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Hearing after this and two or three other things. i will wait for that vote to occur this afternoon. i will explain my vote then. >> you dont want to give us a preview. >> no. >> come on. >> this would be a great opportunity on national tv. >> it would be. its a better opportunity to talk about excellence in mental health. >> i promise we will. i love that topic. we do it all the time on "new day." i cant wait to hear your plans for mental health and addiction in particular. are you leaning towa...

And they really were the same party. this is a boss telling everybody how he wants it done that day and now you esee 12 people not obaying. are we seeing the fear unraveling? >> theyre obeying because president trump still commands such extraordinarily high support within the republican base. republican voters overwhelmingly support trump. we see that in poll after poll after poll. its not luike hes enacting a party agenda. and these senators are trying to hang on and preserve their own politica...

Lose. for republicans, murkowski and tylan will vote to block the emergency. another form alexander, rodney, gardner and lee might join with them. rand paul says they could ultimately get ten or more. the reason for speaking out now, we all need to think this through before we get too far down the road. >> john: while democrats oppose the idea of building a wall, the senate minority leader insists this is about constitutional principle, not barriers. >> the founding fathers exquisite balance of ...

State. congress will look seriously at all of his activities and all the facts and see if they come to a level like in watergate to where the republicans ended up going to nixon and saying, its over. you need to resign. the republicans control the votes in the senate, and to get this president to be removed by impeachment, republicans -- at least 18 of them -- would have to vote for impeachment. >> yeah. >> and right now they are acolytes to president trump. youve got your few people like rand p...

State. the cong wress will look seriouy at all the facts and see if they come to a level like in watergate to where the republicans ended up going to nixon and saying its over. you need to resign. the republicans control the votes in the senate. and to get this president to be removed by impeachment, republicans at least 18 of them would have to vote for impeachment and right now they are aclites to president trump. you have a few people like rand paul showing courage integrity and susan collins...

Steve: that brings us back to what the president has been talking about for the last couple months, a crisis on our southern border. is there a crisis? if there are 100,000 migrants knocking on our door in the month of march, is that a crisis? is that an emergency? he said yes but it looks like a growing number of republicans in the senate are saying no. ainsley: to her point not just immigration. drugs talking about. trafficking children. all these women that are apparently if you look at the s...

President is proving hes a great president and they have a president who is trying to fix the problem, congress is not backing them up. the whole reason theres an issue on the border to begin with is because congress has failed to close the loopholes that causes these groups to come to the united states. before i retired i was with the secretary, 2 or 3 things you can do thats going to secure this border and stop this, you know, this surge of families coming. they failed to do it. congress likes...

She will vote to block the presidents order. >> this is not about whether or not you support ensuring our boarders are strong and secure, which i absolutely do. this is about making sure that we respect the lines and the lanes of authorities that are laid out in the constitution. >> and murkowski is now the third republican senator to say outright they will support the resolution of disapproval. one more and the president would be forced to veto the measure. all right, lets get a quick check o...

You have almost 10 in the senate on record sayings this is not consistent with the constitution. are they undecided or will they vote against? >> we know two, collins and tillis and what about murkowski? its hard to imagine them getting enough to override a veto. its still sending a message. if they get a significant amount of republicans on the record willing to say no what message does that send? >> a very strong message. its about standing up for their own branch of government. its stunning i...

Is executive overreach. dana? >> dana: i see steve scalise said we support the president, so probably not that many republicans defect. but thats in the house. what are you hearing from republicans in the senate? >> reporter: they need four republicans to join with democrats to have the majority. at this point they have see. collins, murkowski and tom tillis of north carolina. that sets up an awkward vote for president trump. well see if leader mitch mcconnell has any tricks in his play book. ot...