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day to all those who are irish and everyone else who wish they were. we are monitoring texas right now with the drone view you will see only here on fox. meanwhile, 400 miles north in dallas, the governor getting ready to give an update on the migrant kids the state is holding and overflow facilities there. >> sandra: president biden told those migrants, do not come over to the u.s. but in cities like war as mexico, that is not stopping thousands from making the dangerous journey, cart...

Biggest campaign promise, the wall. how much of it is actually being built? nbc shows us what is happening with it. marianna? >> reporter: so what is the state of the presidents wall? as of last thursday, only 83 miles of mostly replacement wall has been built. the president now asking for almost 500 miles, by 2020. is it going upping up or not? when we got on the ground to do the story, i personally saw a portion of the wall going up in arizona. but it is more complicated than it seems and ever...

Barriers but working with the government letting them lease her land during construction for a say in the process. >> we will never say we wanted it, but thats where we turned around and we went and said, okay. if its going to happen then were going to be involved. >> reporter: involved in the future of the wall. for the next generation of ranchers. >> seeing a border wall fragment the landscape is a heartbreak but i know roots run deeper than politics and my family heritage will outstand whatev...

Figures, but nearly all of that is classified as replacement wall. its not new wall. the white house declined to comment on the report, and the paper notes kushners defenders in the administration say he is bringing a private sector approach to the project. that brings us to steve ratners chart. its not just "the washington post" reporting, its also the commissioner of customs and border protection who said from the podium at the white house, 83 miles of wall, all of it just renovation of existi...

That would be replaced as part of his thousand miles. and as you said earlier, 83 miles of replacement wall has actually been built so far. but there has been some new wall started. there are eight miles of new wall that has been started. would anyone like to hazard a guess on how much of the eight miles of new wall that has been started has actually been finished? >> susan del percio? >> how about none? >> close, 32 feet. they have actually completed 32 feet of new wall. so lets take a look at ...

The chief saying earlier in the day that the new wall was just replacement wall so far. >> i can proudly announce, and we have ended catch and release and we are building the wall faster than anyone thought possible. >> thank you. its being built. its going up good. and its a big deal. >> we just broke ground and replaced the miles of wall that existed. >> he hasnt seen the official from his own administration talking about that no new wall had been built. >> what president trump had to say abou...

He wants to buy everything or get rid of everything. he just wants it done. officials involved in the border wall project tell "the washington post" that trump has directed aides to fast track billions of dollars worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land and disregard environmental rules. trump has promised to complete 500 miles of fencing by november of 2020, which has stirred finish the wall at his political rallies. so far 60 miles of replacement wall has been built sin...

Contacting procedures and the use of eminent domain, saying, take the land, according tos foishlz who atte officials who attended the meetings. they showed this timed video showing that a replacement wall has been built in arizona, but thats just a small portion of the 450 new and renovated barriers planning to be completed next year. jeff is here, and shermichael and victoria are back with me. what if the president was joking? im not sure how, if you work inside that white house, you necessaril...

Rico is not accurate. next congress has not aloe indicated $92 million, but $42.7 billion and actually made it to the island. >> and president trump has reportedly told administration officials that he will pardon them if they have to break any laws to get a border wall built before the in connection election. and trump has directed aides to fast track billions of dollars worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land and disregard environmental a lot will happen in your life. ...

U.s. senate to martha mcsally. 2 1/2 years after president trump promised to build a wall along the southern border, it seems at least not much progress has been made on that front. according to axios, the administration has been replacing more than 60 miles of existing barriers and fences, the department of homeland security has been referring to the replacement wall as new, but today, not a single mile of wall has been built where no barrier previously existed. the trump administration says ...