the president from violating the constitution, the separation of powers from stealing money from americans and states that has been allocated by congress lawfully, and we're going to try to make sure we keep the president from continuing to play this theater by manipulating the office of the president to do his bidding simply because i think he's trying to essentially send a message to his base, a shrinking base that he fulfills his promises. >> all right, let's go to cnn's kristen holmes, live following the president, what is the white house doing to prepare for the legal and congressional challenges to his declaration? >> reporter: well, brooke, white house officials tell us that president trump and his team are gearing up for battle on all fronts. let's start with the legal system and the courts, we know that this litany of lawsuits being filed is really no surprise to president trump or his team. first of all, we have been reporting for weeks that aides were warning president trump if