCORRECTLY REPORTED BECAUSE I SAID, WELL, IF WE GO BACK AND
EVERYTHING'S PEACHY DOORY AND YOU YOU SAY WE'LL TALK OVER
DAYS, AT THE END OF 30 DAYS ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE US GREAT
BORDER SECURITY, WHICH INCLUDES A WALL OR A STEEL BARRIER?
SHE SAID NO. I DIDN'T POUND ON THE TABLE.
I DIDN'T RAISE MY VOICE. THAT WAS A LIE.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS GIVE THEM PINOCCHIOS.
IF YOU ASK MIKE PENCE AND KEVIN MCCARTHY, ANYBODY IN THE ROOM,
THEY WILL SAY BECAUSE I KNOW IF I DO THAT YOU ARE GOING TO
REPORT IT. YOU GUYS REPORT IT ANYWAY
BECAUSE YOU FAKE NEWS. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I VERY CALMLY SAID, IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE US STRONG
BORDERS, BYE-BYE. AND I LEFT.
I DIDN'T RANT. I DIDN'T RAVE LIKE YOU
REPORTED. DON'T THE NEWSPAPERS, I
HAVE 10 -- IT PLAYS TO HIS NARRATIVE.
IT'S A LIE. I VERY CALMLY WALKED OUT OF THE
ROOM. I DIDN'T SMASH THE TABLE.
I SHOULD HAVE BUT DIDN'T SMASH THE TABLE.
THAT'S THE STORY. LL OF THAT NARRATIVE IS A LIE.
HOW CAN YOU GET A DEAL IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO THEM?
YOU WALKED OUT? PRESIDENT TRUMP: I THINK
THERE'S FAR MORE PRESSURE ON THEM.
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY WANT SECURITY.
WE WANT TO BE A SECURE COUNTRY. WE DON'T WANT DRUGS FLOWING IN.
MOST OF OUR DRUGS COMING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
THEY ARE COMING THROUGH THE PORT AALS, THEY COME IN BETWEEN
THE PORTALS WHERE YOU HAVE NO BARRIER.
[INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: HUMAN PAIN?
THE PARENTS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHILDREN KILLED BY AN ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANT THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW WHERE THERE IS MORE HUMAN PAIN?
THE HUSBAND WHO LOST THEIR WIFE OR THE WIFE THAT LOST A HUSBAND
TO AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT THAT CAME IN FIVE OR SIX TIMES THAT
SHOULDN'T BE HERE. THAT'S THE HUMAN PAIN.
THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE PAID BUT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LATER,
THOSE PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM, ARE ON MY SIDE.
THEY WANT TO SEE BORDER SECURITY.
MAY BE THE Y, NBC MOST DISHONEST REPORTERS OF ALL
IME. I HAVE NO IDEA.
GO AHEAD, NEXT QUESTION. INAUDIBLE]
PETROLEUM: I CAN'T HEAR YOU. --
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I CAN'T HEAR YOU YOU.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF FUNDS IF THIS IS A NATIONAL MESSAGECY.
HERE ARE A LOT OF FUNDS. IF WE DECLARE A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FUNDS.
TREMENDOUS. IF WE WANT TO DO THAT, IF WE
WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE. AGAIN, THERE IS NO REASON WHY
WE CAN'T COME TO A DEAL. WE HAVE ANOTHER SIDE THAT
DOESN'T CARE ABOUT BORDER SECURITY.
THE DEMOCRATS WHICH I HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG, THEY DON'T
GIVE A DAMN ABOUT CRIME. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT CRIME.
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT GANG MEMBERS COMING IN AND STABBING
PEOPLE AND CUTTING PEOPLE UP. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT CRIME.
IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CARE ABOUT CRIME, THEN I AGREE.
THEY SHOULDN'T WANT ANYTHING AT THE BORDER.
BUT I CARE ABOUT CRIME. AND I CARE ABOUT DRUGS.
WE'RE SPENDING A FORTUNE TRYING TO STOP DRUGS.
AND THEY POUR IN THROUGH THE BORDER.
I SEE IT MORE NOW THAN EVER BEFORE THE DEMOCRATS DON'T CARE
ABOUT THE BORDER AND THEY DON'T ARE ABOUT CRIME.
[INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT BEGAN A
LONG TIME. ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA.
OBAMA USED TO CALL IT A CRISIS AT THE BORDER, TOO.
2014. HE SAID IT IN LOOK, YOU CAN ALL PLAY CUTE.
I SAY 80% OF YOU ARE POSSIBLY IN CORD CAN CAN NICE --
COORDINATION WITH THE OPPOSITION PARTY.
THE WHOLE THING IS RIDICULOUS. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT
THE BORDER. RENT A HELICOPTER IF YOU DON'T
WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. BY THE WAY, HERE'S THE STORY.
ERE IS ANOTHER MAJOR CARAVAN FORMING RIGHT NOW IN HONDURAS.
AND SO FAR WE'RE TRYING TO BREAK IT UP.
BUT SO FAR IT'S BIGGER THAN ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN.
AND A DRONE ISN'T GOING TO STOP IT.
AND A CENSOR ISN'T GOING TO STOP IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO STOP IT IN ITS TRACKS?
NICE POWERFUL WALL. [INAUDIBLE]
PRESIDENT TRUMP: THE BUCK STOPS WITH EVERYBODY.
THEY COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN LITERALLY 15 MINUTES.
WE COULD BE BACK, WE COULD HAVE BORDER SECURITY, THEY COULD
STOP THIS PROBLEM. IT'S 15 MINUTES IF THEY WANTED
TO. I REALLY BELIEVE NOW THAT THEY
DON'T WANT TO. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.
I REALLY BELIEVE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT CRIME.
I REALLY BELIEVE THIS. THE DEMOCRATS DON'T CARE ABOUT
CRIME. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A
GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO, FRANKLY, IN SOME CASES I HAVE
BEEN WATCHING, I ACTUALLY THINK THEY ARE CRAZY.
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A GROUP THAT'S SO FAR LEFT I
REALLY DON'T THINK THEY CARE ABOUT CRIME.
YOU KNOW, SADLY, THEY ARE VIEWING THIS AS THE BEGINNING
OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RACE. THAT'S OK WITH ME.
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T
CARE ABOUT GANGS. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT HEWNMAN
TRAFFICKING AND DRUGS. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THEY HAVE ONE CRAZY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE HAVE TO GET WIN OR NATIONAL SECURITY.
ONE OR THE OTHER. EITHER WE'RE GOING TO WIN OR
MAKE A COMPROMISE. I'M OK TO MAKING A COMPROMISE.
COMPROMISE IS IN MY VOCABULARY VERY STRONGLY.
SO WE'RE EITHER GOING TO HAVE A WIN, MAKE A COMPROMISE BECAUSE
I THINK A COMPROMISE IS A WIN FOR EVERYBODY.
OR I WILL DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
THIS IS A THING THAT THE LAWYERS TELL ME IS 100%.
UST READ THE LANGUAGE. WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.
NO SOLUTION WHATSOEVER, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.
MR. PRESIDENT DID YOU KNOW THAT PAUL MANAFORT ANDON FROM
YOUR CAMPAIGN -- PRESIDENT TRUMP: I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT. OTHING ABOUT IT.
I WISH HIM LUCK. I WISH HIM LUCK.
IT WILL BE A BEAUTY.
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MEANWHILE ON CAPITOL HILL ON
THIS 20TH DAY OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI BRIEFED REPORTERS ON THE HOUSE RESPONSE AND THEIR
FFORTS TO OPEN THE GOVERNMENT. MS. PELOSI: GOOD MORNING.
THIS WEEK THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS RE CONTINUING OUR -- TO PASS