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Planned. all tolled the dhs would probably waste billions of dollars. that's assessment from the gao. all because the department hasn't fully completed a cost and construction analysis. so here's what we know. we know u.s. customs and border protection tested eight prototypes. president trump visited them back in march. said each design would work better than existing fencing. but the thing to know about this report, you have the government accountability office saying that dhs agrees with its recommendations, agrees with its assessment that there needs to be tougher scrutiny. that said, i got...

Plan, build a big beautiful wall along the southern border of the united states. but a new report from the government accountability office indicates things may not go as smoothly as the president hopes. quote, by proceeding without key information, dhs faces an increased risk that the border wall system program will cost more than projected, take longer than planned or not fully perform as expected. i'm joined now by nbc news white house correspondent jeff bennett. i heard on the campaign trail over and over and over again, donald trump saying how good he was at getting projects in ahead of s...

Consideration the cost. they're also ignoring some of the previous assets that are there, parts of the fence along that border that are already there, specifically in the rio grand grandevalley. as a result, some of those billions of dollars risk being wasted. john, i want to read part of the conclusion in this 50-page report put out by the gao today. it reads, dhs faces an increased risk that the border wall system program will cost more than projected, take longer than planned, or not fully perform as expected. without assessing costs when prioritizing locations for future barriers, cbp does...

They actually say that the dhs does not consider costs when it is building. but the harshest part of this report we have -- i want to put it on the screen here -- the watchdog report says that by proceeding without key information on costs, acquisition baselines and the contributions of previous barrier and technology deployments, dhs faces an increased risk that the border wall system program will cost more than projected, take longer than planned, or not fully perform as expected. as you can imagine, we are starting to get reaction in. one of the ranking members on the house homeland securit...