1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,000 EASURES. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,000 AN AGRICULTURE BILL WHICH 3 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,000 INCLUDES MONEY FOR FOOD STAMPS, 4 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,000 AND ONE TO FUND HOUSING AND 5 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,000 TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS. 6 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,000 TOMORROW THEY'LL 2008 FUNDING 7 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,000 TO REOPENING NATIONAL PARKS. 8 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,000 YESTERDAY THEY AGREED TO A 9 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,000 SPENDING BILL FOR THE TREASURY 10 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,000 DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE 11 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,000 I.R.S. THE HOUSE BACK AT NOON EASTERN 12 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,000 TO BEGIN THEIR LEGISLATIVE 13 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,000 WORK. WE'LL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE HERE 14 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,000 ON C-SPAN. 15 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,000 IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL TAKE YOU 16 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 TO THE WHITE HOUSE A SHORT 17 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:27,000 WHILE AGO PRESIDENT TRUMP 18 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,000 HEADING FOR TEXAS HIS VISIT 19 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 TODAY TO THE U.S.-MEXICO 20 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 BORDER. HE SPOKE WITH REPORTERS BEFORE 21 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:39,000 HE DEPARTED THE WHITE HOUSE. 22 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE'RE GOING TO 23 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,000 TEXAS. 24 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,000 WE'RE GOING TO THE BORDER. 25 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,000 JUST HOPE SOME SPOKE TO SOME OF 26 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,000 MY FRIENDS IN ARIZONA. 27 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,000 WE HAVE ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE SUPPORT. 28 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,000 THE REPUBLICANS ARE EXTREMELY 29 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,000 UNITED. 30 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,000 THEY ALL WANT TO SEE SOMETHING 31 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,000 HAPPEN, BUT YOU THEY ARE 32 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,000 EXTREMELY UNITED. 33 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,000 AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER 34 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,000 SEEN UNITY LIKE THIS IN THE 35 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,000 REPUBLICAN PARTY. 36 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,000 THE MEDIA, WHICH I CALL THE 37 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,000 OPPOSITION PARTY, A LOT OF THE 38 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,000 MEDIA, IN COORDINATION WITH THE 39 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:25,000 DEMOCRATS, THEY ARE NOT TALKING 40 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,000 ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS -- FOR 41 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 INSTANCE THIS MORNING A NUMBER 42 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 OF PEOPLE CAME OUT AND SAID YOU 43 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 DO NEED VERY STRONG BORDER 44 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,000 SECURITY. THAT INCLUDES A WALL OR 45 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 WHATEVER IT IS. 46 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 A NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS SAID 47 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 THAT. BUT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO REPORT 48 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,000 ON IT. 49 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:44,000 WE HAVE TREMENDOUS UNITY IN THE 50 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 REPUBLICAN PARTY. IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL THING 51 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,000 TO SEE. 52 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,000 I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY 53 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 BREAK AWAY BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE 54 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,000 NEED BORDER SECURITY. 55 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,000 WE HAVE TO HAVE IT. 56 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 THE ONLY WAY YOU YOU CAN HAVE 57 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,000 BORDER SECURITY, THERE IS ONLY 58 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 ONE WAY YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE 59 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD, I'M A 60 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,000 PROFESSIONAL IN TECHNOLOGY, BUT 61 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,000 IF YOU DON'T HAVE A STEEL 62 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 BARRIER OR WALL OF SOME KIND, 63 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 STRONG POWERFUL, YOU ARE GOING 64 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 TO HAVE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ARE 65 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,000 YOU GOING TO HAVE DRUGS POURING 66 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 ACROSS THE BORDER, ARE YOU 67 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,000 GOING TO HAVE MS-13 AND THE 68 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,000 GANGS COMING IN. AND WE HAVE DONE APPREHENSIONS. 69 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,000 WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 70 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:22,000 BUT WE NEED HELP. 71 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,000 IF WE HAVE THE WALL WE COULD 72 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:29,000 HAVE FAR FEWER PEOPLE. 73 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,000 DOING AND EVEN BETTER JOB F WE 74 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 HAD THE WALL, WE COULD HAVE A 75 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 TREMENDOUS SAVINGS. 76 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,000 I REALLY BELIEVE THE STEEL 77 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 BARRIER OR WALL WILL PAY FOR 78 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 ITSELF EVERY THREE OR FOUR 79 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 MONTHS AND MAYBE EVEN BETTER 80 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 THAN THAT IN TERMS OF OVERALL. 81 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,000 SO THAT'S IT. 82 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,000 JUST A COUPLE CAN OF THINGS 83 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:55,000 BECAUSE I KNOW DURING THE 84 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 CAMPAIGN I WOULD SAY MEXICO'S 85 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000 GOING TO PAY FOR IT. 86 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 OBVIOUSLY I NEVER SAID THIS AND 87 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 I NEVER MEANT THEY'LL WRITE OUT 88 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 A CHECK. 89 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 I SAID THEY ARE GOING TO PAY 90 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 FOR T THEY ARE. 91 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,000 THEY ARE PAYING FOR IT WITH THE 92 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,000 INCREDIBLE DEAL WE MADE FOR THE 93 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 UNITED STATES, MEXICO, AND 94 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,000 CANADA USMCA DEAL, IT'S A 95 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000 TRADE DEAL. IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY 96 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,000 CONGRESS. 97 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 IT PROBABLY WILL BE OTHER THAN 98 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,000 MAYBE THEY EVEN HOLD THAT UP 99 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,000 BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE -- 100 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 THEY WANT TO DO AS MUCH HARM AS 101 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,000 THEY CAN, ONLY BECAUSE THERE 102 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 WILL BE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL 103 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,000 ELECTIONS. MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL 104 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 INDIRECTLY. AND WHEN I SAID MEXICO WILL PAY 105 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,000 FOR THE WALL IN FRONT OF 106 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,000 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF 107 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,000 PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE NOT 108 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 GOING TO WRITE A CHECK. 109 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,000 BUT THEY ARE PAYING FOR THE 110 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 WALL INDIRECTLY. 111 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 MANY, MANY TIMES OVER. 112 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 BY THE REALLY GREAT TRADE DEAL 113 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 WE JUST MADE. 114 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 CONGRESS HAS TO A APPROVE THE 115 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,000 DEAL. 116 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 I INTENDED TO GO AND SPEAK IN 117 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 FRONT OF THE WORLD FINANCIAL 118 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000 COMMUNITY IN DA VOSE. 119 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 --DAVOS. 120 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,000 THAT'S STILL ON, BUT IF THE 121 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,000 SHUTDOWN CONTINUES IF THE 122 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 SHUTDOWN CONTINUES, I WON'T GO. 123 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 I HAD PLANNED TO GO. 124 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WHEN 125 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 I WENT. 126 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,000 WE HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL. 127 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,000 WE HAVE THE BEST JOB NUMBERS WE 128 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 HAVE EVER HAD IN MANY WAYS. 129 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,000 CERTAINLY WITH 130 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,000 AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WITH 131 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,000 HISPANIC, WITH ASIAN AMERICANS. 132 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 OVERALL WE HAVE THE BEST JOB 133 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 NUMBERS IN AT LEAST 50 YEARS. 134 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS 135 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,000 HAPPENING. 136 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 THE ECONOMY IS INCREDIBLE. 137 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 WE'RE NEGOTIATING AND HAVING 138 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,000 TREMENDOUS SUCCESS WITH CHINA. 139 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,000 AND I FIND CHINA FRANKLY, IN 140 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,000 MANY WASTE TO BE FAR MORE 141 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:53,000 HONORABLE THAN CHUCK AND NANCY. 142 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 I THINK THAT CHINA IS MUCH 143 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,000 EASIER TO DEAL WITH THAN THE 144 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:04,000 OPPOSITION PARTY. 145 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,000 [INAUDIBLE] 146 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP: I HAVE THE 147 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,000 ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO O DECLARE A 148 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,000 NATIONAL EMERGENCY. 149 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 THE LAWYERS HAVE SO ADVISED ME. 150 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 I'M NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT 151 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 YET. BUT IF I HAVE TO, I WILL. 152 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,000 I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 153 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,000 I WILL. 154 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO 155 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 DECLARE. 156 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 WHEN YOU SAY WASN'T PASSED BY 157 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 CONGRESS IT WAS. 158 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 OTHER PRESIDENTS HAVE USED IT. 159 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 SOME FAIRLY OFTEN. 160 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,000 I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO 161 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. 162 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET. 163 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 I MAY DO IT. 164 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,000 IF THIS DOESN'T WORK OUT, 165 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:47,000 PROBABLY WILL DO IT. 166 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:53,000 THIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. 167 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000 I LIKE TO DO THE DEAL THROUGH 168 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 CONGRESS. AND MAKES SENSE TO DO IT 169 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,000 THROUGH CONGRESS. 170 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,000 AN EASY ROUTE FOR ME WOULD HAVE 171 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 BEEN CALL A A NATIONAL 172 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 EMERGENCY AND DO IT. 173 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 WILL I TELL YOU, THIS IS A 174 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 TREMENDOUS -- I WILL TELL YOU 175 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 THIS IS A TREMENDOUS -- LOOK AT 176 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,000 PRESIDENT OBAMA'S STATEMENT 177 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,000 FROM THE PAST. 178 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,000 NUMEROUS STATEMENTS WHERE HE 179 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 CALLS IT A CRISIS. 180 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 THIS IS A CRISIS. 181 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 YOU HAVE HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 182 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,000 YOU HAVE DRUGS. 183 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,000 YOU HAVE CRIMINALS COMING IN. 184 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 YOU HAVE GANGS, MS-13. 185 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 WE'RE TAKING THEM OUT BY THE 186 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,000 THOUSANDS AND BRINGING THEM 187 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 BACK. 188 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,000 THIS IS A CRISIS. 189 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 HAD HE DON'T COME IN AT A 190 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 CHECKPOINT WHICH THEY DO ALSO, 191 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 BUT YOU THEY GO IN BETWEEN THE 192 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 CHECKPOINTS WHERE YOU DON'T 193 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:42,000 HAVE BARRIERS. 194 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,000 IF WE DON'T MAKE A DEAL, I 195 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 WOULD SAY 100%, I DON'T WANT TO 196 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 SAY 100% BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE 197 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP. 198 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 BUT IF WE DON'T MAKE A DEAL, I 199 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,000 WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE A -- THAT 200 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,000 I WOULD NOT DECLARE A NATIONAL 201 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 EMERGENCY AND JUST FUND IT 202 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,000 THROUGH THE VARIOUS MECHANISMS. 203 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 BY THE WAY, THERE IS MORE THAN 204 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,000 ONE MECHANISM. 205 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 THERE ARE VARIOUS MECHANISMS. 206 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,000 AND THE LAWYERS TOLD ME 100%. 207 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD 208 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,000 MAKE A DEAL. 209 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 DEALING WITH THESE PEOPLE IS 210 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,000 RIDICULOUS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW HOW 211 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 TO MAKE A DEAL. 212 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 WE NEED -- ILL TAR HEEL YOU 213 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 WHAT, A LOT OF DEMOCRATS, I WAS 214 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,000 LOOKING AT NUMBERS A LOT OF 215 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,000 NUMBERS AGREE WE NEED NATIONAL 216 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 SECURITY. THE ONLY WAY YOU HAVE IT THE 217 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,000 ONLY WAY YOU HAVE IT, IS YOU 218 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 HAVE TO HAVE A STRONG BORDER. 219 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 THE ONLY WAY YOU HAVE A STRONG 220 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,000 BORDER IS YOU NEED A WALL OR 221 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:48,000 YOU NEED SOME KIND OF A -- GO 222 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 AHEAD. 223 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 YOU NEED A STEEL BARRIER. 224 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,000 IF YOU DON'T HAVE A STEEL 225 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 BARRIER OR A CONCRETE WALL, 226 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,000 FORGET IT. 227 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,000 >> PICTURE THIS MORNING SHOWING 228 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,000 STEEL BARRIER WALL. 229 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP: THAT'S A WALL 230 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,000 THAT WAS DESIGNED BY PREVIOUS 231 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,000 ADMINISTRATIONS. 232 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,000 THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN'T BE 233 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,000 PENETRATED. 234 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 BUT IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING 235 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 TO DO. 236 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000 THERE ARE OTHER WALLS. 237 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,000 WE HAVE MANY WALLS UNDER 238 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 CONSIDERATION. 239 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,000 EVEN CONCRETE. 240 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 THERE'S ACID THAT CAN GO 241 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,000 THROUGH CONCRETE. 242 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 WHAT YOU DO IS YOU FIX IT. 243 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,000 IT'S VERY MUCH LIMITED. 244 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,000 IT'S VERY, VERY HARD. 245 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 THE WALL WE'RE DOING IS VERY, 246 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,000 VERY HARD TO PENETRATE. 247 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 >> MR. PRESIDENT YOU WALKED OUT 248 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 ON THE DEMOCRATS. ARE YOU GOING TO BRING BACK -- 249 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 HOW CAN YOU -- 250 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP: THE NEWS 251 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 INCORRECTLY REPORTED BECAUSE I 252 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,000 SAID WELL, IF WE GO BACK AND 253 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 EVERYTHING'S PEACHY DOORY AND 254 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 YOU YOU SAY WE'LL TALK OVER 255 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:52,000 DAYS, AT THE END OF 30 DAYS ARE 256 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 YOU GOING TO GIVE US GREAT 257 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,000 BORDER SECURITY, WHICH INCLUDES 258 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 A WALL OR A STEEL BARRIER? 259 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,000 SHE SAID NO. 260 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,000 I DIDN'T POUND ON THE TABLE. 261 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 I DIDN'T RAISE MY VOICE. 262 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 THAT WAS A LIE. 263 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS GIVE THEM 264 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,000 PINOCCHIOS. 265 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,000 IF YOU ASK MIKE PENCE AND KEVIN 266 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 MCCARTHY, ANYBODY IN THE ROOM 267 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,000 THEY WILL SAY BECAUSE I KNOW IF 268 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 I DO THAT YOU ARE GOING TO 269 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 REPORT IT. 270 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,000 YOU GUYS REPORT IT ANYWAY 271 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,000 BECAUSE YOU FAKE NEWS. 272 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 273 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,000 I VERY CALMLY SAID, IF YOU ARE 274 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,000 NOT GOING TO GIVE US STRONG 275 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,000 BORDERS, BYE-BYE. 276 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 AND I LEFT. 277 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,000 I DIDN'T RANT. 278 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 I DIDN'T RAVE LIKE YOU 279 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,000 REPORTED. 280 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:39,000 SOME OF THE NEWSPAPERS I DON'T 281 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,000 HAVE 10 -- IT PLAYS TO HIS 282 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,000 NARRATIVE. 283 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,000 IT'S A LIE. 284 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 I VERY CALMLY WALKED OUT OF THE 285 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 ROOM. 286 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 I DIDN'T SMASH THE TABLE. 287 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,000 I SHOULD HAVE BUT DIDN'T SMASH 288 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000 THE TABLE. 289 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 THAT'S THE STORY. 290 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:59,000 ALL OF THAT NARRATIVE IS A LIE. 291 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 >>> HOW CAN YOU GET A DEAL IF 292 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,000 YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO THEM? 293 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,000 YOU WALKED OUT? 294 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP: I THINK 295 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,000 THERE'S FAR MORE PRESSURE ON 296 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,000 THEM. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF OUR 297 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,000 COUNTRY WANT SECURITY. 298 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 WE WANT TO BE A SECURE COUNTRY. 299 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 WE DON'T WANT DRUGS FLOWING IN. 300 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,000 MOST OF OUR DRUGS COMING 301 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,000 THROUGH THE SOUTHERN BORDER. 302 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 THEY ARE COMING THROUGH THE 303 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,000 PORT AALS, THEY COME IN BETWEEN 304 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,000 THE PORTALS WHERE YOU HAVE NO 305 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:26,000 BARRIER. 306 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:33,000 [INAUDIBLE] 307 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP: HUMAN PAIN? 308 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,000 THE PARENTS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE 309 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,000 CHILDREN KILLED BY AN ILLEGAL 310 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,000 IMMIGRANT THAT SHOULD HAVE 311 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,000 NEVER BEEN IN THE COUNTRY. 312 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,000 YOU KNOW WHERE THERE IS MORE 313 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 HUMAN PAIN? 314 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,000 THE HUSBAND WHO LOST THEIR WIFE 315 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,000 OR THE WIFE THAT LOST A HUSBAND 316 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000 TO AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT THAT 317 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,000 CAME IN FIVE OR SIX TIMES THAT 318 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,000 SHOULDN'T BE HERE. THAT'S THE HUMAN PAIN. 319 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,000 THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE PAID 320 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,000 BUT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LATER, 321 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 THOSE PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM ARE 322 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 ON MY SIDE. 323 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,000 THEY WANT TO SEE BORDER 324 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 SECURITY. 325 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:06,000 AND BY THE WAY, NBC MAY BE THE 326 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000 MOST DISHONEST REPORTERS OF ALL 327 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:13,000 TIME. 328 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,000 I HAVE NO IDEA. 329 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,000 GO AHEAD, NEXT QUESTION. 330 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:32,000 [INAUDIBLE] 331 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,000 PETROLEUM: I CAN'T HEAR YOU. 332 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,000 -- 333 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP: I CAN'T HEAR 334 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,000 YOU YOU. 335 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 WE HAVE PLENTY OF FUNDS IF THIS 336 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,000 IS A NATIONAL MESSAGECY. 337 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:48,000 THERE ARE A LOT OF FUNDS. 338 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,000 IF WE DECLARE A NATIONAL 339 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 EMERGENCY, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS 340 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,000 AMOUNT OF FUNDS. 341 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,000 TREMENDOUS. 342 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 IF WE WANT TO DO THAT IF WE 343 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE. 344 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 AGAIN, THERE IS NO REASON WHY 345 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,000 WE CAN'T COME TO A DEAL. 346 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,000 WE HAVE ANOTHER SIDE THAT 347 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,000 DOESN'T CARE ABOUT BORDER 348 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,000 SECURITY. 349 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,000 THE DEMOCRATS WHICH I HAVE BEEN 350 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,000 SAYING ALL ALONG THEY DON'T 351 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 GIVE A DAMN ABOUT CRIME. 352 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,000 THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT CRIME. 353 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT GANG 354 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 MEMBERS COMING IN AND STABBING 355 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 PEOPLE AND CUTTING PEOPLE UP. 356 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT CRIME. 357 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,000 IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CARE 358 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 ABOUT CRIME, THEN I AGREE. 359 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,000 THEY SHOULDN'T WANT ANYTHING AT 360 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,000 THE BORDER. 361 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,000 BUT I CARE ABOUT CRIME. 362 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000 AND I CARE ABOUT DRUGS. 363 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 WE'RE SPENDING A FORTUNE TRYING 364 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,000 TO STOP DRUGS. 365 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,000 AND THEY POUR IN THROUGH THE 366 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,000 BORDER. 367 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 I SEE IT MORE NOW THAN EVER 368 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,000 BEFORE THE DEMOCRATS DON'T CARE 369 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,000 ABOUT THE BORDER AND THEY DON'T 370 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:48,000 CARE ABOUT CRIME. 371 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 [INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT BEGAN A 372 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,000 LONG TIME. 373 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA. 374 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,000 OBAMA USED TO CALL IT A CRISIS 375 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,000 AT THE BORDER, TOO. 376 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:04,000 I THINK HE SAID IT IN 2014. 377 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,000 LOOK, YOU CAN ALL PLAY CUTE. 378 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,000 I SAY 80% OF YOU ARE POSSIBLY 379 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,000 IN CORD CAN CAN NICE -- 380 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 COORDINATION WITH THE 381 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,000 OPPOSITION PARTY. 382 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:14,000 THE WHOLE THING IS RIDICULOUS. 383 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,000 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT 384 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,000 THE BORDER. 385 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 RENT A HELICOPTER IF YOU DON'T 386 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. 387 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,000 BY THE WAY, HERE'S THE STORY. 388 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:28,000 THERE IS ANOTHER MAJOR CARAVAN 389 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,000 FORMING RIGHT NOW IN HONDURAS. 390 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000 AND SO FAR WE'RE TRYING TO 391 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 BREAK IT UP. 392 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 BUT SO FAR IT'S BIGGER THAN 393 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,000 ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN. 394 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,000 AND A DRONE ISN'T GOING TO STOP 395 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 IT. AND A CENSOR ISN'T GOING TO 396 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 STOP IT. 397 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO STOP 398 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 IT IN ITS TRACKS? 399 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:50,000 A NICE POWERFUL WALL. 400 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,000 [INAUDIBLE] 401 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP: THE BUCK STOPS 402 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 WITH EVERYBODY. 403 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 THEY COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM 404 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 IN LITERALLY 15 MINUTES. 405 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 WE COULD BE BACK WE COULD HAVE 406 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 BORDER SECURITY, THEY COULD 407 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 STOP THIS PROBLEM. 408 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 IT'S 15 MINUTES IF THEY WANTED 409 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 TO. 410 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,000 I REALLY BELIEVE NOW THAT THEY 411 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,000 DON'T WANT TO. 412 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 I REALLY BELIEVE THAT. 413 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 I REALLY BELIEVE THEY DON'T 414 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,000 CARE ABOUT CRIME. 415 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 I REALLY BELIEVE THIS. 416 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000 THE DEMOCRATS DON'T CARE ABOUT 417 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,000 CRIME. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A 418 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,000 GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO, 419 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000 FRANKLY, IN SOME CASES I HAVE 420 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,000 BEEN WATCHING, I ACTUALLY THINK 421 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 THEY ARE CRAZY. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER 422 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,000 BY A GROUP THAT'S SO FAR LEFT I 423 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 REALLY DON'T THINK THEY CARE 424 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,000 ABOUT CRIME. 425 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,000 YOU KNOW, SADLY, THEY ARE 426 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 VIEWING THIS AS THE BEGINNING 427 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RACE. 428 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,000 THAT'S OK WITH ME. 429 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,000 BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER 430 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000 BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T 431 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,000 CARE ABOUT GANGS. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT HEWNMAN 432 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 TRAFFICKING AND DRUGS. 433 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000 THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING. 434 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,000 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THEY HAVE 435 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:05,000 GONE CRAZY. 436 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP: WE HAVE TO GET 437 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,000 WIN OR NATIONAL SECURITY. ONE OR THE OTHER. 438 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,000 EITHER WE'RE GOING TO WIN OR 439 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,000 MAKE A COMPROMISE. 440 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,000 I'M OK TO MAKING A COMPROMISE. 441 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 COMPROMISE IS IN MY VOCABULARY 442 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,000 VERY STRONGLY. 443 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,000 SO WE'RE EITHER GOING TO HAVE A 444 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,000 WIN, MAKE A COMPROMISE BECAUSE 445 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 I THINK A COMPROMISE IS A WIN 446 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,000 FOR EVERYBODY. 447 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000 OR I WILL DECLARE A NATIONAL 448 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:37,000 EMERGENCY. 449 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,000 THIS IS A THING THAT THE 450 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:45,000 LAWYERS TELL ME IS 100%. 451 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:52,000 JUST READ THE LANGUAGE. 452 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,000 WE'LL HAVE TO SEE. 453 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,000 NO SOLUTION WHATSOEVER, WE'LL 454 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 HAVE TO SEE. 455 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,000 >> MR. PRESIDENT DID YOU KNOW 456 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,000 THAT PAUL MANAFORT ANDON FROM 457 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,000 YOUR CAMPAIGN -- 458 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,000 PRESIDENT TRUMP: I DIDN'T KNOW 459 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,000 ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 460 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:12,000 NOTHING ABOUT IT. 461 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,000 I WISH HIM LUCK. 462 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,000 I WISH HIM LUCK. 463 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:20,000 IT WILL BE A BEAUTY. 464 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,000 [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL 465 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2019] 466 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,000 [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, 467 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,000 WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 468 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,000 ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. 469 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 VISIT NCICAP.ORG] 470 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 >> MEANWHILE ON CAPITOL HILL ON 471 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 THIS 20TH DAY OF THE GOVERNMENT 472 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 SHUTDOWN HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY 473 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,000 PELOSI BRIEFED REPORTERS ON THE 474 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,000 HOUSE RESPONSE AND THEIR 475 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:47,000 EFFORTS TO OPEN THE GOVERNMENT. 476 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,000 MS. PELOSI: GOOD MORNING. 477 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,000 THIS WEEK THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS 478 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:59,000 ARE CONTINUING OUR -- TO PASS 479 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,000 SENATE REPUBLICAN