Mexican President Says No Way Mexico Will Pay for Trump's Wall.
HARLOW: Welcome back. You're live in the CNN NEWSROOM. From day one, day one, of his candidacy, Donald Trump vowed to build a wall between the United States and Mexico and to have Mexico pay for it. Well, today in a CNN exclusive interview with Mexico's president, he responded to those claims.</s>FAREED ZAKARIA, HOST, FAREED ZAKARIA GPS: So Donald Trump's main policy promise, the one he began his campaign with, is that he intends to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, along the border, and he intends to get Mexico to pay for it.</s>PRES. ENRIQUE PENA NIETO, MEXICO: There's a way to have Mexico pay that wall, but any decisions inside the United States is a decision of its government.</s>ZAKARIA: But under no circumstances would Mexico pay for that wall?</s>PENA NIETO: There is no way that Mexico can pay a wall like that.</s>HARLOW: Joining me now CNN political commentator and Donald Trump supporter, Scottie Nell Hughes. Scottie, it's great to have you back -- to be back with you. Thank you for joining us. The wall.</s>SCOTTIE NELL HUGHES, TRUMP SUPPORTER: Welcome back, Poppy.</s>HARLOW: Thank you. It's so nice to be back with everyone. The wall. You heard the president there. He said no way are we going to pay for this. So can Trump still stump on this?</s>HUGHES: Absolutely. I mean, fine, he can say that, and Mr. Trump, as president of the United States, can say, you know what, the $24 million a year that people in America send back to Mexico, illegals that America send back to Mexico, those just won't go through. $24 million in the Mexican economy probably will make a big difference. Also, you look at trade tariff, visa fees --</s>HARLOW: But are you saying Trump will be able to twist the president's arm? To twist his arm to say, you can't send that money back, you know, if you don't pay for the wall?</s>HUGHES: Absolutely. I mean, like the president said, if you sit there -- if you're in America, he decides who does America just like the president of Mexico decides what he wants to do within Mexico. I mean, here's what's interesting about this. You're talking about a man right now that the average Mexican actually does not make near that. I think their minimum wage is something like $5.60 an hour, and that's if you've been working for one year or 40 years. So he's sitting here telling us -- and he was right in his interview. One million people cross illegally every year back and forth. And that is OK. That is what we want. But right now we have 11 million immigrants crossing over into the United States that is costing us $113 billion per year. That's $113 billion we could reinvest in our communities right now, in education, in economic development. Exactly what we need. Immigrants right now, illegals can actually get on our health care system. Americans can't even afford to get health insurance, yet illegals are able to do it.</s>HARLOW: Scottie --</s>HUGHES: Yes.</s>HARLOW: I'm getting the wrap but I need a yes or no very quickly. If it were only that the United States had to pay for the wall or there would be no wall, should we build it, yes or no?</s>HUGHES: Absolutely, because in the end we'd still save money if we keep the illegals from coming over here.</s>HARLOW: You heard the president of Mexico telling our Fareed Zakaria no way we're paying for a wall. And the wall debate continues. Scottie Nell Hughes, thank you very much. Coming up here in just a moment, you will hear a critically important interview. The entire exclusive interview with Dallas Police Chief David Brown. He sat down for an extended conversation with my colleague Jake Tapper this morning. You'll want to hear it. It's next right here.