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get started with xfinity for $79.99 a month for 2 years, plus ask about 4k ultra hd. switch today. >>> a little more than two hours fromnow, president trump will address the nation from the oval office. >> it's part of thehite house strategy to win public support or the reason behind the government shutdown. that would be the president's demand for $5 billion to build a wall at the southern border. naonal weather servic nbc's chief white house correspondent hall jackson interviewed the vice president this morning. >> is he going to declare a national emergency? >> what i expect the presidentg will do tois explain to the american people we have a humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. >> so haley joins us now from the white house. all this talk aboutthe presid declaring a national emergency just taking control and building a border wall, what would it mean if he dlares an emergency? >> reporter: great to be with you, first of all. so i what would mean? it means the president is in effectrying to be by passing cross and going around congress in order t

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