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Welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." we have breaking news. we are on veto watch. in the next couple of hours, president trump is expected to use his presidential veto power for the first time in his presidency. at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon, the president is scheduled to deliver remarks on his veto of a measure from the senate rebuking the presidents national emergency declaration. >> a dozen republican senators joined democrats to reject the declaration to fund a border wall yesterday citing concer...

Situation on the border with mexico the final vote was fifty nine to forty one with twelve of trumps own republicans crossing party lines to join the democrats in rebuking the president tried his pledge to veto this resolution it would be his first veto he declared the emergency access billions of dollars in funding for a border war with mexico which he says is urgently needed. our for more on this lets go to washington now our very own helen humphrey is on the story for us tonight good evening ...

Nazis in the battle of the bulge, that we are not loyal americans? why are we unable to singularly condemn anti-semitism? why cant we call it anti-semitism and show that weve learned the lessons of history? >> shes trying to manage this bigger, more diverse, more interesting, more restive in some ways democratic majority, and that would be evidence to me that not successful today. >> shes in this no-win situation, right? she has a very hopeful freshman class, some of who actually stood up in cau...

>> live by the sword, die by the sword. that was day inslee, governor of washington, and a candidate for president in 2020 showing what democrats could do with the power that donald trump is exercising with his national emergency declaration. senator rand paul citing this precedent as his reason to support the r-- the bill alread passed the house and expected to be voted on in the senate next week. senator rand paul joins fellow gop senators susan collins, thom tillis, lisa murkowski, in rebukin...

He is not -- >> no, maam, no, maam. hes a decent family man, citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with. >> i think mccain did the country a real service by refusing to embrace conspiracy theories and attacks on obama, and rebuking people who tried to launch those attacks. >> its unfortunate that there were pockets of the country that pushed that way. >> i will respect him, and -- no, no, i want everyone to be respectful. >> john mccain is now so mavericky hes mavericking away from hi...

Viability theme and the idea that, in all of this chaos in washington, they want someone fresh, tough, fierce, and they want their candidates to show that to them. >> yeah, it is striking to hear that last voter because i heard some of that yesterday, too, that there really is, i think, a trump-era hungerness to prove this country does not reflect trumpism and that i think democrats deep down are consumed with sort of rebuking, not just the president but what they think he stands for. and i thin...

The ability to perhaps withdraw this emergency, if they essentially dont have the votes it, the supreme court might say, well, you have the power to do that. were not going to d help you u your power. is that a possibility here, that that way they stay out of it? >> i think its more than a possibility. it would be a preference. if youre talking about chief justice roberts, he is an institutionalist and everybody says that he would prefer not to thrust the supreme court into major national battle...

The minnesota democrat defending herself on special report last night. >> i dont know, its all anonymous. but i will say that i am proud of our staff. yes, i can be a tough boss. and push people. thats obvious. thats because i have high expectations of myself. i have high expectations of those that work with me. and i have high expectations for our country. >> katie: her comments coming to response evaluation like the spirit went on this former staffer telling buzzfeed, "the reason that matters ...

Interest the congress. i can speak for myself and fellow journalists that its of interest to them. does that translate to the american public as well? do they feel the need to address what is in the presidents taxes? >> i do. it harkens back to the 1920s when the law came out. back then there was corruption and the teapot dome scandal. they were enriching themselves and passing policies to enrich themselves so congress said thats ridiculous. we need to get tax returns so we make sure there are n...

Him and this also comes at the same time that mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader has introduced the proposal rebuking the presidents withdrawal from syria. it seems to be gaining favor in the republican party. this is another example of the members of his own party going against him. some of trumps allies have been out there today basically saying the intelligence chiefs should not have been in a public setting in front of the congressional committee undermining or going against what th...