and i don't think doing nothing is a solution for mitch mcconnell. >> carlos curbelo, let me ask you about that, because you know a little bit from the inside there, the republican side on capitol hill how the thinking goes on these things. try to put yourself -- you're out of office now, maybe it could be a little bit more expansive in your thoughts here. but try to put yourself politically in the shoes of mitch mcconnell right now, who all the reporting suggests feels he got burned by the white house a couple of weeks ago on this. he's got some members, cory gardner from colorado, who are starting to get a little politically uncomfortable. what is the play here for mcconnell? >> you're exactly right. mitch mcconnell did get burned. one thing i learned about mitch mcconnell is he only gets burned once on any one issue. and i don't think he is going to proceed until he is sure that whatever the solution is can pass the house, can pass the senate. obviously that means 60 votes. and get the president's signature. so i think in this case senator mcconnell's really doing the best anyone

i'll be joined by former congressman carlos curbelo. >>> after being blasted by the president, buzzfeed still stands by its story, the president instructed michael cohen to lie. >>> we begin with president trump's repeated calls for a border wall along the southern border. tonight reiterating that, but then offering what he says is a compromise on daca and temporary protected status programs aimed at reopening the foerlg end the shutdown. it is now dragging into its 29th day. here's the president earlier unveiling the plan. >> to physically secure our border, the plan includes $5.7 billion for a strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall. this is not a 2,000-mile concrete structure from sea to sea. these are steal barriers in high-priority locations. >> number one is three years of legislative relief for 700,000 daca recipients brought here unlawfully by their parents at a young page many years ago. second our proposal provides a three-year extension of temporary protected status, or tps. >> now, top democrats have rejected what the president has to say, some conservatives have

. >>> now joining us from miami is former republican congressman from florida, carlos curbelo. let's talk about this speech we just heard. it was about a ten-minute address. nothing on the furloughed workers and those who are working without pay, including working on border patrol. lots of talk of criminal gangs and drugs, with no statistics to back that up. we just pulled -- our fine folks pulled a study that is comprehensive. i'll just read one line. undocumented immigration does not increase violence. rather the violence crime is generally negative. he's quoting something that isn't even true. what do you make of what he had to say today? >> joy, i do think the president could have done more to acknowledge those workers down here in miami. the tsa agents at miami airport, the airport had an event for them the other day to give them lunch, essentially, because a lot of the people are struggling. the president could have done more to acknowledge the people. i will say, for a long time, it's been obvious the only way out of this showdown is a compromise that includes two major

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. >> well, carlos curbelo, house democrats, trump white house, there has to be some kind of give herethe government reopen. a lot of folks are looking at the senate right now as the most likely place for that because of that dynamic we were just talking about here. some of these republicans, maybe who are up in 2020, who are more from swing states, do you think that's a realistic possibility, there will be pressure, political pressure from the republicans on the senate side that budges this along? >> i think it is a possibility, steve. when we think about what's happened here, both sides in this conflict have kind of locked themselves into a labyrinth and turned off the lights. and i think there is one obvious way out. it's something josh and i worked on in the 115th congress, and that is a compromise on i'm sorry. possibly the most divisive issue in our country right now. there is a very elegant compromise out there that's been staring at members of congress and the administration for two years, and that is more border security to fight drug trafficking and human trafficking at the s

joining us now, former republican congressman carlos kur bell lcurbel curbelo.talk about the shutdown in a moment but something i've been wondering since the election. we followed your race especially closely. i was wondering, is there still room from everybody that you've seen in your personal experiences in donald trump's republican party for a conservative, jeb bush-style republican? who is a traditional conservative, traditional republican? is there still room for that person in trump's gop? >> joe, that's a good question. the truth is i don't know the answer for that. my priority is to make sure there is room or to make that room. i do believe that this country deserves a small gaovernment, free enterprise republican party. and every day we're further away from that. and there were central republicans that do believe in free enterprise that, don't want to build a party based on culture wars and some kind of racial identity. i don't know if there's a future. i certainly hope there is. this country does need and deserve two strong parties. we only have two so

former representative carlos curbelo has a joint the columbia university center for global policy as distinguished visiting fellow. julie from new york. hello. caller: i am calling about this article in the december 19 newspaper via sodas -- the associated press from the news department. u.s. pledges funds for central americans -- pledged $5.8 billion for aid in central america. another $4.8 billion in development for southern mexico. it aims to promote security conditions and job opportunities as part of a plan to allow central americans and mexicans to remain in their countries and not have to emigrate. host: that is the article. what do you think about how it applies to the current situation? caller: how can we send almost $10 billion to mexico and central america to keep the people in their country? i don't understand why we don't have the money for the wall. we are doing this and we don't have money for the wall. host: phyllis is next from arlington, texas. hello. caller: hi, how are you today? i am a doctor of criminology and i have been listening to everyone talking. i work in