All right. Youre watching cnn. Im brooke bolduan. Thank you for being with me. The America First president meets the United Nations, and any moment now on the sidelines President Trump will sit down with the french president emanuel macron, President Trump a longtime critic of the United Nations has only been at the General Assembly for a couple of hours today and has plugged one of his properties and told diplomats to pay up. In recent years the United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement while the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 and its staff has more than doubled since 2000, we are not seeing the results in line with this investment. President trump may have mocked the u. N. In the past, but this week he is there to ask for help in dealing with north korea and the countrys leader who he just referred to on twitter as the rocket man. So i have brian caron standing by, cnn political analyst and x executive editor f
He didnt say how he plans to seal off the border. Analysts say it would affect travel and trade. The nations top bore dish lawyer warned americas immigration system is at its breaking point. The president declared a National Emergency last month to pay for a wall along the southern border. You are a cheefer White House Correspondent john roberts is live on the front lawn. Good afternoon to you. The president has threatened to close down the border before, back on november 19, the department of Homeland Security did for a period of three hours close down the Border Crossing at san ysidro after the caravan of Central Americaning my grants showed signs it was trying to break through the border from mexico into the United States. The president is threatening the new government that if mexico dogs not do something to stop migrant car vans traveling through mexico the president will take drastic action, tweeting a short time ago, if mexico doesnt immediate are you stop all illegal immigratio