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November 2020 is the hope. and i think that that's going to happen. >> let's talk more about this wall and about facts, right, because the president, he tweeted that the wall is going up very fast. but the facts are, according to the customs and border protection agency, zero new miles of border barriers have been built. about 60 miles of dilapidated barrier, which has already been there, they're just repairing it, they have been replaced. the president is rattled over the economic downturn. is this why he's going back to the wall? the wall is the go-to? >> yeah, it absolutely has been. this i...

>> let's talk about this wall. and about facts. the president tweeted that the wall is going up very fast. the facts are, zero new miles of border barriers have been built. 60 miles of dilapidated barrier. which has been there and repaired. has been replaced. trump is rattled over the potential of an economy downturn is the wall the go to? >> it has been. this is his standard go to. this is what he knows is absolute red meat to his base. it's what gets them riled up and keeps them distracted from the fact that more and nor economists are telling us we maybe headed into recession. putting trump...

Democrats in congress and elsewhere. that is not true. the fact is again, facts first, customs and border patrol told cnn precisely zero, zero. zero miles of border barriers have been built where none existed before. they have only replaced about 60 miles of barrier. which is not at all what the president is claiming. and there's more. two officials say the president recently said he would pardon them if they had to break laws to get his wall built by 2020. "washington post" broke the story. the president blasting the story insisting it is not true. his spokesman claiming he was kidding. where...

>> the president's attorney looked at this closely and decided to do it. it's unfortunately that the president has to go to the supreme court and do something. congress should have stepped up and done. there is no downside in securing our southern border. no downside in protecting america. congress should come forward willingly like they have in the past year, they've always funded border barriers and fencing but they refuse to do it under this president. i'm glad it's a victory. this president has won this issue and he'll continue to win. >> i was in california on thursday and got an exclusiv...

Today as intelligence officials are expected to meet with the gang of eight, top members of congress to talk this thing through. nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, has warned any war will have to go through the congress. back to you. >> joe, thank you very much. in just hours president trump is set to unveil a new immigration plan from the rose garden. the plan is spear-headed by his son jared kushner and is designed to get republican support and move america toward a merit-based system for immigrants. the measure calls for increased security at ports of entry and more border barriers. ...