Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190218:01:07:00
>> yeah. there was a lot that was said there. i'm going to try to clear it up pretty quickly. first of all, this isn't a president going crazy when he has the actual right to declare a state of emergency, which is exactly what he did. it's within the rules of the law. let's make that clear. the president has the powers to do this. to imply this is somehow outside of the rules, it's not. that's the reason the rule is there. >> it's never been done to reappropriate money, ben. you know that. >> let me finish. i didn't say that it had never been done before. >> to reappropriate money. >> the seco...