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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...

Relations suffered a setback after president obama refused to block a u.n. resolution condemning israels settlement building while trump promised israel his full support during his presidency that may not extend to settlements on contested land. he recently told an israeli newspaper, quote, im not somebody that believes that going forward with these settlements is a good thing for peace. for more on this, im joined by the former deputy spokesman of israels foreign ministry for foreign affairs. y...

President trump says his next move on the travel ban could come as soon as tomorrow. white house senior policy steven miller on "meet the press" listed the ways that the administration may keep the fight going after the latest setback. >> were considering all of our options right now, chuck. that includes, you can continue the appeal in the ninth, seek an emergency stay at the supreme court. you can have a trial hearing on the merits at the district level or take it on bonk for the emergency hea...

>> credibility is the biggest thing inside of this white house. >> keeping flynn as national secured adviser is not only embarrassing for this white house. i also think it is dangerous. immigration and customs enforcement maintain that theyre simply focusing on identifying people in the country illegally. >> my wife isnt a threat to the united states. shes a great person. ♪ ♪ we have a lot thats happening politically to get to you this morning. lets start with what is brand new after a s...

White house to be hit with this early legal setback? nils standish is here, white house columnist for the hill. we just heard reporting that the president is considering issuing i want to talk to you about early reports of what that entails apart from new security measureses and is the focus still on the american people, the safety of the american people, or is the strategy to merely win the case? mr. trump doesnt like to lose. >> i think, certainly, president trump would cast it very much as th...

>> i understand that individual was denied security clearance effectively ruling him out from that position. what do we know more about that particular decision who was behind it, what possible reasons might have been given? >> well, the details are hazy about this. nbc news has confirmed that flynns pick to run africa policy for the national security council rob townsley has been excluded because he couldnt obtain a top level security clearance. were not sure why. we believe -- our sources are ...

They do it at their own peril. this is a natural movement thats only going to keep going. they would do well to pay heed to whats happening on the ground. >> lets talk about the immigration ban. a setback for the white house. president trumps plans. do you think this was a defeat? what deuce the white house doing? appealing to the supreme court taking their losses and writing a new executive order? >> absolutely it was a humiliating defeat. were going to have to see what he does. i think he goes...

Posts now and the cabinet, we can perhaps expect that they would try to work through that process with them given the backlash after the executive order was rolled out. >> ryan, its probably unlikely that any of the presidents men -- given that theyve been heavily criticized and now theres a legal setback with the ninth circuit court. >> you have twin tendencies of trump competing. one is the extreme loyalty to people who have been around him for a long time or who he feels has gotten him, you k...

>> men, or husbands, fathers, brothers, and men have women in their lives, and children in their lives. and men defend women and children. we also do all have a basic humanity whether youre a man or a woman. you have a right to life. that includes newborns. >> reporter: and sheinelle, you can see tensions were high today. this is the third straight week of protests happening throughout the country. and today this is an issue thats foreign to a lot of peopler people were coming to the podium. one...

Job. thats a setback for flynn. the bigger problem for flynn has been the revelations about his phone calls with the russian ambassador to the u.s., after he said, and told the officials at the white house that they did not discuss president obamas sanctions against russia over that alleged election related hacking. and, you know, vice president pence, among others, representing the american public said that didnt happen. so now you have democrats calling for mike flynn to step down. the only pe...