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>> this is a great victory for our constitution. we have to be tough, and we have to be safe, and we have to be secure. at a minimum, we have to make sure that we vet people coming know whos coming in, we know where theyre coming from. we just have to know whos coming here. >> t 5-4 ruling gives the president broad powers to restrict travel in the name of national security, and the majority essentially disregarded his campaign statements calling for a muslim ban. >> the high courts swing vote ju...

Who sided with liberals on abortion, affirmative action and gay rights. its a chance for trump to give the court its fifth full throated conservative. >> we have an excellent list of talented, highly educated, highly intelligent, hopefully tremendous people. i think the list is very outstanding. >> reporter: the president pledged to make his selection from a public list of 25 well established conservative jurists. he said he would move swiftly, a sentiment echoed by mitch mcconnell. >> we will v...

The supreme court. >> this is a great victory for our constitution. we have to be tough, and we have to be safe, and we have to be secure. at a minimum, we have to make sure that we vet people coming into the country. we know whos coming in, we know where theyre coming from. we just have to know whos coming here. >> the 5-4 ruling recognizes that the president has broad powers to restrict travel in the name of national security, and the majority essentially disregarded his campaign statements ca...

Governance which is essential to the concept of due process enshrined in our constitution. the justice department in a statement this morning said this just shows its even more imperative for congress to act on this situation to keep families together, more permanently, but the question is whether how they will comply with this judges order and whether they will appeal to the 9th circuit, kate. >> it seems like an answer and it raises so many more questions about how this is all going to happen....

On the other side you have duncan hunter who says its the senates fault, they havent acted. you ask them, will you support the house bill? he says no. the job as a moregity is not to -- majority is not to get to no. its to get to yes. whatever they have to do to find a solution they better do it. harrisavent seen much of paul ryan today? right? does he have a role to play? >> josh: look, he is working harder than anybody. >> harris: that is probably why we havent seen him. all right. jeanne zain...

Him, his wife, mary, and their family every happiness in the years ahead. the senate stands ready to fulfill its constitutional role by offering advice and consent on president trumps nominee to fill this vacancy. we will vote to confirm justice kennedys successor this fall. as in the case of justice gorsuch, senators will have the opportunity to meet with president trumps nominee, examine his or her qualifications and debate the nomination. is i have every confidence in chairman grasslys conduc...

And at gitmo you were required to allow senators, congressmen -- >> media. >> other government officials, media, to come through, i know that the media regularly flew down and would inspect gitmo. so youre telling me theres more transparency, theres more transparency at gitmo where we had terrorists and suspected terrorists locked up, than there are at these sites where theyre holding 3-month-old babies? >> thats exactly right, from everything can e. and lets face it we have a humanitarian imper...

Secretary mattis just mentioned it. lets listen to how he said it. he talked about nitd terms of a logistic imperative. >> we will provide whatever support the department of homeland security needs in order to house the people that they have under their custody. so we will work that out week by week, the numbers obviously are dynamic. so we will have to stay flexible in our logistic support for department of homeland security. >> mattis is speaking in alaska. hes on his way to china. one quick n...

Who have been separated from their families. and an executive order hasnt fixed it. they have to be reunited with their families. theres a moral imperative on us as a country to ensure that that happens. >> and she went down there today, patrick, sort of asked them, what can i do to help you? not that the first lady would be expected to set policy, but was no one in the white house making her aware what was any of these policies would be? obviously no one knows. jeff zeleny, white house reporter...

Are going to pour in and invest our country? >> we have made this conversation, because of the presidents questionable leadership, a conversation about law and policy. its a question of moral imperative. for a country where we had a president who lost his life, lincoln, to say i will protect the weak. we had a president in the 1960s who said i will protect the weak. president bush did something -- the second president bush, in africa, underreported. i will protect the weak with incredible supp...