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There is no functioning government there. we have no relationship there to know if were getting good documentation. seven very specific countries that congress and president obama agreed on before. are countries that are of particular concern. there is something unique. i know its labeled as a muslim ban, its not. its countries where there is concern of terrorism, war, or no functioning government. >> we are now getting the breaking news, the headline, senator, out of this ninth circuit court of...

Power to officiate and immigration make sure that the president does not discriminate, by the 1965 act come hes not allowed to this given a based on national origin. there is no indonesia on this, saudi arabia, it looks selective. >> jenna: let me ask a bit more on this, and what was significant about secretary kelly making those comments for example about syria is that syria has no functioning government we are speaking to at this time, so it would be great to be able to reach out to the nation...

We are going to honor the agreement because we have to. the uss were going to do something, even if you are a new president, youve got to honor it. >> bret: australia, one of their closest partners. they have military personnel in 31 states in the u.s. we will follow this. charles, thank you. confirmation battles today make for more very hard feelings as the process crawls along on capitol hill. mike emanuel is live on the hill with the latest. >> democrats tried to put the brakes on confirmatio...

Unprecedented length, number of questions and timely responses from the nominee. it is unprecedented for the minority to delay an epa administrator for an incoming president to this extent. we had an election last november. the people spoke, and now it is time to set up a functioning government. that includes a functioning epa. to do that, this committee has to do its work. so at this time i ask for a motion to suspend rules 2a, 4 and 8 of the rules of the environment and public works committee ...

Bit of chaos and change, but also have a functioning government? at the center of all of this, thats what need to be done. >> jon: resident trump only has three of the cabinet members, nominations confirmed. as i mentioned yesterday, at the same point, obama administration, ten had been confirmed by the senate and 13 and the clinton years. youve gotta have cabinet members. >> jenna: this, by the way is gorsuch. this is some of the tape that we received. a lot of these names taking place ahead of...

Isis, illegal immigration, and border security instead of always looking to start the world for iii. >> i am all choked up again. but mccain and graham trying to start world war iii. i do not think that will be a recruitment by isis, except for the existence of the united states as a recruiting tool, everything we do they are going to use as a pretext, but so lets be clear, who can say that not taking refugees for 120 days from libya, a country without a functioning government, or yemen, or iran...

Have a strategy right now, we dont have a unity right now in the white house or in washington, d.c. because its been a republican strategy to divide and make sure work doesnt work. and then he used the platform to endorse katie mcginty. that was an incredible last push of its not enough to make sure youre voting on top of the ticket. you have to make sure we have a functioning government, you have to vote for her. >> i want to play some new sound from hillary clinton, her closing argument, as we...

This is isis stronghold in libya. because there is no functioning government in libya, there is concern among many in the intelligence committee that libya could be a fall back base of operations for isis if the terror group suffers unsustainable losses in iraq and syria. for months, officials in washington warned of isis growing strength in libya. >> libya is the province or affiliate were most worried about and the hub from which they project. >> isis established a strong presence in the coast...

From surt to greece. analysts worry tonight about a land ruth where isis could attack tunisia and could destabilize the country and infiltrate into southern france from there. worrisome. >> what is the u.s. doing? >> stepped up air strikes for one. were told a u.s. drone strike killed a senior leader in libya two weeks ago around the same time as the paris terror attacks and "the new york times" reports the u.s. and britain sent commandos to conduct surveillance, gather intelligence on the groun...

To attack from the outside. >> you get things in exchange as a local in many cases. security protection. >> the clam by groups like isis is we provide security and stability. query how true that actually is. but the bottom line is that when theres no functioning government in parts of iraq and syria, the people dont have any source of authority to turn to. >> so, you can blow up a few oil trucks and that doesnt hurt anything. probably helps to some degree. but its like a scratch. >> sure. i thin...