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An individual mandate and a phaseout of the expansion of medicaid in 2020 but coverage would continue for a while for those already covered. Lisa desjardins just attended a briefing in the house ways and means committee. She joins me from capitol hill. Lisa, some of these proposals are not popular among conservative republicans, are they . Thats right. In particular the tax credits. Some republicans say its another way to have giving subsidies to americans for healthcare. The tax credits are a very key component here. The way they work, john, is any individual who makes 75,000 or less would get some amount of money to help them buy healthcare but as a tax credit, does it depend on how old you, are the largest tax credit would go to americans over 60, they would get 4,000 to help to go to the healthcare. On the other side, democrats say this does not do enough to help the populations who cant afford healthcare get to where they need to be. Even some republican governors, will they be happy with the phase out of the medicaid money . If you were on the medicaid expansion, those are basically cutting ablebodied workers, people under the poverty threshold, 38 of poverty, people who cant afford healthcare but dont fall into other categories of medicaid might r right you you receive healthcare through the Affordable Care act. You will be able to receive that for the rest of your life. If you are enrolled now, you will be grandfathered in. After 2020, no people in that category allowed to join. Basically workingage adults who do not earn much, enroll now. You will not be able to after 2020. If it passes at the current form. Sean spicer said the target date for signing this bill would be the easter recess. How realistic is that, lisa . We can look back at the Affordable Care act itself. The early summer, the goal date of being passed. When was it actually signed into lawle . Next year, 2020. Thats an incredibly ambitious goal. We expect committees to start pouring over the details. There are disagreements not just from democrats but from republicans about the details. Yang Lisa Desjardins will be busy following the details making their way through capitol hill. Lisa, thanks a lot. Yang in the days other lead story, the government is girding tonight for a new legal battle, on its second try at a travel ban. The new order, issued today, again targets a group of mostly muslim nations. But it makes critical changes in a bid to avoid the issues that led courts to block it. Jeffrey brown begins our coverage. Brown President Trump signed the original ban, at the pentagon, after just a week in office. Todays signing was done in private, with only a single, still photo released. It fell to cabinet members to make the announcement, starting with secretary of state rex tillerson. President trump is exercising his rightful authority to keep our people safe. As threats to our security continue to evolve and change, common sense dictates that we continually reevaluate and reassess the systems we rely upon to protect our country. Brown unlike the original order, this new one removes iraq from the original list of seven nations whose citizens are barred from entering the u. S. , keeps out Syrian Refugees for 120 days, instead of indefinitely, and drops any explicit exception for christian and other religious minorities in muslim nations. In addition, its made explicit this time that valid visa holders and foreign nationals with green cards securing their residence in the u. S. Are not included in the ban. The first order was effectively halted by federal courts within days of being issued. White House Press Secretary sean spicer said today in an audio only session that its now being revoked. We continue to maintain that the order was fully lawful, but there were some legal hurdles that wed have to potentially cross in terms of enjoyment and things like that. So, it was discussed with the president saturday, and he made a decision that this is how he wanted to proceed. Among other things, federal judges said the original order cited no evidence of an actual threat. The new directive says the f. B. I. Is pursuing 300 terrorism related investigions of individuals admitted as refugees. Officials also hope to avoid the chaos at airports when the original order took effect, as people in transit were detained, delayed and expelled without notice. Homeland security secretary john kelly we are going to work closely to implement and enforce it humanely, respectfully, and with professionalism, but we will enforce the law. There should be no surprises, whether its in the media or on capitol hill. Brown but opponents showed no sign of backing down. Washington state attorney general bob ferguson, who successfully challenged the first order, spoke this afternoon in seattle. Chaos it inflicted around our country you all saw it wasnt right and that went to the certainly hope they take way numerous lessons but if they dont they should certainly expect us challenging executive orders. Brown for now, pending court action, the new order is set to take effect march 16th. Yang in the days other news, the u. S. Supreme court said it wont hear a case on transgender bathroom use in Public Schools after all. A lower court had ruled in favor of a virginia teenager who wanted access to the boys bathroom. Since then, the Trump Administration rolled back federal guidelines supporting that stance. Todays action sends the case back to the lower court for further review. In a separate case, the High Court Ruled that ferreting out racial bias can override the sanctity of jury deliberations. The justices ruled 5 to 3 for a man convicted on sex charges in colorado. He argued that a jurors anti mexican comments tainted h trial. He can now seek a retrial. North korea successfully test launched four more missiles this morning, raising new alarms. They were fired from northwest of pyongyang and flew an average of 620 miles. Three landed in japanese waters. Japan condemned the launches, as did the south Korean Foreign ministry. translated this times provocation clearly reveals north korean regimes reckless willingness to continue its nuclear and missile developments despite unified warnings from the international community. North korea should realize that its frenzied obsession with nuclear and Ballistic Missile developments will only result in selfisolation and self destruction. Yang the north Korean Missile tests coincided with joint u. S. South Korean Military drills. In yemen, the u. S. Kept up a new air campaign against al qaeda militants, over the weekend. Witnesses say suspected u. S. Drones attacked in two provinces, going after a Training Camp and other targets. Separately, the pentagon confirmed a u. S. Strike last week in yemen killed a former Guantanamo Bay detainee. A retired policeman in the philippines testified today that president Rodrigo Duterte was linked to nearly 200 killings, when he was a mayor. The victims allegedly included political opponents, and were carried out by a death squad. The retired officer appeared as part of a Senate Investigation into extrajudicial killings in davao city, where duterte was mayor for 22 years. translated i cant make myself take to my grave these dark and evil secrets from my life born out of my obedience to mayor Rodrigo Dutertes orders, and to his campaign against criminality and illegal drugs. I had blind obedience and loyalty to the point that i was indirectly involved in killing my two brothers. Yang duterte brought his antidrug campaign to the presidency, eight months ago. Since then, more than 8,000 people have been killed nationwide. Back in this country, two the secretary of Homeland Security, john kelly, says hed consider separating women and children who cross the Mexican Border illegally. And the new housing secretary ben carson praised the work ethic of immigrants today. In the process, he told there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships. A spokesman later said carson did not mean to compare immigrants with slaves. The pentagon says its investigating reports of u. S. Marines sharing nude photographs of female marines, veterans and others. Some of the images were taken without the womens knowledge. They appeared on a private Facebook Page marines united with some 30,000 members. And on wall street, stocks were broadly lower, due in part to china trimming its Economic Growth outlook. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 51 points to close at 20,954. The nasdaq fell 21 points, and the s p 500 slipped nearly eight. Still to come on the newshour is the revised travel ban constitutional . Behind President Trumps accusation that president obama wire tapped his phones. And much more. Yang as we heard, todays revised travel ban was drafted by the Trump Administration to stand up in court. But critics still question its constitutionality, amid a broader debate over whether it will really make the country safer. Jeffrey brown has our look. Brown for that we are joined by neal katyal, a former acting solicitor general under president obama. He also served as a National Security adviser for the Justice Department in the clinton administration. And kansas secretary of state kris kobach. He was a top adviser to President Trump during his 2016 campaign and through the transition. Welcome to both of you. Let me start with you, kris kobach. The first attempt failed in the courts. What do you see as the key change that might allow this one to pass . Pass . Mr. Kobach, can you hear me . Now i can hear you, yeah. Brown okay. All right. Sorry about the technical problem. My question was that the first order did not pass muster. Whats the key change here that you think allows this one is this well, if you look at the two side by side, this one is very different in the way its packaged and put together. It reads like a legal rather than a traditional executive order. The statute is filled with factual assertions the 9th circuit said it was lacking. It also goes very specifically point by point to the things that the 9th circuit hypothesized could cause a due process issue. So its tailormade to the 9th circuits decision. I think if this order were challenged in the 9th circuit which would be the most activists judicial venue for it, i think it will survive. And if it does, it will survive everywhere else. Brown neal katyal . It wont survive. I think kris is just about as right as he was on jan 30 when he said trump has rock solid authority, hes wrong then and is now. This reads like a bad legal brief. Itig force what Congress Said in 1965 in the landmark act which says you cant discriminate on the basis of nationality, and to attack the 9th circuit as being activist is the wrong way to go, it echoes what trump said about socalled judges, every time they lose a case, they kiss agree. But these rock solid values americans are standing up for. Brown one of the challenges was unconstitutional ground. Is it still muslim band there are changes in the new executive order that says we dont intend to celebrate against muslim. They can always say we dont intend to discriminate on basis of religion. You have to go back to look at the history and if its a pretext of discrimination, as this looks like, it will fall ill on the courts ear for that reason. Brown the muslim issue, mr. Kobach, and also this new order still distinguishes by nationality . Well, if you look at the text of the order its quite clear it has nothing to do with religion. Indeed it says special protection in the Refugee Program is referred to those members in minority religions, including cases where the minority religion is the muslim religion. If you look at the selection of six countries, you have goes that are majority muslim countries, not selected for special treatment, and furthermore this new order calls for review of all countries on the planet to see if they should be added to the specialist. To remarked this as a muslim ban is false. It is based on facts about these six countries that make them hot beds of terrorism and the facts are listed in the orr. As listed i listed in the or. The code says the president may, if he finds the entry of certain aliens detrimental to the interest of the United States, he may suspend or bar the entry of those aliens, thats exactly what the president did. The statutory grounds for this are very strong. That the why the challenge had to be based on the due process constitutional ground. Let me make a constitutional challenge on this one. Brown that goes to this attempt to fill in the security justifications, right . Theres a later statute passed in 196513 years after the one he read and it says no person shall receive any preference or priority or be discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of that persons nationality. The other part of section 1182, Congress Later said that in order to ban someone on the basis of terrorism, you have to have reasonable grounds on an individualized basis. Thats not what the president did. Brown briefly, how much does it come down to how much deference the executive is granted when it comes to National Security and immigration . I used to stand up and defend the United States on fawrkt ground all the time. This one is a very hard one to defend because there is opportunity evidence that you need this now. Indeed the evidence chris is referring to thats in the executive order is 1979 to 1984. The idea that you need this magically now is a very hard argument for courts to accept particularly given the history of this particular ban. This has been a muslim ban from the start. Brown kris kobach, whats your response . Well, the description in the executive order is not from 1979 or 183. It talks about conditions on the ground in those six countries now. Since 9 11, weve had 53 terrorist from nose six countries either arrested or convicted of terrorismrelated crime who have entered using visas from those countries since then. So this is a very present threat right now. Again, the statutory grounds are very strong, i think you will have to admit that. The debate is is there a due process violation and the 9th circuit had to bend over backwards and imagine hypothetical cases in which someone might be denied their day in court. But this order says, you will get your day. If youre in the United States ill likely, you will get to make your claims before an immigration judge. So its going to be a much harder lift for the attorneys to challenge this. Brown the challenges will come in a word, right . And not hard. As President Trump says, see you in court. Brown neal katyal, kris kobach, thank you both very much. Thank you. Yang now to President Trumps shocking series of tweets on saturday and whats behind the unsupported allegations. On todays morning shows, Administration OfficialsKellyanne Conway and Sarah Huckabee sanders pressed President Trumps case. The president firmly believes that the Obama Administration may have tapped into the phones at trump tower. Lets get to the bottom of it. That is the president s entire point. Yang like the president , they offered no evidence, but conway said mr. Trump may have information and intelligence the rest of us do not. In the senate today, democratic leader Chuck Schumer said the claim added to the need for an independent probe of alleged ties between russia and the Trump Campaign. The events of this weekend which included another troubling baseless tweet from president highlight and in fact strengthen the argument for a special prosecutor to conduct the investigation. Yang the president sparked the firestorm with a weekend tweet just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. A spokesman for former president obama swiftly denied it, as did his former director of national intelligence, james clapper. There was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president elect at the time or as a candidate or against his campaign. Yang mr. Trump asked congress to investigate, and press Secretary Sean Spicer said there would be no further comment. Today, spicer briefed rerpoters offcamera. Theres no question that something happened. The question is, is it surveillance is it a wire tap or whatever, but theres been enough reporting that strongly suggests that something occurred. Yang it appears to tra