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♪ a portrait of chaos inside the white house. this weeks "time" magazine illustrates a literal storm brewing around president trump in the oval office, along with an article describing the crippling anxiety among officials inside the white house. it says in part, quote, some aides now refuse to communicate by e-mail. many have taken to using encrypted apps to get around the investigations trump has ordered to clamp down on leaks. others are skittish about even picking up the phone, assuming ...

>> i was just at the mercy of whoever was going to come and save me. it happened to be tim, thank god. thank god for that. >> all right. are you good? >> because she knows without his initiative and grit she likely would have died in the smoke filled car. >> how are you doing? good to see you. >> dan simon, cnn washington. >> beautiful. they do gods work every day. every hour of the day and we always get a chance to profile them. >> it bears reminding and thanks. >> president trump declaring a w...

Shatter a car window and free a woman from her burning car. dan simon has the story. >> reporter: the heart pounding rescue captured on the officers body cam. >> you get there and all you see is this car on fire. >> we got you. >> reporter: the police officer using his baton to break a window trying to free a woman from a burning car. >> i was so helpless. just absolutely helpless. >> reporter: kim novak had just come from the grocery store when she said her car hit an ice bump and lost all powe...

James robart wants the merits of the ban to be argued in his court room. he was taken aback by the efforts to postpone things saying im surprised since the president said he wanted to see you in court. clear reference to the trump tweet. the administration is figuring out how to proceed. a possibility of rewriting a new travel ban. as long as this is advanced, the judge in seattle is saying he wants it to be contested in his courtroom. john and christine. >> dan simon, thank you. some members of...

Deadline, mnuchin will have to use accounting measures to pay the countrys bills without violating the borrowing limit. i think there is almost zero chance they dont raise the debt ceiling. a new blow for the trump administrations travel ban. it is not in effect. federal judge in virginia granted the request to halt the ban. it is not in effect nationally. the ruling effects everyone in virginia. the judge wrote, maximum power doesnt mean absolute power. this came the same day the trump admini...

A blow for the trump administration travel ban. a federal judge in virginia h t halted the ban. in her opinion, the judge wrote maximum power does not mean absolute power. the decision came on the same day the trump administration was back in the seattle courtroom where the federal judge who stopped the ban delivered another setback. lets get the latest from dan simon. >> reporter: john and christine, the legal challenge to the travel ban will proceed in seattle federal court despite the attempt...

Clear rebuke of this executive order. the judges questioned the constitutionality. they questioned whether or not there were threats around the world that could justify this order. its as if part of this ruling was written by former secretaries of state john kerry and madeleine albright. they themselves wrote a declaration to this court saying they were not aware of a specific threat that could justify this kind of executive order. from here this is likely headed to the supreme court. but given ...

>> we have a situation where the security of our country is at stake, and its a very, very serious situation. so we look forward, as i just said, to seeing them in court. >> we have full coverage this hour. cnns dan simon is live outside the 9th court of appeals in san francisco. here in los angeles we have cnn legal analyst areva martin. and democratic strategist robin swanson. and cnn political commentator and trump supporter john phillips. first to you, dan, in san francisco. the court delive...

Abeing t at at attacks were covered by the media outlets. well ask sean spicer about that as well. >> im sure other questions will be coming up as well. live coverage later this hour. dan simon, youre out there in san francisco. walk us through the procedure of what the ninth circuit court of appeals will be doing. i know the hearing begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern and 3:00 p.m. on the west coast. walk us through what they are going to be doing and how quickly we might get a ruling. >> reporter: fir...

Court do you think? >> could. hopefully it doesnt have to. its common sense, and law, im in favor of this, this is common sense. >> the big story out of california, dan simon live outside the ninth circuit court of appeals, you have these three judges oddly all happening over the phone and then what, dan? >> reporter: its possible that you could see a ruling as early as this evening, its going to be an hour long hearing, and other the phone and only three things, the suspension remains in place ...