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In a series of tweets. prominent legal scholars agree that our actions to address the national emergency at the southern border and to protect the american people are both constitutional and expressly authorized by congress. it's the second tweet that is the crucial one here. the president says if at a later date congress wants to update the law, i will support those efforts, but today's issue is border security and crime. don't vote with pelosi. the president is telling the republican lawmakers not to vote in favor of overturning the resolution and that he will be open to amending his emergen...

>> earlier in the day, he tweeted that maybe down the road he would be willing to support congressional legislation to update the current national emergency law on emergency declarations. do you believe him? >> i think there may be a workable solution, a compromise among us in congress. i have trouble believing that the president is going to surrender any of his autocratic view of the presidency. >> the president suffered another sort of rebuke today in the house of representatives. 420 members, 0 against, 420 voted in favor of a resolution calling for the new attorney general once he get robe...

And the proposal allowing the border emergency, putting limits on future presidents's use of emergency declarations. it was shot down. chuck schumer bringing pressure as well. >> you want to stand up to fear, do the right thing no matter who is in the white house. our republican friends know the right thing to do. they should not be afraid to do it. >> reporter: the president seems unconcerned, ready to issue his first veto. >> we will see whether or not i have to do the veto. it will be very successful regardless how it works out but it will be very successful. >> reporter: here's what to wat...

5 republican senators are signaling they will vote with democrats to block the president. susan collins, lisa murkowski, tom tillis and mike lee, a proposal allowing the border emergency to go through and separate legislation limiting the use of emergency declarations. it was shot down. chuck schumer bringing pressure too. >> you are to sit and up to fear, do the right thing no matter who is in the white house. our republican friends know the right thing to do. they should not be afraid to do it. >> reporter: it takes four defections to block, they have one to spare but you never know until it...

Protection training facility in west virginia, vice president pence discussed his efforts to keep the measure from passing. >> i was on capitol hill yesterday. for productive discussions with many of the senators. who are looking to address this crisis and support border security. but i told them and i'll tell all of you, a vote against the president's emergency declaration is a vote against border security. a vote against the president's emergency declaration is a vote to deny the humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. >> so amid the anticipation over that resolution democra...