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Joining me now is the "new york times" washington correspondent charlie savage who is an msnbc contributor. charlie, i want to ask you about, i want to go back to the other topic we're covering. this is the president at the border, threatening that if somebody doesn't end this shutdown soon he's doing, to keeps on saying he'll threaten this national emergency. tell me what this means to you. how do you interpret this? >> well at first blush i think people have the sense that's crazy, he can't do something like that. in fact, legal experts who looked closely at statutes congress has passed over...

Demanding. just this week the white house's office of management of budget sent a letter to congress requesting $5.7 billion for a new steel barrier along 234 miles of the southern border. based on that figure how much would it cost to seal the entire 1637 miles southern border. the omb figure broken down cost by mile $39.9 billion where fencing doesn't already exist. department of homeland security reportedly offered its own estimate suggesting a wall along the entire border would cost around $21.6 billion. keep in mind that does not include essential costs like labor, land acquisition and ma...