He even took aim at Father Roy Snipes, a local priest who opposed the Trump wall, accusing him of promoting child trafficking.

Before the arrests, We Build the Wall had completed two walls. States still in play and what makes them that way. The foundation is crumbling. Fisher Industries is a North Dakota staple with an excellent track record, and I am glad they were chosen by the Corps to assist in this effort. The so-called "wall" looks more like a fence.

They said Trump’s transfers failed on both counts. But a day later, he declared a national emergency and ordered the Pentagon to transfer $2.5 billion to pay for border wall projects. CLIP 04/19/20. The Fisher wall doesn't attach to anything on either side. They will be on NBC’s “The Wall.”.

I didn't even know who they were. Foreman Mike in video: We've got rogue priests running around, anti-Trump, anti-wall. Election worker came to polls despite positive coronavirus test, then died. Teams of two everyday people battle trivia questions and a 40-foot wall to win up to $13.6 million. The cause of death has not yet been determined. And it's gonna catch all that debris and redirect that water. But they weren't. Recommended strongly by a great new senator as you know, Kevin Cramer. Javier Peña: They absolutely can do whatever they want on their property as long as it doesn't affect other people's property.

LGBTQ milestones include the first transgender person being elected to a state Senate and the first openly gay Black men winning seats in Congress.

Bennie Thompson: The president made no bones about his support for Fisher. Tonight, you will hear about the contractor who built both of those walls, Fisher Sand and Gravel out of North Dakota, and how they leveraged those jobs to earn billions of dollars in government contracts with support from President Trump. Comes from North Dakota. The case offers a stark example of how the president can defy the Constitution and its separation of powers with an assistance from the high court. They say Senator Cramer demanded sensitive information from the Army Corps of Engineers about competing bids. Despite questions about his partners and the quality of his work, Fisher Sand and Gravel has been awarded almost $2 billion in government contracts to build miles of wall. L.A. County reports its highest single daily case count. And-- and  guess what? After the stay was granted last summer, the case went back before U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland. After winning Prop. But over the dissents of the four liberal justices, who said the decision would likely “operate in effect as a final judgment,” the court kept that order in place. El Paso faces a major postelection crisis: one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in America. Fisher was one of the companies to put up a prototype. Grandmother-Granddaughter Duo Score a Record-Breaking Win - The Wall. The need to stop drug smuggling or immigrants from crossing the border was not “unforeseen,” and Congress did indeed deny the requested funds for the border wall. With the election in overtime, President Trump is pushing a mixed message, suing to stop the count in some states and urging others to keep counting. Sources also told us that Republican Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota had been aggressively trying to steer contracts to Fisher Sand and Gravel. I guess they're not from around here, because from around here, we can-- even mom and dad can disagree about things without being mean and nasty. Foreman Mike in video: We're building three and a half miles of wall. Roy Snipes: Isn't that something? Postal Service and orders search for mail ballots in Texas facilities, Trump’s margin in Georgia is wafer-thin, with more votes left to count. Bennie Thompson: It's against the procurement regulations of the federal government. But that would take months and would not yield a ruling until sometime in the first half of next year.

It's more expensive than any other wall under construction in the world. A second bid was also rejected. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Alex Lee, a 25-year-old San Jose Democrat, will become the youngest state legislator in more than 80 years and the first to have come out as bisexual. Bannon and three others are accused of defrauding donors to We Build the Wall, a conservative fund raising campaign that raised millions of dollars to privately build sections of wall on the border with Mexico. Sharyn Alfonsi: So you were the station chief when Tommy Fisher started building his private wall. They started clearing the property before anyone really knew what was going on. (LAUGH). If you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566. Akron residents John and Angel Whorton won $1.3 million dollars in the debut of the LeBron James-produced 'The Wall' on Monday night. Lyft president says he wants to settle a dispute with labor unions after companies win a battle to allow workers to remain independent contractors.

But according to those sources, the "pressure continued" with a handwritten note from the president, an email from his personal secretary and calls from his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. So how did that happen? But what they were doing was falling apart. The Constitution says, “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made by law.”, In Trump’s defense, administration lawyers cited a provision in law that authorized the transfer of military funds in emergencies. Sharyn Alfonsi: So those bollards, trash or debris could get stuck in there and then the water's  gonna change direction--. The 9th Court of Appeals agreed June 26, in a 2-1 decision. Karisch wasn't the only one at customs with concerns about Fisher's work. The impasse ended when Trump signed a new spending bill that did not include the border wall funding he sought. That prospect of delay prompted last week’s effort to have the justices lift the stay and block further construction of the wall.

Good walls make good neighbors, but this wall did not. So any plans to build on it must be approved by the International Boundary and Water Commission or IBWC. Sharyn Alfonsi: You know, they might say it's-- that's just politics. You can watch their episode Sunday at 8 p.m., on WDIV-TV. Questions swirl around ‘ballot room’ in OC’s Little Saigon. Sharyn Alfonsi: Did at any point get a chance to look at the specs before it was built? Javier Peña: That it's not a question of whether it will fail, it's when it's going to fail and it already started to fail. And that the Army Corps of Engineers was part of the "deep state." There are these trenches all along the wall, the sand just washing away. Twitter is both amazed by and concerned for CNN anchor John King, who has taken few breaks from educating viewers with his magic electoral map.

“It was a chance of a lifetime. Javier Peña: They had started producing the videos promoting this project. Last week, lawyers for the ACLU and the Sierra Club filed an emergency appeal arguing that the court’s order would permit the border wall projects to be completed before the high court ever gets a chance to rule on whether the spending was legal. Rudy Karisch: Yes, correct. Administration officials did not respond to our request for a comment. Those same sources say that on March 7, 2019, the president summoned DHS officials and Lt. General Todd Semonite, who ran the Army Corps of Engineers, to the Oval Office. The latest news, analysis and insights from our politics teams from Sacramento to D.C. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The person in the back has to get the question correct, and if she gets it correct, the ball turns green, in essence, if the ball turns green, you’re able to win money, but if she gets that question wrong, it turns red and you lose that amount of money.”, Larry: Can you guys tell us, how did you all do, or you can’t talk about it? They've pleaded not guilty. I'm so glad you asked this question.

But the high court has handcuffed Congress and others who seek to block the executive branch from taking allegedly illegal actions. We wanted to ask him about that, but Tommy Fisher did not respond to our request for an interview. There's cracks in the foundation. Now he’s California’s youngest legislator. “This case concerns a protracted and public appropriations debate, irreparable damage to a protected landscape, substantial separation of powers concerns, and the diversion of billions of taxpayer dollars to a project that Congress refused to fund,” attorneys for the Sierra Club and ACLU told the court. Sharyn Alfonsi: And what happened to the wall? Javier Peña: All of them. Fisher got the contract. This suggests that because Congress did not specifically authorize lawsuits over this part of the military spending law, no one may go to court to contest an allegedly illegal transfer. At times, sounding less like a contractor and more like a contestant on a reality show, pandering to an audience of one.

From the experts that have actually reviewed the site there is no differing opinions. Sharyn Alfonsi: What about this idea that, you know, this is private money being used on private land and a landowner can do whatever he wants to do--. He says he cut ties with the group even before Steve Bannon and Brian Kolfage were arrested for fraud. The Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees border wall construction, pointed to the company's lack of experience building border walls. Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc.All rights reserved.

Javier Peña: They should've gone to the IBWC, to the EPA, and presented their plan, an actual plan. Early last year, Trump demanded $5.7 billion for the border wall, but the House of Representatives, under Democratic control, refused, triggering a partial government shutdown that lasted 35 days. To prove they could, Fisher teamed up with We Build the Wall.