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Today and tomorrow. ainsley: congressman, the house passed a resolution to block the presidents emergency declaration. you were a part of that you have said that the constitution mandates that congress not the executive branch has the power of the purse. why do you think that the wall would be ineffective and expensive? >> well, first and foremost, the congress appropriated money to go to projects like in northeast ohio and in ohio we are going to potentially lose about $80 million of military c...

The house votes and likely passes a resolution to block the national emergency declaration. >> this is not about politics. its not about partisanship. it is about patriotism. we would be delinquent in our duties if we did not resist, fight back to overturn the presidents declaration. >> reporter: democrats control the house but minority leader kevin mccarthy said the president is doing what he has to do to secure the border. >> the president will get the full 200 miles the expert said we need on...

Emergency that hes calling in order to build the wall. >> laura: vermont has a big opioid problem. a lot of my -- im from the new england states every state has a problem. >> laura: all suffering what is interesting he says the president is not going to build this wall. this wall is already being built. we appropriated for it to be built. the president is going to get the full 200 miles that the experts said we need on the barriers to have the border secured. thats what the president said he...

This is a specific statute that allows the president to move money around for a national emergency. heres what happened in 2014. president obama declared a humanitarian crisis at the southern border because we apprehended 120,000 unaccompanied minors. weve already apprehended that many this year. every problem at the border since 2014 has gotten worse. i have been in every gang you can think of to solve the immigration problem, starting with bush 43. not one time did a democrat ever suggest to m...

To block president trumps national emergency on southern border. brian: not much going on today. sorry about this. first ever vote by congress to stop an emergency declaration. pete: griff jenkins joins us more from d.c. >> 59 declarations in history. 31 still in effect. today will be a first. speaker pelosi explains why. >> this is not about partisanship. its about patriotism. we would be delinquent in our duties if we did not fight back and to overturn the presidents declaration. >> kevin mcca...

And republicans supported but democrats, who in the past have voted to allow for barriers to additionally be built, now because of their dislike of president trump have said, no, theyre not going to vote for it this time even though they have in the past. >> of course critics would say the president should have asked for it last year when he controlled both houses. let me ask you about the summit, though, because -- >> sure. >> -- sergey lavrov has shown up in hanoi, no foreseeable reason, other...

Why is it okay to object to president obama and not to object to what president trump is doing? >> well, just the last a couple of weeks ive said i would prefer the president not take this route, i would prefer we got the money appropriated and then move money around in other ways, not to have to go to the emergency. but i agree with the president in his goal to secure the border. were going to see how this comes over from the house. i know well have additional discussions with the administratio...

Drug problem in wisconsin? >> so what i think, alisyn, if i can secure the lawful ports of entry and i can secure the other parts of the border, drugs come across the whole border. and it takes -- listen, it takes more than $1.4 billion to secure the border. its not just a barrier. its more agents, its more technology. >> they gave him that before the national emergency. they gave him much more money. >> how much? 1.4 billion. >> so you didnt think that was enough to security legal ports of entr...

Old. so i dont believe anyone is targeted for whom they are. over here. >> women are considered victims, is the video evidence -- >> the individuals involved were working with them and i cant speak more about it as far as the victims to gain more information, but it should not affect our ability to use video ultimately if we need to in court. >> whats the most important thing to meet that high burden of proof? >> well, the video evidence always very powerful in a court of law. you also have the ...

Border protection. >> 90% comes across the southern board zbrer they come through legal ports of entry. the national security is to build a wall, not the legal ports of entry. >> so the presidents talked about not just building additional barriers, hes talked about more agents. >> he got money for that. he doesnt need a national emergency for that, congressman. he got money. >> so lets talk about the conversation in regard to where democrats come with this situation. theyve all sapd wall in the ...