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He will be combative with press corps that the administration despises. you knew -- if trump sent him out, he knew what he was going to get. this is the administration wanting to look tougher on this issue after set backs and having these problems in court. they are the guys who upgrade the policy. they knew that he was going to take this very hard line. the question is, does i help in the end if what they have to do is rescind that original one and put a new one in that can pass legal muster. >...

Exactly right. theyre gonna start over, theyre going to do discrete initiatives that will pass constitutional muster. its undeniable the president has a constitutional right to do this. the problem is the last order was done too quickly and wasnt sold to the american people and it was overly broad. that being said the he a real question. the opposition has to be loyal opposition just for the sake of opposition at the outset. its not healthy and it helps our adversary. >> lets talk about michael ...

Stick with the department of justice is working on a new executive order to reinstate the presidents immigration ban. its expected to contain very specifically which exempting legal permanent residents as well as certain current visa holders. the white house fully and forcefully expects any new order will easily pass legal muster. >> the end result is that our opponents, the media, and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions that the powers of the president to protect o...

Out with a new order of some sort, what changes do you think he could make that would stand legal muster? >> i think the first thing is that there cannot be discrimination. there cannot be picking and choosing among countries based on religion. simply tweaking it is not enough. the stain of discrimination is there. the fact that he may remove certain things a the last minute, like he did before, doesnt eliminate the intent to discriminate against the muslim religion. i think it would have to be ...

They should be trying to get a political read as well of where congress stands on this. all of this takes time, you dont do that over the course of a weekend. it would almost be reckless to try to put together something like that without doing all of the proper research needed to make sure it has legal muster. >> considering all that we heard from congress, errol, im coming back to you, is there any way to avoid the legal confusion and all of the backlash in a potential order thats coming up? or...

What where hearing is we can seat something as soon as monday or tuesday its unclear whether its can be tweak executive order or he could break it up into chunks or bite size pieces that could stand legal muster. in terms of the timeline a kind of depends on what legal action they take. we will see whether or not they rule on that. it will delay the ruling. i could be a while before we actually get a final completion on that. and now officially you work seven days a week. melanie thank you so mu...

The president tonight hinting he may issue a new executive order on travel to the u.s. and a source telling cnn the white house is not planning to immediately appeal the travel ban decision to the supreme court. here to discuss is nicholas kristof, thanks for joining us. big news story of the week, legal fight over president trumps travel ban. heerg today that the white house is looking at ways to take a mulligan on this, rewrite the order to pass muster in court. do you think its the best appro...

Visa requirements that have been put on there and the vetting thats been put on there and expand it to saudi arabia, pakistan, egypt, in other words, keep the original eo that obama -- i know this would be -- but actually expand it to countries where we have actually suffered attacks from people that came to our country and ebbing papped to other countries and use that as a basis. i just dont know that trying to stay with these seven countries and the questions about the original executive order...

Believe that these countries have people that are dangerous to the united states, but theres no evidence to support that so whatever ban he puts together -- if i may. whatever ban he puts together has got to meet legal muster. and i cant think of one after 30 years in the law. i cant think of one that would meet legal muster. >> settle a an example, congressman, that you can provide for evidence that proves that ban is making people safer? >> let me say two things. im going to answer that questi...

Moratorium and there is the vetting. the vetting forget the support. it doesnt depend on a moratorium. the fact is, they have lost the case and the most liberal circuit in the country, at the district level, for now, the supreme court is deadlocked. it is likely to return. in other words, the state cases stacked against him. by playing a losing hand? needs to do, think its exactly right, either rewrite the order or have a new one. a different playing field. youve gotten a sense of feedback of th...