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From syria for most of his administration. all of a sudden, the aclu is claiming its an establishment of religion to give christians in the middle east because theyve been discriminated against from a prior administration. thats the most ridiculous. >> whats ridiculous is not listening to the presidents words and intent and effect of this order. this is disfavoring people of the muslim faith and placing a preference over other individuals. >> this is neutral. theres nothing about this order that...

Tweeted. >> i was teeing up dan, is what i was saying. >> well get to dana second. but ron, to the point, these are republicans who feel the need to comment on this. yes, mitch mcconnell was asked about it, senator sasse was asked about it. marco rubio went on twitter and proactively said, when has a democratic political activist been poisoned by the gop or vice-versa? we are not the same as putin, m.r., which is his way of saying he wrote that tweet himself. >> first, nice to be here on your fi...

When you have to report to fear tactics about immigrants coming in and overcrowding, youre losing the argument. the presidents words were clear, he wants to institute a muslim ban. we heard from rudy giuliani. >> you also hear from his advisers right now saying there are all sorts of muslim majority countries that are not included in this. these are just the terror-prone countries already identified by president obama. >> this goes directly to another point. a complete mismatch with this executi...

Individually. theyre mostly biting their lip on that. when it comes to russia, it is simply too much. the defense of putin is completely outside of the american political kind of spectrum at this point. there really is no constituency for this either in the republican or democratic party. but its not unheard of elsewhere. in fact it is a signal kind of element of the populist nationalist agenda that we see moving forward in europe, where many of those countries, which steve bannon has talked abo...

Legal showdown. president trumps controversial travel ban front and center today, the fate of that ban in the hands of the ninth circuit court of appeals. >> the justice department is facing a 6:00 p.m. deadline to defend the ban. this is a battle that is very likely to go all the way to the supreme court. also happening this hour, president trump is expected to leave march al mar-a-lago. youre looking at live pictures of air force one. were covering every angle with our team of reporters. cnns ...

Susan rice saying theyre not aware of a specific threat in the world that would justify this kind of ban. youre talking about a three-judge panel. they will have to decide whether or not they will have a hearing. if there is a hearing, it could be in person or by video or by phone, or they could simply rule. we dont know what theyre going to do. ultimately most legal observers think that after this court hears this ban, that this will then go to the supreme court. well have to see what happens. ...

They filed new briefs a few hours ago with the federal appeals court. that means the doj, the justice department has about ten hours to put in their own supporting briefs. cnns dan simon live outside the 9th circuit in san francisco. you are in the right place because thats where any hearing will be held. >> reporter: thats right, chris. the 9th circuit has to decide whether or not the suspension will remain in place, and the next step in all this is for both sides to file their legal briefs. we...

Cant protect public safety and national security, absolutely hes going to win. >> dan, andre, thank you very much for the debate. chris? the new england patriots pulling off a wild and historic win to become super bowl champs. tom brady is the first quarterback to win five super bowls. lets bring in coy wire live in houston with the highlights in this mornings bleacher report. coy, you played for the falcons. i hate the patriots. im a jet fan. at the end of the day, can you argue anymore that ...

People are still detained, but we have been unable to confirm that with federal authorities, and we did hear about one person that was released who was in custody for about 24 hours, and border patrol went through her phone and looking at her photos and going through her luggage before letting her go, and thats just one of the stories we have heard, and as you can see from the crowd behind me, they are very upset about what has happened, and you have a number of lawyers also on the ground trying...

Politicians all the time that people who want to come to this country need to get in line. they need to get to the back of the line when it comes to refugees, brianna, of course, they have been on the back of the line. and as weve been reporting, freen refugees go through a strict vetting process. so for them, for the thousands of refugees who are scheduled to come into the united states in the coming months and now with this active ban, they have been at the back of the line, but now, theyre no...