that s a false choice. it s always good to see you, sir. good to see you, too, buddy. if the president does decide to go ahead and declare a national emergency, what would be your reaction to that? and does congress have any recourse there? what s the pushback if he does it? look, you don t get to declare a national emergency just because you didn t get your way. when i swore an oath and enlisted in the military, i must have missed that in the constitution. with that being said, though, congress will have significant tools at its disposal to include the ability to bring this issue to the courts. i would urge the president not to take this route. this is emerging as a constitutional crisis. what we need to do is plain and simple, we need to reopen the government and then we need to talk about how we re going to actually have national security, sensible national security and homeland security in this country. today on staten island and in south brooklyn, the district
president trump said yesterday he is leaning toward a national emergency. i have the absolute right to declare a national emergency. the lawyers have so advised me. i m not prepared to do that yet, but if i have to i will. if this doesn t work out, probably i will do it. i would almost say definitely. so, joe, i ll let you tackle that one. i want to sprinkle in nbc news and others reporting that the president is looking at diverting disaster relief funds from people like california after the wildfires, puerto rico after rebuilding from the hurricane to divert funds to the wall. there s no doubt that donald
ridiculed by some of his right-wing opponents. and to your point, noah ross pointed out a few examples of how conservative republicans not only didn t go along with the wall plan but actually were hostile to it. senator john cornyn stood next to donald trump yesterday but less than two years ago he said i don t think we re just going to be able to solve border security with a physical barrier because people can come under, around it and through it. lindsey graham now asking the president to declare a national emergency, but graham said the border wall is probably not a smart investment. and the wall stro the wall stre found in republican lawmakers from southwest border states who defended trump s funding request to start funding the wall. in a usa today survey found