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Question today, whether the presidents campaign rhetoric about muslims entering the country could factor in the legality this whole thing. what did the justices say about this today? >> the bite you just played about conservative justice alito, he seemed to show no concern but of course the key vote will be justice anthony kennedy. at times he did seem like he was redity side with the president for o two main reasons. plaul, the travel ban is rebut, broork i will say this, there was a time in th...

Toughest most controversial case. first up was this discussion about who has the power here, congress or the president when it comes to vetting and immigration? the administration said this third version of the travel ban is narrowly tailored. justice had questions about where the president derives his authority. here part of what she said. >> when i see the president doing here is saying, im going to add more to the limits that congress set and to what congress said was enough. where does a pre...

They are asserting his previous campaign statements make him a bad person. cant we disagree and acknowledge that president trump pursued a policy platform he thinks is better for america? >> i think thats part of it.t you cant refute the idea that by bringing out these bad parts in people focusing on the other mexicans rapists, muslim ban. 50% increase in anti-jewish crimes. >> wait a minute. so the guy, you are accusing president trump oft stoking anti-seanti-semetism? >> it happened on his wat...

Challenged executive actions is admissible to show rachel animation. racial animus towards mexicans and latinos was a motivating factor in the decision to end daca. this is the same thing weve seen with the travel ban, going back to campaign statements and say what he said then is the reason we will stop them from doing this now even if the measure on its face, you could maybe argue was valid or neutra neutral. >> i think that shows how wrong the judge is. you can read his opinion and it reads m...

Challenged executive actions is admissible to show rachel animation. racial animus towards mexicans and latinos was a motivating factor in the decision to end daca. this is the same thing weve seen with the travel ban, going back to campaign statements and say what he said then is the reason we will stop them from doing this now even if the measure on its face, you could maybe argue was valid or neutra neutral. >> i think that shows how wrong the judge is. you can read his opinion and it reads m...

And a new culture built around customer service. it all adds up to our most reliable network ever. one that keeps you connected to what matters most. welcome back. the news that donald trump was pursuing a real estate deal in moscow while simultaneously running for president last year has brought new scrutiny to many of his campaign statements. it was during that time period that trump issued his most questionable defenses of vladimir putin. heres how he attempted to justify putins treatment o...

And what those folks couldnt explain though is when isis and al qaeda and half the worlds terrorist organizations, which currently reside in pakistan and afghanistan, then resurge in the wake of taliban gains and attack the united states again, then what? so i think for the president to reverse his own campaign statements and to stand firm against some of these folks saying to get out, like we did -- like obama did in iraq, and to not only say were standing with you, to our afghan allies, but to...

I want to bring in jefferey toobin and carl bernstein. is donald trump jr. in trouble? >> hes going to be under investigation. we alwaysme want to conclude the matters based on one or two pieces of evidence. obviously, all of the trump campaign statements that there were no contacts with the russian government are now false and no longer operative, as they used to say during watergate. but that is not a crime. its not a crime to lie to the american people, and even collusion is not a crime. cert...

And the things the president has said about a muslim band. they didnt look at that the way the lower court did. >> great point. there are a couple things we could pool out of that opinion yesterday. for your viewers what that means is it was an opinion by the court that was not signed by particular judges. in most cases those are usually for the noncontroversial decisions that are unanimous so that was interesting but as you mentioned they did not mention donald trumps campaign statements, your ...

Theres always a next bad thing, a dirty bomb, a power grid attack come up stuff that can make 9/11 look small. its no to think about but its maybe when only one size think about it. kimberly, you are the former prosecutor here. basically the supreme court slapped on the lower court and said you guys suck! s before they said, you guys went totally awol and awful lot. which is what i think they should have done. now if they have to hear it in their faces when they come in october, but nevertheless...