Right now. Martha good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. This is a huge 180 from the president. The white house is scrambling to spin this afternoon over the move to do exactly what they said they wouldnt do, build a border wall on the southern border. Dhs says there is an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers to prevent unlawful entry. Completely contradicting. This from the president in the oval office a short time ago. Watch this. Border wall money was a pronated for the border while. I tried to get to redirect the money. They didnt. They wouldnt. Meantime, theres nothing under the law other than that they have to use the money for what it was appropriated. I cant stop that. Do you believe the border wall no. Martha no. We have to untangle this. Moments ago, reporters went after Karine Jeanpierre. She said she hadnt seen the memo that was put out. The president is looking at the numbers and realizes something must be done. Watch this. Remember this . How is this cons
looks like they re striving to be the party of 10%. right. let s forget about that philosopher ted nugent for a second. because the president said in that chamber in the presence of multiple individuals who have either themselves been the victims of horrendous gun violence or relatives of theirs have too. he said they deserve a vote. you re a man in the house. is that ever going to happen? if it were, it would have to start in the senate first. the reason being pure politics. you have some democrats up for election in 2014 who come from red states. republicans want to force them to take a tough vote on anything before speaker boehner would make his gop do it on the other side. however, i do think there s an appetite. it s possible to have a bill move forward in the area of background checks. i don t think you ll see anything in regards to magazine clips or assault weapons ban. that ll run into a brick wall.