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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump administration plans live-streaming border wall construction: report
That Kushner is full of good ideas.Trump administration plans live-streaming border wall construction: report
By Rachel Frazin - 11/13/19 07:44 AM EST
Senior White House officials including Jared Kushner intend to set up cameras to live-stream construction of President Trump's border wall, despite pushback from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, The Washington Post reported.
There will be a wall cam, and itll launch early next year, an unidentified senior White House official involved with the project told The Post.
The initiative reportedly aims to increase support for construction of the wall.
But the CBP and the Army Corps of Engineers have objected, saying that construction companies don't want other firms to see what they are doing, four sources told the newspaper. Officials are also reportedly concerned that U.S. crews would be seen on camera violating Mexico's sovereignty because they sometimes cross the border to move their equipment.
If the cameras are placed in certain areas without wi-fi, they will also need their own connectivity as well as people to help keep the lenses pointed toward the construction, the Post noted.
According to the newspaper, Kushner sees the live stream as a way to show that progress is being made on the wall's construction. Trump and others have also reportedly expressed a desire for photos and videos that the president can post to Twitter.
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Trump administration plans live-streaming border wall construction: report (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2019
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We will see folks climb the wall, cut through it, pitch stuff over it, and everything that happens.
greymattermom
Nov 2019
#4
spanone
(135,781 posts)1. That should be some riveting television....
tanyev
(42,514 posts)3. Must yawn TV!
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)2. Think of the ratings!
greymattermom
(5,751 posts)4. We will see folks climb the wall, cut through it, pitch stuff over it, and everything that happens.
All live. The camera should also include a countdown of dollars spent.
malaise
(268,664 posts)5. Dems should have a drone flying over with one sign
He said Mexico will pay for the wall
world wide wally
(21,734 posts)7. Sounds like competition for the "watching cheese age" website
Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)8. Oh my, wouldn't that would be interes-
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)9. I wonder why
"... construction companies don't want other firms to see what they are doing, four sources told the newspaper. "
Hmmm....OSHA?
babylonsister
(171,029 posts)10. I bet they have "illegal" people doing a lot of the work. nt
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)12. Why do you hate murica?
LOL
IcyPeas
(21,839 posts)11. he's making the kids do the construction: (watch video)