Schools are closed this morning in places in new york, in massachusetts, in pennsylvania, in connecticut, and more than 2700 flights are cancelled across the country. Well have much more throughout the program for you. Why . Because in a closed door meeting with democrats this judge allegedly said that the president s remarks about the judiciary were disheartening and amoral. The comments were made during the private meeting and now theyre calling on gorsuch to go public with those statements and criticisms. So lets begin our political coverage with joe johns live at the white house. Good morning. The president s critical come meants about the judiciary putting his nominee for the court in a tough spot turning up the heat on what was expected to be a tough confirmation process. Federal judges weighing his travel ban. After some back and forth he could say that he found them to be disheartening and demoralizing. In a private meeting with Richard Blumenthal, the president s nominee to th
Right. Its very important to clarify also some more information that the government is offering here. In saying that many of these individuals that have been detained across the country, some major cities across the country, were individuals whose cases made their way through u. S. Courts and in many cases also in some other foreign courts and individuals who were convicted of major Violent Crimes. So the government quick to point out for example out of those 160 people, that were detained, in the california alone, some of which have already been deported, were individuals who had convictions for crimes like Drug Trafficking for example. There was an el salvadorian man who was a suspected member of the ruthless street gang ms13 and an australian individual who had been convicted of improprieties of a child. Thats a point that i think officials are making. As you mentioned a little while ago, the head of the department of Homeland Security stressing these kind of detention and removal o
Mainstream. I will be a faithful servant of the constitution and laws of this great country. This is new day with chris qom ma and alisyn camerota. Good morning everyone. Welcome to your new day. Its wednesday, february 1st, 8 00 in the east. President trumps pick for Supreme Court bracing for a battle. Conservative colorado judge neil gorsuch introduced in prime time last night. Republicans praising the nominee. Democrats blasting it, calling it a hostile choice. Meanwhile, the white house is still in damage control over the president s travel and refugee ban. The administration insisting its not a ban during yesterdays press conference. This morning, the president is tweeting saying it doesnt matter what you call it, its supposed to keep bad people out of the country. You have hundreds of state Department Diplomats voicing their opposition to it saying it will make us less safe. Just 13 days into Donald Trumps presidency, and here we go. Cnns jeff zeleny live at the white house. Repo
Doors with 8 powerful law makers known as the gang of 8 because they have access to the nations most sensitive data. That information dealing with russias alleged meddling in the u. S. Election is expected to be shard soon with the entire senate intel committee. And the server connection between a Trump Organization and russian bank. One u. S. Official and Health Care Battle on capitol hill you have shifts into high gear so were entering day 15 of Donald Trumps presidency and cnn has every angle covered live at the white house. Good morning, law makers clearly picked up the pace in their investigation into russias interference in the last election. Questionable contact with the Trump Campaign and of course leaks but the question is the extent to which the fbi director is willing to tell them all he knows. Heading to capitol hill as tension builds between the Justice Department and lawmakers over President Trumps unsubstantiated wiretapping claims. Under pressure to deny or provide evid
Putting iran on notice. Plus, are grassroots protests about to stop the nomination of betsy devos . And on the first day of black History Month, getting to know Frederick Douglass. Frederick douglass is an example of somebody whos done an amazing job. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, just over 13 months ago donald trump called for a complete and total shutdown of muslims entering the United States. Today according to the Trump Administration that has nothing to do with its ban on travel and people from seven muslim majority countries. Here was white house Secretary Sean Spicer earlier today. I think the president s been clear his number one goal is not to target any one religion but places and areas we believe there is an issue. Thats what the executive order was all about. He understands its not a religious problem, its a radicalization problem. Theres a big difference between islam the religion and radical islamic terrorist. First thing this m