Deexceptideception. The president seems to be pretending to fulfill his promise by pretending to build his wall. This is the scene in el paso, texas. When the crowds chanted build the wall, he attempted to correct them. Finish the wall. As the giant banners told them to say. As negotiators reached a deal to prevent another shut down this friday, a deal that funds just 55 miles of new fencing, whatever you want to call it. The president responded with a long and winding rant suggesting the deal is irrelevant because the wall is all but built or being built. Heres a quick fact check. There is no wall and a number of journalists reported no new miles of wall or barrier has been built under this president. None. They are considering other options to build a more substandial barrier because they do not authorize it. The other options including an Emergency Declaration may be unconstitutional. The president seems to be conditioning supporters to believe the wall is inevitable even though the
Last week the Vice President was reportedly at 95 . I know you recently spoke with him. Is he moving closer to 100 . He is moving closer. He is someone who i am confident is going to run. I am optimistic hes going to run. He kind of tipped his hand a little bit, junior senator from delaware. We begin with a spring ritual and what it tells about the president. This morning the president delivered his budget request to congress. Theyre big and theyre worth about as much or as little as the dead trees theyre printed on. The document more or less amounts to a very large paperweight. Republican Congress Largely ignored the president s last two budget requests. Democrats now in control of the house, they will do the same but with more gusto, if you will. Read the very long list of what the president wants as a campaign document, and you start to see the sketches of his 2020 message. Big border wall money. Big money for the military. Big cuts to welfare programs and programs like the epa. Pro
Resources to continue in this race for president , with just a few weeks to go until the iowa caucuses. Of course, booker was not going to be on the debate stage tomorrow night for cnns debate in iowa with the des moines regist register. He was one of the vocal critics of the threshold that prevented candidates of color from making that debate stage. Tomorrow night will be first time we will see all white candidates on that stage. But i want to focus on bookers decision for now and read you from an email he sent out to supporters, going out right now. He says it was a difficult decision to make, ending his bid for president , but i got in this race to win and ive always said i wouldnt continue if there was no longer a path to victory. Our campaign has reached the point where we need more money to scale up and continue building a campaign that can win. Money we dont have and money that is harder to raise because i wont be on the debate stage and because the urgent business of impeachmen
The senate. She has chosen not to do that. President trump has expressed his desire to have an extended senate trial with witnesses. Thats reportedly not the vision of the top senate republican, majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, but the president said this week hed go along with whatever senator mcconnell decides. So the status of this extraordinary moment in American History is definitely in limbo and likely to stay that way until everyone comes to work in january. Until then two main impeachment players are squaring off at the top of this historic fight. And as tom forman reports, benea neither is the president. She is the master of the house, hes the ruler of the senate. Speaker of the house continues to hem and haw. Reporter together Mitch Mcconnell and nancy pelosi are in the heavy weight political fight of their lives with Donald Trumps raging fate at state. Americans will show up by the tens of millions next year to vote pelosi the hell out of office. Reporter for months pelosi h
To nothing more than a political stunt. Instead of sending the articles of impeachment to the senate for trial, Speaker Pelosi held them hostage in a failed play to gain leverage that she did not and would never have. These delay tactics were selfserving, hypocritical and discrediting, but they made an important admission, some might even call it a concession, you proved a very big point. Democrats do not even believe their case was robust enough to win in a trial. While the president once again dismissed it all as another con job by the do nothing democrats, Speaker Pelosi took time to remind everyone of one unalterable fact. The president is not above the law. He will be held accountable. He has been held accountable. He has been impeached. Hes been impeached forever. They can never erase that. Cnn congressional reporter lauren fox is on the hill for us. So lauren, what are you hearing from house members right now . Reporter well, i just talked with Intelligence Committee chairman ad