and ultimately that s the only way the wall is going to be built. laura: well i understand the white house counsel s office is looking at a provision of the u.s. code i think it s 287 that would allow the president to move money into wall building that has a relation to stopping the flow of drugs across the border not only that, but he can reprogram unobligated military construction funds for that purpose. that law dates back to 1976. it s been invoked 58 times, including for the civil war in sierra leone. that is clearly a priority national defense issue. and the president has the legal authority to declare it that and pull those funds from other military construction projects and put it into the most important project we have, the defense of our southern border. for those that say that, what s more important, securing the border of iraq or the border of the united states?