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There was a big step forward in the process towards constructing President Trump’s long-promised border wall on Wednesday. Down on the border, teams of contractors were beginning to descend on the area to begin construction on their visions for what the wall itself would look like. In spite of this progress, both ABC and NBC chose to skip this development during their evening broadcasts. CBS Evening News was the only one to mention the construction competition.
Anchor Anthony Mason began the segment by quipping about how taxpayers were the ones paying for the wall, while CBS Reporter Mireya Villarreal was down at the border watching the construction teams competing for the government contract.
“Along the dusty roads between the San Diego-Tijuana border, contractors are racing to build their versions of what Trump's border wall will look like, the winner potentially taking home two federal contracts totaling $600 million,” she reported. “The prototypes will be between 18 feet and 30 feet high and stretching 30 feet long. Contractors will have a month to build them. Each version could cost up to $500,000.”
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