fences. however the one restriction they re putting on it is they don t want to build a wall. so sir i don t hear you saying the wall is necessary to have border security, do you believe our border can be secured without a wall without the wall that the president is talking about? yeah, look, i think we re getting bogged down in rhetoric here. we re not going to build the great wall of china, great wall of america, massive concrete structure from sea to shining sea. parts of the texas border look like the grand canyon. the president was very careful in his language over the weekend where he said steel structures, slats, barriers, whatever you want to call them, in strategic locations where border patrol was asking for them, i thought that was pretty reasonable language on his part and an important shift. fine, call it what you want to call it, add those additional components, let s cut a deal, let s move forward so to underscore, you do not think a wall as the president campaigned
abby: the america first foundation is now accepting donations to fund the great wall of america. their goal raising $21 billion through crowd surfs to help get the construction rolling. and a break in the case of a kidnapper accused of stuffing a nursing student in the trunk of her own car. this is a horrible story. police say he is now behind bars. as you can see there her dramatic escape all captured on video outside a birmingham, alabama gas station. the woman was able to kick the trunk open and kale police, luckily. police say manual town who has a long criminal history facing robbery and kidnapping charges. listen to this one, ainsley, a columnist sparking outrage saying it should be illegal to be a stay at home mom. sarah lamar quan writes for the telegraph in australia. rather than wail about the supposed liberation to shun paid employment. we should make it a legal requirement that all parents of children or school-age
wall? former mexican ambassador to the united states said you should call it the great wall of america, this no, sir nothing to do with mexico and everything to do with failed policies not adra addressing the real issue. since 2008 we ve seen a negative decline of people crossing the border. the issue what do we do with the 11 million undocumented people we find within our border. the president i think is trying to capture another headline, little depth similar to the carrier deal when he promised he won a whole bunch of american jobs. it s just not deep. it s not deep but it fulfilling a campaign promise and probably reassuring constituents in terms of those who voted for him, those who believed in that campaign rally which was at every single trump campaign we covered.
voter fraud. he believes what he believes based on the information provided. battle supreme, the president teasing a major announcement next thursday on his choice for the supreme court. we have outstanding candidates answer we will pick a truly great supreme court justice. good day everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. busy day as donald trump prepares to unleash a series of executive orders on homeland security fulfilling some of the president s most noteworthy and controversial campaign promises, building that wall, limiting refugees from some muslim countries, keeping guantanamo open and reopening interrogation techniques congress banled in a senate vote 78-21 nearly two years ago. the president will head to the department of homeland security just next door to us next hour. joining know nbc white house
place. thanks so much, and gatti schwartz you re near a fence and there s a distinction between a fence and the wall that donald trump is proposing. reporter: that s right, and as kristen was describing it comes down to cost. this fence is about $6.5 million a mile, just like kristen was saying. wall would be considerably higher, a little bit of inf infrastructure that has to go in. we re right here, right next to the border, we ve been talking to people who have been coming to this bus stop getting their reaction to the news today that donald trump will be signing an executive order that has to do with the wall. lot of mexicans on this side have been expressing their concerns. first of all, a lot of them do not take this fence very seriously. one man told us people can get