president doesn t have the power to declare an emergency and build a multibillion-dollar wall on the border. so that is a nonstarter. unfortunately the short answer is yes, there is a provision in law that says that the president can declare an emergency. and in this case i think that the president would be wide open to a court challenge saying where is the emergency. speaker nancy pelosi says that the house will begin passing spending bills this week to reopen parts of the government. the first measure funding the treasury department and irs so americans can get their tax refunds on time, but no sign that the senate will take up those measures or the white house would support them. white house correspondent boris sanchez with more. reporter: christine and dave, as we have seen during other meetings between top officials and lawmakers, we re hearing two different sides as to what happened during these negotiations to reopen the federal government. and potentially fund some sort o
their tax refunds on time. but there is no sign that the senate will take up those measures or the white house would support them either. white house correspondent boris sanchez has more. reporter: christine and dave, as we have seen during other meetings between top officials and lawmakers, we re hearing two different sides as to what happened during these negotiations to reopen the federal government. and potentially fund some sort of barrier between the united states and mexico. president trump on one hand tweeting out that this was a productive meeting on sunday afternoon. people inside the room though are giving different accounts. according to sources this meeting was not very productive, one democratic source explaining that republicans presented to democrats a specific outline, an official justification for spending $5.7 billion on the president s long promised border wall, that democratic source feeling that the republican presentation was incomplete in their words. on the o
just read the papers. we have a crisis at the border of drug, of human beings being trafficked all over the world. they are coming through. and we have an absolute crisis. and of criminals and gang members coming through. it is national security. it is a national emergency. reporter: the president didn t really answer if he had a specific deadline or something that he specifically had to see during these talks that would trigger that drastic option, ultimately saying we have to wait and see. the president also making waves with a bit of news about the actual material that the barrier will be made out of. the president moving from the concrete wall that he demanded just a few days ago on twitter, now saying that he believes the barrier should be made out of steel because it would boost american business, not cause any obstructions and potentially be stronger than a concrete barrier. the president also saying that it is partly because democrats don t like concrete. dave and christine.
president doesn t have the power to declare an emergency and build a multibillion-dollar wall on the border. so that is a nonstarter. unfortunately the short answer is yes. there is a provision in law that says that the president can declare an emergency. and in this case i think that the president would be wide open to a court challenge saying where is the emergency. speaker nancy pelosi says that the house will begin passing spending bills this week to reopen parts of the government. the first measure funding the treasury department and irs so americans can get their tax refunds on time. but there is no sign the senate will take up those measures or the white house would support them. white house correspondent boris sanchez with more. reporter: as we ve seen during other meetings between top administration officials and lawmakers, we re hearing two different sides as to what happened during these negotiations to reopen the federal government and potentially fund some sort of ba
a white man in his 30s or 40s that the investigators were looking for, compare that to black being a black 20-year-old man, they say there is nothing nefarious but when they were caught up in the chaos of the moment, the white man in that red pickup truck is very likely the last thing they saw. he is not a person of interest. they believe that he is a witness and they do hope that he comes forward to discuss what he may have seen last sunday morning. dave, christine. kaylee hartung in houston, thanks. a stunner in chicago. the bears bounced from the playoffs by a matter of inches. coy wire has more in this morning s bleacher report oig next. .. .feel like this. all-in-one cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the #1 doctor recommended pain relief brand. tylenol®. the best simple salad ever?d