WEBVTT 00:01.969 --> 00:02.669 SUFFICIENT VOTES TO OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT’S VETO. 00:02.703 --> 00:04.671 PRESIDENT’S VETO. >> ALL RIGHT, KELLY, THANK YOU. 00:04.672 --> 00:06.406 >> ALL RIGHT, KELLY, THANK YOU. >>> PHILLIP RUCKER IS WHITE 00:06.440 --> 00:10.944 >>> PHILLIP RUCKER IS WHITE HOUSE BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE 00:10.945 --> 00:11.444 HOUSE BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE "WASHINGTON POST." 00:11.446 --> 00:11.978 "WASHINGTON POST." PHIL, GOOD MORNING. 00:12.012 --> 00:13.780 PHIL, GOOD MORNING. >> AS KELLY MENTIONED, THE 00:13.781 --> 00:16.416 >> AS KELLY MENTIONED, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS STOOD BY 00:16.450 --> 00:17.183 REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS STOOD BY PRESIDENT TRUMP THROUGH MANY A 00:17.185 --> 00:18.084 PRESIDENT TRUMP THROUGH MANY A VERSE CIRCUMSTANCE BUT NOW A 00:18.119 --> 00:19.285 VERSE CIRCUMSTANCE BUT NOW A DOZEN REPUBLICAN SENATORS HAVE 00:19.287 --> 00:20.387 DOZEN REPUBLICAN SENATORS HAVE VOTED WITH THE DEMOCRATS OF 00:20.388 --> 00:22.289 VOTED WITH THE DEMOCRATS OF COURSE TO BLOCK THE PRESIDENT’S 00:22.290 --> 00:23.957 COURSE TO BLOCK THE PRESIDENT’S NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION. 00:23.991 --> 00:28.895 NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION. PUT IT INTO DONE TEXT FOR USCONT 00:28.896 --> 00:30.997 PUT IT INTO DONE TEXT FOR USCONT HOW BIG OF A DEAL IS THIS 00:31.031 --> 00:31.397 HOW BIG OF A DEAL IS THIS REBUKE? 00:31.399 --> 00:32.132 REBUKE? >> IT IS SIGNIFICANT AND IT IS A 00:32.166 --> 00:39.205 >> IT IS SIGNIFICANT AND IT IS A RARE REBUKE. 00:39.207 --> 00:41.008 RARE REBUKE. IT IS SO MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT 00:41.009 --> 00:42.976 IT IS SO MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS ON HIS SIGNATURE 00:42.978 --> 00:44.177 BECAUSE IT IS ON HIS SIGNATURE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION. 00:44.178 --> 00:45.112 ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION. CLEARLY THESE REPUBLICANS HAVE 00:45.146 --> 00:47.314 CLEARLY THESE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE 00:47.315 --> 00:49.683 BEEN UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE PRESIDENT’S EXPANSIVE USE OF 00:49.717 --> 00:51.718 PRESIDENT’S EXPANSIVE USE OF EXECUTIVE POWER HERE AND WERE 00:51.752 --> 00:53.320 EXECUTIVE POWER HERE AND WERE WILLING TO DEFY HIM HERE. 00:53.321 --> 00:56.223 WILLING TO DEFY HIM HERE. AND IT WASN’T JUST THE ONES LIKE 00:56.224 --> 00:57.458 AND IT WASN’T JUST THE ONES LIKE MITT ROMNEY, BUT THERE WERE 00:57.492 --> 00:58.926 MITT ROMNEY, BUT THERE WERE OTHERS AS WELL. 00:58.960 --> 01:01.462 OTHERS AS WELL. MARCO RUBIO, ROY BLUNT, ACROSS 01:01.496 --> 01:02.996 MARCO RUBIO, ROY BLUNT, ACROSS THE SPECTRUM THESE REPUBLICANS 01:02.998 --> 01:04.631 THE SPECTRUM THESE REPUBLICANS SAID THIS WAS NOT OKAY. 01:04.632 --> 01:06.099 SAID THIS WAS NOT OKAY. AND THEY WERE TRYING TO DEFEND 01:06.101 --> 01:07.835 AND THEY WERE TRYING TO DEFEND THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS IN 01:07.869 --> 01:08.302 THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS IN THE CONGRESS. 01:08.336 --> 01:10.504 THE CONGRESS. >> I WANT TO TURN YOUR FOCUS TO 01:10.505 --> 01:12.306 >> I WANT TO TURN YOUR FOCUS TO WHAT A LOT OF THE WORLD IS 01:12.307 --> 01:13.807 WHAT A LOT OF THE WORLD IS WATCHING, IT TOOK PLACE THAT 01:13.809 --> 01:15.542 WATCHING, IT TOOK PLACE THAT TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN NEW ZEALAND. 01:15.543 --> 01:16.843 TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN NEW ZEALAND. THE PRESIDENT AGAIN YESTERDAY 01:16.845 --> 01:19.513 THE PRESIDENT AGAIN YESTERDAY DOWN PLAYED THE THREAT OF WHITE 01:19.514 --> 01:19.913 DOWN PLAYED THE THREAT OF WHITE NATIONALISM. 01:19.914 --> 01:21.014 NATIONALISM. HE WAS ASKED WHETHER IT IS 01:21.016 --> 01:21.949 HE WAS ASKED WHETHER IT IS RISING AND HE SAID I REALLY 01:21.950 --> 01:22.616 RISING AND HE SAID I REALLY DON’T THINK SO. 01:22.617 --> 01:24.418 DON’T THINK SO. BUT THE FACTS SHOW SOMETHING 01:24.419 --> 01:25.719 BUT THE FACTS SHOW SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. 01:25.720 --> 01:27.020 VERY DIFFERENT. THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER 01:27.022 --> 01:28.822 THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER SAYS THERE IS A 50% INCREASE 01:28.824 --> 01:33.160 SAYS THERE IS A 50% INCREASE JUST LAST YEAR ALONE IN WHIRTTE 01:33.161 --> 01:34.328 JUST LAST YEAR ALONE IN WHIRTTE NATIONALIST GROUPS HERE IN THE 01:34.329 --> 01:34.762 NATIONALIST GROUPS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 01:34.796 --> 01:38.165 UNITED STATES. SO WHY DOES THE PRESIDENT 01:38.166 --> 01:41.335 SO WHY DOES THE PRESIDENT CONTINUE TO DOWNPLAY OR DISMISS 01:41.369 --> 01:42.570 CONTINUE TO DOWNPLAY OR DISMISS WHITE NATIONALISM AND IS THERE 01:42.604 --> 01:43.905 WHITE NATIONALISM AND IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO 01:43.939 --> 01:45.873 ANYBODY IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO IS URGING HIM TO BE MORE 01:45.908 --> 01:47.808 IS URGING HIM TO BE MORE FORCEFUL IN HIS CONDEMNATION? 01:47.843 --> 01:49.443 FORCEFUL IN HIS CONDEMNATION? >> YEAH, IT IS AN IMPORTANT 01:49.445 --> 01:49.743 >> YEAH, IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. 01:49.745 --> 01:51.045 ISSUE. AND AGAIN AND AGAIN WE’VE SEEN 01:51.046 --> 01:52.380 AND AGAIN AND AGAIN WE’VE SEEN FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AN 01:52.381 --> 01:53.981 FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AN UNWILLINGNESS TO CONFRONT THE 01:54.016 --> 01:55.516 UNWILLINGNESS TO CONFRONT THE RISE IN WHITE NATIONALISM WHICH 01:55.550 --> 01:56.884 RISE IN WHITE NATIONALISM WHICH IS OCCURRING ALL AROUND THE 01:56.885 --> 01:58.185 IS OCCURRING ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND HERE IN THE UNITED 01:58.220 --> 01:58.519 WORLD AND HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 01:58.553 --> 02:00.154 STATES. YOU SAW IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO 02:00.155 --> 02:02.590 YOU SAW IT A COUPLE YEARS AGO WITH THAT DEADLY WHITE 02:02.591 --> 02:04.692 WITH THAT DEADLY WHITE SUPREMACIST ATTACK RALLY IN 02:04.726 --> 02:05.626 SUPREMACIST ATTACK RALLY IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA WHERE 02:05.661 --> 02:06.594 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA WHERE THE PRESIDENT SAID THERE WERE 02:06.595 --> 02:09.697 THE PRESIDENT SAID THERE WERE GOOD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF 02:09.698 --> 02:11.098 GOOD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT PROTEST EVENT. 02:11.099 --> 02:13.167 THAT PROTEST EVENT. AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE INSIDE THE 02:13.168 --> 02:14.468 AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, HIS SPOKESPEOPLE 02:14.470 --> 02:16.204 WHITE HOUSE, HIS SPOKESPEOPLE HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN MUCH MORE 02:16.205 --> 02:18.306 HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN MUCH MORE FORCEFUL IN CONDEMNING THESE 02:18.340 --> 02:20.908 FORCEFUL IN CONDEMNING THESE ATTACKS AND CONDEMNING WHITE 02:20.910 --> 02:22.009 ATTACKS AND CONDEMNING WHITE NATIONALISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY 02:22.010 --> 02:23.611 NATIONALISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY THAN THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF AND 02:23.612 --> 02:24.178 THAN THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF AND WE SAW THAT AGAIN YESTERDAY