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A Democrat-led congressional committee challenged on Tuesday the Pentagon’s plan to divert US dollar 1 billion to support President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. Earlier, the Pentagon has notified the US Congress that it has authorised the transfer of $1 billion for Donald trumps border wall along Mexico. The funds have been diverted from the US army corpus to build the 58 miles fence, the Daily Beast report said.

65,000 shells. in dallas, residents rocked out to a fireworks show timed to the star spangled banner. the rose bowl held america fest to a crowd of 200,000 people and in d.c. the national mall was lit up to celebrate americas 245th independence day. as president biden and the first lady watched from the display from the white house. >> i love to see all that. a very patriotic evening for many. not really for us. we slept through the whole darn thing. but thats okay, thats our job. >> i didnt. i ...

>> and today the department of homeland security released their plan for the use of border wall funds left over from the trump administration saying they will take steps to end wall expansion to the extent permitted under law while addressing life, safety, and environmental concerns. bret? >> bret: griff jenkins along the border if del rio, texas. up next, is the u.s. military becoming too woke? we will lay out what critics are saying about changes in the u.s. military. first, here is what some ...

>> a major victory in the fight to secure the border. todd: a judge green light $6 billion and border wall funds. carley: discussing this with someone overseeing construction of the border, president and ceo of fisher sand and gravel company, tommy fisher. thank you for being with us this morning. >> great to be with you. carley: lets look at some numbers. the president is fighting for this amount of money the total $6.7 billion, many the president is trying to obtain through the use of a nation...

Partys top leaders. this is the first time congress has approved a broad disaster relief package since february of 2018. trump administration notched a win in federal district court yesterday when a trump appointed judge in washington, d.c. ruled that the house of representatives lacks the legal standing to sue the president for using emergency powers to fund a border wall. the judge suggested they use political means instead. the ruling breaks from a 2015 decision by another judge on the d.c. d...

Talk to the men and women in green to know what they need to do the job every day. if they actually look at that data, every place thats built a border barrier it has immediate impact on slowing you will illegal immigration and drug flow. shown effective every place they have built it. steve: some democrats accused of ignoring the experts when it comes to border security as the clock ticks down towards another government shutdown on the 15th of february. will they be able to budge on border wall...

Yeah, one dollar. >> how high are you willing to go? >> you said a dollar. >> how high are you going to go? >> thats not your question. you said a dollar. the fact is a wall is an immorality. its not who we are as a nation. >> the senate majority leader is saying the house bills have no chance of passing the upper chamber. republican senator mitch mcconnell caused the proposals, quote, political theater, not producti iive law making. he is facing cracks within his congress. yesterday two republi...

Going on in the white house and looping e everybody in. to underscore this point, it is very rare for all 100 senators to be invited to the white house at the same time for a classified briefing. thats exactly whats happening as this situation escalates around the world. >> i suppose they have a room somewhere in that big house to handle all 100. phil, thank you so much. so you have that news from capitol hill. you also have this. will the president demand his border wall funds be included in th...

And it begins with bringing honesty, accountability, and change to washington, d.c. >> with us this sunday to share their reporting and their insights, cnns nia-malika hen der don, jonathan martin, jeff he d zelany and jackie. the urgent week leading to the 100-day mark. the government runs out of money friday and a white house demand for border wall funds is one of the many thirdles to a spending deal. the president who once talked of getting tax reform passed in his first 100 days says he will...