from the nation s military drew the eye of nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. both of them quick to accuse the president of fabricating a border crisis, stealing funds from the nation s military and making america less safe. they say this is a coward wrapped by disappointed president who go is outside the law to fail do what he failed to achieve in the legislative process. the president is not above the law. congress cannot let the president read the constitution. here is what donald trump will get the $8 billion he wants for the wall. he will get $1.4 billion from the department of homeland security, $2 billion from the pentagon counter drug support program, $3 billion from dod s military construction budget and $600 million from the treasury department. this will continue to get hashed out in coming weeks as he admits himself but in the interim he avoided another government shutdown.
tour fund. $2.5 p billion from the dod drug interdiction program. $2.2 billion reprogrammed from dod2019 appropriation. and another 3.5 billion from the dod s military construction budget. now, it is important to note this does not include any disaster relief money nor the 1.375 billion in the bill that we ve talked about since yesterday on capitol hill when lawmakers decided to come together and create an opportunity to fund the government. it is also important to point this out. white house officials tell us they expect it to end up in the courts. the idea is if he is hoping to claim $8 billion, maybe 4 or 4 1/2 billion doesn t get challenged it would give him a good start. bill: what s the justice department saying about possible litigation next?
$8 billion for the border wall. 1.375 billion for the border security compromise which we talked about yet. that is part of the bill. there is also $3.5 billion that he intends to claim out of the dod s military construction budget to again create that border barrier. another $2.5 billion of the dod s drug interdiction program and for good measure, $600 million out of the treasury s drug forfeiture fund. again, trying to collect as much as he can from different pots in the government to, again, secure the border. now, the white house as you can imagine has been talking about this idea ha that we have to do something if congressional lawmakers won t. sarah sanders had a statement yesterday. i want to read part of it. she said. this president trump will sign the government funding bill. and as he has stated before, he will also take other executive action including a national emergency. there it is. to ensure we stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the border. you may ha
proposing to take this money to get his $8 billion to help him build the wall, if my math is right, saw $6 billion there, 2.5 billion coming out of the defense department s drug interdiction program. you re going to take money out of the interdiction program that s targeted on stopping drugs coming across the border, and another 3.5 coming out of the military construction budget. if this were actually going to go into effect and we had to live with it, it would be very interesting to see where those military bases are that are going to lose dollars out of the d.o.d. s military construction budget because i ll bet if it were actually to happen, it would be a gargantuan political