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>> martha: elaborate on -- do people care about that is my question? >> no. thats the point. >> martha: we all obsess over it and i talked to kellyanne conway about it last night. do you think people care about it in america. >> no they do not. nor should the president talk about it nor his spokesperson or leading strategist discuss the issue. focus on the business of the people. that cost him a half a letter grade. >> martha: he is such a tough grader. alex, im glad i didnt have chris. alex, wh...

Processes there. i want to be clear, theres been no fbi public findings on anything like this. >> correct. >> so that is all speculative. but what about the political reaction, if any, from either party on what to do about this or how to investigate it, at least out of congress? >> well, look, i mean, the democrats have a significant disadvantage here, is that they just dont seem to have a single thematic point they can latch on to with any of their messaging right now. they drift from this to p...

>> martha: elaborate on -- do people care about that is my question? >> no. thats the point. >> martha: we all obsess over it and i talked to kellyanne conway about it last night. do you think people care about it in america. >> no they do not. nor should the president talk about it nor his spokesperson or leading strategist discuss the issue. focus on the business of the people. that cost him a half a letter grade. >> martha: he is such a tough grader. alex, im glad i didnt have chris. alex, wh...

Fundamentally talking about is whether donald trump can temporarily halt visas from these countries for 90 days while they go through the processes and see what they want to add back in. would you say from your position at the state department that theres no need for looking at that vetting? its absolutely perfect. theres absolutely nothing that needed to be changed? or does he have a point that need to be looked at? >> look, youre always looking to see if you can improve things and make them be...

Lawyer awe gus flentje. >> in 2015 and 2016 both congress and the administration made determinations that these seven countries posed the greatest risk of terrorism. and in doing so restricted visa waiver to people who would even travel to those countries over the last five or six years. the executive order relies on that determination. >> i understand the concept of that but its pretty abstract and its not like there havent been processes in place to take some care with people coming from those...

Received. >> and the ban could affect something like 20,000 refugees. explain to us what this -- where this leaves them basically. >> well, its a temporary suspension of the resettlement program, as you know. it means that we estimate some 20,000 people may, for the time being, being affected. obviously we seek to engage with the u.s. administration to hear and listen to their concerns and to address them. resettlement process is one of the most vetted processes in order for any traveler to ente...

But, you know, it cant be easy in this day in and age. >> well, again, their given certain protections. theyre given lifetime tenure, theyre given,ou know, unchallengeable pay. they are separately regulated themselves through their own processes, so again, i understand, this is sharp rhetoric. its before the court is even ruled, i just dont think its going to affect the outcome. i dont think theres a federal judge sitting on the bench whos going to be influenced by this kind of, this kind of tal...

Government and the lawyers for the state suing the federal government over the muslim ban, dont call it a muslim ban. i mean -- you know, you can see arguments like that. you can hear arguments like that as a citizen if you know theyre happening and you get up and take yourself to a federal courtroom and listen in but most of us dont do that. most of us dont watch these things happen ever but tonight millions of americans heard that court hearing live as it happened which itself feels like anoth...

Both congress and the administration made determinations that these seven countries posed the greatest risk of terrorism and in doing so restricted visa to people who had even -- even traveled to those countries over the last five or six years. the executive order relies on not determination and that is i think the strongest type of alliance where the president is relying on congress determination that these are countries of concern and congress procedures to identify countries of concern based ...

Court and argue thats not what is driving his policy. >> talking about leaving everything on the table, it may not work when you talk about the bureaucracy there in the beltway. we have been getting a lot of leaks. this is all of those underneath in this federal bureaucracy. all those who may not support what hes doing and they can do something about it because theyre plugged into the processes. will this bureaucracy adjust to him or adjust to them to get something done? >> i think civil servant...