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
ben: president trump didn t declare president obama didn t declare a national emergency when he declared the dreamers. he used the penn and phone. for decades the congress has been derelict dealing with the immigration issue because they don t know what their base wants to do. it s something the president exploited when he was candidate trump. for two years congressional republicans didn t want to go along with what he wanted to do. howie: the story line in the days before the emergency declaration was trump got rolled. he got less than he could have gotten before the 35-day shutdown. and he s acting like it s a victory. laura ingraham on fox called the measure the president signed a total scam. are the media right that the