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That connotes -- it makes a difference to her, what he campaigned on was a 25-foot high concrete wall. >> martha: why doesn't she say to him, well, mr. president, i'm fine with border security, but i will not build a concrete wall? which basically can be done anyway? >> if the president were smart, he'd say to mitch mcconnell, hold up that bill with 14 republicans and let's get a vote on that. that will call her bluff. because if she's really opposed to border security, then she'll be against it. the fact that i think it would past. >> martha: the president said if he doesn't get some kind of ...

It's about border security. >> martha: even when he was asked that, it is a wall. >> walls do work. but he said multiple times, places we don't need a wall. natural barriers, other ways to do it. it's not all about a wall. we do need a wall. walls worked great. you've got billions of dollars already for one pit i think you'll finish a large portion of the wall and hopefully all of it. something he's working for. border security is broader than that. there is child trafficking that's a problem. there are drugs pouring across these borders. also, it's just an unfair world where people want to co...

Construction projects in furtherance of the national emergency declared. the statute is very clear. you -- >> he wrote an op-ed that says even the brennan center for justice acknowledge those statutes give the president the authority to direct existing appropriations toward construction of a border security wall once he declared the national emergency. the conservative "national review" said wait a second, this gets tied up in courts, the ninth circuit, the left is going to go shopping for a venue to block the president and it will be delayed for months. >> the supreme court has already sent a...

The statute is very clear. >> ed: you wrote an op-ed today that says among other things even the liberal brennan center for justice and then during times have acknowledge those statutes give the president the authority he needs to direct existing appropriations toward construction of a border security wall once he has declared that national emergency. david french in the conservative national review, as you know has said wait a second. this is just going to get tied up in the courts. the ninth circuit or somewhere else, the left is going to go shopping for a venue. to block the president and t...

Look we don't need to build a wall. even though as you pointed out with bret baier a short time ago. democrats have voted on at least a couple of occasions for some sort of border barricade. what the president is talking about now looks very much like the fence that runs through much of california. it's a fundamental difference here in philosophy. and the democrats are saying to the president let's pass bills to open government now and then we will deal with your border wall. but the president is fully aware that if he passes a bill open government he is likely going to get nothing from the bo...