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The trump administration is using eminent domain to try to seize land along the southern border to build the wall that will actually never be built, but they are still trying to seize the land. president trump is trying to seize the land of la lomita, a small 120-year-old catholic church on the texas side of the border. this is what democratic senator micha michael bennet from colorado was talking about last week in the very best speech ever delivered on the senate floor on this subject. >> if a president said he was going to use eminent domain to erect a barrier across the state of colorado, ...

Coming up from governor greg abbott. we will monitor that and bring you any updates. >> and harvey is having an impact nationwide as millions of people hit the road this weekend. the average for regular gas has risen dl$2.50. the reason? harvey shut down part of a may nor part-time line that carries more than three billion gallons. the texas side is closed. they hope to have it back up and running by sunday. a quarter of the nation's refining capacity is shut down. now they're tapping oil from

Worked a day in my life. i worked. so, you work and you can't get it. you're sick and you can't get it. what is it? >> reporter: she lives on the texas side of the state line. another woman, a few miles away, on the arkansas side is having a different experience because she's on medicaid. how long after you got diagnosed with cancer did you start getting treatment. >> immediately, once i got surgery, the treatment started. >> reporter: she is a 37-year-old mother of three with breast cancer. >> the only thing that separating these two places is a state line because it's texarkana. arkansas tak...

Time now far check of the headlines at the half hour. top administration and congressional leaders focussing on immigration and border security today. the speaker of the house paul ryan, he is getting a firsthand look at the border from the texas side. secretary of state rex tillerson and homeland security secretary john kelly are heading to mexico. president trump meanwhile meeting with his budget team at the white house today. president says his first budget which is expected to be released in a few weeks, we'll look for every last dollar of savings. vice president mike pence visiting a jewi...

Strengthened border security beyond what many believed was possible. they wanted more agents at the border. we now have more boots on the ground on the southwest border than at anytime in our history. martha: so this administration claims they have done more than anybody to stop this problem? >> they may have done some but issue is, is the border secure and it is not. the president is absolutely incorrect when he says the border is secure. you can stand on the texas side and watch people cross in from mexico. with are people there to stop them? they're not. they're missing in action. why doesn...