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Fights ahead over this emergency declaration. eric? eric: garrett, thanks so much. arthel: for more on this, going to bring in bob cuesack, the editor in chief of the hill. we have the president saying he will veto any measures that manage to pass the house and senate to block his emergency declaration. does the constitution allow that? what kind of precedent can it set? would republican leaders support a presidential veto? >> well, those are very tough questions. i mean, the critics say this is...

For migrants to cross the border, so again, does all of this bolster president trumps demand for more border barriers? >> i think this kind of show and tell is something good for the president because -- remember, democrats have long supported border security and comprehensive immigration reform theres tens of billions of dollars in border security there and they supported the 2006 fence act, which created some barriers but was not fully completed, at least to the satisfaction of many critics. s...

Urged those who are supporters of maduro, he said this, quote, this is a struggle for all venezuelans. the time is now, we ask that all chavistas side with the constitution. today, venezuela needs you. venezuela needs all of us united. the time i time is now. the first humanitarian trucks have been reported to have made their way into venezuela. we cannot confirm this is true. you can imagine, there is confusion right now with tense standoffs between the opposition forces and civilians as well a...

Let the aid through to people who need it or will they continue to support maduro. thats the big question. there have been some reports that there have been some defections in the military. thats the breaking point. if that happens, this regime starts to crumble very, very quickly. if it doesnt happen very quickly, then its going to be very messy in the weeks and months ahead. arthel: well, we are definitely going to continue monitoring this. bob, thank you very much for joining us. eric: presid...

>> we are joined now to talk more about this by bob cuesack, editor in chief for "the hill q. w."we go so quickly from story o story these days. it was a week ago when the immigration issue was nonstop discussion. we have until march 5th until the daca program will be discontinued. >> the courts are basically blocking the trump administration enforcement of what they want to do thats on appeal. unless we get a new court ruling, i dont think well see -- theres not the incentive for a deal until t...

No. maybe post-election. not he any tim any time soon. >> is that a strong argument for the president? if he goes to the base and says i got this wall i promised you but i had to give in for the dreamers, people that were brought in illegally when they were children. hell hear from the base as he has in the past that thats amnesty. >> he will hear from some in the base. i think his base is very strong. he can do anything and his supporters will like him. he has said as much. immigration is one i...