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Committee, lamar alexander, telling me he does not think it could scuttle her nomination but if lisa murkowski votes against her as well as susan collins of maine who also has concerns, it could be very close, even mike pence may have to break a tie. wolf? >> manu raju on capitol hill. thanks very much. lets get more from our correspondents, experts, our analysts. gloria borger, let me start with you. were just getting a statement in, this chris christie who was a major supporter of donald trump...

That of course is what set up the raucous. he spnd responded to saying nob from homeland as far as hes concerned violated the court order or ignored the court orders on the order of steve miller from the white house but hes looking into that. >> reporter: i think thats exactly right. he said some individual within the department of homeland security were involved in the drafting process. it is clear, he said like most americans for the course of the last year and a half to two years he knew this...

The law. thats what she did, and unfortunately the president decided to fire her over it. >> what is unconstitutional about the presidents order? >> well, first of all, one of the principles in our constitution is that you do not discriminate on the basis of religion. and its very clear from rudy giulianis statement and others that thats how this was envisioned. that this is a muslim ban. the white house may not like to use that word. its obvious why they dont want to use the word, but that is e...

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Long-term one. the implementation of any program is always so essential. president obama learned that with the health care act. but, jake, what the white house is most concerned about, again, is that few republicans on capitol hill, even though they have asked them, have not come to their aid on this. they are still working through i would say a few more kinks. jake? >> all right, jeff at the white house for us, thank you. lets move to the astounding comments from the head of the european counci...

Look, lets be honest. weve all been surprised by donald trump. perhaps hell surprise us again. so far indications are not that way. his approval ratings are the lowest of any president in 45 years coming into this first week. you know, perhaps things will turn. >> you know, earlier on monday the white house said that this travel ban had been a huge success. they said a few people had been inconvenienced at airports. thats a small price to pay for national security. they say everyone complaining ...

Battlefield. who have been in combat and who have served as translators with american soldiers. i cant think of anything more un-american than forgetting to do that on the front end. the other person that had a problem with pieces of this executive order was president trumps new secretary of homeland security who pozited that leaving out green card holders was also problematic. so i think that attorney -- acting attorney general yates obviously pushed this white house too far, but she was far fr...

Holders was also problematic. so i think that attorney -- acting attorney general yates obviously pushed this white house too far, but she was far from the only policy critic and the only one questioning its legality, its morality and its implementation. >> what does it mean? >> well, it means that we have a white house that is now rolling out policy that dramatically affects the lives of human beings. i think there are over 100 people that were detained at airports. keeping families separated. ...

Constitutional dedication of justice scalia. its our intention to start promptly tonight in the east room at 8:02 p.m. preset will begin at 6:30. the east room will be available for live shots approximately 20 minutes following the announcements, and both the briefing room and pebble beach outside have extended hours tonight to accommodate any additional journalistic needs. well have further guidance on tonights plans as the day evolv evolves. moving to the news of the day, i know that secretary...

So lets recap. president trump fired the acting ag, sally yates, this after she told the department of justice lawyers to not defend president trumps executive order on immigration, and hours later a new acting ag was sworn in, and he also named holman of the director of i.c.e., so i would like to break down the last 24 hours with my panel. welcome. lets put the chaos in perfecttive if thats possible. how is this different than other administrations? >> in every possible way. separate from the p...