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The wall. not happening. now they seem to think that the wall is being built even if americans are paying for it. >> its important to remember if you go back to 2016 a lot of those people at the rallies, when they were interviewed afterwards, they didnt think it was going to happen. they liked the rhetoric behind it. they liked what it represented. so, with trumps base this isnt going to be a problem and trump never wanted to stick to the truth or facts. hes just going to keep saying im building...

Build almost 500 miles of new wall where no other wall exists by the end of next year when so far none of that has happened over the three years of the trump presidency. there are just more obstacles being raised in the process. >> certainly its an interesting point. i want to play with you something that ari heard from a trump aide who made the argument that mexico is actually paying for the wall, believe it or not. listen to this. >> mexico is paying a lot for our southern security, and that -...

Immigration. so, this has been a signature issue for president trump. but realistically, was this all a promise really that could never be kept? i mean as this thing started going on in his presidency, was it ever expected to be smooth sailing for the president to try to get the money and build this wall? >> well, its strange ayman because past presidents have been successful at this. under george w. bush there were about 350 miles of border wall constructed. but in the areas that the bush admin...

Bret stephens, thank you very much as well. coming up on "morning joe." now, its his business, not my business. why he supports a president who wants to erect a medieval barrier on the border of texas bhot wan. who wants to use eminent domain. who wants to declare an unconstitutional emergency to build that wall. thats the business of the senator of texas i can assure you that in colorado if a president said he was going to use eminent domain to erect a barrier across the state of colorado, ac...

Year raling against the presidents plan for a border call. "the new york times" now reports construction of the wall has been slow going as weve reported all year, in part because the texans who own the land have to be coaxed or ersed to sell it whether they want to or not. we have that story next on "morning joe." or not we have that story next on "morning joe." as a struggling want to or. we have that story next on "morning joe." they want to or . we have that story next on "morning joe." o se...

Coming year. joining us now, julia ainslie. julia has covered the border closely for us for the last several years. julia area this has become a political tool, its been a chant at the presidents rallies for years. the question is, will there ever actually be any any new wall along the border as the president promised? >> thats a good question because its a tangible promise and something thats so toes hold the president accountable to. and peter rightly persisted and got the answer to, there hav...

How many miles have former li exist the that have been renovated or replaced but new where nothing existed. >> 78 miles have been built where there was an existing form of barrier. we just started breaking ground on rgv where were building miles of new wall where there has been no structure there at all. >> thats just now starting the construction of new wall begins actually now? >> thats correct. >> thats was peter alexander pressing them. after boiling that down, he got them to say we actually...

Saying it is hard to say if that promise will be met by 2021. >> how many miles of wall has been constructed, not wall thats replacing old wall, but new wall has been built to this point? >> so, 78 miles of new wall has been built. >> how many miles of wall exist where there was no wall whatsoever? >> my response is every mile thats being build is new wall. >> how many miles new where nothing new existed? >> right now the 78 miles that have been built have been built where there was an existing ...

National emergency. basically what that would mean is its billed now, decide on the price of the land later. thats something that landowners texas are upset about. its land thats been in their family sometimes for hundreds of years. most of the land where they want to build in texas is privately owned. and then as my colleague courtney kube and i just reported in the last couple weeks, theyve begun investigations into the contracts that went out for border wall construction. theres a company cal...

Negotiations about whether or not they can seize the land and pay later. thats the strategy they have now and its one that jared kushner laz been assigned to carrying out as he is now kind of the unofficial border wall czar, if you will, by his father-in-law to carry this out. another issue though is the contracts. my colleague and i reported on the fact theres now an inspector general investigation into a company known as fischer sand and gravel that got a $400 million contract to build 35 mile...