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At 10:00 a.m. eastern time in the rose garden on the topic of border security. our friend, peter baker, reports tonight, quote, the emergency declaration combined with 1 the $1.375 billion in the spending measure dedicated to fencing and other reprogrammed funds would allow the president to put together about $8 billion for barri barriers along t barriers along the border. according to an administration official, more than the $5.7 billion he had been seeking from congress. trump intends to decl...

Whats happening at the border, its humanitarian. the president has tried to sell a bill of goods to the american people. putting that aside in terms of the president making an end run around congress. >> reporter: with little more than a day before the government runs out of money, some were starting to worry. >> we have to pass it. then we all pray that the president will sign it. >> reporter: as republican lawmakers were praying the president would sign the spending deal. >> lets pray the pres...

Congress, about the power of the purse. youve heard me say over and over again, article i, the legislative branch, the power of the purse, the power to declare war, many other powers listed in the constitution, and of course, the responsibility to have oversight. so the president is doing an end run around that. it is. we will review our options and be prepared to respond appropriately to it. i know the republicans have some unease about it, no matter what they say, because if the president can ...

I wish you would. but a democratic president can do that. a democratic president can declare emergencies, as well. so the precedent that the president is setting here is something that should be met with great unease and dismay by the republicans. and of course, we will respond accordingly, when we review our options. first, we have to see what the president actually says. >> speaker pelosi? >> yes. >> to that end, there has been some discussion of a resolution in the house that might force repu...

Open and thats very important for the american people. but we will also, as we do so, protect our borders and protect our values. >> madam speaker? >> yes, maam? >> the president just said that he will declare a national emergency when he signs this bill. do you still plan to file a legal challenge if and when he does that? and how quickly -- >> did i ever say i was filing a legal challenge? >> you said democrats -- >> i may, thats an option, and well review our options. but its important to not...

Dont have confidence in what you did, even though the president failed to convince the american people and their representatives in congress of his position. but lets just see what the votes are. who knows what the calculus is on the other side. >> doesnt look like your side of the aisle? >> madam speaker, as far as the gun control bill or the background check bill is a concern, you just said that a national emergency should, declared -- >> well, could be declared. if you want to talk about an e...

Pelosi. key line here. she says, the president is doing an end round on congress. she said republicans should have a problem with that, too, and this is potentially dangerous precedent if, in fact, the president declares this national emergency and goes the route in which it looks like its going to go here, david. >> reporter: thats right, ana. you saw she was trying to do two things at the same time, one, saying, hey, no president should be doing this, dont do an end run around congress, but he...

Prepared to sign the bill. he will also be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time. and ive indicated to him that im going to prepare -- im going to support the national emergency declaration. so for all of my colleagues, the president will sign the bill. we will be voting on it shortly. >> minutes after mcconnell made the announcement, the white house finally revealed what the president was planning to do, saying president trump will sign the government funding bill and as sta...

Door to that type of precedent. when pressed on that, she said, most of all, shes not in favor of any president in any party trying to do an end run around congress. >> and most americans dont even support an emergency. what do the polls say on this? >> this is amazing. when we were in the field last week with our poll asking this question, you see on the screen there, two-thirds are not in favor of it, but as we discussed at the time, this is the bind that donald trump was in. whether he took a...

President broke his core promise to have mexico pay for his wall. another demonstration of the presidents naked contempt for the rule of law. this is not an emergency and the president is fear mongering does not make it one. he couldnt convince mexico, the american people or their elected representatives to pay for his expensive wall, so now hes trying an end run around congress in a desperate attempt to put taxpayers on the hook for it. congress will defend or constitutional authorities." your ...