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President Trump says he will sign a national emergency to address situation at southern border
Shutdown threat morphs into national emergency
Trump says he doesn't know what to do with "so much money" in border appropriations bill
From CNN's Jeremy Diamond and Betsy Klein
Even as he prepares to sign a national emergency declaration, President Trump appeared to complain that the border security appropriations bill he will sign provides too much funding.
Still, he said, the one area where Democrats refused to give him sufficient funding is on the border wall -- hence requiring the national emergency.
Trump also lamented that he wasn't able to build the wall earlier in his presidency, blaming others who he said, "didn't step up."
"Would've been great to do it earlier, but I was a little new to the job," he said.
"People did not step up – would’ve been easy, not easy, but it would’ve been a lot easier, but some people didn’t step up," Trump said, apparently referring to the once-Republican controlled House.
"But we’re stepping up now."
Sarah Sanders tweets photo of Trump signing national emergency declaration in Oval Office
As President Trump takes questions in the Rose Garden, press secretary Sarah Sanders tweeted a black-and-white photograph of the President signing the national emergency declaration in the Oval Office.
President @realDonaldTrump signs the Declaration for a National Emergency to address the national security and humanitarian crisis at the Southern Border.
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Trump says generals told him it's worth pulling DOD funds for wall
From CNN's Jeremy Diamond
President Donald Trump defended his decision to pull funds from the Department of Defense military construction budget in order to build a border wall, claiming that "some of the generals think this is more important."
Trump also touted the fact that he's increased the military budget in recent years.
Trump says he's expecting to be sued over his national emergency
President Trump said he'll sign the final paper work to declare a national emergency to fund his wall as soon as he gets back to his office — and he's already anticipating a legal challenge.
WATCH LIVEPresident Trump says he will sign a national emergency to address situation at southern border"So the order is signed. And I'll sign the final papers as soon as I get into the Oval Office. And we will have a national emergency," Trump said.
After he signs national emergency and executive action paperwork, Trump said, "We will then be sued," rattling off a possible chain of events, which included bad ruling in the 9th Circuit Court, which he has previously lamented.
"We will possibly get another bad ruling, and then we’ll get another bad ruling, and then we’ll end up in the Supreme Court," Trump said, comparing the process to challenges to his administration's travel ban.
"And then, hopefully, we'll get a fair shake."
What this is about: There has been speculation that Democrats or landowners on the Souther border would sue if President Trump declared a national emergency to build the wall.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said just yesterday that the Democrats could take legal action.
"I may. That's an option," she told reporters Thursday.
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