resolution to put the national emergency off. and to say it s not proper. congress can do that through joint rez lesisolution. and be challenged in court. this is clearly a violation of the separation of powers. article 1 says the congress is supposed to appropriate the funds. the president is supposed to add more. article 2. he s not supposed to take the fund just because he loses a fight and finds a way to claim victory. the sourcing of the money is the strong point. i have new reporting. a white house official says that president trump tomorrow is expected to announce executive action. that could be a national emergency. it could not be. it could be something else. and he ll draw on a variety of administration funding sources. to help finance construction of the wall, somewhere in the area of $8 billion. no specificity of where.
president trump tomorrow has been expected to announce executive action. now that could be a national emergency. it could not be. it could be something else, in that he s going to draw on a variety of administration funding sources to help finance construction of the wall somewhere in the area of $8 billion. no specificity on where. no specificity on whether the action would be a national emergency or just an executive order. does that change your calculus? well, a little bit. i know there s a lot of republicans that think this was a mistake. this president condemned obama for breathing and he condemned him for actions he took were over the power of the executive that he shouldn t have done, overreach. this is the biggest overreach in histo history. each one you re going to see litigated. if he does it as a national
over to senate investigators on the trump-russia case, finally agreed to hand over the financial records that they have at treasury which may be relevant to the trump-russia investigation. ron widen telling us he got briefed this morning on the comes transmitted to the senate. saying, quote, i believe these documents will be sufficient to start following the money. by which he means financial connections between trump associates and russia and trump s own business dealings with russian interests. in reporting on those developments today, ron widen dropping that hold, saying he s getting those documents, abc news today cites sources familiar with the investigation in reporting this. one of several areas of interest for the investigators has been the pool of investors who helped finance construction of the trump soho building in new york
news tonight sites and cauex, sources familiar with the investigation in reporting this, quote, one of several areas of interest for the investigators has been the pool of investors who helped finance construction of the trump soho building in new york city. several names associated with the financing effort have alleged ties to money laundering or russian organized crime. so that s the first reason this is about to become a big story because the senate is yanking on this thread of the story and according to senator ron widen, they are finally getting do documents that will allow them to follow that up. that s one. second reason, this is is about to become a big story is because a federal racketeering lawsuit, a rico lawsuit against felix sater s company in which he
he s getting the documents, abc news tonight sites excuse me, sources familiar with the investigation in reporting this, quote, one of several areas of interest for the investigators has been the pool of investors who helped finance construction of the trump soho building in new york city. several names associated with the financing effort have alleged ties to money laundering or russian organized crime. so that s the first reason this is about to become a big story because the senate is yanking on this thread of the story and according to senator ron widen, they are finally getting documents that will allow them to follow that up. that s one. second reason, this is is about to become a big story is because a federal racketeering lawsuit, a rico lawsuit against felix sater s company in which he partnered with donald trump, that rico lawsuit has been