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Persistently engaged in illegal racial profiling of the latino community, it will not be a dog whistle to the so-called alt right and white supremacists, but a bull horn. no amount of tweets or forced remarks read from a teleprompter could undo the damage. >> i do agree with that. they set aside a judges contempt order for racial profiling for former sheriff joe arpaio. that would be an outrageous step, particularly at this time and in this context, and i hope the president would step back to an...

Is turned down for a visa, what kind of standing would they have to challenge this, and can they use your standing as the attorney general of washington to bring this challenge, a challenge that they couldnt otherwise bring? >> yeah, thats a complicated question, but to be clear in the action that we brought, in my clips made clear that the case we are bringing are on behalf of the washingtonens in the state, that are aware of the circumstances of folks trying to come to our country, were bringi...

I appreciate your time. for starters, i dont understand the series of appeals. i know the first one had to do with your contention that the judge might have been too pre-prepared going into the hearing to jail your client. what are the basis of the other appeals? what do you think went wrong at trial -- at the hearing? >> theres two primary areas of the appeals, the first and foremost is the contempt order that was issued thursday. this is now day six of kim davis incarceration. today we still d...

Davis supporters this afternoon. gabe gutierrez is outside the jail in kentucky. good morning. >> jose, good morning. >> whats the atmosphere there? >> well, people are getting ready for this rally right now, jose. its set to begin at 3:00 this afternoon. as you mentioned, republican presidential hopeful ted cruz is scheduled to visit kim davis, but he will not participate in the rally. mike huckabee will, as will many other supporters including kim davis husband. now, lawyers for kim davis are ...

That marriage licenses are being disseminated and marriage license is granted to all people who ask for them which is something kim davis was not wanting to do. remember, all of this was started as a result of four lawsuits that were brought and thats why judge bunning heard the case and issued a contempt order and it appears maybe the judge is somehow reviewing whether marriage licenses went to those four people. in either way, according to the attorney he says the judge is satisfied but heres ...

The judge has said that she can go free but hes also ordered that she cannot in any way interfere with the licensing process, marriage license going to same-sex couples and thats something her attorney says she hasnt changed her mind on that one. shes totally opposed to her name appearing on those marriage license and hinted that she will not be issuing them and then were right back to where we were with the judge issuing a possible contempt order. so it is one of those where youre just not real...

Kentucky clerk kim davis has been in jail for contempt of court. davis had refused to issue marriage licenses since june when the supreme court legalized gay marriage nationwide. on saturday 200 people gathered at a prayer rally in support of davis and it took place outside the detention center where she is being held. yesterday her husband visited her in jail. the liberty counsel representing davis has filed an appeal of the contempt order. for the first time, iraq has begun using the four f-...

Thank you so much. we appreciate that. for the fifth day, embattled kentucky clerk kim davis has been in jail for contempt of court. davis had refused to issue marriage licenses since june when the supreme court legalized gay marriage nationwide. on saturday 200 people gathered at a prayer rally in support of davis. it took place outside the detention center where she is being held. yesterday her husband visited her in jail. the liberty counsel representing davis has filed an appeal of the con...

>> there was quite the scene setter leading up to this. this wasnt a sudden decision. in fact, this judge had ordered her more than a month ago to begin issuing the licenses. so here in kentucky this case has been going on for weeks now, thomas. now her attorneys filed an amended notice of appeal that addresses the contempt order. theyre going to argue this was illegal and they plan to ask for an expedited ruling. now yesterday kim davis husband and about a dozen other people were able to visit ...

Back, they are the one who at put them in there. >> reporter: davis authorized her deputies to issue the licenses or not intver wierfere that process. five of those deputies are now giving out licenses that dont bear her name. >> she needs to have her name and her authority off of the license. it could be issued under the authority of the commonwealth of kentucky. >> reporter: davis attorney says a marriage license without her name on it is not valid, but lawyers for the couples disagree, which ...