United states after 9 11 were carried out by u. S. Citizens. Im aware of that though this would be President Trumps to get ahead of any future nefarious activities, hear you loud and clear. The global speperspective rightw is so important. Thank you. Thank you. This is cnn breaking news. Top of the hour, breaking news, im Brooke Baldwin, here is what we have following a very, very contentious White House Briefing today. 24 hours for the Trump Administration involving moves to obstruct the president s plans but the issue front and center today at the White House Briefing was what we were just discussing the travel ban involving seven predominantly muslim nations, White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer insisted it was not a ban despite the president using the word just yesterday. First of all its not a travel ban. I think you heard secretary kellie, i apologize i want to get this straight. I think secretary kellie or one of the other people there have said there are a Million People that have come into the country, thats not a ban. What we are trying to do is make sure people coming in are vetted properly. The says its a ban. Hes using the word that the media is using. Those are his words. Jonathan, thanks, ill let kristen talk. It cant be a ban if youre letting a Million People come in 325,000 people coming in is not a ban. That came moment after this from secretary kellie. People on my staff were generally involved. I guess probably wednesday i think we learned tuesday, wednesday it would probably be during the week it would be signed out. I did not look at it from the perspective as correcting the grammar grammar or saying we need the change these words or do this, people that know the process, including people around the interagency are the ones that did the staff work and ultimately the president signed it. Lets go to the white house to jeff zeleny here. Words matter, right . We even looked up a transcript where sean spicer referred it himself as a ban. Which is it . Brooke, thats a great question. The press secretary referred to it as a ban. The president himself speaking in the Oval Office Just a day after he signed it referred to it as a ban as well as extreme vetting. He tweeted it was a ban. Now i think enough people have called it a ban that we can call it a ban, is it a full and complete ban . No, is it banning all muslims coming to the u. S. . No. And im not sure this argument over the word ban is not eliminating except to the point that the rollout of this plan was you know veuniversally was planned, simply not done in a methodical way the way things are usually done with, and in some respect what this white house is fine with, they want to shake things up, and the press secretary was if not parsing his words, said, yes he knew it was coming, but not enough people saw it in advance to review it. These are republicans who want the president to succeed here, so this is different than your partisan back and forth, was this written in a way this can work in this government . And four days later the white house is still trying to clean up this mess. Also tonight. This is a huge moment for the president , right . It is. Hes announced hes down to two potential picks for the u. S. Supreme court. Were told are they both now in washington . Reporter if theyre not in washington they will be this evening. At least thats what were being told and youre absolutely right, this is the biggest decision a president can make is an appointment to the Supreme Court. Whether it be neil gorsuch, 50 years old, or Thomas Hardiman, 51 years old this is the lifetime of a president s legacy. This announcement tonight, brooke, so critical, but also is tied to immigration, and that will be furont and center. Well have special coverage, and will be tuned in. Thank you. Lets skip over to capitol hill where Senate Democrats are staging their own protests today boycotting two of President Trumps nominees, congressman Tom Price Health and Human Services and Steve Mnuchin and bailing moments before the vote was suppose today happen. Im very disappointed that they treated the committee that way, and me that way, at least comment and say theres a reason they could wait. Well they are idiots its a complete breach of decorum, complete breech of just getting along around here. The fact that orrin hatch called the democrats idiots. What is going on on the hill . Reporter democrats are refusing to move forward on these two nominees mnuchin and price, they believe there are some key questions during the hearing that did not get direct answers and believe they were m mislead, including a stock price purchased before. And it was called a sweetheart deal. I just talk toded to tom widen. Hes not saying they will never give any cooperation for a vote he says they want more answers first so theyre holding out the possibility of working with orrin hatch who was planning to move forward as early tomorrow to have another vote. Also the Senate Judiciary delayed a vote on Jeff Sessions to send his nomination to the full senate because draemocratso not want donald trump to have his cabinet in place particularly with a lot of these controversial nominees and they dont have much opportunity to actually stop them from getting confirmed but can do everything in their power to delay those nominees and betsy devos, approved on a Party Line Vote democrats trying to do everything they can to stop her confirmation and at least delay it as long as they possibly can. Thank you. We do have more breaking news including the acting attorney general that the president just fired because she defied him in that travel ban. Why use the word betrayal. Theyre the department of justice and if you have a legally executed ordered and the attorney general is saying im not going to execute it that clearly is a betrayal. I have dana bash and chief White House Correspondent for the White House Press, julie pace, let me start with you, the words from sean spicer, on sally yates, defiant, betrayal. Strong words. They were and i think this was the white house sending a message as earlier in the week that they expect them at all levels to be in their jobs to fulfill the president s mission, but the problem with that you over see not just your, but we saw a large number of diplomats who expressed their outrage over the ban. But what sally yates did to them was a breach too far. What about speaking attorney general, we know manu just reported the confirmation hearings for Jeff Sessions ha h has hit pause or hold. When you have orrin hatch calling democrats idiots. Whats going on . What the Democratic Party is going through is a crisis how to function and how to make its anger make its opposition heard when they dont have the votes to do it. And i think what became crystallizing for democrats particularly in the senate dealing with these trump nominees is theyre hearing from their liberal constituencies when i say crystallizing we heard it over the weekend when Chuck Schumer was having a press conference on these travel restrictions and was sort of heckled by one of his own supporters saying if youre going to oppose him why are you agreeing with his nominees and yesterday he put out i think eight nominees hes going to oppose and i think this boycott is another example of how theyre trying to telegraph to the liberal base, we hear you and the dnc sent out a press release and telegraphing with social media and elsewhere theyre trying to stand up. Theyre elected representatives who have a job to do and a boycott might be something that sort of sends a message but they also need to be kind of in the room and doing their jobs and debating and voting when that is necessary, so its a delicate balance. What about julie in the briefing just a while ago where you are about the travel ban and the white house claiming theres no travel ban and i dont want to have a whole conversation about it even though the president referred to it as a travel ban, but House Speaker paul ryan referred to it as sort of messy. Reporter and were told that the president isnt happy with the way the rollout went. We watches cnn an other networks, hes aware that the chaos this has caused the white house is in defense that they did this in secret that this was a closedoor process, but when you do talk to people on capitol hill and talk to people at the agencies, yes, people were aware that the president was looking forward to doing Something Like this because he talked about it in the campaign, but there wasnt this Robust Energy when you have this kind of complicated change in u. S. Policy and i think thats what has left people frustrated. Thats the key, for example the white house is trying to do a little bit of heads up on the Supreme Court nominee, thats one thing but giving people a road map not just people, not sore of your political allies which you do need in order to kind of bolster your argument that this is good policy but the people working in Homeland Security and other agencies a road map how to execute. Thats why i think the general kelly press conference this morning was so fascinating because jeff zeleny reported earlier he was trying to parse his words. There is no question, he was trying to be a good soldier, get out there and try to combat reports even he was annoyed and in the dark, but its not just about saying oh, by the way, this is the order and you need to know what it says, its okay this is the order how it is implements how its going to work, boom, boom, boom, boom, that basic execution that needs to happen in a very large very complex government never mind with something as potentially toxic and explosive as this simply didnt happen. Your point is well taken, giving people heads up had this been friday instead of today. Thank you, more breaking news President Trump has announced his two Supreme Court finalists, theyre arriving in washington today. How much of a fight will democrats put up. We have that next. Woo youre watching cnns live special coverage. Welcome back, youre watching cnn im Brooke Baldwin. The White House Press secretary has insisted it is not a travel ban, but the Sticking Point isnt the semantics but the rollout. Here is what speaker of the house paul ryan said. I think there was regrettable to see some confusion, nobody wanted to see people with green cards get caught up with all of this, so it was confusing but Going Forward im confident that secretary is going to make sure they get a good review, and get this program up and running with the kind of standards we all want to see. Resa, it is so nice to have you on and we played speaker ryan talking about the messy rollout, what do you think . Well with all due respect its just not true, on behalf of the president specifically tried to ban green card holders and the Washington Post is reporting there are draft orders of other executive orders the president has yet to sign that are circulating that takes this one step further that is targeting immigrants already in the United States, so i think its about time we Start Talking honestly about precisely what it is that the president is trying do with these executive orders and that is to fundamentally reshape the very identity of this country. I think some of the reporters were trying to get to that, but also the global perception of whats hang in tppening. It is german transatlantic coordinator, says, the President Trump fundamentally questions what made america great. Openness to cross border trade. President trump creates uncertainty as to the future course of the u. S. And thus also with regard to the future role in the world. Well, you know, the president s motto is america first, that may have worked in the 19 twenti20s and 30s, but w linked, we are in a Global Community and Global Market and the idea that you can make these unilateral decisions the way in which Global Network functions is frankly ridiculous. What about the 46 to haof t country, i dont know if all 46 support this but they supported him, wanted him to not color within the lines and that is precisely what hes following through on . Im glad you brought that up, brooke, because instead of talk about semantics and whether at this point we can believe anything that comes out of sean spicers mouth anymore lets talk about this 46 of people of keeping america safe then it wouldnt be repudiated by the community, the military brass, the ambassadorial services anybody who has studied this has said instead of keeping america safe it is increasing the threat because of the propaganda value that it gives to our adversaries particularly what it gives to isis. Right. Which i was talking before to the policy professor in london who is saying it is mega propaganda and putty in isis hands. You think about iraq, you think about this is the u. S. Closest ally, u. S. Is in a war with iraq on our side an iraqis are not allowed in the u. S. To that point we just got news that iraq will not retaliate against the ban, but that they are studying all of our options according to the prime minister, what do you make of this . Are they taking the high road here . He needs military groups on the ground in his country in order to fight the threat of isis, but we also need iraq, we are desperate for the support of iraqis, that this global battle that the president says he is taking so seriously and it is astonishing that one of our closest allies a country whose military is actually shoulder to shoulder with military fighting a common enemy has now been blacklisted in this way, iraq is not alone, many countries are on the banned list, countries which we are militarily engaged with the soupport of the government s well. Lets say this one more time not a single american, not one american has ever been killed on u. S. Soil by a Foreign National from any of these banned countries, so the notion that this is about keeping americans safe just doesnt hold water. You are correct. Zero. Thank you very much. My pleasure. Its called believer premiers sunday march 5th at 10 00 p. M. President trump will be announcing his pick for the Supreme Court candidate primetime. We will talk life to an attorney who knows one of them quite well. All right youre watching cnn im Brooke Baldwin, President Trump is keeping up the suspense about the Supreme Court nominee, he will be announcing it at 8 00 eastern people. Judge gorsuch, and judge Thomas Hardiman are the two candidates. Sources say gorsuch has emerged as the leading contender, both are in washington ahead of tonights big announcement. Check this out. Cnn cameras capture judge hard man pumping gas. I know weve got cameras everywhere. This is high stakes, sir. You know as well as i did if he only said theres only one person in running and only brought one person out you guys would have followed him. We werent the only ones too. Thats true. Did you know anything about this friend of yours being flown in to d. C. Today. Did you get any scoop . No, of course not theyre very careful about keeping these things under wraps. Tell me about him, im quoting a person who is unbelievably widely respected. We know about his resume, tell me about him as a man. Hes a very down to earth person, very easy person to spend time with, from my perspective i see him more as an advocate though ive been on panels with him, but as an advocate he was a pleasure to argue in front of because he was somebody who read all the materials, clearly thought about the case, asked good questions and i think would fit in quite comfortably, theres a difference when you go from the threejudge court to a ninejudge court, but he would do well in that environment. Do you have any stories anecdotely when any decision came cowen or any justice that you spoke about in particular in. Only the one i actually argued a case where he had written the opinion in the court in the strip search case involving prisons and we just chatted a little bit when that opinion came out and he was happy i did an adequate job of defending his position and the Supreme Court affirmed him. What about this travel ban, how do you think he would feel about it . I think its hard to know at this stage. Everybody worries about immigration issues but also everybody also worries about possibilities of religious discrimination so i think theres going to be cross occ currents, i dont think ideologically it doesnt make a difference, youre going to have to see what issue makes its way to a court on whose behalf and how it tees up before you can even decide how any of the justices would likely react to him. He does connect with the president with the fact he sat with the president s sister on a lower court as you know, what role do you think that might play here and did he ever speak about the president s sister . Well, i never talked to him and his sister though ive argued in front of her as well. I dont think they were on the same panel in any of the cases ive argued in the third circuit, but figure it certainly doesnt hurt if she likes the judge and has the ear of the president but i seriously