from the pentagon to pay for the border wall is a, quote, flagrant disregard of fundamental separation of powers principles. the suit accuses the president of using a manufacturered crisis blasting it as an unconstitutional and unlawful scheme. the president fired back on twitter calling them open border democrats and the radical left. i m joined by the attorney general from connecticut. connecticut is joining this lawsuit. thank you for being with us. great to be with you. let me get your reaction to what we just heard from president trump there in the series of tweets this morning. every state that s suing except for maryland has a democratic governor. does politics play a part in this? no. i mean, we re focussed on the fact that the president poses an existential threat to the rule of law, someone in your last segment said that he s breaking the law, shredding the constitution. he s turning the national emergency act on the head. to declare a national emergency