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Thousands. they are monsters. >> dana: reaction to president trumps declaration of a national emergency along the southern border. chair of the nebraska democratic party. im glad you could join me today, jane. your thoughts about the presidents decision today. is it dismay? do you plan to fight it? what are your thoughts? >> the democrats are clearly prepared to fight this in the courts. one of the big concerns is this is a big idea that we need to build a much longer wall. that should be debate...

Very much. president trump also saying that a wall would prevent drugs and criminals from entering the country. at one point the president getting into a testy exchange with jim acosta of cnn. watch. >> what do you say to your critics who say you are creating a national emergency, that you are concocting a national emergency in order to get your wall? >> what do you think? do you think im creating something? ask these incredible women who lost their daughters and their sons, okay. because your q...

Briefing" on this great day, a friday, where its nice there in washington, d.c. the president was able to be in the row garden today. critics seizing on this line that i didnt need to do this in regards to the national emergency. some saying that that will be the opening line of every legal complaint that goes forward. how will you deal with that as press secretary? >> i think the biggest thing is he shouldnt have to do this. congress should have stepped up and done their job and done everything...

Constitutional clash. in the rose garden the president is going to make the case theres a crisis at the southern border. hes going to say the democrats were not working with him on the border wall and, therefore, hes staking this drastic step. lets talk about the political fallout and legal fallout. expect president trump to campaign on this in 2020 because, of course, there are going to be those legal challenges. these are going to be something he uses to angle his base, but even some conservat...

Viewers. you sat down and we were talking about the pall over our country and how depressing this is sow watchful. >> depressing in two ways. the people who are suffering and hurting. three ways. secondly, a lot of people depend on just dealing with the federal government to get on with their businesses and their lives. if youre selling soybeans, you need agriculture inspector to certify that theyre okay to be shipped abroad. if youre building a smelter, you may not like the epa but you need it ...

And nancy pelosi called a down payment notion unreasonable. democrats are expected to present a knew border security package but that isnt a sure thing. with this shutdown approaching its sixth week, the strains are coming out in the open. they read mitch mcconnell the rite act saying the shutdown needs to end soon. this was rare. please note this exchange between republican ted cruz and democrat michael bennett. >> the democrats are fond of using the phrase, hostage taking. they are quite liter...

You need the wall. >> is mitch mcconnell and schumerer can come to an agreement -- >> it depends what the agreement is. if they come to an agreement, i would support it. >> even if it has no wall money? >> look, i have other alternatives if i have to. >> while people scramble to figure out when a pro-rated down payment is, tonight our nbc news colleagues on the hill report that senator schumer has ruled out any pro-rating for the wall. and nancy pelosi called a down payment notion unreasonable. ...

Faye, what would you say to president trump if you had a minute? >> president trump, no disrespect, ms. nancy is not going to give you that wall. mr. trump, you need to stop holding us hostage. you show more love to putin, kim jong-un. show us some love. stop it. let us go back to work. >> last thing before we go tonight, our effort to bring you the voices all this week of our fellow citizens, the public servants, the federal workers who are struggling to get by with no income due to the governm...

Amazingly, and this is the core of it, mitch mcconnell and the senate republicans for 35 days have stuck with donald trump. not a single one of them think this is reasonable. they controlled congress for two years. they could have legislated on one of those bills that only takes 51 votes, not 60 votes. they could have built the wall. they chose not to. the trump administration chose not to make it a priority compared to tax cuts and other things and now theyre having a fight over a phony issue a...

Majority leaders attention and indeed, the vote appears to have jump started talks between mcconnell and schumer. democrats and democrats. while those talks were going on, trump appeared on camera to signal he could be open to some kind of a deal. >> well, one of the ideas suggested is that they pay sort of a pro-rated down payment for the wall, which i think people would agree that you need. you need the wall. >> is mitch mcconnell and schumerer can come to an agreement -- >> it depends what th...