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>> you think so? >> security that they dont want to let him call it a wall. just a bit more of what we currently have or some technological improvements, e-verify, thats a good compromise. >> sees video of the vice president. definitely a working weekend to say the least in washington right now of the vice president walking out after a meeting with congressional leaders all day as he has been all weekend alongside him jared kushner and, of course, secretary nielsen as well. julie, give me your t...

These department of defense funds in order to get this wall built? is there anything this president has to prove this is actually a national emergency? >> he can declare it. make that declaration. >> outright? >> he will outright make a claim, no justification but there will be legal action taken. an injunction file. extraordinary steps to slow the process and get it through the courts and concurrently, remember, we have a democratic congress acting as a check and balance to this president. cond...

Of drugs, of human beings being trafficked all over the world. theyre coming through and we have an absolute crisis and of criminals and gang members coming through. it is national security. its a national emergency. >> [ indiscernible ]. >> well be letting you know fairly soon. all right. so if congress fails to secure funding for a border wall president trump says he may call a national emergency to actually get it build. that idea is getting major pushback from democrats. watch this. >> rea...

Mexicos going to pay for this. hes already starting in a hole. promised supporters, promised the american people if the wall got built mexico would pay. now in a different position. he has to ask congress to appropriate money for the wall. they already appropriate billions and billions for border security every year. theres already quite a bit of fencing across the southern border. hundreds of miles of it. in isnt completely out of the fwlou ask f ordinary to ask for a barrier. accept steel. acc...

It works. confusing to the public when you hear two very different things coming out of the white house. playing sound from the president saying that and take a listen to mulvaney and then comment on it. go ahead, guys. >> what we save on the usmca, what we save on that, just with mexico will pay for the wall many times over. >> we will be taking in more money as part of our relationship with mexico and that could be available to us to build the wall. now, it still requires appropriation as does...

Until you get the funding for the wall. these federal workers want the wall. >> the president is now taunting democrats in a tweet by claiming without evidence that most of the 800,000 federal workers affected by the shutdown are democrats. that comment prompted backlash from one. largest unions rpg federal employ eds. the head of the american federation of government employees writing in a statement a government shutdown doesnt hurt any one political party or any one federal employee more than ...

President, hes sort of throwing things at the wall so to speak and trying to see what sticks. this afternoon he put up a new tweet saying this isnt about the wall. everyone knows that a wall will work perfectly. he says this is only about the democrats not letting president trump and the republicans have a win. they may have the ten senate votes, but we have the issue, border security, 2020. what do you make that have? i mean, it sounds as though he says its not about the wall when really it is ...

About, and, yes, expect more volatility as we get to the final trading day of 2018. jim? >> alison kosik, thanks investment joining us in the situation room is democratic congressman jerry conleyly, a member of the foreign affairs and oversight committees. thanks for joining us. >> happy holidays. >> as the government shutdown, it and we saw phil mattingly talk about this a few moments ago there, arent any lawmakers up on capitol hill. well talk responsibility for you since youre here in the stu...

Government passed the senate unanimously without any fuss about a wall, and -- and we were told the white house would sign it, and -- and what happened? a couple of talking heads, right wing talking heads, laura ingraham, sean hannity and rush limbaugh and the freedom caucus led by my friend mark meadows went and threatened the revolt, that he would lose support, he trump, if he signed anything without a wall, and the white house did a complete about-face based on that because thats what he watc...

Entire federal government hostage because all he wants for christmas is $5 billion wall that mexico is to pay for is reckless and irresponsible. >> and how long could this shutdown last, do you think? mark meadows was saying in the last hour, there may be no end in sight. this could last a while. is that -- is that something the american people should be bracing for at this point? >> i believe the first crack in this -- in this situation will be when the democrats come into the majority status o...