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Clearly in violation of a statute. this law doesnt satisfy that very hard criterion in all its respects. there may be parts that are constitutional. let me give you an example. if you have people who are in yemen, theyve never been in the united states, they want to come here, the president has plenary authority to deny them. we have a tragic history, but a long history of denying people the ability to come to this country on political grounds, we dont like their ideology, we kept them out if th...

Meetings? >> well, you want those decisions to be made purely on the basis of national security. what the president wants to draw on those people around him, who are going to give him advice, based on national security, not on politics, a good example is this order that went down over the weekend. steve bannon apparently was the architect of this order, or one of the arc tects of this order. the president did not have the input of his director of homeland security, did not have the input of his ...

Lets just game out what could happen. donald trump -- they like disruption. disruption is a good thing for them. lets say disruption. >> disruption and chaos are two different things. >> lets say he fires the attorney general, we cant get orders signs, that competent dies sessions appointment, now mitch mcconnell has a perfect excuse to invoke the nuclear option because its a matter of national security. im just telling you -- >> ryan go ahead the nuclear option has already been -- im sorry, for...

Order the executive order i fundamentally disagreed with. if she had -- she would have had a bigger impact. i think she played into the hands of donald trump by doing what she does. >> so professor, what are donald trumps options here? the justice department does u89ly answer to him. its part of the executive branch. >> i think it would be a mistake to fire her. again that would play the political card. what he should do is arrange to have another lawyer defend the actions. i heard earlier that ...

>> im not trying to start a war. im trying to win the war were in, you wont win the war by lumping everybody into a big pot. sir, president trump said he was working with allies on the hill. a lot of them didnt seem to know about it, though. >> thats absolutely right. if he was working with allies, it was a very tight circle and excluded a lot of the relevant committees we would expect to be involved in this. that means its basically just costing donald trump unnecessary political capital. a l...

>> anderson, this is an extraordinary order from the acting attorney general sally yates. shes ordering the justice department lawyers not to defend this executive order that the president -- the new president donald trump issued on friday with regard to refugees and immigration. she says in her order to the justice department lawyers that she does not believe that this order is lawful. thats a big deal for the government, because now theyre facing challenges in at least five jurisdictions, five...

It. a lot of people did not see this, including sally yates. she struggled with this over the weekend, anderson, thats what im told by sources at the justice department. timely she issued this order that they are not going to defend this, at least until the new attorney general takes office. >> evan perez, thanks very much. president trump just tweeted -- the democrats are delaying my cabinet picks for purely political reasons. they have nothing going but to obstruct, now an obama ag. bringing...

Suspends the refugee programs for 120 days. over the weekend it prompted protests in the streets and elicited a strong response. >> this executive order was mean-spirited and un-american. >> reporter: today a cutting rebuttal from the president. >> i noticed that chuck schumer yesterday with fake tears. im going to ask him who was his acting coach, because i know him very well. i dont see him as a crier. >> reporter: its not just democrats raising alarm. >> you have an extreme vetting proposal t...