Transcript for Trump hints at declaring possible national emergency over border

Karen president trunk is heading to Florida today for the first time since Thanksgiving welcome we expect. Not a lot on his scheduled this weekend I mean and the president this is the first time he's going to Florida to his moral auto club scene Thanksgiving. The president made a point at highlighting the fact that he missed his Christmas vacation he misses time at New Year's the adding gunned down on the weekends. Because in the government shutdown and that he was sticking around town to train negotiate. The deal with congressional leaders. At while everybody else skip town so he finally gets to get out as you can see snowy winter wonderland here at the White House and head down free money to warmer. Spot they're in Palm Beach, Florida thing the president will spend. Not his time this weekend on the golf course and on Sunday night yet the Super Bowl party at morrow a lot go with friends and members were coming back to the White House. Present from the saying the border negotiations are a waste of time as any update on as. The end of week one of what's a three week window for lawmakers to come up with Andy on border security in getting to the president something he can except. Last week the president was really optimistic about that there is a good chance it's something. Could come out and he's bipartisan talks about the president is. Undermining. Dismissing these negotiations. Telling the New York Times in meeting this week that there are a total waste of time. Lawmakers met for a bound an hour or so in the middle of the week. Now congress is out of town for a couple days so. Not gonna happen over the weekend but the president sending very strong signals that he would not expecting anything to come from congress that he'll like. If the Pelosi of course as the house speaker is saying screaming no money for border wall she Avant buds president hasn't budged. So we've got two weeks laugh now there's somebody blinks Sorin the president as he's. Signaling very strongly take executive action to try and come up with some money that he can put toward building a top priority. I'm Karen president comp claim to Intel chiefs where miss characterize what can you tell us about that yeah. And it and they curious stretch there from the presidency had been the Director of National Intelligence in the CIA director earlier this week up on Capitol Hill. Really challenging some of the president's. Assessments in statements on things like ice its North Korea and Iran. There was a lot of coverage of that president didn't think that coverage and then to pleaded that. The intelligence community was being passive in nine eat when it came to Iran. Even said that intelligence people not naming names but intelligence people should go back to school. Then it seemed immediately that coverage of that chapter of this back and forth with his own hand picked intelligence. Through the years. And then yesterday the White House put on a big effort to show there's no daylight between him and the CIA director and the Director of National Intelligence. He said that they told him their words were miss characterize on Capitol Hill this week. It's a bit of stress they were speaking at a hearing that was carried live on television you could watch the entire thing it's hard to see how their words were taken out of context. Even talking to radio stations across the country this morning what are what are listeners asking. Get the big topic this morning the pushed back yesterday from the president on this notion. Differences between him in the intelligence community. There is also a lot of interest in that total waste of time comment from the president about the negotiations the clock is ticking were 13. Through this three week window to get something done. Nobody moved it in should certainly not looking really good at this point that the president's going to see something from congress that her life. Thank you so much Karen Travers at the White House.

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