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From doing it, but at least he'll get caught trying in the eyes of his very rabid base. i think that's what this is about. >> i think that's a very smart assessment, of course, david. doug, listen. let's look at the breakdown. it's up on the screen. this is where trump is going get the $8 billion for his wall. so let's go through it. $1.375 billion in homeland proe appropriations from congress. $600 million from treasury department drug forfeiture fund, $2.5 billion from the dod drug interdiction program. $2.5 million from the military construction budget that requires an emergency declaration...

Y -- give you an idea of what he's doing. $3.5 billion is the defense department's military construction budget. that requires an emergency declaration from the president. the other sources, $2.5 billion is the drug interdiction program. the president doesn't need to declare an emergency for that. $1.375 billion is inside the bill that's coming down from capitol hill. then there is an extraneous $600 million, the treasury department's forfeiture fund. that tells you where the money is coming from. we expect the president to sign off on this in the rose garden in a while. there is a lot of conc...

Going to support the national emergency declaration. >> the president plans to use executive orders to collect $8 billion for wall funding. $1.375 billion is already in the spending bill he will sign later this morning. $3.5 billion will be diverted from military construction funds. $2.5 billion from pentagon counter-narcotics funds. 600 million from treasury forfeiture funds. >> some call it inappropriate. others save it is a slippery slope that may come back to haunt the party. >> i continue to believe that this is not what the national emergency act was intended to be used for. it was conte...

$1.375 billion already in the spending bill he will sign this morning. $3.5 billion from military construction funds, $2.5 billion from pentagon counter-narcotics funds, and 600 million from treasury forfeiture funds. many are stunned. others call it inappropriate. others say it is a slippery slope that may come back to haunt the party. >> i continue to believe that this is not what the national emergencies act was of intended to be used for. it was contemplated as a means for responding to a catastrophic event like an attack on our country or a major natural disaster. >> what about if somebod...

Presidents. she mentioned gun violence is today is the 1-year anniversary of the parkland, florida, shooting. >> talk about a national emergency let's talk about today, the 1-year anniversary of another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in america. that is a national emergency. why don't you take care of that emergency come mister president. i wish you would. a democratic president can do that, democratic president can declare emergencies as well. >> a democratic president could choose what constitutes a national emergency in the future. mitch mcconnell made it clear he had assuran...