EASURES.
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.
WE 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
HAVE 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
BECAUSE 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
DEAL.
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
HONORABLE THAN CHUCK AND NANCY.
I THINK THAT CHINA IS MUCH
EASIER TO DEAL WITH THAN THE
OPPOSITION 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.
THIS 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.
SOME OF THE NEWSPAPERS I DON'T
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.
ALL 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.
AND BY THE WAY, NBC MAY BE THE
MOST DISHONEST REPORTERS OF ALL
TIME.
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.
THERE 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
CARE ABOUT CRIME.
[INAUDIBLE] PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT BEGAN A
LONG TIME.
ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA.
OBAMA USED TO CALL IT A CRISIS
AT THE BORDER, TOO.
I THINK HE SAID IT IN 2014.
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.
THERE 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?
A 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
GONE 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%.
JUST 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.
NOTHING ABOUT IT.
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
EFFORTS TO OPEN THE GOVERNMENT.
MS. PELOSI: GOOD MORNING.
THIS WEEK THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS
ARE CONTINUING OUR -- TO PASS
SENATE REPUBLICAN