Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190218:19:25:00
President said. here was the president frid aay and miller's explanation. >> i could do the wall over a longer period of time. i didn't need to do this but i would rather do it much faster. >> i didn't need to do this, how does that justify a national emergency? >> what the president is saying is that like past presidents, he could choose to ignore this crisis, choose to ignore this emergency as others have but that's not what he's going to do. >> so what's your response to steven miller there, and the whole i didn't need to do this? why might that be troublesome. >> his lawyers all just did a...