Charles, good afternoon, this is a 15minute vote so should wrap up quickly. The big question all day is would President Trump sign this deal. Mitch mcconnell cleared that up last hour. Ive just had an opportunity to speak with President Trump. I would say to all my colleagues, hes said he is prepared to sign the bill. He will also be issuing a National Emergency declaration at the same time. I indicated that im going to support the National Emergency declaration. That National Emergency declaration didnt go over well with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Theres word that the president will declare a National Emergency. I hope he wont. That would be a very wrong thing to do. And leader pelosi and i will be responding to that in short order. This bill is more than 1,100 pages long. Lawmakers are saying theres plenty to like in it, plenty to dislike. Heres North Carolina senator tom tillis. I intend to support it today. Its not a vote that ill enjoy. Sometimes we have to do things
Almost everything in between that would be a dramatic departure for this president. So then the Big Questions tonight include, what will the president say . Can he change anything with this speech about the toxic Political Climate currently in washington . And how will the new speaker of the house nancy pelosi react to all of it as she will be sitting over his shoulder the entire time. And right afterward, what will we hear from stacy abrams and her partys pick to counter President Trump . Abby phillips is live weathith preview. Reporter the white house is saying this morning that President Trump is going to call for lawmakers to bridge old political divides. This is a theme that is not exactly unique to state of the Union Addresses, but at a time when the nation is just coming off a 35day Government Shutdown, it will be a test of President Trump whether he can deliver that message for the first time to a divided congress. Now, one of the things that the white house says he will be doi
Maria bartiromo saying the president did not overreach. This turned into a purely political vote. Whether you support the border or support the president. Its to secure our homeland. Hopefully they will express the same concern about any executive having that broad emergency power whichs president had and he exercised. I did not believe the president was operating outside his authority. Reporter President Trump and the first lady are commemorating the holiday across the street at the st. Johns episcopal church. While the president is there, the debate over his National Emergency declaration continues to rage. Particularly the 3. 6 billion he plans to divert from military funding to construct the border wall. That raised a lot of concern from lawmakers in both parties who are worried that military projects in their own states could be affected. They aring a for a list of projects to be cut. The white house said there is not a formal list. But democratic senator tim kaine said the admini
customs and border patrol agents for greater technology to be used at ports of entry. we actually had congress do its job come forward with a bipartisan appropriations bill. so for them to see him take the next step of ordering an emergency order it s a clear step around congress constitution authority to be the one who has the power of the purse. and we have seen republicans and democrats alike desert this point. it s disappointing the president vetoed this legislation. eric: the president didn t think the democrats ponied up enough. he thinks that there should be more coming for the wall. what about that. i understand his position. this is something we talked about quite extensively.