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Trumps nobel acceptance speech. >> he would be up there, i love -- i love the nobelians. >> reporter: president trump sooe seems to think its a nobel calling, calling for himself to win the -- >> nobel. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thanks so much for joining us. "a.c. 360" starts now. >> good evening. 16 states have just taken legal action to challenge president trumps national border emergency. well have details in just a moment. we begin, though, with a mystery and a question. t...

Declaration for that. me may still get their hands on 4 1/2 million for wall construction. >> bill: which is nothing. >> it is almost what the president wanted. >> bill: mccabe interview last night "60 minutes". what is the white house saying about that? >> a lot of news. andrew mccabe saying while he did not participate in lengthy discussions about a 25th amendment removal of the president, he did speak to rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, about it. rosenstein mentioned it to mccabe ...

Emergency in an attempt to use existing governor funds to pay for wall construction. it was an option that republican leaders had urged him to avoid. but they eventually accepted it as necessary to escape the corner in which trump and his party were trapped. mcconnell promised trump he would encourage others to support the emergency in a bid to get the president to sign. and heres the majority leader talking about the prospect of an emergency declaration in sound bites that came just ten days ap...

Would also declare a national emergency in an attempt to use existing governor funds to pay for wall construction. it was an option that republican leaders had urged him to avoid. but they eventually accepted it as necessary to escape the corner in which trump and his party were trapped. mcconnell promised trump he would encourage others to support the emergency in a bid to get the president to sign. and heres the majority leader talking about the prospect of an emergency declaration in sound bi...

Aclu is pledging a lawsuit. you could see them from immigration advocates, environmental groups, property rights groups. anybody who feel like they have a standing to bring then. we are expecting it to likely be overturned in the lower courts and then work its way up. this is something you could see going all the way to the supreme court, which is now stacked with conservative judges. >> it may see years before we see wall construction get under way when you consider so many want to challenge th...

Heather nauert as his pick to be u.s. ambassador and now the state department spokeswoman and former fox news host is pulling herself out of the running for that post. >> there were questions about nauerts lack of qualifications to be u.n. ambassador. and word came out she had employed a nanny who was not authorized to work in the united states. n awe nauerts nomination was never sent to the senate. now to trumps national declaration of an emergency because congress refused to fund the border ...

Himself says he didnt need to declare a national emergency. its just a faster way to force taxpayers to foot the bill after congress wouldnt let him have his way." another strange moment today was when the president explicitly tied his so-called national emergency to the 2020 election. >> i dont have to do it for the election. ive already done a lot of wall for the election. 2020. and the only reason were up here talking about this is because of the election. because they want to try to win an e...

Some of his claims dont seem to be very accurate. >> reporter: one of the presidents chief claims to his fans that always gets a lot of applause st. idea that the wall has already been started. >> we are right now in construction with wall in some of the most important areas and we have renovated a tremendous amount of wall, making it just as good as new. thats where a lot of the money has been spent on renovation. >> the second part of that statement is true, there has been renovation as there ...

Statement is true, there has been renovation just as there has been under every president, and thats all there has been. there has been no new wall construction. this is a fact. there may be some started next month on a very tiny part of it, but for him to make that claim, with the other one there, makes the statement at very best misleading. another big claim. el paso had a giant crime problem. they built a wall. and the crime was solved. >> when the wall went up, was it better? you were there....

Discovered more than 200 pounds of cocaine, hidden under the floorboards of a cargo vessel arriving from equi door. heres cnns tom foreman with a fact check of the presidents speech in the rose garden. >> one of the presidents chief claims to his fans, it always gets a lot of applause is the idea that the wall has already been started. >> were right now in construction with wall in some of the most important areas. and we have renovated a tremendous amount of wall. making it just as good as new....