Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190108:15:30:00
Person of immigration. pete, you're outside the supreme court wearing multiple hats. i want to ask about what you've heard about whether the president has the authority to declare a national emergency. i just spoke a democratic lawmaker who says she believes it's illegal. is she right? simpli. >> i doubt it. i think the president has broad powers to declare a national emergency, but it's a two-step process. the law is pretty blank on what constitutes a national emergency and what authorities the president has to invoke to declare one. that's the easy part. saying there's a national emergency i...