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Before wednesday night. >> but if you can't find a deal, if you can't find a deal that he would sign, you are okay with him declaring a national emergency? >> well, that's up to him. you know, he does have power, and he has obligations under the constitution to protect the country which is to protect the borders. that would all probably play out in court some way, but the preferable way is through the appropriation process which we've already done and i'll say it again. three-fourths of the budget. let us finish the rest. >> you used to be the chairman of the senate select committee on intelli...

>> but if you can't find a deal, if you can't find a deal that he would sign, you are okay with him declaring a national emergency? >> well, that's up to him. you know, he does have power, and he has obligations under the constitution to protect the country which is to protect the borders. that would all probably play out in court some way, but the preferable way is through the appropriation process which we've already done and i'll say it again. three-fourths of the budget. let us finish the rest. >> you used to be the chairman of the senate select committee on intelligence. the nation's top ...

Republican on the house side, think we can get there. we are reasonable, pragmatic people and i think it's very important that we get there. yesterday we started in a very positive way. >> it was interesting to hear from the president last night. he did an interview with the daily caller. one of the questions that's been asked has been why didn't the president get funding for the border wall he wanted when he had congress? when republicans control both chambers in congress. and the president tried to answer that question last night. he blamed paul ryan. he said the last time this came up ryan ...

President overture today, i think it is in the right step. >> harris: how do we keep this from happening again? whether it's the democrats and chuck schumer last year with daca and closing down the government for a shorter period of time, and now president trump saying that he would take responsibility for closing down the government over national border security. with people caught in the middle, how do you work things out on capitol hill without shutting down the government? >> well, as you recall, we worked 75% of the government. we funded 75%. we could have funded -- it's all funded throug...

Law. >> he could not get the money. he could declare the emergency but could not get money for it. >> i would expect others to pass legislation or attempt to that would curtail the ability of the president declaring a national emergency. it is a major problem for our civil rights. >> we'll be challenged in the courts. when the president does talk about taking money from disaster relief funding and that's under consideration right now. can you explain what impact that would have on your district? >> terribly serious. the disaster recovery money that was allocated last spring in the appropriatio...