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>> yes, your honor, these proceedings have been moving fast and were doing the best we can. >> the state of washington won the temporary restraining order. joining me, washington attorney general bob ferguson. mr. attorney general, lets go a little through what happens h e here. this hearing is on the temporary restraining order, if these three judges uphold the restraining order that allows people to come in from those seven countries, chanwhat happe next? >> that will be up to the federal gove...

Offenses have we had being committed by people who came in with visas from these countries. the answer was there havent been any. >> yes, your honor, these proceedings have been moving fast and were doing the best we can. >> the state of washington won the temporary restraining order. joining me, washington attorney general bob ferguson. mr. attorney general, lets go little through what happens here. this hearing is on the temporary restraining order, if these three judges uphold the restraining...

Need an an attorney general who will hold him accountable and give him honest counsel consistent with the constitution and not tell him what he wants to hear. im afraid jeff sessions is going to be one of those attorneys general to tell the president what he wants to hear. >> key point here, as i was looking back through the record of sessions and sort of reading ari bermans book about the history of the voting rights act, off situation now in which the department of justice is essentially the l...

Say yes were going to keep the tro and let the merits of the case work their way up through the system. or am i wrong? >> what will happen ultimately we believe is when the ninth circuit upholds the federal trial court judge here the supreme court will kick it back to judge roe brart this started so at that point what needs to happen is an analysis and decision on the merits, the underlying claims we have based on constitutional violations and statutory violations. the key difference is while al...

It seems crazy that they would say yes were going to keep the tro and let the merits of the case work their way up through the system. or am i wrong? >> what will happen ultimately we believe is when the ninth circuit upholds the federal trial court judge here the supreme court will kick it back to judge roe brart this started so at that point what needs to happen is an analysis and decision on the merits, the underlying claims we have based on constitutional violations and statutory violations....

Not serious about the office of president as this president you need an an attorney general who will hold him accountable and give him honest counsel consistent with the constitution d notell him what he wants to hear. im afraid jeff sessions is going to be one of those attorneys general to tell the president what he wants to hear. >> key point here, as i was looking back through the record of sessions and sort of reading ari bermans book about the history of the voting rights act, off situation...

Will see it our way and uphold the stay on the ban. >> if they uphold the stay on the ban and the federal government does seek review which seems almost guaranteed, i cant imagine them walking away at this point. >> i agree. >> were coming out of the ninth circuit where if you have a favorable finding in your favor on the arguments and were going into a divided court that doesnt have a majority 4-4, were it to be 4-4 the lower court opinion of the ninth circuit would hold? thats exactly right. i...

Intrigue built over it will make it more of a money maker, i dont know. but i think the pulling it down gave them exactly what they wanted. >> a lot of people feel exactly that way. >> yeah, carol. and this puts the administration in a bind, you know? off situation where a knew lee is studio is making a decision like this to sensor itself and i guess a couple of movie studios have taken this decision. its not a decision that the u.s. government has made. but this is a dream normally that movie s...