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In a series of tweets. prominent legal scholars agree that our actions to address the national emergency at the southern border and to protect the american people are both constitutional and expressly authorized by congress. its the second tweet that is the crucial one here. the president says if at a later date congress wants to update the law, i will support those efforts, but todays issue is border security and crime. dont vote with pelosi. the president is telling the republican lawmakers no...

>> earlier in the day, he tweeted that maybe down the road he would be willing to support congressional legislation to update the current national emergency law on emergency declarations. do you believe him? >> i think there may be a workable solution, a compromise among us in congress. i have trouble believing that the president is going to surrender any of his autocratic view of the presidency. >> the president suffered another sort of rebuke today in the house of representatives. 420 members,...

And the proposal allowing the border emergency, putting limits on future presidentss use of emergency declarations. it was shot down. chuck schumer bringing pressure as well. >> you want to stand up to fear, do the right thing no matter who is in the white house. our republican friends know the right thing to do. they should not be afraid to do it. >> reporter: the president seems unconcerned, ready to issue his first veto. >> we will see whether or not i have to do the veto. it will be very suc...

5 republican senators are signaling they will vote with democrats to block the president. susan collins, lisa murkowski, tom tillis and mike lee, a proposal allowing the border emergency to go through and separate legislation limiting the use of emergency declarations. it was shot down. chuck schumer bringing pressure too. >> you are to sit and up to fear, do the right thing no matter who is in the white house. our republican friends know the right thing to do. they should not be afraid to do it...

Protection training facility in west virginia, vice president pence discussed his efforts to keep the measure from passing. >> i was on capitol hill yesterday. for productive discussions with many of the senators. who are looking to address this crisis and support border security. but i told them and ill tell all of you, a vote against the presidents emergency declaration is a vote against border security. a vote against the presidents emergency declaration is a vote to deny the humanitarian and...

Trying to strike a deal with the white house. he would back it up if president trump supported his bill to support national emergency declarations. mike lee said in the last hour that he is going to vote for that resolution of disapproval all but assuring it will pass tomorrow. >> all right. thanks so much. lets dive into this. sources saying the white house is warning republicans who dont get in line that there could be 2020 consequences. the president just hinted at that. i want to play you hi...

60-day window wouldnt apply. it seems like youre trying to have it both ways. >> thats false because we would be able to determine whether that emergency is truly an emergency and would be required to make an inquiry. we have emergency declarations on the books from 30 years ago. that is not the way to have emergencies dealt with in america. the president is going to have to act in emergencies, act at the border but congress has to agree with that and if not that declaration ceases and that auth...

Meeting that sent shock waves th china. >> i think he saw that i am somebody that believes in walking when the deal is not done. there is always a chance that could happen at he probably wouldnt want that. >> president trumps that he would be happy doing it either way and completing a deal on them getting together for signing ceremony for getting a deal almost none of them getting together to negotiate the final points. pulling it across the finish line in a summit if you want to. the president ...

Working republican senators over pretty hard, rand paul told "the washington post" they are being beaten up right now so if you see anybody that has blood dripping out of her ear, they may be changing. >> nobodys being beaten up. >> utah senator mike lee with the support of texas john cornyn loaded a compromise to put limits on future presidencies with emergency declarations that allow president trump has border emergency. how >> nancy pelosi chart tied down tweeting, the house will not take up ...

Congress can choose to do that. congress needs to do that in each and every emergency declaration that occurs going forward so we can put limits on this so you dont have emergency declarations from carters administration still on the books that presidents today can utilize to go beyond the scope of the executive branch. >> if you think on principle that a president should not be able to overstep and go around congress in this way, why not stand up to the president on this one? >> what im saying ...