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>> yes, your honor, these proceedings have been moving fast and we're doing the best we can. >> the state of washington won the temporary restraining order. joining me, washington attorney general bob ferguson. mr. attorney general, let's go a little through what happens h e here. this hearing is on the temporary restraining order, if these three judges uphold the restraining order that allows people to come in from those seven countries, chanwhat happe next? >> that will be up to the federal government. i won't be surprised if they try to seek review from the united states supreme court at th...

Offenses have we had being committed by people who came in with visas from these countries. the answer was there haven't been any. >> yes, your honor, these proceedings have been moving fast and we're doing the best we can. >> the state of washington won the temporary restraining order. joining me, washington attorney general bob ferguson. mr. attorney general, let's go little through what happens here. this hearing is on the temporary restraining order, if these three judges uphold the restraining order that allows people to come in from those seven countries, what happens next? >> that will ...

Need an an attorney general who will hold him accountable and give him honest counsel consistent with the constitution and not tell him what he wants to hear. i'm afraid jeff sessions is going to be one of those attorneys general to tell the president what he wants to hear. >> key point here, as i was looking back through the record of sessions and sort of reading ari berman's book about the history of the voting rights act, off situation now in which the department of justice is essentially the last institution stand ing standing standing to protect the voting rights act. are you worried that...

Say yes we're going to keep the tro and let the merits of the case work their way up through the system. or am i wrong? >> what will happen ultimately we believe is when the ninth circuit upholds the federal trial court judge here the supreme court will kick it back to judge roe brart this started so at that point what needs to happen is an analysis and decision on the merits, the underlying claims we have based on constitutional violations and statutory violations. the key difference is while all that is going on, all that discovery, depositions, all going on the stay is in place, the injunct...

It seems crazy that they would say yes we're going to keep the tro and let the merits of the case work their way up through the system. or am i wrong? >> what will happen ultimately we believe is when the ninth circuit upholds the federal trial court judge here the supreme court will kick it back to judge roe brart this started so at that point what needs to happen is an analysis and decision on the merits, the underlying claims we have based on constitutional violations and statutory violations. the key difference is while all that is going on, all that discovery, depositions, all going on th...