>>> I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE COUNTRIES
TO HELP "METROFOCUS" CO WITH
VULNERABLE -- AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. WE NEED WALL.
>> WE NEED WALL.
GIVE US WALL.
ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY HOMELAND
SECURITY SECRETARY KIRSTJEN
NIELSEN ANNOUNCED NEW POLICY.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS TOOK UMM BRIDGE
WITH THAT ALONG WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION’S PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION’S PREVIOUS TREATMENT OF IMMIGRANTS.
>> THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR LYING
IN THE FACE OF ALL THE EVIDENCE
WAS A TWEET, YOU MADAM
SECRETARY, SENT OUT ON JUNE THE
17th.
17th. AND IT SAYS WE DO NOT HAVE A
POLICY OF SEPARATING FAMILIES AT
THE BORDER, PERIOD.
THAT’S YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT.
THAT’S WHAT YOU PUT OUT.
YET YOU CAME HERE TODAY TO TELL
US EXACTLY IS YOUR POLICY OF
SEPARATING FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
FROM THEIR FAMILIES, ANOTHER
LIE.
LIE. >> THAT, CONGRESSMAN, LOUISE
GUTIERREZ IS LEAVING CONGRESS
AFTER 26 YEARS, JOINING ME NOW.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NEW
POLICY THAT IS GOING TO KEEP A
LOT OF PEOPLE NEAR THE BORDER IN
MEXICO WHERE MANY PEOPLE SAY
THEY WILL BE EXPOSED TO
TREMENDOUS DANGER?
TREMENDOUS DANGER? >> I EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE IN
COURT PROMPTLY TO ENSURE THAT
THE ASYLUM AND REFUGEE LAWS ON
THE BOOKS ARE COMPLIED WITH BY
THIS ADMINISTRATION.
THIS ADMINISTRATION. THAT’S WHAT I EXPECT.
I SAY HOW CRUEL, HOW INHUMANE AS
I CALLED THEM OUT TODAY, YOU
KNOW THEY LOVE TO WEAR THEIR
RELIGION AND THEIR CHRISTIANITY
ON THEIR SLEEVE OR AROUND THEIR
NECKS WITH CRUCIFIXES AND YET
THEIR POLICY IS CRUEL AND
INHUMANE AND REALLY DETRIMENTAL
TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
AND SO, LOOK, I EXPECT TO BE
GOING INTO COURT, CHRIS.
LOOK, HERE’S WHAT SHE’S DOING.
YOU AND I BOTH KNOW, SHE’S
AUDITIONING FOR DONALD TRUMP SO
THAT SHE CAN KEEP HER JOB.
WE DON’T KNOW IF THE NEW YEAR
SHE’S GOING TO HAVE A JOB.
IF THE PRESIDENT WANTS A WALL,
SHE HAS ACTUALLY EVOLVED IN THE
WRONG DIRECTION.
WRONG DIRECTION. I GUESS LIKE MANY PEOPLE THAT
WORK FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION,
SHE’S NOT GOING TO LEAVE WITH
HER REPUTATION OR HER DIGNITY
INTACT.
INTACT. >> WHEN SHE SAID WALL TODAY,
WHICH BY THE WAY IT’S A WEIRD
STYLE THING AT DHS THEY DON’T
USE INDEFINITE OR DEFINITE
ARTICLES IN FRONT OF WALL, IT’S
WALL, SHE IS PUSHING THIS NOW,
THE PRESIDENT INSISTED IS -- DO
YOUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES
REALIZE THE WHOLE THING IS A
PREPOSTEROUS CON?
PREPOSTEROUS CON? >> I THINK MANY OF THEM DO, BUT
I THINK THAT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE
IS THEY’VE SET THEMSELVES IN
MOTION IN A CERTAIN WAY, CHRIS,
AND THEY’VE ARTICULATED SOME
THINGS TO THEIR BASE AND THEY
CAN’T FIND THE WAY OUT OF THEIR
OWN DILEMMA THEY’VE CREATED FOR
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. LOOK, WHEN I MET WITH MR. KELLY,
THE CHIEF OF STAFF, WHEN I WAS
SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM AND HE
SAID DON’T WORRY THE PRESIDENT
HAS EVOLVED, THAT WAS CAMPAIGN
RHETORIC, WE’RE REALLY NOT GOING
TO BUILD A WALL, IT WAS VERY
MUCH PUBLICIZED, THESE COMMENTS
OF MR. KELLY.
SO, LOOK, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE
ARE -- THE WALL -- IT’S NOT
GOING T GET BUILT, RIGHT,
DEMOCRATS AREN’T GOING TO GIVE
THEM $5 BILLION.
WE’RE COMING BACK.
HERE’S WHAT I EXPECT TO HAPPEN.
I EXPECT THAT TOMORROW WE DON’T
HAVE A RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT’S
KIND OF COMPLICATED IN THE
SENATE, AND THERE ARE RULES IN
THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE. AND UNFORTUNATELY HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
GO WITH A CHRISTMAS WITHOUT A
PAYCHECK, WITHOUT A JOB.
THAT’S SAD.
THAT’S SAD. THAT’S ALSO VERY UN-CHRISTIAN OF
THEM DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
ESPECIALLY WHEN ALL THE MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS ARE GOING TO GET
THEIR PAY AND THEIR HEALTH CARE.
SO I EXPECT THAT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. LOOK, I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE
KIND OF TWO TO NOTHING, NANCY
PELOSI, WHEN SHE ASSUMES THE
SPEAKERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND SAYS NEXT 60
MINUTES LET’S RECONVENE AFTER
SHE GETS SWORN IN AS SPEAKER AND
LET’S REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT ON
JANUARY 3rd.
JANUARY 3rd. I THINK, SADLY, THAT IS WHAT --
>> SO YOU THINK A SHUTDOWN,
THEY’VE PAINTED THEMSELVES INTO
SUCH A CORNER OVER THIS WALL
THEY BASICALLY SHUT DOWN
EVERYONE WHO LEAVES TOWN, COME
BACK AND BASICALLY NANCY PELOSI
PASSES THE DEAL THEY HAD ANYWAY
WITH THE SENATE AND McCONNELL
SAYS OKAY AND THEY REOPEN THE
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. >> I THINK THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT’S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
TO THE SURPRISE OF MANY, WE HAVE
FRIENDSHIPS, RIGHT, WE HAVE
REPUBLICAN FRIENDS, DEMOCRATIC
SOMETHING THAT IS MEXICOUCH TALK
ABOUT.
ABOUT. I WENT TO TALK TO THEM, THEY
FEEL CORNERED AND TRAPPED.
MANY OF THEM SEE THIS AS SIMPLY
A CONTINUATION OF A DECLINE OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THEIR
BRAND AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN
THE NEXT ELECTIONS.
LOOK, I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY,
CHRIS, HILLARY CLINTON WON BY 3
MILLION VOTES AND MORE THAN 7
MILLION VOTED DEMOCRAT RATHER
THAN REPUBLICAN.
THAN REPUBLICAN. THIS IS HEADED IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION AND THE WALL IS
SOMETHING THAT IS IMMORAL AND
THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AREN’T
DEMANDING.
DEMANDING. SO THE GROUP THAT THEY HAVE OF
VOTERS ARE WITH THEM AND THEY
DON’T EXPAND THEIR BASE WITH
THIS.
THIS. >> THEY THINK IT IS -- IT IS
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, THEY
THINK THE WALL IS A POLITICAL
WINNER.
WINNER. >> THEY DO FOR THEM.
IT IS WHAT TRUMP BEGAN WITH.
IT IS WHAT HE’S INSISTED.
BUT THINK ABOUT IT.
THEY COULD HAVE HAD THIS VICTORY
IF YOU RECALL CHRIS --
>> I REMEMBER THE DACA DEAL.
>> THEY WOULD NOT TAKE YES FOR
AN ANSWER.
AN ANSWER. >> WE OFFERED $5 BILLION FOR THE
FREEDOM.
FREEDOM. THE RANSOM AND IT GOT BETTER FOR
THEM.
THEM. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN ALL OF THE
DEMOCRATS GOT TOGETHER,
INCLUDING BERNIE SANDERS --
>> $25 BILLION.
>> $25 BILLION.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU
CANNOT NEGOTIATE WITH THEM
BECAUSE WHAT THEY WANT IN THE
END IS SOMETHING THAT IS
UNNEGOTIABLE.
UNNEGOTIABLE. THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. THEY WANT TO END IMMIGRATION TO
THE UNITED STATES.
AND THAT IS A STEP THAT WE WILL
NEVER ENTER INTO.