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Wall -- on the border feel about the president's wall? tonight, we'll speak with two congressmen who between them represent districts that make up more than half of the entire border between u.s. and mexico. you see their pictures up there. the majority of the border between texas and mexico runs along texas' 23rd congressional district, a district so big that it's larger than 29 states. can you believe that? it makes up one third of the entire u.s./mexico border. president trump's proposed border wall would cover some 820 miles in the 23rd. my point is,, just about no one in washington is as ...

Not going to be able to pay their bills. >> thank you, representative hurd. please come back anytime. we loved having you. >> appreciate it. >> i appreciate your honesty and your candor. thank you so much. >> thank you. now let's turn to another congressman from the region. his state, california, shares just over 140 miles of u.s. border with mexico. all of that falls within california's 51st congressional district, which starts on the southern edge of san diego, extending all the way to arizona. congressman juan vargas, a democrat, has represented that district for the past five years and h...

I've bishop to i've been told by -- >> how can he do that after this? wouldn't this have been the moment to do it? >> reporter: this would have been the moment to do it, and they built up this possibility that this could happen before this speech and it didn't happen and it sort of let all of the air out of the room and all of the news out of this address. but, you know, listen, don, if he decides to go ahead and declare a state of emergency down on the border, it's going to be immediately challenged in the courts. and the president has been reaching out to his aides and advisers over the last...

Unless you had the ability to back it up, it's a big step to say, okay, we're going to eavesdrop on people now. >> to pass it off as intelligence. i spent 9 1/2 years as an undercover officer in the cia. so the intelligence community is important to me and intelligence means something. because somebody said something doesn't mean it actually happened or that it is true. to pass that stuff off as intelligence is not right. we have to make sure that we're holding our -- the political leaders of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to a higher standard. >> trish: representative hurd, great t...