Democrat lawmakers introduce bill prohibiting future state contracts from going to wall builders California construction companies bidding on the controversial border wall are undeterred by threats from state lawmakers to boycott their businesses. Despite Democrat legislators’ efforts to impose laws barring companies that work on the wall from receiving future contracts with the state, several construction business owners say they will take on the contract if offered to them. Many companies approached by CBS Los Angeles refused to appear on camera because of the stigma attached to the wall. “I can probably build this wall for $3 and a half million to $4 million per mile. I have quotes from contractors,” Hadrian says. “I know that we can do it. Everybody else is almost double.” “We could put the wall up, probably a mile of it, probably in three weeks,” claims Hadrian. Another construction company owner interviewed by CBS Los Angeles , Rick Taylor, said he’s also lookin
Failed launch involved short-range, non-nuclear missile capable of reaching Seoul North Korea attempted to test a ballistic missile early Saturday that failed shortly after launch, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reports. The test, according to the South Korean military, was carried out in the South Pyeongan Province at approximately 5:30 a.m. “North Korea fired an unidentified missile from a site in the vicinity of Bukchang in Pyeongannam-do (South Pyeongan Province) in the northeastern direction at around 5:30 a.m today,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. “It is estimated to have failed.” “There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea. Absolutely,” Trump said. “We’d love to solve things diplomatically but it’s very difficult.” U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson similarly asserted Friday at the United Nations that “catastrophic consequences” could result if North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs cont