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President. and what concerns me is that he is going down the path once again, because we saw him do this with the travel ban, of trying to use his broad national security exec i hautive authori in an bus sif way. >> and the conversation over the weekend between sarah sanders and fox news' chris wallace i think proves that the point you are making. and we'll play that for you in a bit if you missed it. but let me play this, as we are talking about national emergency, let's look through the nation's history. and adam schiff put this way. >> if harry truman couldn't nationalize the steel industry...

Back in june. we have a lot to discuss. let's begin with lauren fox live on capitol hill with the shutdown i guess negotiations. >> reporter: good morning, john. trump administration trying to respond to democratic criticism this morning laying out their list demands and playing fast and loose with facts about terrorism trying to make their case for the wall. president trump standing firm on his demand for $5.7 billion for a border wall. again, insisting that he's considering funding the wall through executive action. >> i may declare a national emergency dependent on what's going to happen ov...

We should get done and there is a way to get done, out of the trillions of dollars being spent, the democrats in the house and senate can find $5 billion more, right, to put aside here. this isn't hard to get done. a compromise can be reached. there needs to be something put forward on the table. the democrats need to send principals, not staffers, to meetings with the vice president. this cannot be simply one hand clapping, as you heard the chief of staff earlier in the show look, we're showed up, we're ready to go, we need principals to negotiate, not staffers. and i think that can be done. ...

With acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and one of the things that mulvaney and i were talking about was the deliberations about the president potentially fund the border wall. what do you make of that? what do you think? >> i make of that really threatening talk from the president that he doesn't have the power to execute. look, if harry truman couldn't nationalize the steel industry during wartime, this president doesn't have the power to declare an emergency and build a multibillion dollar wall on the border, so that's a nonstarter. and i think that what the president needs to do more tha...

We're not doing a wall. does anybody have any doubt that we are not doing a wall? >> i have never had so much support as i have in the last week over my stance for border security, for border control, and for, frankly, the wall or the barrier. >> so, this is where we're at with the two parties negotiating the ongoing government shutdown, seemingly in completely different worlds. let's discuss with my panel of experts. first of all, congresswoman, congratulations, you're the new chair of the congressional black caucus. >> yes. >> congratulations. >> yes, 55 members. >> that's wonderful. congrat...