TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING
TO UTILIZE WHICH IS SHIFTING
MONEY AROUND THAT ALREADY
EXISTS AROUND TO TRY TO GET THE
PRESIDENT THE BORDER WALL, THE
BORDER FENCE HE SO DESPERATELY
ONCE.
MARIA: BLAKE BERMAN AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, JOINING US AS A
MEMBER OF THE HOUSE INTEL
COMMITTEE PETER KING.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
YOUR REACTION.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS THIS WALL IS
BEING BUILT AS WE SPEAK.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS THE LEGAL
RIGHT TO DO THIS, WAS GIVEN THE
RIGHT BY CONGRESS AND HAS IT
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
IT IS A MATTER OF NATIONAL
SECURITY, NATIONAL DEFENSE, AS
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF HE HAS MORE
CONTROL OVER THE MILITARY THEN
CONGRESS DOES.
I THINK HE IS DOING THE RIGHT
THING.
AND TO FIND SOME KIND OF
CONSENSUS RATHER THAN GET
BLOCKED, THE PRESIDENT SHOULD
GO AHEAD WITH THE WALL.
LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD
APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR BORDER
BARRIERS AND PATHWAY
CITIZENSHIP FOR DREAMERS TO GET
THIS STARTED.
RIGHT NOW IT IS LOCKED IN THIS
INCREDIBLE LOGJAM.
WE NEED BORDER SECURITY BUT
NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THOSE
PEOPLE THAT ARE LAW-ABIDING AND
TPS, INVITED INTO THE COUNTRY.
THERE ISN'T TIME TO WORK
SOMETHING OUT HERE.
>> I THINK THE COUNTRY WOULD
REALLY APPLAUD A FIX, A
SOLUTION TO OUR LONG-TERM
PROBLEMS WITH BORDER SECURITY
AND ALL ARE IMMIGRATION
POLICIES.
IS THERE ANY APPETITE FOR
DEMOCRATS TO TALK ABOUT A
SOLUTION?
>> TOM IS A COLLEAGUE OF MINE
THAT I HAVE KNOWN FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS, STRONG DEMOCRAT BUT
HE AND I BELIEVE WE NEED BORDER
SECURITY BUT WE HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THE DREAMERS
WHO ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE.
WE CAN START WITH THAT.
THE PRESIDENT SAID SOMETHING
COULD BE DONE WITH THE
DREAMERS.
MOST DEMOCRATS SAY ALL I WANT
TO DO IS TAKE CARE OF THE
DREAMERS AND OTHERS NOT HAVE A
WALL.
TOO MANY REPUBLICANS JUST
WANTED TO HAVE THE WALL.
WE HAVE TO DO BOTH.
THIS IS NOT OPENING THE
FLOODGATES ARE GIVING AMNESTY
AS WE ARE TALKING A LIMITED
GROUP OF PEOPLE AND WE SHOULD
DO IT AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
WAY TO GET STARTED.
MARIA: THE PRESIDENT FEELS HE
HAS SUPPORT ON THE LEFT
THAT POLICY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
BUT I AM WONDERING IF THIS MOST
RECENT VICTORY THE PRESIDENT
HAD AFTER THE MUELLER REPORT
FINDING WILL CHANGE THE
SENTIMENT OF YOUR COLLEAGUES ON
THE LEFT, THAT THEY WILL WANT
TO WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT OR
MAKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
BELIEVE THEY ARE.
NOW PEOPLE ARE WONDERING HOW UP
THE CHAIN ALL THESE LIES WENT
AND THEY WANT ANSWERS FROM
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
IN THE WAKE OF THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL INVESTIGATION THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL PAGE
EDITOR, JAMES FREEMAN WRITES AN
EDITORIAL THIS MORNING, MUELLER
AND THE OBAMA ACCOUNTING.
IF MISTER OBAMA NEVER BOUGHT
INTO THE COLLUSION CONSPIRACY
THEORY THAN THE QUESTION IS WHY
HE ENDORSED AND ALLOW THE USE
OF FEDERAL SURVEILLANCE TOOLS
AGAINST THE PARTY OUT OF POWER,
DIRECTORATE OF DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS THAT IS AT THE HEART OF
OUR COUNTRY'S GREATNESS.
IT CONTINUES WITH THIS, THE
BARE MINIMUM MISTER OBAMA OWES
THIS COUNTRY IS AN EXPLANATION
OF THE ACTIONS HIS GOVERNMENT
IS SPYING ON A PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN.
HOW FAR UP THE LADDER, HOW FAR
UP THE CHAIN DO YOU THINK IT
GOES?
WE KNOW OFFICIALLY IT WAS ALL
ONE BIG LIE ABOUT DONALD TRUMP
AND COLLUDING WITH THE
RUSSIANS.
>> THIS IS IN THE USUAL
POLITICAL LIE, NOT TALKING
ABOUT TAXES, NOT TALKING ABOUT
PARTICULAR PROJECT.
WE ARE TALKING ACCUSING THE
INCOMING PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES AND NOW THE
CURRENT PRESIDENT OF BEING A
TRAITOR.
THIS HAD TO START CLOSE TO THE
TOP.
JOHN BRENNAN WAS THE HEAD OF
THE CIA CONSTANTLY IN CONTACT
WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA.
I SEE BRENNAN BEHIND THIS VERY
MUCH, WE SHOULD GIVE BACK HIS
PENSION.
EVERYTHING HE SAID IS A
DISGRACE TO HIS OFFICE.
COMEY KNEW THAT THE DOSSIER WAS
UNDOCUMENTED AND THE TOP LEVELS
OF THE FBI, MCCABE, PAGE, ALL
OF THEM, STRZOK, AS COMPLICIT
AS CLAPPER AND THE PRESIDENT IN
HIS LAST MONTH IN OFFICE TOLD
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO
PUT TOGETHER A REPORT ABOUT THE
EXTENT OF COLLUSION.
TO ME PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS TO BE
ANSWERABLE TO THIS.
I'M MORE INTERESTED IN THIS