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Says this morning the white house is now drawing up demands to have germany, japan and eventually any other country hosting u.s. troops to pay the full price of american soldiers deployed on their soil plus 50 pk50% or more for hosting them. the report says that in some cases, nations hosting american forces could be asked to pay up to 6 times as much as they do now under the formula. dav david, this is once again just shows the complete ignorance and shortsightedness, i hate to say this, of donald trump just not understanding that we want the troops there, not for their benefit. i hate -- i h...

However, since then, there has been no verifiable progress in meeting that goal. and now cnn has learned that the trump administration is weighing watering down its own demands from kim. >> that is really significant. meantime, back in washington, his national emergency declaration aimed at funding a border wall is under fire from literally dozens of former top national security officials and by dozens, i mean these eight that you see on your screen all big names there. plus 50 more. both republicans and democrats taking aim saying there is no factual basis to president trump's emergency decla...

That his base makes about him, he wants -- >> but that's my point. it's not the ultimate judgment his base makes. it's the ultimate judgment we're seeing rush limbaugh and laura ingraham and right wing media make about him. >> it's his calculation that's the ultimate thing. there's one thing they'll hold him to. that's the one thing they'll hold him to. and those senators in states where he has plus 50% rating would never vote to -- >> i agree with rick. his base will forgive lots of lies and promises not being kept but the wall is -- >> i don't agree. >> i don't agree. if you talk to people. ...

In iraq and afghanistan, we've advanced technology dramatically. this is something we could invest in tighter, improved border security without putting up a wall, much more effective investing in our technological advances in the united states. you want to invest in industry, we have concrete down. that wall, will you build it, the day you build it you've got to maintain it. that maintenance budget will cost you that cost of building the wall plus 50 years from now how much will you spend to build that wall that starts crumbling? these advances in technology, we can see what's going on on the ...

Going to join me any moment. derrick thomasen with me here, "the atlantic's" senior editor. let me start with you, as we wait on robinson, derek. he's talked a lot over the past few weeks. he's talked to print riwriters,n interview or two on the radio, answered a lot of questions. what one question has he not answered that you would ask him if you were a senator in that room? >> so if you're a senator in that room, you're probably thinking this isn't just a strictly speaking fact finding enterprise. this is about 50% cross examination of mark zuckerberg, plus 50% grandstanding. you know, theat...