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They didnt prohibit the people who had some contacts with the united states, the people who had job offers here, close family members here, if theyre admitted students here, they will still be allowed to come from those six countries. >> they say students with acceptance, workers with jobs, speakers who are invited but then there was this catch-all, bona fide as we would say, bona fide relationships they can show credible proof of. what does that mean? >> well, i dont think its all that complica...

By the u.s. supreme court. you can look over the 200-plus years of american history, you wont find that. yes, jeffs absolutely right. he got three justices. three. it takes five to get a majority. he didnt get that. i think thats a pretty telling sign that what president trump has done here is really aberrational. >> jeff, to your point, the court said the travel ban could not be imposed on anybody who quote had a credible claim with a bona fide connection to someone here in the united states, a...

Affects people in his state, and then going ahead and trying to do all the value judgments, but the thing that everybodys missing is, theres a big forest fire burning west of town, richard, and guess what, health cares a problem. and so while nobody likes the -- its like are you going to be a firefighter or leave town and hope the whole place doesnt burn down? weve got to address the forest fire thats coming to town. >> are you the firefighter? >> yes. >> okay. congressman, thank you so much fro...

Here. and understanding him is understanding the people around him, and that includes the family. her sense seems to be that an avenue into the white house is through ivanka trump. >> reporter: since that white house visit president trump has called chancellor merkel nearly every week on issues big and small, from european elections and how to handle russia and syria. it is at least a start on how to build a relationship with president trump. >> she is testing the water, analyzing the man. she i...

The house, it would be a horrible step for a pathetic administration who has been able to show no accomplishments in the first 100 days -- >> a lot of -- >> with the lowest approval rating in history. >> lowest approval rating, yes. there were a lot of value judgments in there, maria. you get in some hits there. we have to take a break. i thank all of you for the discussion. still to come, the white house is sending were getting mixed messages on the funding for the wall and the budget from th...

Thats a different issue, though, than whether hes flip-flopped or flop-flipped or done both. >> john, let me just -- >> no, let me finish the question. >> dont you want him to get it right? isnt that the most important thing? >> i think the standard for correctness applies during the campaign just as it would apply during the presidency. so i think we all want everyone to get it right always. but my question is, if hes changed on these positions, and some of them arent right or wrong. some are v...

Aware of that. theyre aware that americans are uncomfortable with his twitter habit, the way he dealses with conflict with his opponents, but his agenda can potentially trump that and i think it trump that in the elections, so these numbers are not all theyre cracked up to be, because americans are making value judgments, like one, two, three, four, what is important to me. he doesnt get high marks on character, but it may rise to one or two. >> d does the economy go that way, and does he shake ...

You make your point prefacing your point by being respectful, by certainly not making any value judgments. i think well get a lot more positive response from the person youre talking to. >> language is the l in help on the screen for you. preparation is the final one. >> before you go, get into the mind-set youre not going in to war. youre going in to enjoy a thanksgiving dinner. to learn something about yourself from the people youre talking to, the political points youll learn. but this is the...

Donald trump were making a comprehensive case, it goes back to nixon, you know this chris, an old saw and true saw in the republican cannon that you dont get a fair shake. but you got to deal with it by focussing on issues, not on the problem of bias. >> you think thats true? do you think thats true? i look at joe biden, hes not elite. i look at bobby of pennsylvania, i dont think he is elite. i look at toomey, he is not elite. who are the elite in the media? give me the names. >> if we ask peop...

Donald trump were making a comprehensive case, it goes back to nixon, you know this chris, an old saw and true saw in the republican cannon that you dont get a fair shake. but you got to deal with it by focussing on issues, not on the problem of bias. >> you think thats true? do you think thats true? i look at joe biden, hes not elite. i look at bobby of pennsylvania, i dont think he is elite. i look at toomey, he is not elite. who are the elite in the media? give me the names. >> if we ask peop...