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House grounds last night. this as the president was actually inside the white house when it happened. the intruder identified as 26-year-old jonathan tran claimed he was there for a meeting with the president, which turned out to be false. the secret service issued a statement saying that the suspect was arrested without incident and was not harmed. another big story that were following on this saturday afternoon, and that is firing of a u.s. attorney, a prominent one, who stood up to corrupti...

That was behind it has been eliminated. >> folks might not know this, state of hawaii has, what, 5 or 6,000 numbered group of residents that are muslim-americans and you do talk about them when you discuss this issue. what has that community been saying to your office? >> well w you know, i have to say that hawaii is one of the most ethnically diverse states in the country. there is significant muslim population thats here and i think one of the blessings of being in this involved in this lawsui...

That ban is set to go into effect. joining us now is hawaiis attorney general doug chin. mr. attorney general, good to see you again. you and i had spoken two or three weeks back, this after the original travel ban was in the midst of the its fits and starts, shall we say. now as you look forward to what your objective is, were just hearing coming out of the break using the word like superior race and second class. some might say that might be a bit too much. >> sure. you know, any history shows...

Has -- it still contains words such as were going to make sure we track every one of these citizens and non-citizens that are based in these countries to look and see whether or not theyre committing hate crimes or honor killings or domestic violence and perhaps worst of all, anybody from one of these six, used to be seven, any one from one of these six countries is presumptively a terrorist. that is something that they have to overcome even if theyre a baby or a grandmother or the mother-in-law...

Along set of reaction. >> staying on that idea fact here, ari, are we aware of any investigations? and of course there will be on going investigations that this office will undertake that we know about post facto. sometimes during, in process and sometimes none at all. are we aware of any on going that might touch on the trump tower or issues that are relevant to this presidency? >> so, at this hour we cannot confirm any on going investigations out of bhararas office. all we can confirm is the g...

And by the way given that the gop is so -- almost estranged from the latino community, around the issue of immigration, why would they want to put themselves on the wrong side of another issue important to lati latinos. doesnt make sense. >> were almost out of time but i wanted to ask about the politics of this. a lot of the talk has been about how this plays for republicans with the shutdown, who gets blamed? were staying only in the mindset of the shutdown. if you go back a couple of months, o...

Point. the fact that zimmerman was calm, cool and collected for the most part could play both ways. so the defense is going to play it saying he was hurt, he was injured. the prosecution though will say listen, this guy is a cold-blooded murderer as theyre alleging and thats why theyre trying him for second degree murder. either side will use that testimony elicited today at trial in their closing ars when they make those arguments with a jury. as you know, ar i, this case, they just need one of...

president biden will soon give the pr co the commencement address. aaa says 35 million of you will take a trip for the holiday. and that is a slight increase from a year ago. the average person will travel 50 miles or more from home by the time memorial day weekend comes to a close on monday. and if youre driving, well, you might just save a little money over the next few days. the price for a gallon of unleaded gas has dropped 27 cents from its april heise to $3.66. but aaa says t...

Great economists. and you recount the way that the crises produce greatness. is this crisis going to produce a great economic thinker who sort of adapts how we think about the economy in a way that helps to change the game? >> well, of course, we dont know who that is just as the people who are attracted to economics by the crises of the 1890s or the post-world war i, they werent famous when they were young and decided not to become a railroad ceo or a math me technici ma technician, but instead...

Why? we dont know at this hour. >> one of the things, ar-i, that weve been discussing over the last 24 hours is that request that came in from a watchdog group to this particular office, to preet bharara saying look into potential connections -- this goes back to the claus, of this particular president as well as the financial gain that he may be enjoying, shall we say, quote unquote, from the current business environment and he now being the president of the united states. whats the best way to...