>> Sandra: NEW ZEALAND ON HIGH
ALERT AFTER THE WORST TERROR
ATTACK IN THAT NATION'S HISTORY.
49 PEOPLE KILLED AS A GUNMAN
OPENED FIRE ON A MOSQUE DURING
FRIDAY PRAYERS.
LET'S BRING IN MERCEDES SCHLAPP.
JUST HORRIBLE NEWS OVERNIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT TWEETED OUT HIS
SYMPATHIES.
HOW IS THE PRESIDENT REACTING
THIS MORNING AND WHAT IS HE
SAYING ON THIS?
>> I JUST SPOKE WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THIS IS
AN ACT OF TERROR, THIS IS A
HORRIFIC, EVIL CRIME ESPECIALLY
TARGETING THESE INNOCENT LIVES
AT A PLACE OF WORSHIP.
AGAIN, WE CONDEMN THIS, WE
STAND WITH THE FAMILIES, THE
PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND AND THE
PRESIDENT WILL BE REACHING OUT
THIS AFTERNOON TO THE PRIME
MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND.
>> Sandra: THERE WILL BE A
PHONE CALL WITH THE PRIME
MINISTER?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN
IN CONTACT WITH THEIR
COUNTERPARTS IN NEW ZEALAND AND
OFFERED COOPERATION AND HELP
AND SUPPORT IN THIS
INVESTIGATION.
IT IS A HORRIFIC DAY FOR THE
PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND AND WE
PRAY WITH THEM DURING THIS VERY
DIFFICULT TIME.
>> Sandra: OKAY.
KIRSTJEN NIELSEN NO SPECIFIC OR
CREDIBLE THREAT TO OUR HOMELAND
AT THIS TIME BUT AMERICANS
REMAIN VIGILANT.
NO PLANS TO CHANGE OUR SECURITY
THREAT HERE BASED ON WHAT
HAPPENED?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
SECRETARY NIELSEN TWEETED ABOUT
THIS.
WE AREN'T SEEING THREATS HERE
AT THE HOMELAND.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION AND OUR POINT IS TO
INSURE NEW ZEALAND HAS WHAT IT
NEEDS TO GET THROUGH THE
INVESTIGATION.
SUCH A SAD DAY IN NEW ZEALAND
FROM THIS HORRIFIC INDIVIDUAL
THAT HAS CREATED SUCH EVIL IN
THIS TOWN IN NEW ZEALAND.
>>
>> Sandra: OUR THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS CONTINUE TO BE WITH NEW
ZEALAND AND THE PEOPLE AFFECTED
THERE.
I HAVE TO GET TO THIS ON OUR
BORDER AND THE NATIONAL
EMERGENCY THE PRESIDENT
DECLARED AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
12 SENATORS DECIDED TO BREAK
WITH THE PRESIDENT ON HIS
DECLARATION VOTING TO END HIS
BORDER EMERGENCY.
WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S NEXT
MOVE MERCEDES?
>> WELL, THE PRESIDENT I THINK
SAID IT IN ONE WORD IN HIS
TWEET.
THAT WAS A VETO.
IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE
BORDER.
WE'VE GONE FROM A POINT THAT
IT'S GONE FROM BEING A CRISIS
TO AN EMERGENCY.
LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT OUR
CAREER BORDER PATROL AGENTS AND
OFFICIALS NEED THESE RESOURCES.
THEY ARE SPENDING MORE TIME
PROCESSING ILLEGAL ALIENS RIGHT
NOW THAN THEY ARE BEING ABLE TO
MONITOR AND PROVIDE THE WORK
THAT THEY NEED TO SECURE THE
BORDER.
AND SO IN ESSENCE WE KNOW ONE
THING AND THAT IS THAT WALLS
WORK.
THE PHYSICAL BARRIERS WORK.
EVEN DEMOCRATS AGREE.
SO WE NEED THESE NECESSARY
RESOURCES TO INSURE THAT WE'RE
ABLE TO BUILD NEW WALL, REPAIR
WALLS AS WELL, AND ALSO BE ABLE
TO CONTROL THE SITUATION THAT
WE'RE SEEING AT THE BORDER.
>> Sandra: CHUCK SCHUMER PUT
OUT A RESPONSE SAYING THIS
SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE
PRESIDENT THAT UNDER OUR
CONSTITUTION THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ARE
CO-EQUAL.
THE FRAMERS OF THE
CONSTITUTION, THE U.S. HAS NO
KING AND WE NEVER WILL.
HOW DOES THE WHITE HOUSE
RESPOND TO THAT?
>> THAT'S SO IRONIC.
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA ACTUALLY
REWROTE IMMIGRATION LAW WHEN IT
CAME TO DACA, SENATOR SCHUMER
SUPPORTED THE PRESIDENT AND
SAID NOTHING.
HERE WHERE WE KNOW THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS THE AUTHORITY
GIVEN BY CONGRESS BASED ON
THESE STATUTES TO DECLARE A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY AS WE KNOW
PRESIDENTS HAVE DECLARED 60
NATIONAL EMERGENCIES SINCE
1976, IT IS JUST IRONIC THAT
SENATOR SCHUMER HAS NOW DECIDED
TO BASICALLY MAKE THIS A
POLITICAL ISSUE.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THESE
DEMOCRATS IS THEY STAND FOR
THREE THINGS.
THEY ARE UNITED ON KILLING
BABIES, ON SOCIALISM, AND ON
OPEN BORDER.
THEY'RE VERY UNITED ON NOT
FIXING THIS PROBLEM THAT WE'RE
SEEING AT THE BORDER.
WE'VE SEEN APPREHENSIONS
CONTINUALLY INCREASE, THE
PRIMARY SOURCE OF WHERE DRUGS
ARE COMING IN IS THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN BORDER AND WE NEED
THESE CHANGES.