Speaker Pelosi Says National Emergency Declaration Would Be "End Run Around Congress"

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gives her first public reaction to news that President Trump plans to sign the border security conference report to avert a government shutdown, but that he will declare a national emergency to address the situation on the border. She disputes that characterization, saying it's a not a national emergency, but a "humanitarian challenge," and she says the president is doing an "end run around Congress" with the declaration. She also has a warning for Republicans with the precedent that is being set here, saying that a Democratic president would also be able to declare a national emergency on this and other issues in the future. close