Graham: Trump still wants to make deal

President Donald Trump says the declaration of a national emergency to fund the construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border would be a last resort and still hopes to make a deal with Democrats to reopen the federal government, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on “Fox News Sunday.” Meanwhile, Democrats remained resolute that Trump and Republican lawmakers should end the shutdown before returning to the debate over how to best secure U.S. borders and change immigration laws. “More border security — let’s have at it,” Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said on CNN’s “State of the Union” — “but while we’re having that debate, let’s reopen the government.”

Trump has said he has an “absolute right to call a national emergency” over border security but isn’t rushing to use that option.