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Graceful and he's like, nah, pass. i like that 12 republicans are with it on this. congress should guard its powers jealously and they should make laws and stuff. and i know it's very old school, but i appreciate that. he will veto it. i don't think they have what it takes to overcome that. so i like seeing a little gumption here. tom tillis, by the way, ripping that band-aid off and trying to put it back on. >> let's talk about that. tom tillis, up for re-election, two weeks ago, didn't just say he was going to vote. >> wrote a piece. >> wrote an op-ed in the washington post, conservatives wh...

This is "up." i'm david gura. as he heads back to washington, a bumpy budget battle awaits president trump. at the center of it is a promise he made four years ago. >> i would build a great wall. and nobody builds walls better than me. believe me. and i will have mexico paying for that wall. mark my words. >> if there is any doubt, mexico is not paying for the wall. roiters reports that the president will ask congress for an additional $8 billion. members of hi party are about to rebuke him. four senate republicans say they'll join democrats in saying it's not a federal emergency. among th >> ...

To turn up the heat to try to change some minds, to try to bring rand paul back over to the no column. is something that's realistic and could happen? >> it's possible, but probably not. rand paul's marker sounds very firm. i don't know how you back away from that. you have susan collins, relatively moderate republican senators. and thom tillis, the north north carolina republican generally votes with president trump. he's up for reelection. he was one of the first out of the gates with an op ed saying he cannot do this in good conscience after he criticized president obama for using extraordi...

Overreach of his executive powers. >> long road there. that's for sure. out front with me now, one of the attornies general signing on this this lawsuit, the democratic attorney general of north carolina. thank you for being here. >> it's great to be with you. >> why are you joining this lawsuit? >> new mexico is being harmed because the president cannot act like a king. this is taxpayer money and in new mexico we have vital military dollars going to strategic projects that are vital to national security. we are the state that invented and tested the atomic bomb. we don't want to president vio...

Global warming and climate change, they see sea levels rising in florida where there are u.s. military bases. u.s. military personnel at risk because of climate change, what's to keep them from declaring a national emergency on the very same basis that the president is doing it today? >> well, those hypotheticals are usually based in strange facts that you'd have to look at some time in the future. what i look right hie right now what is the emergency -- >> congressman, it's very similar. in that case we're talking apples to apples there. if the emergency is the perception of the president of ...