president's chief policy advisor on "fox news sunday" yesterday. >> i guarantee you this -- if donald trump says he's invoking the construction authority to build a security perimeter in ir afghanistan or around a military installation in syria, there would not have been one word of objection from congress. this is defending our own country. >> you mentioned some lawsuits that are on the way. public citizen has already it filed a lawsuit. the aclu and california attorney general javier becerra and others are planning to bring lawsuits against the declaration. democrats in congress planning legislation before they return from this week's recess to block the decoration is low. he was the chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, talking about that. >> this is the first time a president has tried to declare an emergency when congress expressly rejected funding for the particular project that the president is advocating. >> white house officials believe they are on solid legal ground