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>> that's why they come on. that is why they work with cnn and we're trying to get the message out to the people in louisiana. pay very close attention to this. because these floods can be very serious. also this morning, new fallout after president trump abandoned his attempt to add a citizen question to the 2020 census. but he says, he claims he's not backing down. instead, he's taking executive action to get the data he wants from all the federal agencies in washington though that was already happening. joining us now maggie haberman. this was interesting to see yesterday. yesterday morni...

For something i think was a section ago. in the control room, but i believe we have a version of that when the hidden file that was found on the republican mapmaker's a deceased republican mapmaker, basically the whole point of the citizenship thing was how you could essentially draw more republican districts. >> you've got to wonder how and whether that weighed on chief justice john roberts. he cares about the reputation of the court. it's difficult for him to okay i an plan whether he one of the architects was saying this was about mam mizing. >> here it is up here. don't you think the disco...

This week the trump administration announced it intends to put a consensus question on the election. whatever the argument about the census question there was an aspect of the ruling and especially the majority achieve opinion from the chief justice that will have long-lasting and disastrous consequences for the country way beyond the census. tonight it's the people versus chief justice john roberts. the argument used by the chief justice to block the citizenship question was that the rationale for the change given by wilbur ross was that he was responding to a request from the justice departm...

This week the trump administration announced it intends to put a consensus question on the election. whatever the argument about the census question there was an aspect of the ruling and especially the majority achieve opinion from the chief justice that will have long-lasting and disastrous consequences for the country way beyond the census. tonight it's the people versus chief justice john roberts. the argument used by the chief justice to block the citizenship question was that the rationale for the change given by wilbur ross was that he was responding to a request from the justice departm...

How many people are there? are they citizens? are they not citizens? you need it for many reasons. >> reporter: now, justice department lawyers told a court yesterday that they're still exploring options for moving forward with the citizen ship question. the supreme court told the administration they needed to find a new rationale for the citizenship question if they wanted to include it but they didn't rule out including it altogether. president trump said he's considering four or five different options. one of them is that executive order. of course, he created some confusion earlier this we...