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Past. its not in the past anymore. >> right. thats a great point. cecilia, to the point about just look at whats on the sheet of paper, i mean, it is the case that absent everything else context-wise, the president has a lot of latitude in immigration law, particularly and probably if you took away the context that this was essentially making good on a muslim ban promise, you would probably have a much better shot to have it ruled constitutional. >> well, i think on its face, the executive order...

Good on a muslim ban promise, you would probably have a much better shot to have it ruled constitutional. >> well, i think on its face, the executive order actually is very problematic, and probably couldnt withstand first amendment scrutiny. but what hes done today is to make it very difficult, and i would say impossible for the court to ignore what hes sailing. as steve just said, hes reaffirmed what he has been saying all along. and again, the test under the first amendment is, what would the...

Department have been building in court. or at least trying to build. as your wife wrote in "the new york times," the question here under the first amendment is, would a reasonable observer take the presidents actions as an effort to condemn or disparage a religion. and thats exactly what he made clear this morning in the four tweets. he has basically said in those four tweets, ive had the same intent from beginning to end. from my campaign statements until 6:44 a.m. on june 5th. his intent has b...

Welcome back to our studios here in new york for "the 11th hour." joining us hoar in new york is congressman dan killedy, democrat of the state of michigan whose district includes flint and saginaw. congressman thank you for coming in. it is a pleasure to have you. lets talk about the presidents behavior. you have said a lot about what you have seen. how -- maybe i should ask it this way -- how is it dangerous beyond to his fortunes politically? >> obviously it has an affect. but hes the preside...

Them. its kind of odd to have the defendant be trump acting as our co-counsel. we dont need the help, but well take it. my wife wrote about the importance of the presidents intent in his words in sort of adjudicating this. theres an exception for presidential speech, or whether we should consider it. if its supplying the evidence of intent or purpose of the established relevance. is that why this is so bad for his case? >> thats exactly right, chris. what the president did in just four little tw...

Tweeting as if hes an observer. hes not tweeting as if hes president of the united states. he doesnt even use the president of the united states twitter account. and hes tweeting not even like a presidential candidate, but the way he did prior to even being a presidential candidate, which is sort of on erving. he said the doj should do this, as if its not under his control. but he seems to be very disconnected from where the rest of his staff, but he is the president. what he tweets matters more...

Blue to red. the president is thinking about the domestic political map that he believes was the key to his getting elected. the international fallout from this was immediate and overwhelming from beijing to berlin, leaders labeled the decision reckless and irresponsible, said it was another sign the united states was abdicating its global leadership. listen here while traveling in asia, jams mattis sounded almost apologetic. >> to quote british observer of us from some years ago, bear with us. ...

The senate intelligence committee, and i cant wait. for more, im joined by the "hardball" roundtable tonight. they cant wait. jennifer rubin, "the washington post," karine jean-pierre, moveon.org and jeremy peters. i want to start with you. you are a thinker and an observer. this is television like we havent seen since watergate. i remember when john dean, who was not a likable guy, but just happened to tell the truth. nobody liked him in school, im sure. but dean came on, and it was verbatim wh...

Back to "hardball." since president trump fired james comey last month, hes waged a campaign against the credibility of the former fbi director. he tweeted just this morning, james comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. and later according to "the new york times," telling the russian foreign minister and ambassador, i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy, a real nutjob. this is high school. comey will get to tell his side of ...

It was reported this week that both federal and congressional investigators are now looking into a pair of meetings that president trumps son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner, had with russian officials during that presidential transition period between election day and inauguration day. it includes a meeting with this guy, sergey gorkov. hes the head of a state-controlled russian development bank which is known as veb. on its face, its a weird meeting. i mean why after a campaign in whi...