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Defense secretary james mattis slamming iran. this is just a day after the trump administration imposed new sanctions on the country. >> as far as iran goes this is the single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world. i think it is wise to make certain that iran recognizes that what it is doing is getting the attention of a lot of people and we have a responsibility along with the rest of the nations that want to maintain stability, to be absolutely clear with iran, in this regard. >> as ...

Was a trivial matter, it was 107 people. and behind the back of the court, arguably in contempt, what they did was to suspend without hearings, without notice, without notice to the people involved or without notice to the public or to the lawyers involved, they just canceled the visas, reported to cancel them. what this judge did clearly has got to mean those cancellations -- [ inaudible ] but airlines may be confused about what it means in terms of people trying to board those planes to come b...

And -- was it you who asked if he -- >> i asked would you hold him in contempt? that would be interesting to have a federal district court judge hold the president in contempt. its possible. its possible. the constitution provides for that. as he said, nobody is above the law. >> what does that mean? if you find the president -- i know were getting ahead of ourselves. what happens? you order the president to do it and literally, you could find the president in an ultimate case, you could order h...

No terrorist attacks from those countries given how effective the obama program is and yet they picked those seven, perhaps coincidentally, but its hard to believe. all of the countries that were responsible for attacking us on 9/11 are countries that were not targeted for this ban so in the end when constitutional rulings are finally rendered on the merits, this policy has no chance of standing but weve also learned that they are making law in an invisible way. its truly shocking that they came...

From a to z, and knowing there will be repercussions along the way. i dont know if you can have the fights with the leaders on an individual basis, an individual basis and say well, we may not get along with australia on this one or mexico on this one but also showing utter contempt in the expression of it. those will have consequences after this transaction. >> and that is the point. i mean, these relationships are taken as a whole. you cant take the bits that you like and throw away the bits t...

That anyone working in the white house has anything but contempt for dissent. sean spicer said the diplomats signing the dissent letter, quote, should either get with the program or they can go. and then with a trumpian lack of self-awareness, he said that the dissent letter is, quote, bullying at the highest levels. joining us now washington bureau chief for mother jones and david frum senior editor for the atlantic. he is the author of their new cover story "how to build an autocracy." when i ...

Those signatures. he will have all of their names and they know that. he will know doubt consider them enemie enemies, the same term he has reserved for any american voter who did not vote for him, which is of course a majority of american voters. state department rules protect employees who sign dissent letters like this from being retaliated against. but this president doesnt know those rules and we know this president does not respect those rules and there is no evidence that anyone working i...

Joined the campaign and the world view is the one that trump espoused all along and im surprised that hes been named the nac. he doesnt have any foreign policy experience and isnt a military commander and seems like just another one of the norms that trump is knocking down in how he organizes his white house. >> ive got to say that the executive order and the response to it, to me, seems very much from the bannon school, that basically were americans, everyone else is a provisional person and we...

When did you go on an aircraft or plane show your i.d. we need to tighten up our security and thats what president trump is doing. maybe people are getting bent out of shape over there but in reality look at israel. they check people coming. in we have got to tighten up our security. and look what what happened in san bernardino and around this country we have had attacks. we will have more attacks. and new york city is the target. when have you a mayor like, this we have a million cards on file...

Continue on its current course. where did this legal road take us? >> it will leave the administration and contempt orders a federal court. court. it may lead to the supreme court. they absolutely have to uphold the orders. the massachusetts judge who issued the order said she would have u.s. marshals on hand to ensure that the orders are complied with. so it is very important to understand the fact that as americans we should not be favoring these types of orders that discriminates and are base...