president donald trump threatens a national emergency to get the money to build a border wall with mexico congress has offered some funds but only a quarter of what he has demanded. plus a serious contender for the top prize at the berlin film festival the film is so long my son family chronicle covering china's explosive development over the last forty years chinese director has already won two silver bears could people go this year. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us the indian government is accusing pakistan of supporting a suicide car bombing which killed more than forty indian paramilitary soldiers in india than ministered kashmir dozens of other soldiers were injured in the suicide bombing outside srinagar was claimed by the pakistan based islamist group hamas india has long accuse pakistan of supporting militants and says it will take all possible diplomatic steps to retaliate. it's part pakistan denies he was linked to the attack. was cross over there to delhi where our correspondent tony upon a car standing by on your india's prime minister narendra modi has promised a quote s

donald trump says he will declare a national emergency to secure funding for a border war with mexico congress passed a spending bill without money for the border to avoid another government shutdown. india's government is promising a strong response against pakistan which it blames for the west attack an indian administered kashmir for decades at least forty four indian soldiers were killed by a car bomb in the territory on thursday. venezuela's president has accused the u.s. of trying to destabilize his country in an interview with al-jazeera nicolas maduro also criticized european nations for supporting the u.s. military intervention. chinese president xi jinping is expected to meet members of a u.s. trade delegation as part of efforts to end a trade war between the world's two largest economies u.s. treasury secretary and stephen a new chain is in beijing to work out an agreement on tariffs the two sides are trying to reach a deal before march the first when the u.s. plans to increase levies on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports brown has more from beijing well this trade

because president threatens a national emergency to get enough money to build a border wall with mexico congress has offered him some funds but only a quarter of what the independent. plus a serious contender for the top prize the berlin film festival. film is settled in my son's family chronicle covering china's explosive development over the last forty years the chinese director has already won two silver effect could it be gold this year. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. the indian government is accusing pakistan of supporting a suicide car bombing which killed more than forty indian paramilitary soldiers in indian administered kashmir the suicide bombing outside of srinagar was claimed by the pakistan based is a list group of josh fame muhammad india has long accused pakistan of supporting militants and says it will take all possible diplomatic steps to retaliate for its part pakistan denies it was linked to the attack. let's cross over to our correspondent sagna father who is standing by in delhi song tell us what's the latest. hi tony well this this morning indian prime minist

donald trump says he will declare a national emergency to secure funding for a border war with mexico congress passed a spending bill without money for the border to avoid another government shutdown. chinese president xi jinping is expected to meet members of the u.s. trade delegation as part of efforts to end a trade war between the wilds to largest economies u.s. treasury secretary stephen a new chin is in beijing to work out an agreement on tariffs the two sides are trying to reach a deal before march the fast when the u.s. plans to increase levies on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports adrian brown has more from beijing. well this trade dispute has now been rumbling on for more than seven months there have been five rounds of talks but in the words of one of president trump's advisors the vibe this time is good we will note just how good later on friday before the u.s. team returns to washington they have been meeting president xi jinping that in itself is a hopeful sign i think what we're likely to have is perhaps at best a partial agreement on the issue of tariffs to pe

trump threatens to declare a national emergency to get the money to build a border wall with mexico congress has offered him some funds but only a quarter of what he had demanded. also coming up a serious contender for the top prize at the berlin film festival the film isn't so long my son a family chronicle covering china's explosive development over the last forty eight years the chinese director is in the running for the golden bear. i'm soon someone's gonna thank you for joining us india's prime minister narendra modi has won pakistan to expect what he called a crushing response to a car bomb attack on a military convoy that killed more than forty indian paramilitary police the bombing outside srinagar in indian administrate kashmir is the worst attack in the divided region in decades india says it has clear evidence of pakistan's involvement. the first pictures from the blast site show confusion and devastation security officials say it was a kashmiri militant who rammed an explosive laden van into a bus carrying indian soldiers. the attack took place on a key highway on the outskirts o

and mexico. congress has refused to approve the money needed. senior democrats are accusing -- of a grososs use of power of a gross abuse of power. our cocorrespondent has more.. wall isump: leigh very, very on its way. >> president trump is repeating his longtime campaign pledge, going to extreme lengths before surrendering. the u.s. president is planning to declare a national emergency. the border security bill, which he has agreed to sign, does not give him the funding he needs. >> he has indicated he is prepared to sign the bill. we will also issue a national emergency declaration at the same time. >> making such a declaration direct federalse funds from elsewhere to pay for the water the statement immediately brought condemnation that he was abusing his authority, and a warning from democrats that it would set a intentionally problematic precedent -- set a potentially problematic precedent that could set back republicans. >> if you want to go down that path, that's look at what really is a national emergency. i am not looking for any presid

land is federally owned, but biologists the species by disrupting its migration patterns into mexico. congress already passedpees, ant says the wall cannot be built in the refuge. that's it for this edition of "matter of fact." i'm soledad o'brien, and we'll see you back here next week. at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa your host. we hope you're having a fun lunar new year season. we start about a documentary of san francisco mayor ed lee, his life of achievement, death and lega legacy. and we spotlight central community part dmners which foss socioeconomic change with business advice and leadership to rising underserved low income entrepreneurs. >>> we go shopping with a shopping expert to help yet lun celebrations and look a

the next hour to declare a national emergency to get the money to build the border wall with mexico congress has offered him some funds but only a quarter of what he had demanded india's prime minister narendra modi blames pakistan for a massive car bombing and threatens our crushing response to the attack killed dozens of indian term military police in the disputed region of kashmir. and a sign of unity at a meeting with the international olympic committee in switzerland delegations from north and south korea have made official their desire to jointly host the two thousand and thirty two summer games. i'm swimming so much conduct's good to have you with us germany's defense minister was enough on the line and her british counterpart kevin williamson have kicked off the munich security conference it's a three days of high stakes debate in closed door meetings the event is bringing together an unprecedented number of international decision makers including the largest u.s. delegation ever a multitude of international. organizations are also represented including the international monetary fun

president donald trump threatens a national emergency to get the money to build a border war with mexico congress has offered him some funds but only a quarter of what he has demanded. also coming up could nigeria's agent political elite be in for a shock will join the youngest ever presidential candidate on the campaign trail before the nation votes on saturday in a country where the under twenty five's are in the majority he could be in with a chance to get a serious contender for the top prize at the berlin film festival the family chronicles covers out china's explosive development over the last forty years critics are chipping in for the golden bear. i'm sorry so much conduct's good to have you with us india's prime minister narendra modi has warned pakistan to expect what he called a crushing response to a car bomb attack on a military convoy that killed more than forty indian paramilitary police the bar. outside srinagar in indian administered kashmir is the worst attack in the divided region in decades india says it has clear evidence of pakistan's involvement. the first pictures from the

president donald trump threatens a national emergency to get the money to build a porter wall with mexico congress has offered him some funds but only a quarter of what he demanded. another tough defeat in parliament for britain's prime minister theresa may and into another mile on the perilous path to great sit there and just six weeks to go. also coming up could nigeria's changing political elites be in for a shock to join the youngest ever presidential candidate all of to help pain trail before the nation votes on saturday the country where the under twenty five star in the majority he could be in the group has no chance. of a serious contender for the top prize at the berlin film festival family chronicle covers china's explosive development over the last forty years critics are tipping it for the golden bear. hello and welcome i'm terry martin the indian government is accusing pakistan of supporting a suicide car bombing that killed more than forty indian paramilitary soldiers in indian administered kashmir the bombing outside front is the single deadliest attack in the divided regions volati

donald trump says he will declare a national emergency to secure funding for a border war with mexico congress passed a spending bill to avoid another government shutdown which denies trump the money he needs to build the barrier. india's government is promising a strong response against pakistan which it blames for the worst attack in indian administered kashmir for decades at least forty four indian soldiers were killed by a car bomb in the territory. venezuela's supreme court has ruled to the opposition appointed oil executives must face criminal prosecution the opposition controlled congress named a new board of directors for the stage oil giant as well as its u.s. subsidiary a move welcomed by washington. chinese president xi jinping is expected to meet key members of a u.s. trade delegation as part of efforts to end a trade war between the world's two largest economies u.s. treasury secretary steve in beijing to work out an agreement on terrorists the two sides are trying to reach a deal before march the fest when the u.s. plans to increase levies on two hundred billion dollars worth of

democrats they must join forces to confront what he's calling a security crisis on the border with mexico congress has until february fifteenth to end its deadlock over funding for a border wall to avoid another government shutdown. i stand here ready to work with you to achieve historic breakthroughs for all americans millions of our fellow citizens are watching us now gathered in this great chamber hoping that we will govern not as two parties but as one nation was the us president also confirmed that he will hold a second summit with north korea's leader kim jong il and at the end of this month the two day meeting in vietnam will begin on february twenty seventh trumpet been seeking and other summits to phone up north korea's commitment to denuclearization but as wayland opposition politicians in korea are in colombia preparing for the transfer of aid and supplies from the u.s. trucks were sent off at the request of us for help by self declared interim president on white or egypt parliament is advancing plans to let abdul fattah el-sisi stay on as president well beyond the end of his term in tw

the parliament in canada, the congress in mexico, the congress here in the u.s. we feel that this is an agreement that was the right agreement with the right balance. of course you can always have better agreements. but perfection is the enemy of needsss and i guess there to be a time in which we need to evaluate the agreement in its own merits andle balances that we're able to -- and the balances that we're able to reach. we are considering this agreement as it is. we're not considering anything else. and i think that the u.s. administration will have to explain what's in there and how this agreement responds to their concerns. which is exactly what we're doing. in mexico we're explaining to our congress what's in the agreement, what are the benefits, what are the commitments, and we also need to explain why this is important for mexico. and why this is important to everybody. of course that doesn't mean that it's a perfect agreement. no. perfect agreement doesn't exist. the pever the perfect agreement is the finished agreement and that's what we have in front o

donald trump says he will declare a national emergency to secure funding for a border war with mexico congress passed a spending bill bill without money for the wall to avoid another government shutdown. two men have been sentenced to. death in to death in myanmar for the murder of a prominent lawyer and a close advisor to the country's head of government. next up inside story do stay with us. the end of the super jumbo dream airbus is killing off production of the a three eighty in two years' time but as the demise of the world's biggest passenger plane tell us about the aviation industry this is inside story. now and welcome to the program i'm elizabeth purana passengers and pilots. and accountants dread paying the super sized which is why the a three eighty is having its ones clipped permanently pulling the plug on the world's largest passenger plane after its because customer emirates airline canceled dozens of deliveries when it first took off fourteen years ago a bus hoped what it called its giant cruise line in the sky would fly long into the twenty first century but twenty twenty one t

mexico his controversial president to access the funds he needs to build a border war with mexico since congress has only approved a quarter of what he says he needs to take you live to washington for that announcement and for analysis of this politically charged with.

democrats they must join forces to confront what he called a security crisis on the border with mexico congress has until february fifteenth to end its deadlock over funding for border wall to avoid another government shutdown i stand here ready to work with you to achieve historic breakthroughs for all americans millions of our fellow citizens are watching us now gathered in this great chamber. hoping that we will govern not as two parties but as one nation was mr trump also confirmed he'll hold a second summit with the north korean leader kim jong un at the end of this month the two day meeting in vietnam will begin on february the twenty seven's even as well in opposition politicians are in colombia preparing for the transfer of aid and supplies from the united states trucks were sent after a request for help by the self declared interim president. egyptian parliament is advancing plans to let abdel fattah el-sisi stay on as president well beyond the end of his term in twenty twenty two the move is raising fears of increasing authoritarianism eight years after the overthrow of hosni mubarak

well, mexico refused to pay, and congress refused to pay. and so the president, rather than letting things be, decided he would act unilaterally, unconstitutionally by usurping the power of congress. today we ask all members of congress to respect the rule of law with us, to respect the separation of powers enshrined in our constitution and to support this resolution. if the president is successful in getting his way on this, rest assured he will come back, he will try this again. probably on other issues, as will future presidents. congress must step up, must reclaim its role over the power of the purse. this resolution is critically important to the future of the relationship between the legislative and executive branches, above and beyond any party, above and beyond any president. this will require historic unity among members of congress to make sure this branch of government maintains its rightful place under our constitution. i want to say thank you to the now 230 members of congress who are cosponsors. we look forward to picking up mo

donald trump says he will declare a national emergency to secure funding for border wall with mexico earlier congress passed a spending bill without money for the border to avoid another government shutdown. spain's prime minister has called a general election after losing an important budget vote will now head to the polls on the twenty eighth of april this will be the third election and for here on thursday politicians who support independence for the catalonia region were among those who voted against the proposed budget. spain must continue to advance and progress from a point of tolerance and respect from moderation and common sense excluding politics from frustration growing and creating quality employment was redistributing wealth consolidating and recognizing not just the rights and liberties we gained in the last forty years but also expanding the perimeter of those rights and liberty strengthening social cohesion and territorial cohesion as the only guarantee to preserve spains unity for this. with the powers given to me as prime minister of spain and after consultation with the council of

donald trump is expected to make the declaration this hour after congress passed the spending bill bill without money for his proposed mexico border wall the decision would allow the u.s. president to bypass congress giving him access to billions of dollars to build it we're live at the white house. the munich conference global security is taking center stage in germany more than five hundred leaders and policymakers are meeting to talk about the world's pressing issues from syria yemen and iran to climate change this week to former nato chief anders rasmussen. and. in an interview the venezuelan president says he will not bow to international pressure for him to step down and he has harsh words for the united states. accusing him of trying to be stabilize his country and as nigerians head to the polls on saturday for presidential and parliamentary elections we talked to some in the community about the main issues of concern. in the show use the hash tag. along with the news grid live on air and streaming on. line through you tube facebook live on al-jazeera dot com good to have you with us on this friday any moment now we'

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congress from border state senator, tom udall, of new mexico tweething this a short while ago. i'm leading legislation with his fellow senator to block the president from using an emergency declaration to raid billions in critical taxpayer funds for his wasteful border wall. congress must assert its role as a co-equal branch of government and pass this legislation. just a quick note on that, it was in 2005 that then new mexico governor bill richardson declared a state of emergency in the state of new mexico and provided some additional $750,000 in state emergency funds due to what they saw as an emergency on the border in new mexico in 2005. get to calls and go to florence, mississippi first. on our republican line. good morning to rita. caller: yes. hi. my opinion is that president trump is finally doing the right thing. we need this wall. we need the security.

the trade between mexico and the the gdp ofger than most latin american countries. we are talking with congress on these issues and they are surprised to know how many jobs depend on the trade with mexico. they do not know that the largest producer of corn flour in the world makes 50% of their business in the u.s. and is in mexico company. even this morning i was talking with the ministers of agriculture with my colleagues and yesterday at the dinner and we were telling them, do you know that chocolate comes from mexico? no, it is from africa. what? no. name ise, the original an indian name and check out -- comes from mexico and we exported it as vanilla. even from those basics we have to start some time. people do not recognize the relevance of mexico for the u.s. in many areas. we are very much aware of the relevance of the u.s. for mexico , but in the u.s., they are not aware of the u.s. -- mexican relevance. not to say that when we talk about the north american community and region as the secretary said this morning, we live in the best neighborhood in the world. and that is not sufficientl

it's now official-- neither mexico nor congress will pay for it. ( laughter ) so, like many of you after valentine's day, trump is turning to plan "b." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> the breaking news this hour, the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, dramatically revealing on the senate floor, the white house confirming that president trump will sign the spending bill, averting another government shutdown but, also, will declare a national emergency to secure the money he wants for a border wall. >> trevor: that's right, people. president trump is finally declaring a national emergency at the border. which is weird because, normally in an emergency, you don't spend months debating whether or not something is an emergency. ( laughter ) like, it's normally pretty clear. like, if somebody is breaking into your house you wouldn't call 911 and be like, "no, no, don't send somebody right away. give me a few weeks. let me see if i can convince him to leave. i'll let you know." ( laughter ) now, a lot of people are saying that this could backfire on republicans, right, because it sets a

mexico his controversial president to access the funds he needs to build a border war with mexico since congress has only approved a quarter of what he says he needs to take you live to washington for that announcement and for analysis of this politically charged. time phil guy welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is preparing to declare a national emergency to free up funds to build a wall on the mexican border and that's despite a bipartisan deal in congress that provided funding for this project mr trump has agreed to sign a bill in order to avert another government shutdown but he insisted the barrier along the border must be built citing drug and human trafficking concerns declaring a national emergencies like it's a lead to legal challenges opponents point out that most drugs arrive by points of app ports of entry and immigration numbers are far below historic peaks. so let's get more on this from the hell of the humphrey in washington political scientist a borisov foreman from bada college a here in welcome both let's start with you in the washington hello we'll start with t

-mexico border after congress out to give him the money he demanded. it would terminate the declaration but even if it passes, he can still veto it. >> reporter: a federal judge banning roger stone from speaking publicly about his case, stone was in court yesterday to answer questions about the instagram post that appears to shows the judge next to crosshairs. he called the judge politically biased and slammed the russian probe. he faces charges that he lied to congress during the presidential pain. thursday, the judge made it clear that the violation of the gag order would mean jail for the former advisor. the attorney general will decide how much of the report, if any will be released to the public. >>> i want justice for anybody who is a big of r. kelley. >> r. kelley is facing more sexual assault allegations and what women claim he did 20 years ago. >>> okay. i will say this. the facts are still unfolding. >>> traffic is moving along okay on most of these commutes. it is a nice start on 880 north towards downtown. >>> it is cold and breezy here. it

congress and get his six billion dollar border war with mexico. alone has of sake of this is and is there are live from doha also coming up. the trickle presentation they are attempting the twenty third will not happen venezuela's president nicolas maduro tells c.n.n. he won't let us aid into his country. india promises a crushing response to an attack in indian administered kashmir it blames on pakistan. spain's prime minister calls a general election for the end of april the third in less than four years. u.s. president donald trump is declaring a national emergency to get funds for his border war with mexico and bypass congress the move will free up six billion dollars to build the wall which was signature campaign promise congress approved a bill to keep the government funded late on thursday without the war money he wanted we're going to be signing today and registry national emergency and it's a great thing to do because we have an invasion of drugs invasion of gangs invasion of people and it's not acceptable our white house correspondent ki

-mexico wall. congressefused to provide $5.7 billion he was demanding as part of that budget compromise to avoid a federal shutdown. the british prime minister has suffered an embarrassing parliamentary defeat on brexit. lawmakers remain resistant to her e.u. divorce plan. the house of commons voted 303-258 today against a motion reiterating support for the prime minister's approach to precksit. >> i was going -- brexit. >> i was going to ask her to come to the dismatchbox now and admit that her strategy has failed. and come forward, bring forward to the house a coherent plan. a coherent plan that can deal with the stresses and anxiety that some people all over this country are feeling. >> prime minister may is struggling with little sign of you awk sess to win backing for her deal from both pro-brexit and pro-ex-u. lawmakers in partly. which reject the the agreement by 230 votes last months. the leaders of russia, turkey, and iran have discussed the planned withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria. russian pre

-mexico border. congress approved less money than the president wanted for border security and in a rose garden event the president justified the declaration by saying the country has an invasion of drugs, gangs, and people them move drew bipartisan criticism on capitol hill and is expected to face rounds of legal challenges. house speaker nancy pelosi said, this is plainly a power grab by a disappointed president who has gone outside the bounds of law to try to get what he failed to achieve in the constitutional legislative process. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says president trump's decision to announce emergency action is the predictable and understandable consequence of democrats' decision to put partisan obstruction ahead of the national interest. he urged democrats to help provide more border security funding in the next round of appropriations. here's the president's announcement today.

president donald trump is be clearing a national emergency to get funds for his border war with mexico and bypass congress move will free up six billion dollars to build the war democrats say they will defend the constitutional rights of the u.s. congress. venezuela's president has accused the u.s. of trying to destabilize his country in an interview with nicolas maduro also criticized european nations for supporting u.s. military intervention in the past. india's government is promising a strong response on after an attack in indian administered kashmir that killed forty four of its soldiers on thursday india is pointing the finger at pakistan and summoned its envoy in new delhi pakistan denies supporting the group thought to be behind the attack laura burton manley has more. a solemn occasion in indian administered kashmir the home minister rushed nothing helps to carry the coffin of a soldier killed in thursday's attack. one of dozens of security personnel targeted when a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into the convoy on the highway prime minister observed a moment of silence to reme

/mexico wall after congress refused to allot the full funding request. in declaring the emergency the president expected to have access to $8 billion for the wall. pelosi says it has more than enough votes to pass the house. if it passes, it would then be sent to the senate. >>> thousands of bay area women this morning are getting inspired by some female power hitters. >> the watermark conference for women is taking place right now. nbc bay area sharon ckatsuda shows us the keynote speakers. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. hello there. you can see the activity going on behind me. people buying merchandise from mostly women-owned businesses. over to the corner here you can see book signings going on. there are about 6,500 men and women here and the day kicked off with our own laura garcia. >> this is the largest gathering of its kind not only in the state of california but on the entire west coast. >> reporter: attendees packed the convention center to learn about careers, balancing personal and professional life and to hear from feminist author

-mexico border. congress approved less money than the president wanted for border security and in a rose garden event the president justified the declaration by saying the country has an invasion of drugs, gangs, and people them move drew bipartisan criticism on capitol hill and is expected to face rounds of legal challenges. house speaker nancy pelosi said, this is plainly a power grab by a disappointed president who has gone outside the bounds of law to try to get what he failed to achieve in the constitutional legislative process. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says president trump's decision to announce emergency action is the predictable and understandable consequence of democrats' decision to put partisan obstruction ahead of the national interest. he urged democrats to help provide more border security funding in the next round of appropriations. here's the president's nnouncement today. [applause] president trump: thank you very much, everybody. before we begin, i'd like to just say, we have a

president donald trump is declaring a national emergency funds border war with mexico and bypass congress the move will free up six billion dollars to build the war democrats in congress say they will fight the move which they call a power grab. india's government is promising a strong response against. which it blames for the worst attack in indian indian administered kashmir in decades at least forty four indian forces were killed by a car bomb on thursday. well as president has accused the u.s. of trying to destabilize his country in an interview with al-jazeera nicolas maduro also criticize european countries for supporting u.s. military intervention in the past. to syria's war and at least nine people have been killed in a syrian army bombing attack it happened in the rebel held city of honshu which is in italy province syrian civil defense volunteers posted this video showing them trying to rescue civilians from the rubble of destroyed buildings nine sandie soldiers have reportedly been killed near the border with yemen saudi media say they died during fighting with yemen's hooty re

politics of revenge saying that the state of the union is strong trump called on congress to support his border wall with mexico he also announced a second summit with north korean leader kim jong un to take place in vietnam later this month. and coming up next monday to be used berlin joining with golden twenties was regarded as the most modern the trouble is in europe people flock to nightclubs to enjoy this uninhibited and decadent parties the second part of the doc film berlin metropolis of crime and uses criminal cases to paint a picture of the lead during the weimar republic that's all from us for now but joost keep it here at the w for all that and mark i'm sorry kelly is berlin thank you so much for joining us have a great day. any time.

president declared that national emergency to fund a southern border wall from mexico. congressolating the constitution of the united states in the congress and in the court and with the american people. >> on the wall? >> yes. >> will i veto it? 100%. 100% and i don't think it survives the veto. >> reporter: the house is expected to pass and it would mean the support of at least four republicans to get by the senate. the resolution ends up on president trump's desk. as you just heard him, he will veto it. it will be the first veto of his presidency. >>> u.s. customs says that the property types for the border what ulna were built near the san diego border will be torn down. the eight property types will be removed to make way for a secondary barrier at mexico's border with california. crews have replaced most of the layer of if tensing on the stretch at the border. >>> robert mueler's office has filed a memo against paul manafort. orf. it does not take into consideration how much prison time. the me many actionero claims he deceived everything from book members tobacks and fede

congress specifically says the president cannot build a wall. keep in mind we're already counting out california and arizona and new mexico and most of texas, just the rio grande valley, compounded further by five cities being named by congress as untouchable to the administration saying no funds made available in this act shall be used for construction while consultations are continuing. so you have individual sites, lawrence, like the chapel which we reported on a few weeks ago, and then you have entire cities. the reason for that is look at the gap behind me in this wall. this is what we're up against here. the gap behind me is because of lapses in funding, but also you have private lands owners between that wall and the border, and those private land owners have rights, and those rights have to be respected. until they are, the gate behind me is not going to go in. the wall behind me took ten years to complete. it's still not done. in a few months that gate is going to go in. so it gives you an idea how ridiculous the entire process has become. when you take it a step further, you have congress telling the administration you are not allowed

mexico border. the president announced that congress did not give him the money he wants to build the wall and democrats call it an overreach of presidential power. the house and senate would end the declaration if it passes.>> president trump would veto the resolution if it passes. >> javier will hold a news conference today to announce the result of an immigration detention facility. that is that for 10:45 am.>> there are many questions surrounding the death of jeff hitachi. >> amidst the chinese new year's celebration, there was a tribute to jeff who died friday.>> please join me in a moment of silence.>> we know if he were alive today, he would be sitting in the front row cheering on this program. >> the mayor spoke with me about her long association with jeff. >> i've known him since he was a teenager and really fighting for people.>> details are emerging. a woman he was with me the 911 call from a home they were after he became ill during dinner. >> they are turning this into a crime scene. >> he would like the investigation to play out rather than focusing on rumors.>> there is no evidence there

leader mitch mcconnell dropped a bombshell he said the president would be bypassing congress to fund his controversial us mexico border wall leader mcconnell i just had an opportunity to speak with president trump and he said all my colleagues are going to kate is prepared to sign a bill he will also be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time and i've indicated to him that i'm going to prepare to support a national emergency declaration conference democrats members of the senate were quick to condemn any possible use of executive powers to build a wall if president trump decides to go forward with a disaster declaration he'll be making a tremendous mistake declaring a national emergency would be a lawless act a gross abuse of the power of the presidency and a desperate attempt to distract from the fact that president trump broke his core promise to have mexico pay for the wall the border security bill then went to the house of representatives where it also easily passed the bill will now go to the white house for president trump to sign it off on friday. house speaker nancy pelosi warned that

congress is supposed to control the pursestrings. president trump has said time and time again he wants mexico to pay for the war. he turned to congress and to the american taxpayers. but what congress have said very clearly, in terms of just not congress have said very clearly, in terms ofjust not being able to push through a vote, particularly with the democrats controlling the house of representatives, is that they are not repaired to give mr trump the money he needs. by pushing ahead he is essentially saying, i am not going to listen to congress, i want to build this war, and i want to do that no matter what those politicians think. that's why it is going to be challenged inside the courts. there is also a statement mr trump made today which makes clear that he could have problems just from what he has said himself, because he said, i didn't need to do this, but i would rather do it much faster. i would rather build the wall much faster. and in fact even said during that news conference in the rose garden today that as far as he was concerned, he was getting some money for the war, just not enough that he need

mexico democratic party. representative xochitl torres small was an attorney working on water rights cases before her election to congress. she clerked in a federal court before that. prior to law school, she worked for new mexico senator tom udall. the congresswoman isn't the only member of her family who's in politics. her husband is a member of new mexico's state house of representatives. arizona also has two new members in its congressional delegation, both democrats. representative greg stanton served six years as phoenix mayor before taking his seat in congress. he's also been arizona's deputy attorney general and a member of the phoenix city council. and congresswoman ann kirkpatrick joined the u.s. house of representatives for the third time and her fourth term this year. she lost her first re-election bid in 2010 only to be re-elected to the seat in 2012. she again left the house to run against the late john mccain for u.s. senate in 2016. representative kirkpatrick was a prosecutor and a city attorney earlier in her career. congressman steve horsford is another former member who returned to the house this year.

threats for months donald trump has finally declared the us mexico border a national emergency this will allow the u.s. president to bypass congress and divert government funds towards his much vaunted border wall the decision is drawing widespread criticism with senior democrats and republicans accusing him of gross abuse of power. reports now from washington. to fulfilling a twenty sixty presidential campaign promise in a most unconventional way i'm going to be signing a national emergency. after the u.s. congress refused this week to approve president trump's request for five point seven billion to build a wall along the u.s. southern border trub circumvented the legislative body by declaring a national emergency truck now has access to eight billion dollars already approved by congress to build three hundred seventy six kilometers of wall to stop illegal immigration even though the white house won't say exactly where we want to stop

well, mexico refused to pay, and congress refused to pay. and so the president, rather than letting things be, decided he would act unilaterally, unconstitutionally by usurping the power of congress. today we ask all members of congress to respect the rule of law with us, to respect the separation of powers enshrined in our constitution and to support this resolution. if the president is successful in getting his way on this, rest assured he will come back, he will try this again. probably on other issues, as will future presidents. congress must step up, must reclaim its role over the power of the purse. this resolution is critically important to the future of the relationship between the legislative and executive branches, above and beyond any party, above and beyond any president. this will require historic unity among members of congress to make sure this branch of government maintains its rightful place under our constitution. i want to say thank you to the now 230 members of congress who are cosponsors. we look forward to picking up mo