they're trying to stop the caravan from coming through, and it hasn't worked. 2017, 229 million, national disaster, 76 million. 2019, $69 million projected. what about our sovereign right to protect our borders from what amounts to an organized effort to crush or rush the border right before the mid-term elections? >> first and foremost, let me just say that it makes no sense for the president of the united states to threaten honduras and say i am not going to give you this money if you let these people go through guatemala and mexico. it makes no sense. less money for central america? what will happen will be more crime. the caravans will just get bigger. it makes no sense. i don't think the president thought this through. this happens every day with his tweets. he should stop tweeting altogether. but to your point, laura, these people under international law