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So what is closet causing the slide? and coming up at noon, homeland security secretary kelly holds a news conference on the implementation of the presidents new travel orders. and, we are just learning this, senate committee approves betsy devos for education secretary, that of course sends her nomination to the full senate. t our heart healthy idaho potatoes, americas favorite potatoes, and donating to local charities along the way. but now its finally back home where it belongs. aw man. hey, ...

General was fired. then today, in just about an hour, the secretary of homeland security, john kelly, he is set to hold a press conference to discuss the implementation of that order. you may remember it is been highly criticized by both republicans and democrats, saying it was poorly implement it, so we will see if secretary kelly announces any modifications. as for the president, this morning he met with leaders of several pharmaceutical companies and he told him that he wants them to lower dr...

Of the trump agenda and has played a critical role in the clearinghouse for policy and philosophy to undergird the implementation of that agenda. with this in mind, i must vote no. thank you. >> senator hatch. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i enthusiastically support -- >> you have been watching senator dianne feinstein in the confirmation hearing now for jeff sessions to become the next attorney general of the united states. any minute now we expect to hear from house speaker paul ryan at a leader...

>> they were selected for a different set of reasons. they were selected for, okay, if you are somebody who can enter the united states under our visa waiver program, because you come from a country we trust, if you have traveled to one of these places in the last x amount of time, then we are going to increase the vetting. i think there are some major distinctions there. i will say, to connect this back to what weve been talking about all morning. >> i understand there are major distinctions. i...

We know that the agencies that were supposed to implement was not told about it. thats now how you do major policy changes here in the white house. they dont seem to believe this substance. they dont seem to believe in getting to the bottom of things and find out what the problems are. you can be twitter candidate. if they dont change theres going to be more instances like this over and over again. they have themselves to blame on the substance and terrible implementation. >> i senator meshingle...

And has played a critical role for policy and philosophy to undergird the implementation of that agenda. what we are witnessing is the birlgtd of a new political order. he is talking to you about a movement. help us understand who are the people behind this movement. who is pulling the strings, if you will, inside the white house? maybe thats not the right term but who is orchestrating all of this? >> sessions has many, many allies within the trump white house. not only steve bannon, but steven ...

Telling justice department lawyers in this letter not to make any legal arguments defending the executive order on immigration and refugees. this as the white house continues to defend the ban saying it is essential to protect the homeland. >> actually had a very good day yesterday in terms of homeland security and some day we had to make the move and we decided to make the move. >> tonight, president trump justifying the implementation of his travel ban, in the face of chaos and confusion at ai...

Actually processed for waivers 1,060 lawful permanent residents of the united states, as well as an additional 75 waivers granted to immigrant visa and nonimmigrant visa holders. to make sure everybody understands how the process is working today, lawful permanent residence and special immigrant visa holders are allowed to board their flight and will be processed for a waiver on arrival. we will and have done that over a thousand times so far in this three days of the implementatio implementatio...

Mind and legal dedication of justice scalia. it is our intention to start promptly at 8:02, preset will begin at 6:30. the east room will be available for live shots approximately 20 minutes following the announcement and both the briefing room and outside have extended hours to accommodate any other journalistic needs. we will have further guidance on tonights plans as the day evolves. moving to the news of the day, i know that secretary kelly alongside other dhs officials just recently conclud...

I also want to talk a little bit about refugees. the executive order calls for refugees that were ready to travel where it would cause undue hardship, that they should be considered for waivers. weve done that in concert with our department of state colleagues. 872 refugees will be arriving this week and well be processing them for waivers through the end of the week, and thats fully coordinated. as secretary kelly noted, we are responding immediately to any court orders. we did so quickly on fr...