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Werent sure how to implement this ban when it was passed. a number of republican allies on the hill said they were not consulted and taken by surprise. if they do agree with what the travel ban includes, they do not agree with what some call a sloppy rollout. in spite of all that, the white house vigorously defended the move on monday. here is what sean spicer said. >> if we announced this earlier, it would give people plenty of time to flood into the country to do us harm. that is not a sound s...

Not agree with what some called a sloppy rollout. inspi spite of all that, the wh house defended the move. here is what sean spicer said. >> if we announced this earlier, this would have given people plenty of time to flood into the couple t country to do us harm. that is not a sound strategy. the people who needed to be kept in the loop were kept in the loop. >> reporter: there is no indication however that donald trump plans to slow down his breakneck pace. he will have a meeting on cyber secu...

Loop. we were hearing that some of the cabinet connects were grumbling to their associates over the weekend they too were cut out of the loop. inside the white house you have a lot of people with power, their own power, their own access to the president who are competing in these sort of power spheres that the president has set up. we know it is a how he managed his businesses, its how he managed his campaign which felt chaotic sometimes and turned out to be successful. thats what we have here a...

Process. >> the protection of the nation from foreign terrorists entry into the united states. big stuff. >> and werent briefed on the details until the president was signing the executive order on friday. >> the people that needed to be kept in the loop were kept in the loop. >> the dhs officials were sent scrambling about what the executive order meant for newly banned passengers on u.s. bound planes and green card holders. dhs secretary john kelly released a statement clarifying green card ho...

And as youre trying to give specifics about whats happening, what is the concern about the fallout from other countries who are viewing this still in a certain way? have you looked at the fallout and how to counter it, and how to work with these other countries that may be allies or not be allies in order to prevent something from happening? >> i think, april, one of the things that were doing is trying to make sure that people understand what actually happened. i saw reporting today that secret...

States." we are a great country and our greatness comes from our diversity. >> madeleine albright, a woman known for her pins, among other things and today it is lady liberty that you are wearing. >> yes. >> thank you very much, madam secretary. joining me is the washington investigations editor for the "new york times" mark mazzetti, covered national security in the last decade. we heard from john kelly at homeland. they are retroactively trying to say there was no chaos, that there were peop...

The new secretary of the department of homeland security john kelly said effectively what it is, is a temporary pause, as they try to review the vetting system going forward. he said that his priority was protecting the lives of americans. andrea? >> thank you for all that, peter. joining me now is madeleine albright the first female secretary of state who served under bill clinton and also as an 11-year-old child a herself gee when her father a czech diplomat defected when the communists took o...

The travel ban. there were members of his own government agencies who were not sure how to implement the ban when it was passed. a number of republican allies on the hill say they were not consulted. they were taken by surprise. if they do agree with what the travel ban includes, they do not agree with what some of them called a sloppy rollout. inspite of all that, the white house defended the move on monday. here is what sean spicer had to s say. >> if we announced this earlier, it would allow ...

Nervous about this middle america we were talking about. trump has this base. they are partially afraid to go up against him. so that gives trump some power on the hill. but if he keeps operating this way, keeps dugt them out of the loop, eventually hes going to push them so far hes going to say we have no choice, were going to deal with consequences. >> lets talk about the magic number. republicans have 52 senators. the magic number is three. ben sasse, john mccain, lindsey graham. >> a couple ...

The imgraduation law. however the trump administration is responsible for the final policy decisions contained in the executive order and its subsequent roll-out and implementation. john corker said, he probably found out through the media. i know they said they talked to staffers on the hill, not in our office. senator marco rubio said the state department was told not to talk to congress about this issue, but the white house maintains key players were in the loop. >> there are 535 offices plus...