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I'm quoting now. there's the legislation. quote, the amount designated in subsection a2 through a4 shall only be available as the date of appropriations act 2017 public law 115-31. in other words, not new and not better looking, whatever that means. what's more, the false claims he made today, they aren't even new. he's been making them at rallies as well as official appearances now for nearly a year. two months ago he said he just awarded a contract for 115 miles of wall. he had them. today, he said he was using cash on hand to fund the wall. broadly speaking only congress can appropriate mon...

He's not going to get -- i don't think either one is palatable to fellow republicans. >> could it be a turning point in terms of republican support for the wall if the president does declare national emergency to build the wall. >> the president is in jam and the republicans are in a jam. i don't know that the president is much worried about the status of the republican party. the president is worried about his own re-election and being told by his allies on the right that if he doesn't do something dramatic to promote the wall that he will face a rebellion within his own party. that's what he...

Of what he wants. that's distressing for republicans. this is where the failure to have a strong, credible press secretary and be surrounded by the people who can go on air and straighten these things out is a real weakness for him. the normal white house would have one person to go to the microphone and walk the press through this and the president doesn't have to get involved in every little detail. >> i remember mulvaney, before he was the acting chief of staff, he went out and showed pictures of what he said were new wall being built. that was just rehabbing existing fencing. he did have s...

>> i think we had a problem with david axelrod's mike. if the president does declare national emergency during the state of the union, i would be a departure from the normal standard dull state of the unions we're used to, i guess. >> that's right. what he's clearly trying to do is tease us and build an audience for what could be a speech that -- he hasn't been successful at primetime speeches. the last one he gave at the oval office about the wall was a dud. i think this is important speech for him. i do think if he goes with a national emergency while his people who are bipartisan group is s...

We're spending a lot of money that we have on hand. like in a business. i would say we'll have 115 miles of wall very shortly. it's being built. some of it's already been completed. >> not only completed he says, but prettier too. >> we've designed a much better looking wall that is actually a better wall which is an interesting combination. it's far more beautiful and it's better. it's much more protective. it looks better. the walls they used to build were not very attractive. i think that's possibly part of the problem. >> just keeping him honest, none of that is true. that whole thing he j...