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Confident that the presidents pick will lead the small business administration will prioritize growing jobs over growing government bureaucracy. >> another setback for president trumps travel ban, a federal judge in virginia weighing in and saying the order is unconstitutional. the judge citing religious bias in the order as a reason for his decision. a fox news poll shows a divide on president trumps travel ban, 46% approve of the banwell 52% disapprove. the poll says the least popular part was...

Community. he doesnt have the lack of confidence in the commander in chief at this point. so this is undoing any effort he made as ill fated it was as he visited the cia. but he would compare with russia, this country he has such adoration for, is an odd comparison to make. a lot to unravel if that single tweet but it probably says more about this president. >> better than comparing to the nazi germany. >> its all relative. >> adam schiff, thank you for joining us. more on that coming up. a ne...

A blow for the trump administration travel ban. a federal judge in virginia h t halted the ban. in her opinion, the judge wrote maximum power does not mean absolute power. the decision came on the same day the trump administration was back in the seattle courtroom where the federal judge who stopped the ban delivered another setback. lets get the latest from dan simon. >> reporter: john and christine, the legal challenge to the travel ban will proceed in seattle federal court despite the attempt...

Theres no doubt about that. in the circle of people around the president, secretary mattis, national security adviser flynn was known as the one that was closest to the idea, closest to the idea of the president to have this special kind of relationship with vladimir putin. so in the policy area, this is going to be seen as a setback. i want to say one other thing, brian. this was also a setback for the president and a judgment about national security. i mean, i worked at the national security c...

Were told. >> andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom. andrea, thanks. were approaching the top of the hour. as we do, we want to bring in yet another guest, someone who has joined us for coverage of similar stories in the past. joining us by telephone is former u.s. ambassador to russia, now an nbc analyst, ambassador mike mcfall, these days associated with stanford university. ambassador, what -- because you and i have talked about this new kind of attempt to normalize all things russian an...

Before he was appointed had concerns, including me, about mr. flynns judgment. so its just a general setback for the president on national security. >> michael, does this end anything or does it just bring a new round of questions? and do you think? do you think this retired general was freelansing? . our president was big into, of all things, our election. >> with respect to the foreign policy, i think this could be a good sign. i think a lot of people had concerns about the process, the disord...

Developed, this is a setback for those that want closer relations with russia. theres no doubt about that. in the circle of people around the president, secretary mattis, national security adviser flynn was known as the one that was closest to the idea, closest to the idea of the president to have this special kind of relationship with vladimir putin. so in the policy area, this is going to be seen as a setback. i want to say one other thing, brian. this was also a setback for the president and ...

Ninth circuit, then going fen again to the supreme court. this has been a major distraction for the administration. id have a bit of a different approach. youve got to repeal and replace obamacare, youve got to do tax reform, youve got to do the things you talked about. theres some wisdom in the things theyre saying, but the way this was rolled out -- when john kelly at homeland security says he wishes we had done it differently, in my view, thats a tell. its okay, we can redo this, but they hav...

Ninth circuit, then going fen again to the supreme court. this has been a major distraction for the administration. id have a bit of a different approach. youve got to repeal and replace obamacare, youve got to do tax reform, youve got to do the things you talked about. theres some wisdom in the things theyre saying, but the way this was rolled out -- when john kelly at homeland security says he wishes we had done it differently, in my view, thats a tell. its okay, we can redo this, but they hav...

Major setback for his conception of the presidency. >> im not going to take anything he says that seriously. i love the neil gorsuch pick. i think hes what supporters of antonin scalia would have wanted and hes the rightful heir. howie: is it a major setback because of the 9 theth court ruling? >> i dont think its a major setback. i think he should quit tweeting. all the political capital you have sort of goes out the window with these tweets. >> saying this helps trump with his base. some estab...