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Justice correspondent, evan perez. >> don, an extraordinary series of events as president trump fired sally yates, the acting attorney general, because she had ordered the justice department not to defend the presidents executive order on immigration and refugees. the presidents order rolled ought chaotically over the weekend, band travel to the united states of people from seven countries, deemed to be security risks. yates is an obama appointee and a nearly 30-year career lawyer in the justice...

It was the visa waiver program applied. secondly, this has terrible optics. were the beacon of liberty to the world. this sends the wrong message to our friends, allies and enemies. all the above, and on to have top of it all to say this is about terrorism, well, what about saudi arabia? why were they left off the list? >> we have a statement from the new acting attorney general. it reads in part based on the. and probably drafted. i rescind former acting attorney generals guidance and direct th...

Place here. heres a statement that a spokesperson released today. he said president obama is heartebbed by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country. in his final official speech as president, he spoke about the important role of citizens and how all americans have a responsibility to be the guardians of our democracy, not just during an election year, but every day. citizens exercising their constitutional right to sebl, organize and have their voices heard by elect...

Countries deemed to be security risks. yates is an appointee of barack obama. on monday evening she told justice department lawyers that, quote, i am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institutions sullen obligation to always seek justice and stand for whats right. he said she didnt think the executive order is lawful. a few hours later the white house issued a statement attacking yates for being weak on illegal immigration. the statement sai...

Risks. yates is an appointee of president obama and a nearly 30-year career lawyer in the justice department. monday she told justice department lawyers "that i am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institutions solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for whats right." she went on to say that she didnt think the executive order is lawful. a few hours later, the white house issued a statement attacking yates for being weak on illega...

Acting attorney general who is not supporting an initiative of the initiative. its shocking to do so in the kind of language that we saw on the same day that we saw the president attack john mccain and lindsey graham and accuse them of desiring world war iii or mocking the democratic senate minority leader. its an extraordinary kind of fuselage of personal insults and kind of line drawing here. one thing is sure. theres an argument that some people argue that the bible is literally true because ...

People never wanted to it look at those facing historical genocide. trump brought it up and made it a priority. thats important. to anybody to suggest -- in light of the media 24 hours ago were saying that, its not true. its not a religious test -- >> the list of liberals would include lamar alexander and mitch mcconnell who have raised questions -- lamar alexander said, was uncomfortably crossed over into a religious test. it mitch mcconnell said theyre going to have adjudicate it. were going t...

Would actually understand what youre trying to accomplish. in this particular regard, as a former executive, this was a mess in terms of how it was rolled out, because no one in the government actually knows how to implement it. >> mayor, and that statement is yours. we have no indication that theres anything mentally or physically wrong with the president of the united states. >> i understand that. >> thats your assessment. carl bernstein -- >> the behavior -- >> douglas brinkley, i want to you...

One is it hurts our jobs and our businesses. microsoft, amazon, expedia, theyve all spoken out explaining why this is hard for people to do their jobs, because they cant travel out of the country. we want to sell our airplanes and software around the world. our salesmen essentially cant leave the country now because of the fear of the presidents actions. it hurts our security. we have our washington national guard tonight are in the fields battling against terrorism in iraq. people that im in so...

Of justice office of legal counsel. ms. yates is an obama administration appointee weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration. for more were joined in los angeles by california talk radio host ethan berman, national committee man sean steel, and political analyst ron brownstein. ron, first up, that was a blistering statement put out by the white house. >> it is. look, it is not shocking that a president would dismiss an acting attorney general from the previous administration who refus...