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Money. does that mean the navy and air force are going to stop supporting drug interdiction missions? military construction. normally you have to go back to the committee if you even dream of moving money. so, again, i think the real issue is constitutional power of the purse. is this congress both parties going to surrender to the president say oh, well go to the court system and let them s sort it out, or do they see article one at stake in this debate. theres no question we have a drub proble...

Intended for moments of disasters and security threats. but president trump is using this one to reappropriate money for even more new wall at the border, just days after a congressional compromise on where barriers were needed, last night the house followed the senate in approving the bored are security deal. 300 members in favor, 128 opposed with 110 of the votes against coming from the republican side. the deal gives the president less than $1.4 billion for the wall, but at 10 a.m. this morni...

Border. just days after a congressional compromise on where barriers were needed, last night the house followed the senate in approving the border security deal. 300 members in favor, 128 opposed, 110 of the votes again coming from the republican side. the deal gives the president less than $1.4 billion for the wall and i believe it makes sure its not concrete, but at 10 a.m. this morning an administration official says the president will announce he has secured $8 billion for the wall. where is...

Because were living in a totally different reality than whats being manufactured by the president. >> all right. governor of new mexico. thank you somuch for making some time tonight. the state of arizona has 373 miles of border. so long and varied the stories are as nuanced as the terrain. nbc news correspondent morgan rathford live -- >> reporter: right now their rin a bigger battle over this freshly placed wire you can see covering the fence behind me. but the reality is this fence is just a ...

Even more money for the wall. days after a compromise where barriers were needed last night the house followed the senate in approving the deal. the deal gives the president less than $1.4 billion for the wall. but at 10:00 a.m. this morning, an administration official says the president will announce he has secured $8 billion for the wall with his national emergency declaration. the president will then leave for a weekend all mar-a-lago. >> the presidents action is likely to be blocked and the ...

Covers all aspects like personnel, technology, infrastructure, maintenance, repairs at ports of entry and barrier construction. as we showed you at the top of that $23 billion theres just $1.375 billion in funding for barriers on the southern border covering some 55 miles of new construction which is less than the $1.6 billion for 65 miles of fencing the president turned down in december. far less, of course, than the $5.7 billion he was demanding for more than 200 miles of barrier. the presiden...

Emergency in part because apprehensions are down at the border not up. >> congressman, a lot of republicans will say, look, yes, maybe its not the greatest thing for the president. its not exactly what the president wanted. at the same time its not what nancy pelosi said not one dollar for the wall and here they are with a deal for $1.5 billion or so. >> well, what weve said from the very beginning is that the president would not get a dime for a medieval border wall in the midst of a reckless g...

The authority to build a total of 37 miles of barriers on the southern border at the gold water range in southern arizona. its an artillerary range. the pentagon didnt ask for additional barriers. i did a lot of research on this. they dont have that authority. the homeland security department would be responsible for building a barrier. that is not department of the defense. >> my general take away is if you think this is a mess, great, good to know. thank you so much for coming in. >> great bei...

Covers all aspects like personnel, technology, infrastructure, maintenance, repairs at ports of entry and barrier construction. as we showed you at the top of that $23 billion theres just $1.375 billion in funding for barriers on the southern border covering some 55 miles of new construction which is less than the $1.6 billion for 65 miles of fencing the president turned down in december. far less, of course, than the $5.7 billion he was demanding for more than 200 miles of barrier. the presiden...

Administrations. however, i do not think the tool that the president should be using on this is a declaration of a national emergency. its very -- he can do this. this was a bill that was passed and signed into law in the 70s before i was born. i think congress gave up a little bit of their -- too much of their authority to the executive branch. he is able to declare that. the question is going to be which pot of money does he think he can pull from. a lot of the conversation is around military ...