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Opposition to the threat of budget cuts to agencies that fund scientific work. The president tweeting a couple hours ago i am committed but always remember it enhances environmental protection. Jobs matter. Miguel marquez is in washington where demonstrators marched from the mall to capitol hill. Miguel . Reporter ana, This Is The End point for the march for science. Thousands and thousands of scientists and their supporters clog the streets of washington. It was cold, it was windy. Where they e...

Said these republicans said, you know what? if we dont have the power of the purse strings, who are we and what are we doing here? and they consider it congressional prerogative, because theyre right, and constitutional prerogative, because theyre right. and when this gets challenged in court, the president is going to veto it. he will succeed. this will -- this vote will bolster arguments in court against it. >> as gloria says, jackie, this border wall issue has been the presidents signature is...

The wall that separates tijuana from san diego where 1.5 million people are on the tijuana side and 1.5 million people are on the san diego side and its a very dense area and since that wall has gone up, the number of apprehensions at that border has declined. given what we know about crime at the border, given what we know about the national security worries of the american people, what is practical in terms of the amount of money allocated to a border wall? >> well first and foremost the presi...

President delivering his second official state of the union address. it will be his first in this new era of divided government. democratic house speaker nancy pelosi will sit over his shoulder after outmaneuvering him during the government shutdown. the speech comes at a critical time in his president is i with not only a divided congress, but another shutdown looming over the border wall issue. the mueller investigation, the investigation in the southern district of new york. it is a long list...

The white house. that wall issue may be on the bargaining table this weekend. the acting chief of staff with lawmakers up at camp david this weekend. >> all right. thank you. lawmakers will be paying very close attention tonight to see how the president deals with the border wall issue. republicans are deeply concerned that that order could come some time after the speech. whats the latest youre hearing? >> it is a revolt that president trump has on his hands, significant that it is brewing from...

Should be. as we go into the state of the union address tomorrow, president trump has teased what hell say about the wall, but increasingly hes frustrated about whats happening on capitol hill and basically using the power of the pen to go around congress and get his wall if nancy pelosi doesnt give him what hes been asking for for weeks and months now. dana? >> abby, thank you so much for that reporting. here at the table to share with me, michael bender with the "wall street journal," sandra k...

Obviously, we got to deal with this border wall issue. i will tell you, the democrats are going to provide whatever money is necessary for real security. >> ill get to that in a moment. lets talking about the breakin news. you heard acting attorney general matthew whitaker telling reporters hes been fully briefed on the state of the mueller probe. he says its close to being completed. how significant is that? >> those are the words weve heard for more than a year. well see when this is completed...

Which ments -- which meant 30 days and then four months and then john bolton announced overseas troops will stay until isis is defeated and the kurds are safe. do you know what the timeline is? >> look, this is very similar to the border wall issue. it shows that our president literally doesnt know what hes doing. he is making it up as he goes along based on the whims of i guess what he sees on fox news or what his mood is. because john bolton raised the two issues blindingly obvious. i dont wan...

Assault and battery, what do you need to prove that? >> you need to prove -- the key issue is consent. i think the actual touching -- >> the allegation is that he put his hands down this 18-year-old boys pants. and one thing that seems to be agreed upon is that he was 18 years old at the time and his mother said that he said he was -- told kevin spacey he was 23 when they met. >> this will all turn on consent. did the individual, the victim, consent. now it is complicated by a couple of factors....

Security. what doesnt make sense is to build a wall even the president doesnt seem to know why he wants it except that he made the promise. and he promised that mexico would pay for it so where are we having this fight in the first place? but this is the key issue. there is no justification at all on border security grounds for a wall. everyone said the wall wont help at all. >> in terms of -- >> now when you talk about declaring an emergency, the president of the united states has an enormous a...