some of the severe storms we experienced and get us ready to make smart investments. mon karks i have to cut us off there because we have to go back to the other story we re on. thank you very much for being on. we re going to continue that conversation. she s also with our daily planet. let s go to the white house. the president is talking about his decision to veto congress s resolution to end the national emergency. kristen welker has brand-new details from the event. kristen, what do you got? ali, president trump s first veto as president has now been signed. it s official. president trump flanked by members of his cabinet as well as law enforcement officials and angel moms, those who lost loved ones from those who are they say here illegally. and the president after congress rebuked him, passing that measure that would block his ability to issue a national emergency, go around congress to
republicans come out and break with president trump on this signature issue. they feel that declares a national emergency to try to get funding to build a border wall is outside of the reach of checktive authority and congress has the power of the purse nap is why you see senators like mike lee say they just can t stand with the president in this instance. however, what you will hear from president trump is that this is a democratic led effort and that he has the support of a number of republicans, and he will point to all of the folks there with him in the oval office. i was in the oval office yesterday when he said as much. he said i think it will be a powerful campaign issue. he is making no secret of the fact that he think it s will energize his base, and that he
in addition to that chuck schumer said it is his understanding they can bring this back up again in about sixth mont six months. and again to play schoolhouse rock with everyone, the veto the president has this authority, he can overturn it, for president trump this is a speed bump toward his plans to use the money. carving hot dollars that had another purpose and using them for what he considers a national security emergency. once you re at that, the president kind of doesn t say anything else about it. he is fixated on that being his constitutional authority to do this, so expect a few more acts
on the green new deal and i don t think they re going to stick. some of the terms they ve called it just don t add up to what it has been in the past. the new deal in the past was a way for americans to help each other, to get through difficult times, and i think that s what the green new deal is striving to be. this is an important time for students and you saw the students taking to the streets. for us it s an issue, but for them it s an emergency and it s not just a trumped up, made-up emergency. it s a real emergency. a four-alarm fire and they re demanding our attention and i think because of it, politicians are starting to pay attention and in the democratic primary, we re going to hear a lot about the green new deal, not the fake part or made-up part the republicans are trying to scare us with but some of the really good ideas that can actually transform our country and make us both secure, prepare us for the climate impacts we will feel no matter what and maybe even help us be
issues going forward. as you have been as we understand it today, the house will take that action when they come back from re access both chambers are off next week. one of the things that they pointed to as this vote was happening, 59 votes to declare the national emergency fall short of the typical 60 required when there is a typical at least hold and fewer than the 67 required for the override of a presidential voeto. so as sizable as it is, it is short of the threshold.