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Emily, what do you make of it? >> i think it speaks to the challenging position that some republicans are in. there is a lot of concern about the president. tom tillis put out a statement today where he said he didn't support the declaration and outlined a number of scenarios where a democratic president would take advantage of the use of executive power like that. at the same time, the president's base does make up part of their own. they have to weigh how they're going to vote on this. they will have to make a decision. >> jonathan allen, the signage we saw at the president's event in el pas...

Had changed his mind. said no. i'm not going to sign this and we got record breaking shutdown. for him to say that he's not listening is very hard to believe. >> emily, let's talk about your line of work and covering congress and we've watched them come around. people who have some age on them remember when tip o' neil controlled the house. we watched democrats with breathtaking discipline come around. here is mark meadow, the head of the freedom caucus, republican, north carolina. now declaring that the potus declaration is legal and well founded of the national emergency. to my democratic co...

Himself to thank for their victory. >> the aclu for its part says it will be filing a lawsuit next week challenging the president's emergency declaration. texas democratic congressman jo kwarks uin castro plans to introduce a resolution to block the declaration. we're joined by jonathan allen. we welcome to the broadcast tonight emily docochran and frao for the newspapers covering immigration and foreign affairs. welcome to you all. john, i want to read you something from the washington post tonight. here it is. white house lawyers including white house counsel repeatedly warned trump of the l...

>> i think it will all over trump rallies for the next two years. the president has told people not only that he was going to build the wall, he's told people that he has already built new sections of wall which isn't true. he's told folks they should start talking about continuing to build the wall and now finish building the wall. all of which is sort of a fiction. we're not even talking about wall anymore. the word wall refers to something that's solid. congress is approving something that's see through, that is fence. the language has been distorted. regardless of what the barrier is, we'r...