predecessor general kelly never appeared during his tenure of homeland security before becoming white house chief of staff. much of the department of homeland security's operations fall squarely within this committee's jurisdiction and this administration has engaged in a wide range of dramatic policy changes, yet the committee has failed to conduct any meaningful oversight until now. moreover, members of the committee have written dozens of letters to you, many of which have received little or no substantive response. as we move into the next congress, i want to put you and the department on notice, the time for accountability has arrived. members of this committee have responsibility to ask hard questions of any administration and to ensure that federal agencies are acting in accordance with the law and in the best interest of the american people. that job begins today. foremost in our minds is the tragic death of 7-year-old jakelin in dhs custody. it's important we understand what led to her death and what steps dhs is taking to prevent a similar tragedy from occurring. the fact that cbp does not conduct a full medical examin

when president obama's department of homeland security jeh johnson testified in front of this committee, i told him he was not responsible for the dangerous and irresponsible decisions made by dhs before he was sworn in. i told him we could only hope he would bring back a level of adult responsibility to the enforcement of our immigration laws. the same rings true today, the current secretary is not responsible for the actions of her predecessors, but she carries the burden of reversing the course of years of implemented policies that disregarded and hindered the rule of law in the united states immigration system. she carries the burden of ensuring that immigration enforcement is on track and that immigration benefits are issued only to those eligible to receive them. she carries the burden of ensuring that u.s. immigration law and policy is workable and that it benefits america. historically, our immigration laws and policy have been written to balance national security with humanitarian generosity and meeting the workforce needs of a lecture -- a fluctuating economy. sometimes, the l

security cutter. a bit emblematic of the fact that it is a competition for sovereignty. in the department of homeland security outside the coast guard, 21 partners understand, when you talk about security and the polar security cutter in the competitive space, the natural resources up there, protective interests of sovereign interest where the conversation goes. we have a functional working relationship with russia in the arctic. our side of the technology line can coordinate for rescue of mariners in distress, fisheries collaboration. we have interesting relations with china. we have a relationship for 25 years. chinese ship writers, coast guard cutters, the memorandum agreement, just this past summer 10 km out. approach the flag state. they will prosecute. and the competition partners, in the arctic region in places like that. the partnerships, what i have taken away in 35 years, what they get with the coast guard, one of my predecessors, and they partner with the one organization, in santa barbara, california and a member of the national intelligence community, coast guard wrench turners on uk com

i would love to see the department of homeland security budget funded the same time you fund the department of defense budget but it's really about the security of the game. it goes back to the home and away game being the same game but we're not in the department of defense. that's kind of where we reside but we are connected. we are each and every day of the calendar year, have men and women around the continent, supporting the six geographic combatant commanders. south-com, anywhere from six to ten ships, multiple airplanes, disaggregated deployable specialized men and women. 250 men and women in the gulf, southwest asia, we also have a team of 20 folks doing training with international gulf coalition country partners and we have a high end team of a dozen or so what we call advanced interdiction team. so the commander has to do the high end response operation, the s.e.a.l.s, expeditionary marines, coast guard. he's agnostic so what team he picks, they are all equally capable high end response capabilities. at the same time, we work extremely well with our burgeoning department of homela

government agency the customs and border protection service which is part of the department of homeland security it said that it is notified the inspector general for the department of homeland security and also notified the government of guatemala but the reaction has been coming in for example a democratic member of congress pramila paul who represents a district in the u.s. state of washington wrote on twitter this is deplorable two children have died under d h s is that's department of homeland security watch this month what happened to one death too many secretary nielson that's a reference to d.h. as secretary cures genea listens comment following the death of a young guatemalan girl earlier in december saying one death is too many and the american civil liberties union which is a frequent legal flow of the trumpet administration's border policies and immigration procedures tweeted this is a horrific tragedy c.p.b. must be held accountable and stopped from jailing children the a.c.l.u. also called upon the incoming democratic controlled house of representatives to launch an investigation o

it is preventible. >> when you were at the department of homeland security, did you see similar incidents? >> i cannot talk about that. >> why is that? >> i signed a nondisclosure agreement. >> why would the department of homeland security want you to keep quiet about poor medical practices? >> i don't know. you would have to ask them. >> reporter: dr. stern now volunteers his time reviewing medical records of those who died in detention for human rights watch. according to the nonprofit, there have been 81 deaths since 2010, 12 in this year alone. so far human rights watch has only been able to obtain medical records for 52 detainees who died since 2010. it says almost half those deaths were linked to substandard care. >> we're seeing cases of people who have been in detention for days, weeks, sometimes years, and developed problems that are easily identifiable and fixable. >> reporter: jazmine says they are now seeking justice and have filed a wrongful death claim seeking $60 million from the federal government. in it, jazmine calls the medical care provided by i.c.e. "woefully inadequa

. >> all of the government, including the department of homeland security? >> yes, that will fund the department of homeland security. not the border wall. if the president gets that on his desk -- >> border security. >> -- will he veto it? >> depends what's in it. what's it going to say? they're not even discussing it over the christmas and new year's breakdown of what could be in that package. >> would he veto it or not? >> depends what's in it. the president likes the $5.6 billion in the house package. his incoming acting chief of staff has -- and his vice president have offered less than that as a compromise. we've heard nothing in return. a negotiation, by definition, has to include both sides. he's in the white house. he's in washington, ready to negotiate. this is important for border security and keeping the government open. you keep saying wall, wall, wall, because you want wall to be a four-letter word. and we're not being honest about -- >> kellyanne, the president is the one who explicitly said in the oval office it's the wall and he said the reas

this press release by the department of homeland security just makes me so proud so proud to be an illiterate. we've been under representative government for years. on the same day this d.h.s.s. release came out trumps department of education put out this which appears to be. a drawing of a cat labeled as a dog. the so yes. so yes the republicans are idiots but the democrats this week also stood up and declared they are not going to be out here fighting i. know they said. what you think our brains don't think it's day four so your guys. here's what happened as you know the u.s. backed attack on yemen is catastrophic eighty five thousand children under five have already starved to death if the bombing continues it could become the worst famine the world has seen in a hundred years the u.s. senate just recently voted to withdraw u.s. support for the attacks with some loopholes the house of reps however added on an amendment to the farm bill that forbid the house from voting on yemen and the farm bill barely passed with the help of five democrats one of them being collin peterson from minnesota

so the department of homeland security has the primary responsibility for enforcing the border. he department of homeland security indicated to the president they had gaps in their capability. those gaps included engineering capability to reinforce the points of entry and included rotor ring -- wing helicopters and they had some medical shortfalls and some logistic shortfalls. those are all things that the resident in the department of defense. so we worked very closely with secretary nielsen to define exactly what capabilities she needed us to provide and then the president gave us a legal order to support the department of homeland security. david, i would tell you that we are at a hard game. we routinely provide what are called title 10 forces, active- duty us military forces to support the department of homeland security. we go all around the world to respond in the wake of an earthquake and natural disaster with us military capabilities to do things that they are not primarily trained or organized and equipped to do. but they had the capability and capacity to support. so to

the department of homeland security website continues its we are not replacing short. outdated and ineffective wall it was similar to the wall. instead under this president we are building a wall that is thirty feet high backed prior to president drawn taking office we have never built a wall that. this is. this is so true we have never built a wall that haunt and we have never spoke so good and then you ask. the rich it was not congress. could have said it better myself. this press release by the department of homeland security just makes me so proud so proud to be an illiterate. we've been under represented in government for years. on the same day this d.h.s.s. release came out trumps department of education put out this which appears to be. a drawing of a cat labeled as a dog. the so yes. so yes the republicans are idiots but the democrats this week also stood up and declared they are not going to be out . no they said what you think our brains don't stink it's day four so your status. here's what happened as you know the us backed attack on yemen is catastrophic ei

so in fact the president and the department of homeland security have not decided what the wall

predecessor general kelly never appeared during his tenure of homeland security before becoming white house chief of staff. much of the department of homeland security's operations fall squarely within this committee's jurisdiction and this administration has engaged in a wide range of dramatic policy changes, yet the committee has failed to conduct any meaningful oversight until now. moreover, members of the committee have written dozens of letters to you, many of which have received little or no substantive response. as we move into the next congress, i want to put you and the department on notice, the time for accountability has arrived. members of this committee have responsibility to ask hard questions of any administration and to ensure that federal agencies are acting in accordance with the law and in the best interest of the american people. that job begins today. foremost in our minds is the tragic death of 7-year-old jakelin in dhs custody. it's important we understand what led to her death and what steps dhs is taking to prevent a similar tragedy from occurring. the fact that cbp does not conduct a full medical examin

department of homeland security has a responsibility for enforcing the border. of department of homeland security had gaps in their capability. capabilitygineering to reinforce the points of entry. it included ordering helicopter and fixed wing aircraft to move their people around and they have some medical shortfalls and logistical shortfalls. those are all things that a resident in the -- present and the department of defense. to the findely exactly what capability she needed us to define. then the president gave us a legal order to do -- to support the department of homeland security. if we were in a hurricane or fire we would routinely provide active duty u.s. military forces to support the department of homeland security. we go all around the world to respond in the wake of a earthquake. respond in the a natural disaster with u.s. military capabilities to do things they are not trained and organized or equipped to do. they have the capability and capacity to support. to mean, it was a legal order to support them. the mission was absolutely clear. the troops

department of homeland security says california's updated i.d.s still don't make the grade. at is means for you if you have one. >>> extra security at one of the state's most iconic symbols. >> just love basically. see the smiles on the faces of the children and parents who come. >> pulling the plug, beloved holiday play going dark after not long ago, ronda started here. and then, more jobs began to appear. these techs in a lab. this builder in a hardhat... ...the welders and electricians who do all of that. the diner staffed up 'cause they all needed lunch. teachers... doctors... jobs grew a bunch. what started with one job spread all around. because each job in energy creates many more in this town. energy lives here. >>> trouble is brewing for more than 2 million issued real i.d. department of homeland security is saying inadequate, will need additional validation. real i.d.s will be needed by 2020, sufficient until then but will implement changes in validation starting next spring. don't you love bureaucracy? >> crowds to one l.a. landmark, also more security. last year o

. >> reporter: last month, the department of homeland security it wasn't doing enough to prove residency before issuing i.d.s. >> the department of homeland security decided to change the method by which the california dmv collects two proofs of residency. >> reporter: before they would mail the i.d. to the home address. not anymore. you'll need to have all documentation if you want one of these new i.d.s. this is a lot to remember. we put together a link that has the step by step process for you on our website at nbcbayarea.com. tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> new information tonight as well about a deadly christmas eve fire in san francisco. a second person badly burned in that fire has died. happened early monday morning. firefighters say the flames broke out on the second floor and then spread to the third. an 83-year-old man died at the scene. crews rescued his 69-year-old wife and rushed her to the hospital where she later died. a hurt, but doing well, though. no word on what started the fire. >>> a tragic discovery for a family searching for a loved one. the family discovered t

the department of homeland security data framework october directs the secretary of homeland security to develop a data framework consolidating existing databases and systems at the department. h.r. 2454 requires the secretary to ensure that this data framework is accessible to d.h.s. employees with proper clearances and that they are trained to safeguard such information when appropriate. the framework will help cut down on the processing time of data searches and allow an analyst of d.h.s. agencies to more efficiently access information across the department. i thank my colleague, congressman will hurd, for introducing this legislation. and the senate. i look forward to the president signing it into law this year. with that i urge my colleagues -- house colleagues to support this bipartisan legislation. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hurd: mr. speaker, i have no other speakers. if my friend, the gentlelady from new york, has no other speakers, i'm prepared to close once she does. the sp

. >> the department of homeland security budget funded the same time we find the department of defense. it's about security. watch back to the home and waking away camping the sinking. we are not in the department of defense and that's kind of where we reside. where connected. we are each and every day of the county of men and women round supporting six geographic combatant commanders. that's south, come anywhere between six and ten ships, multiple airplanes, this the sd global specialist forstmann women. with two or 50 people in the arabian gulf 40 with the nasa command of the commander, southwest asia. also have a team of 20 folks doing training with international both coalition country borders and a height team of a dozen or so the advanced interdiction team. the commander has to high in response operation, seals up one day, expedition brings another. coast guard advanced interdiction team. these agnostic to what tv picks there are all equally capable high and response capabilities. at the same time we work extremely well with our virginia department of homeland security partners. 2

seeing in the cq is writing defense department is fully funded but jennifer and katherine write in cq the coast guard is part of the department of homeland security. one of the nine departments without fundingle while the rest of the military in the department of defense which is not affected by the shutdown. thank you for pointing that out. our republican line is next, we hear from ted in colonial heights, virginia. >> caller: yes, sir. just a couple of comments about this. even though i'm a republican, i see some democrat still want what donald trump is trying to do. what strikes me most is two things. number one i keep seeing films in 2006 of barack obama hillary clinton, chuck schumer and others saying we need the wall. we wanted the wall. have they forgotten this now in 2018 now there's a republican pratt? second what is critical, such also the healthcare, we fun out for illegals every year. would pay for what he is asking for the wall five times over in one year. and i don't care you're a republican or democrat, you can see criminals come in, you can see drugs come in. everyone should want to stop that. i feel very bad for the people that a

departments are still awaiting funding for 2019, the department of agriculture, department justice, department of homeland security, department of interior and department state and department of transportation and department of housing and urban development and several smaller agencies. that's why it's a partial shutdown. funding through the year and who's not worried about the shutdown? are mostlybig issues funded, department of defense, department of labor, health and human services, education, the army corps of engineers, energy projects, the entire legislative branch which is a big one to remember, congress and the staff won't the impact that there is a shutdown. what does a shutdown look like from your perspective? these agencies are starting to come up with shutdown plan so can you paint a picture? it will be department by department and agency by agency because there are exempt and nonexempt employees. anyone exempt needs to report to work but they may not get paid on time depending on the length of the shutdown. the department of homeland security roughly 90% of the staff reports to work. depending on the

government agency the customs and border protection service which is part of the department of homeland security it said that it is notified the inspector general for the department of homeland security and also notified the government of guatemala but the reaction has been coming in for example a democratic member of congress. paul who represents a district in the u.s. state of washington wrote on twitter this is deplorable to children have died under d.h. ss that's department of homeland security watch this month what happened to one death too many secretary nielson that's a reference to. secretary cures genea listens comment following the death of a young guatemalan girl earlier in december saying one death is too many and the american civil liberties union which is a frequent legal flow of the trumpet ministrations border policies and immigration procedures tweeted this is a horrific tragedy c.p.b. must be held accountable and stopped from jailing children the a.c.l.u. also called upon the incoming democratic controlled house of representatives to launch an investigation of the department of

according to the department of homeland security, the wall he's referring to is a pre-existing refurbished wall and fencing. democrats want to work off the same set of facts. >> we don't want to be contradict the president when was putting forth figures with no reality to them. >> reporter: pelosi says the government is not worth shutting down over a border wall but trump is not budging. > i'm proud to shut down the government for border security. >> reporter: the leaders have offered the president two options to keep the government. they say each would get a majority of the vote in the house, 60 votes in the senate and avoid a government shut down. in washington, stephanie ramos, abc news. >> schumer later described the president as having a temper tantrum and at the pel had particularly harsh words for him when she described the meeting to a group of democrats on capitol hill. accord to an aide in the room pelosi say said it's like a manhood thing for him as if manhood could ever be associated with him. >> an outdoor christmas display has been stripped of its centerpiece. abc7 news repor

that actually are still awaiting funding for , the department of agriculture, department of commerce, department of justice, homeland security, apartment estate, transportation, transportation, several smaller agencies. what is funded through next year? what is not worried about this deadline on friday. ? guest: the department of defense , department of labor, health and human services, education, army corps of engineers. the legislative branch. congress and their staff will not be impacted if there is a shutdown. host: what does a shutdown look like from your perspective right now? these agencies to come up with their shutdown plans. can you paint a picture? guest: it's going to be agency by agency because there is exempt and nonexempt federal employees. anyone who is exempt needs to report to work. they just may not get paid on time depending on the length of the shutdown. department of homeland security i think roughly 90% of their staff was to work so depending on the length of the shutdown have tsatill going to doing airport screening. have tsa doing airport screening. but one of the things we would expect is when -- wh

all, let me say that having worked as a member of the homeland security committee, i'm one of the strongest supporters of the homeland security department. withe worked extensively customs and border protection. i've worked extensively with border patrol. secret service. subsets of the department and we worked well. ,erved as the ranking member ranking member of border security. guard,, let me say coast the work is important. fema, the work is important. onay to those individuals the northern and southern border, they know that my door is open to speak to them that they have values of which they are trained to uphold. that justution them because of the mean-spirited leadership that is now coming from the administration, it is no reason to violate your own moral standards and culture of service to the nation. my door is open. i say that because it does not comments arelish made about a border wall and are very important military are down there doing -- during the christmas holiday and thanksgiving because they rise and serve for foolish reasons. , jackie did not have to die. she did not have to die. jackie did not have to die. my questio

all, let me say that having worked as a member of the homeland security committee, i'm one of the strongest supporters of the homeland security department. withe worked extensively customs and border protection. i've worked extensively with border patrol. secret service. subsets of the department and we worked well. ,erved as the ranking member ranking member of border security. guard,, let me say coast the work is important. fema, the work is important. onay to those individuals the northern and southern border, they know that my door is open to speak to them that they have values of which they are trained to uphold. that justution them because of the mean-spirited leadership that is now coming from the administration, it is no reason to violate your own moral standards and culture of service to the nation. my door is open. i say that because it does not comments arelish made about a border wall and are very important military are down there doing -- during the christmas holiday and thanksgiving because they rise and serve for foolish reasons. , jackie did not have to die. she did not have to die. jackie did not have to die. my questio

fuentes discussed the early retirement program with officials at the department of homeland security. in november, department of homeland security officials began pressing congress to reinstate the retirement program. and again, it almost worked. just this past month the coast guard packaged together a package of small tweaks and changes that they hoped would quietly pass through congress without any controversy. little technical matters, little fixes, put colons in there that should be semicolons, we have to clean that up before it's official law. but when it came to the early retirement program, the justification why the coast guard needed to revive and reinstate that program was, quote, the need for parity with other armed forces. we need to stay equal, we can't let this lapse. the proposed extension came with what appeared to be a sense of urgency. quote, they also told the policy writers there might be an immediate need for the early retirement authority and that it would be used at most for ten individuals. well, one guy named zach and a few others. i don't know if there's a few

of state security. china has denied any knowledge.the department of homeland security says cases like this are the reason needs to work more closely with the private sector. christopher krebs / department of homeland security: are we limited at times with the variety, or i'm sorry, because of classification with some of the information we can provide? yes but please rest assured we are leaning forward. we, the fbi, and my partners in government, we are leaning forward in my opinion and sharing more information from a counter intelligence end than i've ever seen us do before.in washington, i'm omar jimenez. (ken) now to our four zone forecast. you're looking live at the golden gate bridge.(pam) kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with a look ahead lawrence karnow: it was a nice day with cool to mild temperatures today. highs were in the 50s to mid 60s. it will be clear and cold tonight if you're going out. lows tonight will be in the 30s and 40s. patchy dense fog is likely again late tonight. on the satellite you can see a couple of storms lining up off the coast. we could see some more

fuentes discussed the early retirement program with officials at the department of homeland security.november, department of homeland security officials began pressing congress to reinstate the retirement program. and again, it almost worked. just this past month the coast guard packaged together a package of small tweaks and changes that they hoped would quietly pass through congress without any controversy. little technical matters, little fixes, put colons in there that should be semicolons, we have to clean that up before it's official law. but when it came to the early retirement program, the justification why the coast guard needed to revive and reinstate that program was, quote, the need for parity with other armed forces. we need to stay equal, we can't let this lapse. the proposed extension came with what appeared to be a sense of urgency. quote, they also told the policy writers there might be an immediate need for the early retirement authority and that it would be used at most for ten individuals. well, one guy named zach and a few others. i don't know if there's a few oth

branch of the military not getting regular pay during the shutdown because it is under the department of homeland security, not the department of defense. >>> a developing story we are following where an american man is being monitored at a nebraska medical center after possibly being exposed to ebola. the man, who is not being identified, was recently in the democratic republic of congo providing medical assistance. doctors say right now, he is not showing any symptoms, but they are monitoring him in a secure area where no members of the public or patients are exposed. >>> still ahead on nbc bay area news at 5:00, not just people affected by new laws. our pets are affected as well. we'll tell you how the new year will bring many changes for pet owners. >>> and a plane forced to turn around shortly after takeoff at sfo. we'll tell you about the scare in the air when we come back. where a united flight ran into some unexpected trouble last nigh >>> let's take a live look now at sfo where a united flight ran into some unexpected trouble last night. the plane was on its way to orlando when the pilot reported

also called for a congressional investigation of the entire department of homeland security and its policies by the next congress as one of its first priorities all right ron brownstein thank you well just a few kilometers north of the white house a church is giving sanctuary to a woman facing deportation to el salvador strict government immigration policies mena rose i would tara's lopez a spending christmas away from her family so she could remain in the country were isn't jordan house for a story. of the. growth of yet it's lopez moved to the u.s. thirteen years ago to save her life. when i came here for. door because the country was growing so violent and there were people threatening me especially one person who had threatened me several times. but because lopez missed an early hearing in immigration court the u.s. government said she must return to el salvador her flight was meant to be on december tenth. a slope as hired a lawyer and someone suggested she seek refuge at a church. as it happens the members of cedar lane unitarian universalist church near washington d.c. had decided in

. >>> right now the department of homeland security will visit the mexico/u.s. border tomorrow. secretary nielsen plans to review the agency's treatment of migrants. we'll have more news for you after the break. closely watchin but we )re keep >>> and like we do every midday we're closely watching the markets, but we're keeping an even closer eye on them today after yesterday's historic 1,000-point surge on the dow. right now the dow's largest climb ever, a live look at the board ever, the dow is down 574 points. this morning investors are still trying to shake off the government shutdown and still looming fears over the trade war with china. of course, we'll keep an eye on things as we hope for an end of the day rally. >> happening now. crews warning people to stay away from hay street and goff in the city. that's a huge tree that came crashing down on the car and truck that were both luckily empty at the time. the fire department just tweeted out the photo. traffic is blocked but no one is hurt. >> new details of the man charged in connection with a killing of a woman at a b.a.

scent plus oxi boost and febreze in every gain fling. ♪ soledad: if you plan to visit department of homeland security. the secret service is using a facial recognition system in camerats they say they're only testing the system, and the artificial intelligence, or ai, will only be searching the crowds, looking to identify secret service agents. but the aclu, the american civil liberties union, is worried that the searches will include regular people just walking near the white house, who will also end up in a government database. this is just the latest concern about the government's expanding use of facial recognition software, in the wake of research that finds there is bias being built into the technology's algorithims. joy boulamwini was one of the first to raise the issue with computer giants like ibm. i spoke with her at mit's media lab in cambridge. when did you start studying artificial intelligence? joy: well, i got into artificial intelligence more so through art i came to mi i was really excited to take courses that looked at both art and science, so i started a fabrication." and the idea

sir, you have the thanks of the entire department of homeland security. we wish you well in your retirement from congress. our department has many missions and our people work tirelessly each day and around the clock to strengthen the safety and security of the american people against terrorists, transnational criminals and hackers, rogue nation states, natural disasters and more. i applaud them for their extraordinary vigilance in protecting us all from persistent and emerging threats. but today i want to focus on one of our core missions in particular. our duty to secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws. this is one of the highest priorities of the president, the administration, and my department. indeed it is among the most fundamental responsibility of any sovereign nation. we face a crisis at our border. a real, serious and sustained crisis. we have tens of thousands of illegal aliens arriving at our doorstep every month. we have drugs, criminals and violence spilling into our country every week, and we have smugglers and traffickers who p

this year, which had two dozen senators participating at different points, getting the department of homeland securityme in and describe to us what they can efficiently spend per year, what kind of technology they want to deliver, and have accountability back to the senate for reporting what they spent it on and what the outcome was. what is the latest proposal on the table today was another billion dollars, in addition to the $1.6 billion in the bill now, which would just be money the president could spend as he wished. oversight and accountability is appropriate here. >> martha: the money spent on illegal immigration goes way over what is being proposed for a border wall. it does that bother you? concern about money being spent, it seems willy-nilly. if you don't like the idea, you don't want to spend the money. >> senators have worked tirelessly with republican colleagues to come up with a bipartisan solution to our broken immigration system, that includes making progress on resolving the status of folks who are here through things like the dreamer program, and investing in border security. i do th

but increasingly the department of homeland security, the border patrol agents, are saying we want to be able to get situational awareness on both sides of the border so we don't want a concrete barrier. we want something where we can see through and do a better job of monitoring. some will be all concrete but the idea of all 700 miles of the wall along 1954 mile of the border being all concrete, that's not going to be the case. the president talked about it earlier when he talked about steel slats and beautiful steel slats. some of these are obstacles to the movement of vehicles. some are really fences. there's a variety of obstacles that are used along the southern border. it's not all going to be concrete. concrete walls will be part of it. >> julie: i think what he's trying to say, the president is, obviously they do need to see what is coming on the other side. if somebody is trying to obstruct or climb that wall or damage the wall, whatever, they need to see what is coming to be prepared. border patrol said they need a wall. that's coming from the boots on the ground. where else

because a quarter of the funding is not there and that impacts for example the department of justice the department of homeland security but also for example the department of urban development. this is where we stay so far what's really going on here is that it's all about the money follow the money five billion dollars this is what mr president wants and what he so far does not get and the debate was reshare due to today is that a deal that could still be made do you think. this is washington there's always a deal to be made but it would be highly speculative on my part to say oh yeah there will be a deal today on saturday or to say no there won't be any deal possible adult what's really going on here is that this is that we are in the waning hours of the waning days of a republican majority in the house they have been in the in the senate of course and they will have more for the more so in the senate next year when the democrats take the house after gaining forty seats in the midterm elections however this is the last chance for president trump to make good on a critical crucial and huge campaign promise that he wi

according to the department of homeland security, the wall he's referring to is a pre-existing refurbished wall and fencing. democrats say they want to work off the same set of facts. >> we don't want to contradict the president when he was putting forth figures that had no reality to them. >> reporter: pelosi says the government is not worth shutting down over a border wall fight but president trump isn't budging. >> i am proud to shut down the government for border security. >> reporter: leaders schumer and pelosi say they've offered the president two options to keep the government open as they work this out. they say each option would get a majority of the vote in the house, 60 votes in the senate and will avoid a government shutdown. in washington, stephanie ramos, abc news. >> busy days ahead there in washington. >>> a chinese tech executive at the center of a diplomatic crisis has now been granted bail in vancouver, canada. she was arrested at the request of u.s. officials and is accused of violating trade sanctions against iran. she's being forced to stay in canada at least for now.