these areas where we see breaches in san diego sector with some of these caravan migrants coming over are areas where we re trying to replace with a modern border wall system. it is direct representation of why we need that improved infrastructure at the border. bill: a lot of health issues among the camps on the mexican side. good to have you on, commissioner. 20 past the hour now. sandra: the markets surging on news of a possible trade truce between the united states and china. larry kudlow says the relationship between those two nations could spell out a deal. maria bartiromo will break it all down ahead of the market open this morning. the french government kaifg to violent protestors calling to end fuel tax hikes. we ll have a live report on this just ahead.
of the holiday switch. president trump: four. three. two. one. bret: the president speaking at the national christmas tree lighting where he thanked first responders and military families around the country. you have to see this if you are in town. thank you for watching special report. fair, balanced and unafraid. the story with martha hosted by harris faulkner starts now. harris: we re in the holiday spirit together. good to see you. thank you. breaking tonight, serious pushback inside mexico. against the thousands of migrants camped out along the u.s. border. in primetime, i m harris faulkner in for martha maccallum. tonight, the city of tijuana is overwhelmed. people in charge there say there are only enough resource to assist the crowds for a few more days. and our president has issued a new warning to congress. he is totally willing to shut down the government if congress does not approve $5 billion for his border wall system. and in an interview with politico, the pres
planned. all tolled the dhs would probably waste billions of dollars. that s assessment from the gao. all because the department hasn t fully completed a cost and construction analysis. so here s what we know. we know u.s. customs and border protection tested eight prototypes. president trump visited them back in march. said each design would work better than existing fencing. but the thing to know about this report, you have the government accountability office saying that dhs agrees with its recommendations, agrees with its assessment that there needs to be tougher scrutiny. that said, i got the statement from dhs late last night and read part of it to you, after years of investment in a border wall system, we experienced a roughly 90% reduction in apprehensions in san diego and yuma sectors and americans deserve a secure border that keeps america safe and this administration is doing so by constructing the first border wall in a decade. you see there a statement that talks about how
plan, build a big beautiful wall along the southern border of the united states. but a new report from the government accountability office indicates things may not go as smoothly as the president hopes. quote, by proceeding without key information, dhs faces an increased risk that the border wall system program will cost more than projected, take longer than planned or not fully perform as expected. i m joined now by nbc news white house correspondent jeff bennett. i heard on the campaign trail over and over and over again, donald trump saying how good he was at getting projects in ahead of schedule and under budget. reporter: yeah. look, katy, this is pretty damaging for president trump s most coveted construction project the long promised southern border wall. you have a watchlog report saying the wall would blow through the budget and miss key deadlines and may not work as
consideration the cost. they re also ignoring some of the previous assets that are there, parts of the fence along that border that are already there, specifically in the rio grand grandevalley. as a result, some of those billions of dollars risk being wasted. john, i want to read part of the conclusion in this 50-page report put out by the gao today. it reads, dhs faces an increased risk that the border wall system program will cost more than projected, take longer than planned, or not fully perform as expected. without assessing costs when prioritizing locations for future barriers, cbp does not have complete information to determine whether it is using its limited resources in the most cost effective manner and does not have important cost information that would help it develop future budget requests. so john, essentially the gao is saying that if you re going to spend this money, spend it correctly and spend it wisely. john?