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The general from the u.s. army corps of engineers to get this process going. the president wants to move fast. he recognizes that this problem has been festering for decades. >> so, melissa, we look at these various pots of money -- shes got the $1.73 billion from congress. thats to build 55 miles of fencing. then hes got $601 million from the treasury forfeiture fund. he can get that to me daily. that hes got about $300 million that is currently in the antidrug pentagon fund. those pots of mone...

Made. if people dont like that, they can address it. >> this is where hes getting the funding. $1.3 billion approved by congress. $3.6 billion from the military construction budget. $2.5 billion from the defense departments drug interdiction program. $600 million from another military fund. he seemed to dance around the answer when asked about using dod funds. gabby, does the president have the right to use these funds? >> thats the big legal question here, craig. of course, its whether or not p...

No, there hasnt been a single case like is that? >> spicy. meanwhile, dems in the house pushing forward to just repeal this attempt from the start. this is not just house heat. >> because what were seeing is house democrats actually believe they might be able to appeal to additional votes in the senate, because there people in both parties have expressed concern with whether this could be an unlawful, an unconstitutional executive order. >> i think there is enough people in the senate who are co...

Democrats, virtually certain theyll pass a resolution of disapproval. it will not be shocking if the senate can get three, four, five republicans to join and pass a resolution of disapproval. whether they can get enough to overcome a veto is a completely other matter. thats why this will probably end up being decided by how john roberts feels about it. >> tammy duckworth was asked about that very possibility. this is what she said. >> do you have enough votes in the senate to put a joint resolut...

That are concerned what he is doing is robbing from the military and dod to build this wall. reporter: sources have told me the president was warned if he declared an emergency it would be disapproved and it would be privileged and the senate has no choice to take it up and then the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and others saying that could split the republican party in the resolution could end up in the courts. >> he will protect this national declaration emergency guaranteed but that ...

Energy to this issue. you can tell that this is a very charged issue for a lot of these family members here. no question about it moving forward, the president and you heard this, he knows this is going to get taken to court. he knows it is going to be tied up in the courts and will be a court challenge. we will just have to wait and see whether or not that becomes another impediment, another wall in the presidents way as he tries to fulfill his campaign promise. >> that mothers story not to men...

Members of congress. >> military times has a good bit by bit on the sort of projects were talking about. yes, there is some of this drug money, drug project money from the dod, but the stuff that would be easy to get is the construction money. were talking a new vehicle maintenance shop in kuwait. dry dock repairs at earl harbor, hanger improvement in arizona and new family housing builds in south korea, italy and wisconsin. this is a crisis for a lot of these families. its hard to imagine, nanc...

Someone might need an extra hug or encouragement. we have one minute left here on the east coast, go to it. most watched, trusts, most grateful you spent the evening with us. good night from washington. im shannon bream. ♪ >> brian: hi, everybody, im brian kilmeade. this is "tucker carlson tonight." tucker will be with you in about 5 minutes, we do have some breaking news we want to share with you. dominated by many stories. one of which was the bipartisan budget bill for borders and big numbe...

But he can pull this off. im optimistic. >> martha: michael anton, thank you. good to have you here tonight. that is the story on this thursday night. have a great valentines day, everybody. tucker carlson up next. ♪ >> brian: hi, everybody, im brian kilmeade. this is "tucker carlson tonight." we do have breaking news we want to share with you. of course today was dominated by many stories. one of which was the bipartisan budget bill for borders and big number is that the number president was ...

Baskets, the next basket, comes with a little more risk. each basket after that comes with an increasing degree of risk. as you move the money around like the dhs silo or the dod so i lot and the dhs silo or energy, for example, into the dhs silo, you get increasing risk. so its not clear how much money the president might be able to move around before he ends up in court. i do know that the omb office, office of management and budget, has identified far more than the $5.7 billion than the presi...