and as you can see we've crossed it's a pretty seamless road the whole way here to donegal.t weaves in and out the south of ireland, north of ireland, south of ireland all the time. and the only way you can tell is by the difference in the road-markings and the road signs. and pretty much this is how it is once you leave the highway all whole way to the border of donegal. over 350 km. >> here, the border's actually visible. it looks like a memorial site. it's supposedly the only place where old border facilities still exist. >> they're gonna have to come to live in some form or other. there's gonna be controls, whether people like it or not. the notion that you can leave this whole highway open with no controls at all as the backdoor to the eu is just a non-runner. no matter what the british think. there's gonna be customs presence here. and if there's customs presence here we're gonna have paperwork. i had trucks in switzerland late on paperwork and expenses was a nightmare. and the swiss have been our neighbours since the inception of the eu so you would think they would d

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combine ancestry's dna test with its historical records... ...you could learn you're from ireland... ...donegalur ancestor was a fisherman. with blue eyes. just like you. begin your journey at ancestry.com >>> good morning. it's tuesday, december 26. we hope everyone had a very merry christmas. morning joe will be back tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. >> taking you through the next hour. with us to help out, former aide to white house, and former fbi special agent, clint watts. president trump is continuing holiday vacation at mar-a-lago report, but yes, he is up and tweeting this morning about the next steps after signing tax overall into law. based on the fact the very unfair and unpopular individual mandate has been terminated as part of tax cut bill which essentially repeals overtime obamacare, the democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan. last week, house speaker paul ryan told reporters he wanted to tackle entitlement reform next. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said the senate needs more time. more bipartisan ship in 2018. entit

alignment, that we did not have the necessity for a border between newry and dundalk, between derry and donegal that, regulatory alignment, remaining in the customs union or the single market, whatever political invention is required to come up with a solution that delivers on that, you know, that's something we are excessively prescriptive about. but we do know what it is we want. let me try and pin you down on that, because that seems to be where the language is getting confused. the northern ireland agreement, as things stand, only mentions, doesn't it, agriculture, energy and transport. are you wanting to see every regulation across every sector covered by the same eu deal, the north and south? is that where you're heading? is it convergence rather thanjust alignment of what you have? well, i think the terminology that was being used, was regulatory alignment. it's important to bear in mind that this isn't in many respects breaking new ground. we have alignment on an all ireland basis at the moment on issues that there isn't alignment between ireland for example and the rest of the united k