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Side with democrats. president trump tweeted "veto." >> ill probably have to veto. it wont be overturned. its very important. its really a border security vote. its bureau poo you are and simple. its a vote for border security. its a vote for no crime. >> reporter: even though there arent enough votes to override a veto, theyve been lobbying wayward republicans for days. the southern border is a national security and humanitarian nightmare, but it can be easily fixed. aides to the president dram...

Its really a border security vote. its pure and simple. its a vote for border security. its a vote for no crime. >> well leave that to the fact-checker. cnns phil mattingly joins us live on capitol hill. phil, what are we looking for here? >> heres what we do know. it will pass the united states senate. the president is right. it will not pass enough to override the veto, so the emergency declaration will stand, but you noted there are already seven republican no-votes and by my caught there are...

Defense department to go toward the wall. just a short while ago, the president said this about todays vote. >> ill probably have to veto and its not going to be overturned and well have our whole thing. its been -- the legal scholars all say its totally constitutional. its very important. its a border security vote. its pure and simple. its a vote for border security and a vote for no crime. >> however, many members of trumps own party say this vote is actually about a president overreaching hi...

Authority and that there was certainly the need for an emergency declaration. >> the legal scholars all say its totally constitutional. its very important. its really a border security vote. its pure and simple. its a vote for border security. its a vote for no crime. >> democrats say its purely about politics. >> democrats and republicans both know the sad truth. the president did not declare an emergency because there is one. he declared an emergency because he lost in congress and wants to ge...

The legal scholars all say its totally constitutional. its very important, its really a border security vote. its peer and simple, a vote for border security. its a vote for no crime. we are going up a very strong border, very soon. we are building a lot of wall. theres a lot of while going up. i dont know if you see it or want to see it, but we are building a lot of wall and theres a lot of contracts being let out. tomorrow and over the next week. >> melissa: some republican senators maintainin...

Good for the united states. >> mr. president, considering the vote today in the senate -- [ inaudible ] >> im probably have to veto it. its not going to be overturned. were going to have our whole thing. the legal scholars all say its totally constitutional. its very important. its really a border security vote. its pure and simple. its a vote for border security. its a vote for no crime. see, we have a border situation also, but its slightly different than yours. ours is not actually complex. w...

>> the pilot gave us a call and said that we werent going to orlando. >> its good to look into it and make sure theres not something intrinsically wrong with the plane. >> safety first, most important thing.y wr good day, im peter alexander, in today for my friend andrea mitchell in washington where president trump is ramping up the pressure on senate republicans, a growing list expected to vote with democrats today against his national emergency declaration for the southern border. the presid...

Totally constitutional, its very important. its really a border security vote. >> its not a border security vote. >> lets head to capitol hill where nbcs kelly odonnell joins us. the president is trying, kelly, hes trying to lobby republicans back to his cause on this one. but it almost seems moot at this point. >> reporter: well, what we have been told by senior officials is that the president is frustrated that there is not republican unity on this issue when democrats are certainly united and...