EP 002 | Trump's Shifting Position on a Border Wall | What are the Facts
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Sharyl Attkisson
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:48.0 | It seems to me a lot of debate about a border wall is centered on semantics. A fence is okay, just don't call it a wall. After all, that's hurtful. |
| 0:59.0 | When I was covering Capitol Hill for CBS News in 2006, the same semantic debate was underway. |
| 1:06.2 | That's why they ended up calling a law that they passed, the Secure Fence Act. |
| 1:11.4 | Look it up, it's very interesting. It called for hundreds of miles of at least two |
| 1:15.7 | layers of reinforced fencing. Analysts said at the time it would cost 50 billion |
| 1:22.0 | dollars over 25 years. |
| 1:24.0 | Makes me picture one little guy all by himself trying to build the whole wall. |
| 1:28.0 | Well, anyway, they put aside $1.4 billion for starters. Some fencing and wall were... one point |
| 1:35.0 | for starters. some fencing and wall were built but it fizzled out. |
| 1:37.0 | Fast forward to today. |
| 1:40.0 | I've done a lot of stories along the U.S.Mexico border, but I haven't really studied the issue of a border wall to any great extent, meaning what would be the cost, does a wall work? |
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