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A national emergency as he calls the latest border security talks a waste of time. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom" friday morning. i'm sandra smith. >> jon: i'm jon scott. bill hemmer has the day off. the next deadline to avoid a government shutdown two weeks away. the president slamming house speaker nancy pelosi for hurting the country as another migrant caravan marches for the border. >> president trump: waiting for this committee. i've told a lot of people i don't expect much coming out of the committee because i keep hearing the words that we'll give you what you want ...

Congress, i think the president can make the case that look, the democrats said open up the government and we'll come to the table. he has made it clear that he is willing to talk about a smart wall, about an intermittent wall, technology, personnel. he has come to the table with proposals. if the democrats don't come to the table with proposals to meet this halfway there is a political price to be paid. >> jon: you have written a piece in the hill that caught our attention about the new new york state law that essentially allows abortion right up to the time the baby is delivered. the headlin...

Re workers, the regular folks their wages are going up faster than the supervisors. i love juan but this is why blue collar voters voted for president trump. you talk about the ultimate promise. you can talk about the wall all you want. i feel like this is the ultimate promise and it is coming true. >> sandra: can the wages be going up faster? most analysts applauding the jobs report saying i wish i would have seen wages. >> that's the federal reserve trying to shut this economy down. again you have to go back to 2009 the last time we saw 3% year-over-year wage growth. with non-sup advisory wo...

Midst of the shutdown the president said unless you give me a wall, nothing. talk about someone who wants to play -- decide the super bowl before you play it. it was the president. what has been established here what ed said there will be a negotiation that we have a group together now negotiating over what constitutes an improvement in border security for the united states. the question of the wall is there. what nancy pelosi, who is not a member of the panel and president trump is not a member of the panel are doing is establishing their positions. >> sandra: shelby, i need to get you in her...

The issue comes down to are you into open and free borders or do you want to protect and preserve the security of this country? i think the president has the right idea in that sense. we do have to look at the concept of the wall. in my view the wall is a euphemism for border security. nothing can be done with regard to immigration policy without making sure our borders are secure. >> sandra: what sort of constitutional showdown do you think the president would face if he did decide to take this route? >> well, i certainly think it would be a legal battle. emergencies are typically designed ar...