wall by federal judge hayworth, in short, the position when congress declines executive s request to appropriate funds executive nonetheless may find a way to spend those funds without congress does not square with separation of powers, principles that date back to the earliest days of republic, tom, i want your reaction to the judge s decision? well, once again i m not surprised, another ruling from ninth circuit, that puts the brake sign to president s agenda in security border, i m not an attorney and i can tell you last 9 years while i was in ice headquarters, we reprogrammed money from outside the agency 8 years out of 9. money has been moved around the government all of the time. until then, the border crisis wasn t thing that they did mention in segment was, the
president moved he wanted the wall. numbers on the border are surprised, unprecedented. the numbers beyond that when he declared national emergency. i think the president will find money in other ways, he will get the wall built. i just don t think the president will fail when it comes to securing money to get the wall. arthel: right, i understand your point, it s a setback but doesn t stop the president from using other sources, but congress has system in place and that s what the trackers, if you would, say that they need to go through congress and follow the traditional steps. that but if i can add to that, 8 out of 9 years when i ran ice, money was reappropriated within dhs and now dhs arthel: right. did it come from the defense department?
as today. law enforcement was filed by the aclu on behalf of sierra club and southern border community coalition who have long disputed the merits of the wall, they are calling it a win for the system of checks and balances, the rule of law and folks who live along the border. the issue is that border communities, people live along the border, work there, love that land, so they went to court to assert their right to have our democracy protected, they participated in the process and they won the right to pro preserve. the president declaring national emergency after congress wouldn t fund money he requested. congress absolute control over federal expenditures even when that control may frustrate desires of executive branch regarding initiatives, it s not a bug in our constitutional system, it s a feature of the system and an essential one.
reporter: well, this has been met with some controversy. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, announced the united states was putting together an $8.1 billion package of arms to sell to saudi arabia. , the united arab emirates and jordan, to act as a deterrent against iran which the united states believes is presenting a growing threat with the tensions rising in the last month or so and while this is, again, intended as a deterrent against iran, some democrats fear that the weapons that are going to saudi arabia could be used to fight iran s proxy, the rebels in yes yemen. dianne feinstein saying president trump circumventing congress to sell more weapons to saudi arabia is unacceptable, the saudi led war in yemen is not an emergency, it is a crime against humanity. so some controversy there over the arm sales with democrats not believing that they will be used to deter iran but used against
that s right. not a nickel. that is going to end. we want to rein in the companies that think they get to roll over everyone. reporter: the internet juggernaut dividing democrats. on one side, progressive candidates like andrew yang who wants to tax amazon sales to pay for $1,000 a month universal income. with that money, what i call the tech check, we can fund the dividend for all americans. reporter: while moderate candidates like john delaney, a former member of congress, are weary of villainizing businesses. the democratic party is attacking business on every turn. i think that s a huge problem. reporter: amazon fell into crosshairs after choosing arlington, vee virginia and a sd headquarters in new york, minutes from manhattan. they promised $3 billion in tax breaks in exchange for 25,000 jobs, average salary, $150,000. amazon broke up with the big