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Staff and a former foreign and national correspondent for "the washington post." also joining the conversation, msnbc contributor steve clemons of "the atlantic." gentlemen, good to have you with me. this is a new day and there is new legal controversy with that ruling out of washington state, steve. where do you think the white house goes from here? we know they want to request an emergency stay from the department of justice. >> i think the white house is going to use every bit of its leverage...

The difference is in the scope and breadth of the people impacted. trumps actions implemented a temporary ban to figure out how to give countries increased scrutiny. for now its almost a complete ban. the obama administrations restriction provided extra security to people who traveled to these countries that are listed because they are hotbeds of foreign -- it did not specifically ban people from entering the u.s. because they were citizens from these seven countries. theyre not the same. theyre...

>> ian lee reporting from istanbul in turkey. thank you very much. and back to the reactions domestically now here in the u.s. were joined by the founder and president of the american islamic foreign for democracy. he joins us via skype from phoenix, arizona. dr. jasair. you are in favor of mr. trumps travel ban? >> yes. let me be clear -- thank you for having me. let me be clear about what i am in favor of. im an american muslim whose family escaped syria. i do not believe this is a muslim ban....

That accepting payments from foreign -- violates emoluments clause. he talked about if there were profits that were gleaned from transactions interest foreign individuals those would be -- that didnt satisfy the folks or i dont think its going to satisfy the democratic. >> casy, he was lighthearted. i enjoyed -- so there was not any serious business done. it was kind of a like a reception. thats frank thorps nbc news

>> i agree with that 100% and let me also just thank you for meet with me and acknowledge as an incredibly successful businessperson, i appreciate your service here. >> i dont want that to eat into my time. >> sorry. >> there are -- i have been very troubled by even some folks in elective office who have somehow said we can ignore the debt ceiling without consequences. there are even some that are going out and saying, somehow we could prioritize those debt obligations and potentially pay off bo...

Foreign, you have congress dealing with these ethics issues right now. it seems silly and paul ryan trying to prevent his caucus from defunding of office of ethics right out of the gate but yet was almost powerfless to do so. in the end, they decided not to do it and they stepped back. specifically, when you have donald trump coming in right now who has all his own ethics questions and talking about draining the swamp in washington, don. don, can i -- >> this is one where i have strong opinions....

Comey. the director came under intense krut knee for that. a letter to congress e-mails relating to clintons case continue. the inspector general announced he is launching a review of that. in statement. in response to request from numerous chairman oversight committee, various organization and members of the dpogovernmen department of justice and the federal bureau of -- director come me refused to comment on the case. comey had this interesting exchange with angus king of maine. >> in a public...

Not to shout, its kind of his shtick. it seemed a little weird to go after it football and mma fans after berating trump for going after someone he outranked and out privilege. she was doing the exact same thing. >> this is a tendency ive noticed after brexit where everyone i know was saying they want to live in a foreign, diverse, inclusive country and its being ruined by this belief in the north of england. everyone it took that line. >> this whole thing, we have this cultural outrage complex ...

Job answering questions but confirmed suspicions about her bad judgment, proximity in the scandal and wasnt replaced by anything else. you dont remember her talking what she would do in terms of foreign, economic policy. dominated her entire campaign. of course, trump winning is definitely the big one, and not just winning but reshaping the republican party as he did it. really brought in total different views on foreign and trade policy, reshaping conservatism. remains to be seen how much real ...

>> its a kind of protest but also protection. you know? >> whos the enemy? foreign [ speaking foreign language ] >> everyone. you see face, you see heart. >> how long have you been wearing the armor? how long? [ speaking foreign language ] >> 46 years. >> 46 years. that was a long time ago. you ever go to the beach? [ speaking foreign language ] >> no sun. only shadow. >> darkness. youre goth, dude. >> whiskey. and coca-cola. but not sun. no sun. not water, not sun.