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President Donald Trump delivers a televised address to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office about immigration and the southern U.S. border on the 18th day of a partial government shutdown at the White House in Washington, Jan. 8, 2019.
President Donald Trump delivers a televised address to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office about immigration and the southern U.S. border on the 18th day of a partial government shutdown at the White House in Washington, Jan. 8, 2019.

Trump Makes Case for Southern Border Wall, Democrats Respond

In his first prime-time address from the Oval Office, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the nation Tuesday on why the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border must be funded. After Trump's address, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer provided the Democratic response.

Schumer urges that government be reopened, and that border security be discussed separately.

Schumer says Democrats and the president want border security, but they differ in how to get it done.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reminds that it is President Trump that has shut down the government, and that is "not the democratic way."

Pelosi says the more than $5 billion President Trump is seeking for his border wall was supposed to be paid for by Mexico.

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