Today’s Agenda: In Shocking Turn, Mexico Is Not Paying For The Wall

Thousands of migrants crossed the border, many groups of Central American migrants were seen, crossing the border, the border patrol said that on average 1,000 migrants cross the border in the city Juarez the Paso Te... Thousands of migrants crossed the border, many groups of Central American migrants were seen, crossing the border, the border patrol said that on average 1,000 migrants cross the border in the city Juarez the Paso Texas on 22 April 2019. (Photo by David Peinado/NurPhoto via Getty Images) MORE LESS

By Kate Riga, Nicole Lafond and Caitlin Mac Neal

September 4, 2019 8:05 a.m.

Happy Wednesday, September 4. President Donald Trump will skim money off the top off 127 different military projects to raise $3.6 billion to build a wall that experts say won’t work. Here’s more on that and the other stories we’re watching.

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