branch should be used for emergency powers in this type of circumstance and he is using political ploys to do what he wants when he wants and it's wrong. >> and the president admitting just moments after declaring a national emergency that he didn't need to do it. this morning as the president wakes up at his golf resort in florida, lawsuits are already being filed to block his executive order. >> let's go to cnn reporter sarah westwood traveling with the president in west palm beach, florida. sarah good morning. >> reporter: good morning, victor, kailey. yeah, president trump directly tying that declaration to fund his border wall. that's connection that could undermine his administration's expected argument in court. which is that this declaration was not an attempt to circumvent what trump thod not he needed for the border wall w. this declaration the president will