the national emergency i declared last month was authorized by congress under the 1976 national emergencies agent. there haven t been too many that are bigger emergency than we have right at our own border. consistent with the law and the legislative process designed by our founders, today i am vetoing this resolution. congress has the freedom to pass this resolution. and i have the duty to veto it and i m very proud to veto it. i have to in particular thank the republican strong wonderful people, the republican senators that were on our side and on the side of border security and on the side of doing what they have to, to keep our nation safe. they were very courageous yesterday and i appreciate that very much.
Security then if o rourke is president. the republican national committee took a swipe at democratic presidential candidate beto o rourke in a tweet celebrating st. paddy s day. it used o rourke s mugshot from 1998 drunk and driving arrest and linked it to his irish heritage. they placed a leprechaun hat on o rourke. o rourke goes by his nickname beto which was given to him as a child. both democrats and republicans condemned the tweet calling it vile and based on stereotypes. an hour later the rnc hit o rourke in another tweet calling him a failed member of congress and attacking his congressional record. o rourke told reporter yesterday he has not been asked about the arrest and that he wants to focus on his goals and not personal attacks. senator amy klobuchar of minnesota says unlike fellow presidential candidate beto
As he does. thanks for that. i got to say even i knew that lebron thing of not good for him. the highlight? yeah. getting blocked. got to be able to finish that. all right, everybody still ahead president trump issues his first veto after congress rejected his emergency. now house democrats are trying to figure out their next step. joe biden almost announces a 2020 bid. former vice president is expected to announce whether he ll make a run soon. seems like he got ahead of himself over the weekend. when will he announce? e annoe about 50% of people with severe asthma have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. eosinophils are a key cause of severe asthma. fasenra is designed to target and remove these cells. fasenra is an add-on injection for people 12 and up with asthma driven by eosinophils.
Administration cancelled dhs program to find domestic terror. joining us now from washington, d.c. politico daniel litman. hope you had a good weekend. thank you for joining us. let s talk a little about the president, how his comments on extremism are going over on capitol hill in the wake of the deadly shooting and massacre there that we saw in new zealand. congress is on recess so harder for reporter to get quotes out of them. but i think there s widespread anger that the president doesn t recognize this real athlethreat those statistics you rattled off show. even republicans view president trump as weak on this issue. they remember charlottesville where his own top economic adviser gary cohn had to publicly repudiate him to the financial times saying that we should not be standing with people who are anti-semites and
Welcome back, everybody. i m yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. it s the bottom of the hour. let s start with the morning s top story. congressional democrats are preparing for the next steps in their fight with president trump over his national emergency declaration on his border wall. house democrats will hold a vote next tuesday to override president trump s we topography congress bill terminating his declaration. but the measure is not likely to get enough support in that chamber or the senate if it makes it to override the president s veto. the anticipated move comes after trump formally issued the first veto of his presidency on friday rejecting congress resolution joined by law enforcement officials as well as relatives of individuals who were killed by undocumented immigrants. the president used the event to defend his decision and discuss the republicans who side with democrats to rebuke him.