- The president isheaded to El Paso, Texas

to gather support for his border wall.

And it looks like he's gonna need it.

As weekend talks betweenlawmakers ended in a stalemate.

- I'll say 50/50 we get a deal.

- I think the big problemhere is this has become

pretty much an ego negotiation.

- [Narrator] The latestfight is over the number

of detention beds forundocumented immigrants.

Democrats want to limit the amount.

"A cap on ICE detention beds

will force the Trump administration

to prioritize deportation for criminals

and people who posereal security threats,"

said Democratic CongresswomanLucille Roybal-Allard.

Republicans disagree and some see it

as part of a largerstrategy to undercut ICE.

- You're actually incentivizingmore illegal immigration

by reducing the bed spaceand it undercuts any money

you would get for a wall.

- [Narrator] Then there'sthe 5.7 billion dollars

The president requested to build the wall.

It's looking to be about half.

The president took to Twitterwith his frustrations,

writing they are offeringvery little money for the

desperately needed border wall.

- You cannot take a shutdown off the table

and you cannot take a 5.7 off the table,

but if you end up someplace in the middle,

yeah, then what you probablysee is the president say

yeah, okay, and then I'll gofind the money someplace else.

- [Narrator] That someplaceelse, a combination

of legal funds and moniestaken from other departments.

The question is, will hedeclare a national emergency

to do so?

- There's pots of money wherepresidents, all presidents,

have access to withouta national emergency

and there's ones that hewill not have access to

without that declaration.

- [Narrator] But a nationalemergency may not bode well

with is GOP colleagues.

Meanwhile, the fate of800,000 federal workers

hangs in the balance, again.

- Seeing another shutdownjust a couple days away

on the horizon, I thinkis scary for anybody.

- And in what could be a preview to 2020,

President Trump will holdthat rally there in El Paso

and at the same time, formerCongressman Beto O'Rourke

will hold his own rallyto show what he calls,

the realities of the border.

Amber Strong, CBN News in Washington.