Threatening to shoot on the government unless congress provides money for the wall. The threats have been frustrating for Congressional Republicans who are trying to avoid a shutdown, right before the midterms. But tonight, President Trump said things that will only make them even more nervous. We got 1. 6 billion, and weve started large portions of the wall, but we are going to need, even the way we negotiate, we are going to need more, we are going to get more, and we may have to do some pretty drastic things, but we are going to get it. President trump also sent a significant portion of tonights speech defending his Trade Policies and tariffs. Hes been taking heat after chinas retaliatory tariffs have hurt u. S. Farmers, so much that his administration announced a 12 billion aid package for farmers. Speak at our farmers are true patriots patriots. Because china and others have targeted china and others
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before. the 11th hour on a thursday night just getting underway now. well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 974 of the trump administration, once again breaking news tonight centering around that explosive whistle-blower complaint from inside the administration that has set off this latest battle with congress. the washington post has already reported the complaint, which was filed with the intelligence community inspector general involved donald trump s private communication with a foreign leader that included some sort of promise. importantly the new york times reported the whistle-blower s complaint is set to involve multiple acts by the president. but now tonight a short time ago, the washington post breaking the latest on this
course of a presidential campaign, and we know that because we ve seen it happen before. the 11th hour on a thursday night just getting underway now. well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 974 of the trump administration, once again breaking news tonight centering around that explosive whistle blower complaint from inside administration that has set off this latest battle with congress. the washington post has already reported the complaint, which was filed with the intelligence community inspector general involved donald trump s private communication with a foreign leader that included some sort of promise. importantly the new york times reported the whistle blower s complaint is set to involve multiple acts by the president but now tonight a short time ago, the washington post breaking the latest on this story in a four by line piece
complaint from inside the administration that has set off this latest battle with congress. the washington post has already reported the complaint, which was filed with the intelligence community inspector general, involved donald trump s private communication with a foreign leader that included some sort of promise. importantly the new york times reported today the whistle-blower s complaint is said to involve multiple acts by the president. but now tonight a short time ago the washington post breaking the latest on this story in a four biline piece that includes carol leonnig who will join us in just a moment. she and her colleagues report quote, a whistle blower complaint about president trump made by an intelligence official centers on ukraine. according to two people familiar with the matter. that call is already under investigation by house democrats who are examining whether trump and his attorney rudy giuliani
something that he believes is a political priority, which is the border wall. the issue is that he is putting american lives at risk. his political campaign is trumping the lives of at least three million puerto ricans that could be at risk, from this hurricane, as well as folks in florida, and unless fema stepped in, which we don t think they did, and said that these funds weren t necessary anymore, the president is making himself the appropriator in chief, and maybe setting up yet another battle with congress. is he allowed to reprogram this money, just with a signature? i mean the key word here is appropriations. there are three branches of government. and congress is the one that has the power of purse. to actually appropriate funds like they need to. and as always said, they did not want to appropriate and ear mark funds for fema-related beds, and i.c.e. related beds, they did not want to do so and now to circumvent the authority, at the beginning of the hurricane season, in a