President Donald Trump delivered a speech Tuesday night on the ongoing government shutdown and his demands for a border wall .

During a contentious 8-minute address, the president told a series of falsehoods, blamed immigrants for Americas drug crisis and portrayed Mexicans as murderers and criminals.

With the shutdown well into its third week , Trump is locked in a crisis of his own invention . He has insisted he wont sign a bill to reopen the government unless it contains $5 billion in funding for his long-promised wall, but Democrats have remained steadfast in their opposition. The president has threatened a number of extreme measures to try to resolve the conflict including closing the border completely and declaring a national emergency .

Trumps address aired on every major network at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Afterward, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) responded by saying that immigrants are not a security threat, theyre a humanitarian challenge. HuffPost is following the speeches live, sharing updates as well as fact-checking the presidents comments.