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Sen. Leahy: Funding proposal is 'a good deal for America'

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., played a key role in brokering the bipartisan agreement lawmakers have arrived at to secure border security funding and avoid a second government shutdown. He speaks with Judy Woodruff about how members of both parties “worked extraordinarily hard” over the past several weeks and why he thinks physical barriers make sense in some places along the border but not others.