merry christmas. >> and merry christmas to you. >> stephen: miller's not exactly a people person, but he's trying to make a connection. "merry christmas. um-pumum-pum." ( laughter ) borderall. and miller defended it, and went off on some judges. >> we're going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall, to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration-- >> and that means a shutdown? >> this is a-- this is a very-- if it comes to it, absolutely. one of the great tragedies that is going on in our country today is the loopholes in our immigration laws and the deficiencies in our immigration laws. and left wing, activist judicial rulings that incentivize the most vulnerable populations to come to our country. >> stephen: it's true. there's one left wing activist who spends all day incentivizing the vulnerable, standing in new york harbor! ( laughter ) i don't know if she's a judge, but she's got a robe and a flaming gavel! ( cheers and applause ) )ecthatsomebody ought tou >> stephen: but who am kidding? you can't really hear what he's saying over the sound of you looking at hi

[ laughter ] does stephen miller get a hair hard on when he talks about the wall? ght laughter ] "stephen, did you hear isis breaking arrest records?" eww! [ laughter ] stephen has a hair boner! [ laughter ] i mean, look at that thing. it would have been more believable if he just charlie brown-ed it. is that spray paint? or did he get the inauguration crowd tattooed on his head? [ light laughter ] trump was forced to turn to miller because of the unprecedented turnover in his administration. for example, after he announced the departure of his current chief of staff, john kelly, lly with someone who already works in the white house, mick mulvaney. and the white house said that on top of being chief of staff, mulvaney would also keep his current job as the director of the office and management and budget and the head of the consumer financial protection bureau. it's getting to the point where there's only going to be like four people left in this administration. and they're each going to have 30 jobs. [ light laughter ] "i'm pleased to announce that i've appointed s

wasn't stephen miller, but stephen miller needs to go. for him to be leading immigration in the white house, for him to be the head person is just bad. the second thing i will tell you is that there have been measures that have been put in place to help migrants that are trying to lawfully immigrate to the united states and the administration has cut so many of those programs. programs that are specifically aimed and tailored for central america. there have been aid and humanitarian assistance programs where people can apply for asylum within those countries without trying to make a trek here to the united states. and the administration has cut those programs. they are actually cutting programs that would reduce the number of migrants trying to make their way to seek status here in the united states. and the administration has he wanted those programs. the second thing that i will tell you is that since i have been in the u.s. house of representatives, since 2013, there was always a lack of republican leadership in the house to move somet

and to take a victory lap at the time, trump turned to his creepit aide, senior advisor stephen millertning ] [ witch laugh ] >> you rang? [ laughter ] >> seth: and miller decided to go on tv and make the president look good, "a," by comparison, and "b," by calling him a genius. >> on the campgn, i had the ance to travel all across the wauntry with the president. and i saw a man wha political genius. the reality is is the president is a polical genius. all these so-called political geniuses in washington, whether it be at the big lobbying firms or -- >> the oy person who's called himself a genius in the last week is the president. >> which happens to be a true statement. >> seth: stephen miller is the only person on earth who'd be less creepy if he wore amaockey . [ laughter ] but hey, maybe some of tmp's supporters still thought he was a genius. and yet, in the almost 12 months since that comment, trump has rambled at length foout how people in finland rake the floors of the st, left an umbrella outside when h couldn't figure out how to close it, got on air force one with toilet paper

the white house senior adviser stephen miller taking a hard line on "face the nation." >> we will do whatever is necessary to build the border wall and stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration. this is a very -- if it comes to it, absolutely. this is a fundamental issue. at stake is whether or not the united states remains a sovereign country and establish and enforce rules for entry into the country. >> but "the new york times" reports that house republicans have a more immediate problem. members retiring or defeated don't want to show up to vote any longer. many have been skipping votes since the midterms and gop heards are -- gop leaders are unsure if they will show up. chuck schumer says they are not sure if they have the votes to get the wall. >> the president should understand there are not the votes for the wall. in the house and senate, he will not get the wall in any form. >> if a partial shutdown happens at the end of the week, the congressi consequences could trickle down. the president is scheduled to leave for christmas vacation this week in florida.

. >> president trump's senior advisor stephen miller told "face the nation" a government shutdown is possible unless there's $5 billion of funding for a border wall. >> if it comes to it, absolutely. this is a very fundamental issue. >> he is not going to get the wall in any form. >> but the democrat senate minority leader refuses to budge. he's urging the president to accept his party's offer of $1.6 billion for border security instead. >> all he's going to get with this temper tantrum is a shutdown. will not get a wall. >> the president's irritation today is aimed at multiple federal investigations implicating him and his associates. >> calling his former lawyer michael cohen a rat for cooperating with federals were cuters in new york, and sending his current personal lawyer ruddy giuliani out on tv to discredit him. >> the man is path edic. elys to fit the situation he's in. >> cohen has been sentenced to threa years in prison for paying hush money during the campaign to two women who allege they had affairs with mr. trump. cohen says trump directed him to do it giuliani says it d

all weekend, people are wondering what the hell happened with stephen miller's hair. e someone said who hates immigrants? his hair says, this guy, up here! ( laughter ) although, i don't think we should be going after miller, right. i think we should g going after his barber sherwin williams. that's who we should be going after. ( laughter ) we should really be going after them. like, seriously, it barely even looks like hair. what is that? who let him leave the house like that? ( laughter ) it looks like he got head butted by stephen segal and it stuck. ( laughter ) i mean, i guess i support stephen miller on this because i'm just happy when he does anything to cover up his face. you just carry on, just go further were that. let's see how far -- yeah, yeah, that's a good looking guy. i like that. ( laughter ) you know what's crazy about this whole situation is that trump hates it when his people look bad on tv. all right? he hates it when people look weird, stupid, when they get marked, which means this might be the only thing that could get patch adams over here fire

president trump's senior adviser stephen miller told face the nation a government shutdown is possible if a proposed wall along mexico doesn't get $5on in funding. >> we're going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration. >> chuck schumer says the president does not have the votes on capitol hill for the wall. >> he is not going to get the wall in any form. >> instead, democrats are offering mr. trump more than $1.5 billion for fencing upgrades and other security measures. last week at the white house, schumer and house minority leader nancy pelosi met with mr. trump for a discussion that quickly became heated. >> you know what i'll say? yes, if we don't get what we want, one way or another, whether it's through you, military, anything you want to call, i will shut down the government. susan collins is urging new consideration of a $2.5 billion bill that includes physical barriers and border patrol agents. >> we have to prevent a government shutdown. >> if it happens, a government shutdown would affect about one quarter of f

we'll talk with white house senior advisor stephen miller, wyoming and amy klobuchar. we'll look at the president's growing legal problems have analysis on all the news just ahead on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation." we begin today with white house senior advisor stephen miller, he is the president's point person on policy. good to have you here in studio. >> good to be here, merry christmas. >> brennan: merry christmas to you. this federal judge the decision to strike down obamacare as u unconstitutional that could put at risk 20 million americans who rely on it for coverage. the numbers from the kyser family foundation. what is your reaction and how do you reassure those americans that they're okay? >> obviously there's no change immediately in obamacare, there hasn't been in it was ruled to be unconstitutional. we've known that it was u unconstitutional. more important question is whether democrats are going to work with republicans once obama compare is ultimately struck down to come up with replacement plan that protects preexisting co

joining me now is stephen miller, senior policy advisor to president trump.president feel like this is like the sand in the hourglass that slipped through that little tiny hole? >> not at all. the bill you mentioned would have been a total catastrophe and gutted interior enforcement permanently forever. we've already built over 100 miles of the wall. this stand we are taking right now with the entire nation watching and frankly the whole world watching is a stand wenk think we are going to win. >> laura: theau fact-checkers say your border will claim the president said a lot of it is already built was not true. >> the fact-checkers typically are wrong about these things and they certainly are in this case. >> laura: is there a new wall? super-duper new wall? >> a beautiful 30-foot rock solid wall. >> laura: is it up high? >> 30 feet tall. unlike the old one, you have in the san diego area and many other areas. the 30-foot barrier. >> laura: i'm going there. i'm going to go do a show from the wall. >> you see the old shorter barrier that predated this administ

>> there is a lot to be happy about right now. >> stephen miller. sounding a bit unhinged. >> let's talk about syria. let's talk about the fact, isis is the enemy of russia. isis is the enemy of assad. isis is the enemy of turkey. are we supposed to stay in syria for generation after generation spilling american blood? and fight the enemies of all those countries? >> the president says on one day isis is defeated, the next day he says icy is there, let russia take care of t. >> isis has been defeated. but if ice igs wants to retrench and regrow and reorganize, it's going to be up to those countries to defeat their enemy. >> why is he screaming? he's wearing a microphone. >>> are there any adults left inside the trump white house? besides the president's adult daughter and son-in-law maybe? the mattis resignation comes as the federal government is on the verge of shutting down tomorrow night. days before the christmas and new year's holidays. president trump telling congress that he won't sign a temporary spending bill to keep the government open. if

stephen miller making the case that democrats have a big decision to make.ook, he is right about that. i think the white house has to make a decision. we're in a very polarized time. the obvious deal that they could make is daca. regularizing the kids who were people brought here as kids. giving them a path to citizenship. the president was open to that in exchange for the wall. these are reasonable things each side could give. the problem is politically it looks like a democrats don't want to hand president trump a victory. as we saw in the oval office meeting this was a signature campaign issue. he will building something with some money. it won't go away for him. i think democrats could reasonably say we got it for our constituency. that's important for us. we make tradeoffs. >> sandra: the national border patrol council was on and made the same case it's all political. >> the democrats have recognized that physical barriers are absolutely necessary. they voted for it in recent history. so if you look at it, you have to ask yourself why are they not going

stephen miller, the focus of a demonstration. after the wall itself, a last-minute deal to build before it is too late and the government shutdown and donald trump's former fixer sentenced to jail, democrats picking up on robert mueller's charges saying has many payments are in impeachable offense but is any of it actually illegal. new footage shows the last time a missing 29-year-old mother was seen in public, police hope this video should the colorado mystery. authorities asking for your help. i am shannon bream, we have team coverage, rick leventhal following multiple leads in the investigation of michael cohen but we begin with ed henry and the latest on border wall funding. >> reporter: john kennedy of louisiana cuts to the chase, declaring donald trump is not as serious as a heart attack when it comes to a partial government shutdown, but as serious as four heart attacks and a stroke, his point being the president is not bluffing in the intense meeting with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer when he drew a line in the sand over

this is a very -- if it comes to it, absolutely. >> greg, respond to stephen miller coming out and sayingit's tough to follow the political logic of what miller is saying. this is something that may play to the president's base, increasingly smaller base, i would submit. in terms of what most americans think and view this, i don't think this is a winning political strategy. >> he is such a controversial figure. to bring him out now is such an interesting political move. i do want to talk about the affordable care act. it's the last day of enrollment was yesterday. health care was the number one issue and now we have this surprising ruling from this texas judge on so called obama care saying it's unconstitutional. is this something americans really have to worry about because this is very troublesome? >> at this point we need to be clear about what is happening with this lawsuit. there are certain to be, they're already working on appeals. it's very likely this could find its way in the supreme court and while this is being litigated, obama care is staying in place. new plans are set to ki

impossible after republican losses in the midterms...yet he continued to dig in this week....stephen miller: "we're going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall..."brennan: "that means a shutdown?"miller: "if it comes to -- absolutely."that as other officials have struggled to explain how u.s. taxpayers won't be the ones footing the bill if the wall is built... sanders: "the president has asked every agency to look and see if they have money that can be used for that purpose, and that's exactly what we're doing..."critics quick to point out those agencies...are funded by taxpayer dollars. despite aides signaling an impending concession, trump maintaining today the wall will be built 'one way or another'but the president's aides won't say with confidence if he will sign the measure without the funding for the wall.recalling this moment from last march, when trump threatened to veto the spending bill just hours before signing it...trump: "i say to congress, i will never sign another bill like this again." this again."another bill like this again." a live look outside..lawrence h

maybe i don't want to know what's in the stephen miller hair affair -- i don't know what that menu isn't imagine. >> shannon: there is no hair. >> that does not make me hungry or thirsty. >> shannon: we thank you all for it weighing in as we are officially 55 minutes into this partial government shutdown. chad on the hill has been telling us in, he told us the mueller investigation is not going anywhere, it's funded. he explained to us why members of congress have to get paid, because of her reporting a lot of folks on twitter tell me they are ready to repeal that amendment. thank you for working late for us tonight, most-watched, most trusted and most grateful you spent your shutdown evening with us, good night for now from washington, i'm shannon bream. these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial p

maybe i don't want to know what's in the stephen miller hair affair -- i don't know what that menu iscan't imagine. >> shannon: there is no hair. >> that does not make me hungry or thirsty. >> shannon: we thank you all for it weighing in as we are officially 55 minutes into this partial government shutdown. chad on the hill has been telling us in, he told us the mueller investigation is not going anywhere, it's funded. he explained to us why members of congress have to get paid, because of her reporting a lot of folks on twitter tell me they are ready to repeal that amendment. thank you for working late for us tonight, most-watched, most trusted and most grateful you spent your shutdown evening . . guys, it's that time... and nothin's happenin'. well now there's score!, from force factor, to rev your libido and maximize physical response. it's no wonder walmart offers score! in more locations than any other performance enhancer. unleash your potential in the bedroom, with score!. ♪ [national anthem] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ [nat

i want to know, maybe i don't want to know what is in this stephen miller hair affair.hat that item is. >> there is no hair. >> hair of the dog. >> that does not make me hungry or thirsty. >> thank you for weighing in, we are now 55 minutes is the partial government shutdown, thank you, chad has been filling us in. we find out, he tells us the mueller investigation is not going anywhere. it has been funded and slammed the 27th amendment, members of congress getting paid during the shutdown and because of your reporting a lot of folks on twitter tell me they are ready to repeal that amendment. we will see if it goes anywhere. thank you for working late for us, we will keep covering this as long as it lasts. most grateful you spent your shutdown evening with us, good night for now from washington. i'm ken jacobus and i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back. which i used to offer health insurance to my employees. what's in your wallet? get stronger... get closer. sta

stephen miller, the focus of the demonstration. as for the wall itself, can congress pluck a last-minute deal to build it before it is too late? the government shuts down? president trump and his former fixer is sentenced to jail. as any of it actually illegal? plus, newly released footage shows the 29 your mother seen in public, they are hoping this video shows new light on the mystery and authorities are asking for your help. hello and welcome to "fox news at night." we have team coverage tonight. following multiple leads in the investigation of michael cohen, we began with correspondent and henry in the latest at the border wall funding. >> republican john kennedy in louisiana, he cuts to the chase with a way of summing up the madness. he is declaring president trump is not just as serious as a heart attack, he said, the commander-in-chief as serious as four heart attacks at a stroke. his pride be the president is not bluffing at the meeting with democrat nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. we need to rely on any stand over $5 billi

maybe i don't want to know what's in the stephen miller hair affair -- i don't know what that menu is> shannon: there is no hair. >> that does not make me hungry or thirsty. >> shannon: we thank you all for it weighing in as we are officially 55 minutes into this partial government shutdown. chad on the hill has been telling us in, he told us the mueller investigation is not going anywhere, it's funded. he explained to us why members of congress have to get paid, because of her reporting a lot of folks on twitter tell me they are ready to repeal that amendment. thank you for working late for us tonight, most-watched, most trusted and most grateful you spent your shutdown evening with us, good night for now from washington, i'm shannon bream. ♪music time and time again, you know when i'm doing street magic..i'll walk up to someone and i can just see they're against me right? they don't want to be amazed. they don't want this experience to happen. but then the magic happens. ♪can we be there? and all of that falls away. ♪oh, just think of the time ♪i know that some will say come on man!

i think if i were to tick off a list of the people on the inside right now it's stephen miller, it's brad pascal, who's going to be the campaign manager, it's jared kushner, it's ivanka trump, it may even be melania. it will be kellyanne conway, and that's pretty much it. otherwise it's outside people and fellow autocratic leaders he's talking to. >> eugene, how does that line up with the reporting you guys have been doing at the wshtd wsht? >> well, it seems true. the reality is the last individuals who will be standing in the white house when this administration ends, whenever it ends, will be family members. it won't be some of these experts and generals that trump listened to and became acquainted with on television news because he values loyalty and these aren't people who have proven loyalty to donald trump. and it's very fascinating. when he announced these new replacements, singing their praises i think voters are now hearing him and not believing them with the depth that they maybe did once because they don't have confidence that these people will remain in the white house l

according to stephen miller, the white house isn't budging. they want $5 billion for the border wall or they'll shut down the government. what are you hearing? >> so, it does feel like a bit of deja vu because we do get into these cycles with shutdowns almost every year at this point as we get close to the holidays. i think that the white house clearly is feeling as though fighting for the border wall is the right thing to do for the full $5 billion that the president wants. that being said, the reality is that there aren't the votes for that level of funding on capitol hill. even though republicans have control of both the house and senate. so lawmakers really at this point feel like the ball is in the white house's court. if trump wants to avoid a shutdown at the end of this week, he has to accept something short of that $5 billion that he's asking for. whether that means punting this whole debate into january or just simply accepting a lower dollar amount and maybe going with the idea that the military, as trump has floated, would end up ju

like, say, outside on your balcony during a thunderstorm. [ laughter ] so, after stephen miller's charmsive didn't work, the white house turned to sarah sanders on tuesday to try yet another tactic. she went on fox news and said both that the white house was negotiating with congress over funding for they border wall and also they already have the money, so they don't need it. >> has the white house communicated to the senate what you're willing to accept -- >> absolutely. >> in terms of the dollar amount for a continuing resolution? what would that number be? >> we have. we've been in continuous and will continue to have these conversations. >> the president wants $5 billion. would he take two and a half billion? would that be an acceptable number? >> we would take -- we have other ways that we can get to that $5 billion. >> seth: wait, you do? then why are you asking congress for it? and why are you threatening a government shutdown? you're like a loan shark who doesn't need the money back. [ light laughter ] "pay up, or i have to take it out of my own bank account, which i'm more tha

didn't work, trump turned to e most sinister member of his white house staff, senior adviser stephen millerunder ] l [ evghter ] [ laughter ] miller is the aide trump turns to when he's desperate. he's like the creepy dude who's always hanging around ceei lannister doing weird experiments on dead bodies. "stephen, build me a wall." "i can't do that my lord, but what if i told you i brought rudy giuliani ck to life?" [ laughter ] "but i never died."dy "quiet, [ light laughter ] afisr trump was outwitted in meeting with democrats, miller tried to fix things by taking a much more aggressive tack. he went on cbs's "face the nation" and said democrats were endangering national security by not supporting the wall. and he immediately dialed up to 11. >> will he shut it down to get this $5 billion in border wall funding?>> e're going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration. >> when it comes to a shutdown -- >> the largest increase -- the largest increases -- are we going to have a shutdown over christmas? >> as you yourself acknowledge

trump's senior advisor stephen miller was never considered for the job. it's weird because miller has been with the president from the get-go, and has never wavered in his support. there he is on the left stumping for trump on the campaign trail in 2016. out there yesterday on the sunday shows pushing the trump agenda. no matter what turmoil has engulfed the white house, miller has stood strong with the president. whether he's heading off to campaign rallies last month as seen on the left, or again on the right, acting as a faithful surrogate for the president's message on tv yesterday. no chief of staff offer for steve miller. it was a different guy who lost the high stakes musical chairs and all because he happened to be in the white house on the wrong day. that's thing two in 60 seconds. >>> so, two things have become pretty clear over the past week. one, that nobody wanted the job of chief of staff. and two, that fact was very embarrassing to the president. trump tweeted over the weekend, for the record, there were many people who wanted to be the whi

we have a national security adviser who's missing in action and let stephen miller give a policy wreefglitzer our colleague earlier today. and who is left to actually represent policy interests and disagree with the president, have the discussion and then protect american national security? >> that's a good question. who is left, general? >> well, first, if i can, don, to comment on what sam just said it's an interesting dynamic. i knew general mattis before as well. he was my senior trainer before i took a division in iraq. and i would say he was nothing short of a less than calming influence. he had the ability to chew ass with the best of them and was quite dynamic. what's interesting is the requirements for strategic leadership is 20 address your superiors, the people who are your bosses, in different ways depending on their style. so whereas he may have been forceful with president obama who was somewhat calm and sometimes didn't make the quickest of decisions and he had to be forceful, with president are trump he was probably -- i didn't see him but i would suggest he was very cal

take a look at this. >> we begin today with white house senior advisor stephen miller. the president's point person on policy. this federal judge and the decision to strike down obamacare is unconstitutional. [ light laughter ] this could put at risk about 20 million americans who rely on -- [ laughter ] medicare and medicaid. what is your reaction and how do you reassure those americans that they're okay? >> obviously, there is no change immediately in obamacare. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: a little obvious. >> steve: he gave himself a a mustache? he painted a mustache on himself? this is ridiculous. >> jimmy: some more news. i read that right now there are 17 different investigations into trump, his administration and his businesses. there are so many, look at how cnn covered it this weekend. >> here's what we do know that is under investigation right now. the trump organization, the trump foundation, the trump campaign, the trump inauguration and the trump transition and the trump administration. >> jimmy: trump was like, "all i need is my casino to get inves

i think stephen miller, if i'm not mistaken, was in the room today. >> he was. >> during that meeting. and so those are terrifying facts. right? steve is right, we can't find somebody competent because of the president's incompetence. that's a national security issue. it always has been, and it still will be going forward. >> yeah, ivanka trump and jared kushner were very much pushing nick ayers for this position. they really had a fight, they had a bad -- very contentious relationship with john kelly. >> they made other calls to people in washington to recruit them. >> they told the president they still want to be at the center of this new recruiting pitch. they told him, hey, there are few people around him you can really trust, we'll be here to the end as family, we should have a stay in the chief of staff. >> what do you say? >> they will be there until the end. look at the decisions they've been intimately involved in and it showcases their terrible political judgment. starting with mike flynn, they advocated for mike flynn, as national security adviser. he lasted all of 23 days.

stephen miller, thank you so much. please come back. >> i will. thanks. >>> let's get back to barbara starr right now. barbara, you're learning more about this sudden resignation that unfolded today with the secretary of defense. >> wolf, we've spoken to a u.s. usual who's directly associated to the matter. it was approximately 7:30 this morning when secretary mattis decided he needed to go see the president and needed to try to talk to him once again about taking u.s. troops out of syria. and we had a hint of that earlier in the day when senator lindsey graham said he'd spoken to mattis and mattis was very concerned about the kurdish fighters the u.s. would be leaving behind and what might happen in syria if the u.s. left. so we know now that mattis had been very concerned about all this. this morning early he decided he needs to speak to the president. he goes to the white house, meets with him at 3:00 this afternoon, tries to get the president apparently to change his mind. the president did not and that's when mattis decided he needed to resig

on cbs' "face the nation," white house senior adviser stephen miller was asked who bears responsibility for her death. >> it's time that both parties had the appropriate level of outrage over the fact that these organizations continue to take advantage -- >> wasn't adequatelyd t they? >> one of the great tragedies that is going on in our country today is the loopholes in our immigration laws and the deficiencies in immigration laws, and left-wing activist judicial rulings that incentivize the most vulnerable populations to come to our country. >> meanwhile, as the country struggles with an aging infrastructure, you've probably come across a road, a bridge, or a tunnel in desperate need of repair. well, they know that problem all too well in mississippi, where hundreds of bridges are so unsafe, they've actually been closed. nbc's kerry sanders looks at the impact. >> it sounds ridiculous. >> reporter: stephanie park was there when her friend's son passed away, the family waiting painful hours for the coroner to arrive. >> i can't think of anything much worse than having one of my childre

everybody, even our republican colleagues, know is wrong.en >> sasan: white house senior advisor stephen miller said the trump administration will not back down. >> we're going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration. >> and that means a shutdown? >> this is a-- this isy-- if it comes to it, absolutely. this is a very fundamental issue. >> sreenivasan: the father of the seven-year-old guatemalan girl, jakelin caal, who died while in the custody of u.s.at borderl agents is disputing statements by authorities that his daughter had not had any food or water for several days before crossing into the united states. ruben garcia, directorf annunciation house, a non-profit group that assists migrant families where caal's father is now stayin read a statement yesterday from attorneys for the family. on as they crossed the border. she had not suffered from a lack of water or food prior to approaching the border. >> sreenasan: jakelin caal and her father, crsed the u.s. border in new mexico illegally with a group of more than 160 other migra

stephen miller is the white house senior adviser. to say about the white house negotiating position when it comes to the border wall. >> we are going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration. absolutely. this is a very fundamental issue. at stake is the question of whether or not the united states remains a sovereign country. whether or not we can establish and enforce rules for entrance. the democratic party has a simple choice. they can either choose to fight for america's working class or to promote illegal immigration. you can't do both. >> is there wiggle room on that $5 billion? >> i'm not going to negotiate a deal on air with you right now. host: but negotiations seem to be happening on the sunday show. yesterday, chuck schumer was on nbc's meet the press yesterday and had this message for the president on the border wall. >> president trump should understand, there are not vote for the wall in the house or the senate. he is not going to get the wall in any form. e

michael cohen's adviser lanny davis, white house senior adviser stephen miller, and minnesota democratsenator amy klobuchar will all be our guests this sunday on "face the nation." a federal investigation was launched today into the death of a little girl who was in the custody of u.s. border agents. she was part of a group from guatemala that surrendered at the border eight days ago. ayre's jeff pegues. go reporter: seven-year-old jakelin caal and her father were taken into border patrol custody in a remote area along the southern border in antelope wells, new mexico on the night of december 6. according to the department of homeland security, an initial screening of the young girl "revealed no evidence of health issues," but the next morning, as they prepared to board a bus to a border station, her father advised that the child was "sick and vomiting." that border station was 95 miles away, and that's the first time she received medical care. by then, she wasn't breathing. e.m.t.'s revived her twice, but her temperature soared to 105.9 osgrees before she was airlifted to the province

that was stephen miller, not scott miller. a senior adviser in the white house.s there room for compromise by mick mulvaney on behalf of the president? brad: i think the president has made it clear that he is willing to compromise, but he will not compromise his promises. donald trump has made good on many of his campaign promises. i think the american people demand border security. my advice to nancy pelosi and chuck schumer is you are talking to a wall if you think you will stonewall the president. it will not happen. there is going to be a wall and if the president has to shut down the government, i would suggest the president addressed the nation and tell the american people why this is happening and what the solution is. the president must use the bully pulpit, something chuck schumer and nancy pelosi to not have, and if necessary going the road and take his case to the people. the case must be made and understood by the people and they will accept it if the president does that. david: if that addresses going to be made, it needs to be made sooner rather tha

i mean, the stephen miller proposal hopefully does not get any more ground than it did when he first proposed it this summer, but there is some dangers brewing that are sort of under appreciated in our visa and exchange policy here that could undermine the relationship. >> we had a russian delegation in about a month ago and one of the russian interlocutors told an old russian joke that some of you may know. he said the pessimist says things can't possibly get worse. the optimist says yes, they can. [laughter] so i guess i'm an optimist. it is very hard to see these issues will go on beyond trump and xi. it's a historical struggle. it is hard to see a fundamental change over coming here for a -- change over the coming year for a number of reasons and it's not really the 90 day trade war. we have the 2017 national security strategy which names china as the united states's greatest long-term security challenge. china sees the u.s. the same way, as well. there are corresponding attitudes on the chinese side. i am just going to talk about this. the trump administration is called for defe

senior policy advisor stephen miller says it is clear which party has the backs of the american people. >> democrats are fighting for illegal aliens, donald trump is fighting for american citizens. that is what this is about, working men and women, safe communities, wages, living conditions, quality of life. this is the battle right now right before our very eyes. we are going to win because donald trump is not backing down. this is going to be one of the defining issues of the next two years heading into 2020, the democratic party is going to engage in self immolation. donald trump is fighting for working people and fighting to restore the borders around this country that are the essential ingredient for national sovereignty and national success in a way nobody has held that office not only in my lifetime but frankly in the history of this country. heather: the fbi missing its deadline to hand over documents on the home of the clinton whistleblower, this comes as congress digs deeper into allegations of pay to play schemes at the clinton foundation. it is great to have you with us. >>

be sure to feed stephen miller three crickets a day, and always lock his cage." ( laughter ) ( cheers applause ) h.w. bush. beloved. only one term yet beloved. president trump, keep that in mind. ( laughter ) meanwhile, the mueller investigation continues to grind slowly forward, like the world's last glacier. on friday, we learned something new about ex-trump attorney and google image result for "regret," michael cohen. ( laughter ) in a surprise twist, cohen doesn't want to go to jail. his lawyers argued that in exchange for his cooperation with mueller, cohen should be spared prison for crimes he committed in an abundance of enthusiasm for trump. yes, an abundance of enthusiasm. so, unlike the women he paid off for trump, cohen wasn't faking it. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) trump responded this morning. "michael cohen asks judge for no prison time. you mean he can do all of the terrible, unrelated to trump, things having to do with fraud, big loans, taxis, etc., and not serve a long prison term? he makes up stories to get a great and already reduced deal for himself, and

the stephen miller proposal hopefully doesn't get any more ground than it did when he first floated itis summer. but there's some dangers looming i think that are underappreciated in our visa and exchange policy here that could undermine the relationship. >> we had a russian delegation in about a month ago and one of the russian interlocutors told a joke some of you may know. the pessimist says things can't possibly get worse. the optimist says yes, they can. i guess i'm an optimist. it's very hard to see these issues precede trump and xi and will go on beyond trump and xi. there are historical structurals as we have discussed on this stage many times. it is hard to see a fundamental change over the coming year for a number of reasons. again, it's not really the 90-day trade war. we have the 2017 national security strategy which you have mentioned which names china as the united states' greatest long-term security challenge. china sees the united states as its greatest security challenge as well. i'm going to focus on the american side but there are corresponding attitudes on the chine

. >> dana: white house advisor stephen miller says the president is not going to blink on the issue.> we are going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration. the democratic party is a simple choice. they can either choose to fight for america's working class or promote illegal immigration. you can't do both. >> dana: also president trump ready to replace obamacare after a federal judge ruled it to be unconstitutional. democrats already lining up to challenge the decision. president obama and other top democrats are vowing to fight while others are using it to push for universal health care, which we will probably hear a lot about. can we call up the president's tweet about the border. i will provide that to the viewer. he said: "anytime you hear a democrat saying that you can have good border security without a wall, write them off as just another politician following the party line. time for us to save billions of dollars a year and have, at the same time, far greater safety and control!" greg. >> greg: border was spelled