up rapidly, i would give them a pardon. this was made up by the "washington post," only in order to demean and disparage. fake news." another post included video of a barrier along with the message "the wall is going up very fast despite total obstruction by democrats in congress and elsewhere." both the "times" and the "post" also report about 60 miles of replacement barrier has been completed under the administration's watch, all in areas that already had existing border infrastructure. the "wall street journal" notes that "about 654 miles of the 1,991-mile border already had some kind of fabricated barrier when mr. trump took office. much of the rest has natural barriers, approximately 1,295 miles of the border are river and 696 miles are land." still with us nancy cook, jon meacham, eugene robinson, and general barry mccaffrey. nancy, let me start with you. this reporting of the president behind the scenes saying