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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190517:15:06:00

Here? this hearing will start in two hours in oakland, california, before a federal judge. it s a lawsuit brought by the sierra club and communities in the southern part of the u.s. what they claim is that basically two points, that the president didn t have the authority to use this money for the pentagon because his emergency declaration would only allow the use of military construction funds for activities to support the military. and they say that the border wall construction is way beyond that. secondly, they say the administration is doing something beyond what congress allowed them to do. congress gave them a certain amount of money, they can t go beyond that or use it for purposes other than what congress allowed. the administration in response says the president gets wide authority to decide when the military is needed and because he declared the military was needed to assist in the emergency on the the border with ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190517:15:05:00

Thanks to both of you. an update on two counties in florida hacked by the russians in 2016. the fbi had prevented officials, including florida governor ron desantis from naming those two counties. now the washington post and politico have identified one of them. it s washington county. washington county lies in the panhandle of florida. more than three out of four voters there supported president trump in 2016. governor desantis said tuesday that according to the fbi, the hackers didn t compromise election results. he also said officials in the two counties are aware of the hacks. now to a big face off in federal court today for critics of president trump s border wall. opponents are scare withiquarin justice department officials over whether the president can fuse defense department dollars to build a war that congress won t. pete williams joins us. what are the two sides arguing ....

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