Trump to Make Case for Border Wall During Prime-Time Address President Donald Trump announced the address via Twitter on Monday. The address will mark Trump's first made from the Oval Office. It comes amid a government shutdown over funding for Trump's wall on the Southern U.S. border. CNN has agreed to air the speech. The four major networks — ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS — will also air the speech. Trump will also travel to the border later in the week, Democrats and immigration advocates say it's inaccurate to cast the situation at the border as a "crisis."