this is a double life problem. bypasses congress declares a national emergency along the u.s. border with mexico. where declaring it for virtual invasion purposes drug. traffickers and gangs one of the things u.s. presidents measurable and access to the funds he says he needs to build a wall to wall but he's already expecting a long legal battle also on the program beefy defense of diplomacy got the notice

of munich security conference of two summit to fight over who should do what in syria afghanistan yemen and other global hotspots hosts germany says it wants to see increased multilateral cooperation. i feel gail welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump says he's declaring a national emergency to free up funds to build a wall on the mexican border he said the bill approved by congress on thursday provided insufficient funding for the project and declaring a national emergency allows the president access to budgets earmarked for other purposes mr trump says he needs about eight billion dollars and he was confident his administration would defeat the expected court challenges here is that today's rose garden news conference i'm going to be signing a national emergency we're talking about an invasion of our country

with drugs with human traffickers with all types of criminals and gangs we fight wars that are six thousand miles away wars that we should have never been and in many cases but we don't control our own border so we're going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border they say well as don't work walls work one hundred percent let's get more of this from data because pollen to have the humphrey in washington welcome helena so now america has a national emergency what happens next fill the president himself told us what happens next he goes back into the oval office he signs off for not emergency declaration no sooner will the ink be dry wit then he anticipates the legal challenges to come in from any number of stakeholders whether that civil

society groups whether that is individual states whether that is the democrats he then said that this will be a potentially protected a legal battle going up all the way to the supreme court this could take months if not years spattering is likely to start with the democrats the house speaker nancy pelosi a claims that they say this declaration sets a dangerous precedent that he has speaking a last night in anticipation of today's announcement. i know the republicans have some an ease about it no matter what they say because if the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency an illusion that he wants to convey just think of what a president with different values can present to the american people so democrats a clearly have very misgivings what about the president's own republicans have a high ranking members of the republican party have also

communicated that on e's we've heard for example from heavyweights mitt romney marco rubio and there's also been a statement which was issued i want to take a look at that now it's from the senator through maine susan collins that see if we can bring that up it says that declaring a national emergency would be a mistake on the part of the president such a declaration would undermine the role of congress it also sets a bad precedent for future presidents it is also of judas constitutionality which i mean essentially sets out the main arguments against this move by the president this is a president who made a lot of time paying the pledges among some was repealing obamacare he's kind of goal is sort of got a little bit not so he's reduced to taxes as he said he would what is this promise about a wall so important he would go to these extraordinary lengths feel he doesn't want to lose face this was a main promise as part of his campaign pledge to make america great again he

continues to tap into that populist fear that the united states of being invaded by a wave of illegal immigration is what he says despite the fact that the numbers speak otherwise but he wants to deliver to his base and secure a second term for the humphrey in washington thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a new report estimates of four hundred twenty million children living in conflict affected affected areas that's a fifth of all children across the world the study was commissioned by the international charity save the children it also said that verified cases of what they call grave violations against children in twenty seventeen were the highest ever recorded. spain's prime minister petro sanchez has called the snap election after his budget failed to get enough support in parliament in response to third election in less than four years mr sanchez was relying on the support of catalan

separatists for his budget passed they voted it down in protest that he cut off talks with them with separatists who want greater self-determination for catalonia . where british prime minister theresa may says she is continuing to try to secure a revised deal with brussels on britain's exit from the european union on thursday the prime minister suffered another parliamentary defeat after lawmakers voted against a motion supporting her approach to bret's it progress it m.p. party up staying the same which is moving in the wrong direction. for three days of high stakes global debate and closed door meetings have begun in southern germany this is the first day of the munich security conference and the fifty fifth edition brings together on president did number of international decision makers that includes the largest ever u.s. delegation hosts germany is focused on cooperation but all that. he couldn't have

made a stronger statement the head of the munich security conference opened the meetings wearing an e.u. who deep. most once world leaders to know that europe has to fulfill its role within the growing struggle of the superpowers to use a russia and china all of the e.u. leaders carry an even greater responsibility than in the recent. secured europe cannot afford to show any weakness and that is why germany's foreign minister was enough underlined begin by greeting her british counterpart kevin williamson and emphasizing the strong partnership between their countries despite brics that there is no better place there is no better time to underline the friendship between our two countries germany and the u.k. they stand together shoulder by shoulder as all soldiers do every day in their

missions the next williamson emphasized that the u.k. and the european union will continue to work closely in the area of security and nato. for while the united kingdom is leaving the european union i want to start by saying our commitments to european security remain steadfast. one immediate and uniting challenge is how to deal with russia because of new russian nuclear myside the us has withdrawn from the nuclear arms treaty i n f. worries that a new cold war might begin. in munich strictly guarded by a show horse hotel top politicians and experts are meeting to discuss how a second world war could be averted germany wants to do all it can to save the i.n.f. treaty foreign minister held talks with russian foreign minister sergei love to act alone down the worst of it in russia's current behavior with the i.n.f.

treaty hints at the negative impact this could have for the security of everyone involved and especially for us in europe. we've got given the crisis surrounding the preservation of the i and if treaty we need greater dialogue between americans europeans and russians some. high level u.s. representatives like even the trump of present at the conference american feist president mike pence is expected to give a speech on saturday. now amongst the attendees in munich ace william cohen he's a republican who served as u.s. secretary of defense under president clinton from one thousand nine hundred ninety to two thousand and one today he runs a global business consulting service welcome to you why is that such a significant u.s. presence they say vance when the united states seems to have turned its back on multilateralism. well let me point out that this is the fortieth year that i've been attending this conference and it is by far the largest that we've ever seen

here in munich and i think the reason is for so many members of the united states congress and the administration coming to munich is to reaffirm our commitment to the security of our nato friends and to the europeans e.u. members who are in danger or at least being threatened by the by the russians and so the president our president has offered words which are contradictory at times ambiguous questioning whether or not the united states is a steadfast ally i think the congress is coming here to declare. regardless of party all parties included that the united states is going to remain committed just security and all of our european friends but you can see why the european friends would be so confused if the president is saying one thing and congress is saying something else given that the president's actions and statements happy me even

referring to your appearance as as follows. well there are. contradictory statements and you may recall that general kelly a former national security advisor indicated watch what we do enough we say that as part of the problem the words that often emanate from washington would indicate that the united states is pulling back pulling out of syria pulling out of afghanistan saddening signals that the united states would like to bring our troops home from wherever they are this causes concern for many in europe to say that we are retrenching and so on the other hand the president has actually put more money congress has put more money into the european security initiative and plus that up substantially i think we have now appropriated some twenty three billion dollars over the past several years so on the one hand the words would indicate that we're

retrenching of the deeds are quite different and this is cause confusion and that again accounts for why congress is saying there should be no confusion we are determined to make sure that the united states remains the preeminent member of the nato alliance. that this out has been the fact that's out that the u.s. president has said that he will declare a national emergency of the u.s. southern border you know to get the money to build his wall what do you think about moves. i think the president has created a crisis where none exists i believe that he is seeking to carry out a campaign pledge that he would secure that border members of congress and those who are at this conference on a bipartisan basis say that we are committed to securing the border but there's great doubt amongst republicans as well as democrats that a wall is the only answer that there may be other more sophisticated more capable

and more efficient ways of securing the border rather than simply building. a wall and so it's become a campaign promise and he's determined to invoke extraordinary powers and you had senator collins on earlier and i happen to agree with her of that so this is something that is straining the relationship between congress it is misappropriating you know the role of congress because it is congress's power under the constitution to appropriate dollars to run the government is not up to the president to do that he may invoke executive powers from time to time but there has to be an emergency and the courts will decide where there's an emergency but i find i think the facts on the ground bear it out that it is a problem that we have to address we need to address it on a bipartisan basis and i believe the majority of the american people feel the same way but to simply declare an executive emergency to build this wall i think is

really subverting and undermining the role of congress which is the preeminent role for the congress to bear under article one of the constitution and good so can you thank you so much for joining us i will come and thank you. sports in the pond as they go up on munich visit hoping to close the gap on the league leaders percy don't want they're expected to have goalkeeper manual noir back after a thumb injury by and one full of the last five games in all competitions the defending champion struggles house but knowing that we will cut the lead down to two points at least until a top player. is a reminder of our top stories at this hour u.s. president donald trump says he's declaring a national emergency along his country supported with mexico move gives the president access to funds needed to finance the project a number of legal challenges are expected but mr trump says he's confident his administration can defeat the. next up get out health as well look at nigeria's

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