Country yesterday and said essentially were not in favor of walls and were certainly not going to pay for it. Donald trump walk up this morning and shot back on twitter. This is what he wrote. The u. S. Has a 60 billion trade deficit with mexico. It has been a onesided deal from the beginning of nafta with massive numbers of jobs and companies lost. If mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. The two were slated to meet next week. The mexican president is catching plenty of heat in his own country for agreeing to this meeting. Well see if it still comes to fruition. As for donald trump, today we are expecting him to take some executive actions on trade. Hes also going to be heading to philly for that gop retreat, carol. Sara murray, thanks so much. I want to bring in cnns senior political reporter manu raju in philadelphia. Reporter republicans actually broke some news here, the Republican Leadership saying how much it will cost to build that wall, saying it will cost between 12 and 15 billion. That is the first time we have heard a price tag from the Republican Leadership. But also republicans now wanting to get into an it with donald trump, not raising concerns about this increasingly tense relationship between the new president of the United States and the president of mexico. I had a chance to ask the Republican Leadership about that. Here is the exchange. As you know, the president has demanded that mexico pay for the wall. The mexican president said they will not pay for the wall. And donald trump just said that the mexican president should cancel the upcoming meeting if mexico does not pay for the wall. Do you think the president should tone it down to salvage this relationship with mexico . I dont have any advice to give to the president about that issue. We are moving ahead. As the speaker pointed out to our group yesterday, with what is it, roughly 12 to 15. 12 to 15 billion. So we intend to address the wall issues ourselves and the president can deal with his relations with other countries on that issue and other issues. Reporter are you concerned about the relationship with mexico . I think well be fine. Reporter so not wanting to pick a fight with the new president , not raising concerns, even as this relationship between the two countries gets increasingly strained. But also later in the press conference, carol, the Republican Leadership not saying whether the 12 to 15 billion will be offset by spending cuts or whether it would add to the deficit. They said that this is something theyll deal with later. The administration is going to actually put together a proposal to send to congress to vote on this. So as we know, donald trump has insisted that mexico will pay for it. But a lot of concerns here, carol, that if mexico doesnt pay for it, will taxpayers get stuck with a rather expensive bill. Thats a big question still going forward, carol. Manu raju reporting live from philadelphia. I want to take you to mexico city. Donald trump tweeted out this morning that maybe mexicos president shouldnt meet with the president of the United States if mexico wont agree to that i pour that wall. Leyla santiago, has that tweet made its way to the office of the president in mexico . Reporter its absolutely made its way to the president s office. I checked with them minutes after the tweet went out, theyre very much aware of that. Now its very much a wait and see, lets see how he responds. Lets go over the sequence of events, what led up to this. A few days ago, the mexican senators called on the president , enrique pena nieto, put out a threeminute video saying, we dont believe in walls, were not paying for the wall, but we believe in friendship and we want to be friends. All along pena nieto has said that, his message has been that we need each other. Weve got nafta, thats huge trade, 1. 5 billion in goods that cross that border every single day between the two countries. And the Mexican Government is also very quick to point out how much u. S. Jobs depend on mexican trade. 6 million u. S. Jobs depend on mexican trade. Thats some of the big talking points theyve been putting out to create that awareness of how much the countries depend on cho each other. Those were the talking about points sent with the delegation thats in dc right now. The economic minister as well as the foreign minister, scheduled for a series of meetings today, and yesterday as well. Now pena nieto will be waiting to hear what they report back. The office of the mexican president has yet to say we will or will not cancel this meeting today. Carol . Leyla santiago reporting live from mexico city. Ryan lizza, epolito costa, manu raju, thanks to all of you. Ryan, if you were a betting man, is that meeting going to take place between the mexican president and President Trump next week . Ive stopped making predictions shrike thatlike tha time ago in the current political environment. This is a new way to engage in international diplomacy, by publicly tweeting threats to one of the United States closest allies. So i dont know if its going to happen or not. One point i will make, as manu has already pointed out, this number, the house and Senate Leadership has thrown out 12 to 14 billion for the border wall, is a pretty big deal, i think. This shows that donald trump is controlling the agenda on capitol hill right now. He has turned the Republican Party on this issue of immigration into his image. Remember, paul ryan was someone who always supported the comprehensive immigration reform, that was a sort of bipartisan compromise, he was not someone who was big on building a wall. Just for viewers to put that in perspective, 12 to 14 billion, immigrations and customs enforcement, their annual budget is like 6 to 7 billion. So that is an enormous amount of money to build that wall. So manu, is President Trump controlling the agenda . Are lawmakers, for lack of a better term, slaves to him at the moment . Reporter he is really driving the agenda, ryan is absolutely right. On a separate issue, on obamacare, initially republicans wanted to repeal the law and then deal with the replacement later, maybe two years, maybe three years. But donald trump tweeting and saying publicly that the replacement needs to happen at the same time. And that also shifted the agenda rather quickly. Now the republicans are trying to figure out how to time it together so a repeal will happen at the same time as a replacement. Similarly with the wall, funding the wall. This was something that was not at the top of the agenda going forward. They were looking at dealing with obamacare, dealing with tax reform, killing regulations. But the fact that the president of the United States campaigned on this issue, now wants to make it a major issue going forward, and is going to send his own proposal to congress to fund upwards of 15 billion to pay for the wall, it is going to be a huge debate on capitol hill. It just shows that their bestlaid plans can be upset rather quickly when donald trump decides he wants to assert himself on this issue, and the Republican Leadership is still trying to figure out how to manage that relationship, carol. Matt, remember back in the day not so along ago when people were saying, donald trump just said stuff but he doesnt really mean it. Can you say that anymore . In some ways, hes still a little bit unpredictable. Take the executive order that hes looking at in respect to waterboarding, for example. During the campaign he talked about waterboarding. It was certainly one of the things he brought up with crowds. He sort of backed off of that with the New York Times and with general mattis and his comments, sort of saying that waterboarding was not effective. Now were getting word there may be an executive order on waterboarding. So i still think that he is unpredictable in his policies. But whats different now is that as president , hes filing legislation, hes going to name a Supreme Court nominee. You have actual actions that hes doing, which is different from the campaign where he was sort of talking and backing off of things and stressing things and sort of different given each week. So now i think, you know, youre starting to really see, and well see over the next couple of weeks, what develops, what is his core, what ideology does he try and push, what things does he care about. So i think thats still a work in progress. But were starting to see some early signs of it. Okay. So lots of questions, youre Homeland Security, right, lets talk about the wall first off. 12 billion, taxpayer money will probably be used to pay for it at least in the short term unless mexico really does agree to pay for the wall. From a safety perspective, from keeping people out of this country that shouldnt be in this country, is that the best use of our taxpayer dollars . Well, i think, carol, one of the important things about President Trump is that hes sending out a strong message, he is serious about immigration enforcement. Realistically, the wall is just one of the things hes bringing forward. Number one, that wall is not going to be entirely across the border. Hes going to take advisers who are keen on what Border Security is, theyre going to determine where the wall is actually needed. I think the components coming down the line are the catch and release, sanctuary cities, criminal aliens. Hes talking about enforcing the laws that we have on the books already, which havent been done for decades. And thats the important thing, increasing, tripling i. C. E. Agents throughout the country is an important measure for exterior enforcement. When you combine the measures that President Trump has brought forward, its going to be effective. The cost is a different matter. Is it important for the security of the country . I think the securing of the border is a big priority for the president. And that includes interior enforcement. I want to ask you about mexico too, i understand your point, very good point. I want to ask you too about the relationship that the United States has with mexico, because im sure youve worked with mexican authorities on Homeland Security issues. So how important is it to have a Good Relationship with mexico . Well, youre entirely right, i worked in mexico for eight years with our diplomatic core. Its very important day in and day out, we ran operations together with mexican authorities. I expect that operation will continue at the field level. Its been going on for years. Maybe at the field level, about what about at the top with the president of the United States . What do you make of what appears to be a growing rift between the two countries . Well, President Trump is very clear about what he wants to do for the country, securing the borders, making america first. But the relationship between president nieto and President Trump, the mexican president still has to be concerned about the 8, 9, 10 Million People of mexican citizenship there are in the United States. So, you know, its sensitive matter. I think the relationship will continue, the topics are going to be covered. The president of mexico is not going to forget he has a large number of people in the country, in the United States, who originally came from mexico, whether theyre here undocumented or not, they still have a responsibility to certainly represent them in the best way he can. I have to leave it there, thanks to all of you. Coming up in the newsroom, President Trump still repeating those debunked claims of widespread voter fraud. Now democrats are taking matters into their own hands. Ie starts with turkey covered in a rich flavorful gravy, and a crust made from scratch. Because she knows that when its cold outside. Its good food and good company that keep you warm inside. 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But he has not garnered much support within washington, even from within his own party. The response from democrats prove it. Congressman robert brady is one of three House Democrats who sent a letter to Election Officials and attorneys general in all 50 states asking for evidence of voter fraud. Congressman, thanks for being here. Thank you for having me. So what specifically do you want from these attorneys general . We want to find out whether it was voter fraud, whether people voted illegally. We sent a letter, it comes under my committee, the House Committee on administration, we sent the letter to attorney generals and elected officials in every state. We want them to report back to us just what they know. We want to make sure the integrity of our election process is still intact and still has the confidence of the american people, that hey, its not a rigged system, there are not people who voted illegally. The people who report to us will probably say the same thing. Probably why republicans dont support it or dont want to have anything to do with it, they have said they dont think anything is wrong, but President Trump made an accusation and its incumbent on us to follow through and see where the chips lie. Assess sa he says hes going to pull the together this task force, im talking about President Trump. So that comes under our supervision on house administration. And weve done this before. Many, many times. Weve investigated voter fraud throughout the country. And were going to do it again. Myself and elijah cummings, Ranking Member of the oversight committee, the assistant to the minority leader, mr. Cliburn, were going to do that for him. Well do our job. What is the underlying reason that youre so amenable to this . Hes the president of the United States. He made an accusation. If anyone, a member of congress or a member of the news media, come to us and say we think theres voter fraud somewhere, its incumbent on us to do our job and investigate it. Thats what were doing. I dont think theres anything there. But well find out. Again, its the integrity of the voting process. We cant investigate russia, that we feel there was some tampering there. But we can investigate the United States and ask our attorneys general to help us to do that. Theyre the major elected officials in the state. There is a move in the senate, several Senate Committees are going to investigate the russian hacking. So those are already under way. Thats fine. We want that to happen too. But i cant do that, i cant send a letter to russia. But i can send a letter to our attorneys general in the United States of america to cooperate with us and find out whether or not there was any voter fraud. Lets talk about 3 million popular votes that President Trump did not receive. I served under judge bush who also didnt receive the popular vote. But he moved on. He didnt bring it up. He just moved on and did what he wanted to do as president. I dont think he worried about that. I dont think he worried about the amount of people who came to his inaugural, who had more people, who was watching it, streaming it. I mean, theres more important things. Weve got infrastructure, weve got to hopefully do some things to tweak, not get rid of, the Affordable Care act. Now they want to build a wall for 12 or 15 billion, it will probably turn into 20 billion. I would like to see how our conservative colleagues are going to react to that. Let me ask you