forensic. president trump: we ll deny a national emergency and we ll be sued, it will go to the 9th sir curtr the 9th circuit. then we ll go to the supreme court. howie: joining us. ben domenech and beverly hallberg and philippe reines. the media is covering this as a shock abuse of power that shatters constitutional norms. ben: we have a number of national emergencies going on for different reasons. president obama found funding for the obama care exchanges. the fact is we do have a national emergency at the
story? philippe: i don t know. in the end they will all write books. this is an important conversation about his credibility. i have had the same conversation on other networks, he said this, should we believe him. i would hope that he would be asked why should we believe you. the answer is let s just look at all the facts. when we have all the facts rosenstein might have been trying to get himself out of trouble. howie: on one side we have mccabe is a proven liar versus mccabe is a truth teller. beverly: mccabe is hoping you will buy the book and find out for yourself. he has a lot of legal cases ahead of him. what he has said so far, he seems to want to throw
word crisis. ben: the obama administration was negotiating with a leader in mexico who was paid by el chapo to ignore him. this is a reaction to what s been going on at the border for more than a decade. the cartels profit from it and will continue to profit. philippe: donald trump s border crisis is of his own making. ben: that s ridiculous. howie: we ll agree to disagree on this. a shutdown would have hurt the republicans more. since we have anchors calling the president a liar. let me play sound of the president talk about what s happening now with the wall. presidenpresident trump: the was
wouldn t be with me. rush limbaugh is a great guy. he can talk three hours without a phone call. howie: he praised two people who are often on his side. emily: the president was eager to answer this question. if this was a culture presidency, the hannity presidency, the drudge presidency, this man would have been governing dramatically differently. it s just not true. he consults with them web s happening to admit that. howie: hannity said it was stupid and inaccurate that he tells the president what to do. ann coulter who was a big supporter on immigration has turned critical. he was asked about miss coulter as well. president trump: i don t know her.
philippe: ben did a better job of conveying why there should be an emergency than the president s sing song recital of it. immigration is the third rail in republican politics. and trump keeps touching his hand, whether it was sean hannity or ann coulter, they are the ones being most of vicious about him. you can t say the left or mainstream media is overcovering or being overcritical when all they have to do is show a tweet from ann coulter. howie: the press loved the executive authority when it came to the families. you don t see a double standard? philippe: i have to admit i don t remember when obama did it. howie ben: president trump didn t