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 im

aisle some big name republicans have also been speaking out to condemn the move including mitt romney marco rubio senator susan collins issued a written statement saying that this move constituted a dangerous precedent for future presidents now though it's expected that this national emergency will face drawn out legal battles potentially going all the way to the supremes court that means a lot more talk many legal documents and for the president a lot less wall than his promise to deliver its state of the munich security conference with global leaders meeting in the german city of munich to discuss peace and diplomacy around thirteen heads of state and government are attending to debate a range of topics and later today german chancellor angela merkel will speak about the role of europe in the world a topic of growing importance to germany. he couldn't have made his point more clearly the head of the munich security conference called the proceedings waiting and beauty votes going fishing or wants world leaders to know that europe has to fulfill its rule within the growing struggle of the superpo

some high ranking members of that party with who already heard a concern coming from mitt romney for example marco rubio there was a statement also issued by the senator from maine susan collins i wonder if we can get that up and take a look at what she had to say in denouncing this move from the president she said that declaring a national emergency would be a mistake on the part of the president such a declaration would on the mind the role of congress it also sets about precedent for future presidents it is also gee this constitutionality i mean essentially that sets out the main arguments against this move by the president so you really have to wonder i mean he is clearly swimming upstream here at least if you look at the opposition that he is facing why is this promise so important to him helena i think sarah it comes down to the fact that president trump doesn't want to lose face this is an essential part of his make america great campaign he said previously and he continues to say indeed in that speech that america is being invaded by a wave of illegal immigration despite the numbers speaking oth

important point to make i mean it's not just the democrats coming out against this mitt romney for example marco rubio have also voiced concern there was an announcement as well which came from the maine senator susan collins i want to bring that in we can take a look at that statement she said that declaring a national emergency would be a mistake on the part of the president to such a declaration would undermine the role of congress it also sets a bad precedent for future presidents it is of dubious constitutionality briefly culliver why is the president going to suspend stream lends to get this wall. right so this war was a key promise of the twenty sixteen campaign it's all tied up with his promise to make america great again one of the reasons he says that america wasn't great then was illegal immigration for example drug trafficking human trafficking coming from the southern border we should point out that some of these issues in out their lowest levels in years so clearly there is a problem that in terms of the facts that what the president is representing and the reality of what experts are sa

already seen some big names in the republican party come out to express their on the marco rubio for one mitt romney we also had a statement condemning the move from the maine senator susan collins up haps we can take a look at that in more detail a great quote here she said 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 g.b.s. she writes here constitutionally so yeah that essentially sets out many of the facets of the problem at hand here so i mean he's really going to swim upstream when it comes to this it is clear that he's going to have some challenges why is this campaign promise so important to him. well that's a very good question essentially it all comes down to the fact that the president doesn't want to lose face all of this this was a central tenet of his campaign pledge to make america great again he continues to insist that illegal immigration is at such a level that a border wall has to exist despite the fact that the numbers supporting t

defending the emergency declaration for this list and quizzing senator susan collins, marco rubio, and mitt romneyanwhile, senate democrats sipping up their opposition to the president's move, but even they don't know how this will end as the supreme court may have the final decision. here is democratic senate minority whip, dick durbin. watch. >> i can't tell you what the supreme court will do. it's a fight in his favor on most issues. i think it is a gross overstep in terms of the emergency power. >> kennedy: and the most recent legal challenge, the aclu and the sierra club filed a lawsuit in northern california seeking to block the order. a little bit about the senate republicans who might blog a resolution like this -- is that list just wishful thinking on the part of the hill? >> joe: i don't think so at all. every time we see there is opposition, you see collins and markowski of the top of the hit stomach was because they are moderates. the army would be much of a surprise since he has crossed the president of the past. republicans have been outspoken on this in terms of opposing. but here's

mitt romney does today. >> it's important for mitt romney to stand up and speak out against this manufactured emergency. it's going to be turned over in the courts. we saw marco rubiold expect the freedom caucus, if they're about the constitution to speak out against this, because this is such a constitutional violation. brian, i really don't think they have any other option. and since we're pretty sure the courts are going to overturn this phony emergency crisis, what is, brian, the long-term impact on not only the trump presidency but on democracy? >> i think you have a series of impacts that are going to last for a long time. first off there is the normalization of authoritarian style behavior in the republican party. voters are demanding this. you have people cheerleading president trump for doing the national emergency for you as you wering -- usurping checks and balances. and we have the risk this comes back when the democrats are in power. some democrats might be excited by that idea but it's a breakdown of norms. it's a vicious circle where every president chips away at the institutions that are a bedrock for democracy. even if he floats this, gets blocked,