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Our boris sanchez has the reporting here from the white house. >> reporter: reporting in "the new york times" indicates that certain seekkey aspects of thise agreed to months before the president brought up the threat of tariffs against one of the united states' largest trading partners. a key portion of this agreement involves the mobilization, the expanded deployment of mexican national guard troops across mexico with a focus on the southern border trying to prevent migrants from honduras and el salvador from crossing through mexico with the aim of crossing into the border with the united st...

Much. president trump insists he can declare a national emergency to get money for his wall. today, he says one top democrat agrees. quote, congressman adam smith, the new chairman of the house armed services committee, just stated, yes, there is a provision in law that says a president can declare an emergency. it's been done a number of times. that's not all what mr. smith said. >> the short answer is, yes, there is a provision in law that says the president can declare an emergency. in this case, i think the president would be wide open to a court challenge saying, where's the emergency? >>...

Understanding of the law? >> reporter: my president has the constitutional authority to declare a national emergency. that is within his discretion. that said, lawyers at the white house, dhs, and pentagon, we're told by multiple sources, are checking to see whether or notc declare a national emergency to build a border wall. that is in process. we're in this political messaging phase. dhs officials tell me no emergency order has been drafted. a course close to the president also tells me that president trump thinks just the mere talk of him threatening to declare a national emergency is enoug...

I think the president is unaware of the political pain this will bring senate republicans. as we know, the situation is perilous at the airports, untenable for workers who can't pay bills. this will shift from the meetings in the situation room to the pain across the country. it'll be harder for republicans to defend. >> we just heard from one of the workers who is clearly feeling the pain of not being paid. paul, let's talk about the airports that ab mentioned. what does all of this mean, the 800,000 or so federal workers, many former tsa colleagues, some dhs colleagues, as well, not getting ...

Governors who can stand with me against this administration. >> i wonder if you can stand with your democrats, kirsten gillibrand, elizabeth warren, who have called for the abolition of i.c.e. there is a huge rallying cry behind this. but some like jay joeh johnson, former dhs, as you know, ran dhs under president obama said, that's a mistake. do you agree with your fellow democrats who say, abolish i.c.e.? >> well, i voted against i.c.e. from the beginning, so you can count me a critic from day one. but the reality of the situation is, to solve this problem, the problem is in the white house....