>> one tactic, the white house preparing a draft proclamation to declare a national emergency along the southern border and identifying more than $7 billion in potential funds to build the wall. as soon as today the white house may invite a group of eight congressional leaders for a meeting with the president and nancy pelosi unsure if she would accept that invitation. >> and the tempers are flaring in the senate. typically mild mannered democrat michael bennett unloading on senator ted cruz. watch. >> these crocodile tears take the senator from texas is crying for first responders is too hard for me he to take. when the senator from texas shut this government down in 2013, my state was flooded. it was understa water, people w killed. this idea that he was going to build a medieval wall across the southern border of texas, take