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In this case we have a law that congress passed that does give the president some significant authority on top of his constitutional authority to declare an emergency. but i'm going to take a long hard look at what the executive branch does. i'm going to be honest with you. i haven't seen it yet. i have a constitutional duty to review and that make sure whatever they do is within the four corners of the law and i i tend zo that. >> are you uncomcomfortable with the use of executive power here? >> i think we should look at that time carefully. i very much believed that when president obama over...

Precedent-setting day, and also according to some, a dangerous day. donald trump, mike pence, mitch mcconnell, scores above the republicans have all expressed horror at the notion of a president going around congress on immigration. but today, president trump is going around congress on immigration. the president expected to declare a national emergency to reallocate billions of dollars to fund his proposed border wall. the constitution gives congress the power to appropriate money, but congress is giving the president only a fraction of the funds he wants for a barrier and it's just a fence, ...

Jobs and spend the money on firehouses or something. they say it all the time whether it makes sense or not. in this case, the company said they were affected by it, didn't like it, didn't want to argue, go through the process and the inevitable lawsuits they would have had to. somebody should have prepared them for what they were coming into. they decided to walk away. >> watch a yankees or a mets game and you will know new york city isn't all rainbows and unicorns getting things done but there is a rift in the democratic party. let me read you the statement on this from cuomo. a small group ...

Fighters will take back the last isis enclave in southern syria in the coming days. there has been additional progress since the president's december decision was announced to withdraw u.s. troops. but votel, you know, making it clear he disagreed but he is moving ahead. he is a serving four-star general, he obeys the commander and chief, there is no question about that. he is bringing all u.s. troops out of syria. >> barbara starr. >> reporter: alisyn, john. >> a remarkable airing of a public disagreement from an active serving general. up next, we'll speak to a republican member of congres...

Unraveling. as yesterday morning president trump wasn't going to sign it. he had decided he'd heard enough criticism about this bipartisan deal that he didn't like it and mitch mcconnell had to call him three times to try to spin it whereby it could -- the narrative could somehow be that democrats lost, that the president won and democrats lost and that's when mitch mcconnell decided that he would encourage the president to try to find $8 billion in some other pot that i guess is lying around somewhere in congress and declare this national emergency. >> yeah, i mean, i think this is, you know,...