compares to conde rice. >> rose: so washington gossip is that mike flynn has lost some of his underlying washington gossip. i'm not sure anybody in the administration has said this except maybe in conversations with reporters outside in an off the record manner that the reason steve bannon, a plate cull advisor and strategist and someone who sales to be -- seems to be inside donald trump's head and crucial to him. he made him chairman of the campaign when kelly anne conway became manager of the campaign has been put on the principal's committee. there's awls resistance to that because they don't think political people belong in national security discussions. >> so there's two issues, i think. one is politics should not be in that room. politics should not drive national security decisions. and i was never in a principals meeting or deputy meeting where politics entered the discussion never not a single time. >> rose: it's up to the president to say we're not together to allow politics in this room. >> that comes later. that's in the oval office with the national security advisor. >> rose

washington. president trump is back on familiar turf into ours, primetime tv, the center of attention. he will review the name of his nominee to the u.s. supreme court tonight, but there are other home fires burning, most notably a democratic slow down and into cases, shutdown of the cabinet confirmation process. the uproar over the president's extreme vetting executive order. it has given the billionaire businessman and now president a chance to resurrect one of his signature phrases. you are fired. we have fox team coverage. shannon bream with a look at the two judges believed to be under final consideration. john roberts at the white house on president trump fighting back against his critics. we begin on capitol hill with peter doocy and a trump cabinet confirmation process that's crawling along. into cases, essentially stalled. >> good evening. 11 democrats on the senate finance committee didn't show up for work today, at least not for a vote to advance to critical nominees. treasury secretary and hhs secretary. republicans say their colleagues on the left are acting less like lawmake

invited both to washington for a rare evening eventment we do not know that they are here. i spoke with a senior white house official. they have been trying to build up drama surrounding the pick. 8:00 tonight at eastern. it may not be clear who he going with. both judges could be there in the east room. what's also not clear is whether one or both will be here at the white house for a reception that's going to take place about an hour from now. among those expected the republican majority leader mitch mcconnell. we learned that house speaker ryan will be there for the announcement but not the reception. democrats include chuck schumer, diane feinstein were invited and we're told they have declined. >> i don't want to be standing in the crowd and pull back the curtain to say here is your nominee. let's do this is an orderly fashion. i want to ask the right questions. i don't think this was appropriate roll out if you will of the supreme court nominee. >> that was dik durbin a short time action. as we say is loving the expense. we have been getting conflicting hints about who it may

washington for what has turned out to be a very busy day. first i want to turn to pete williams on trump's pick for the supreme court. hey pete, we have been hearing that this is narrowed down to a list of two. what do we know? >> well that's certainly been true. that's been true for two or three days now. but the interest thing is, it's still a list of two. we don't know anybody who for sure knows who it's going to be. we give various names and then we get also, but the president reserves to change his mind right up until the last minute. so, by now, on a normal supreme court announcement, we would probably know somebody would have leaked it, but not very many people know. that's why it hasn't leaked and the president seems to be delighted with the drama and the spence that's being built here. we believe that both the nominees are in washington or will soon be for this announcement that both were invited. but only one will be chosen and will find out tonight at 8:00. and maybe before, but i wouldn't put -- i wouldn't put money on that we'll figure it out before it happens. >> how

washington are okay with that. maybe you tell them now, three words, "we are not." this is more than wall street. it's a reflection of a worried main stre main street. who knows that getter than gerri willis? >> there's a lot of talk about when is tax reform going to happen. you promised that. when are you going to repeal and replace obamacare? none of this is happening and we're stuck in stall mode while people do stupid stuff like calling each other out and failing to show up for votes. if these folks acted like this on any playground in america, they would be thrown off. if your kids did this, neil, they would be grounded for a month. here's what's going on in the markets. the markets are down three days in a row. the dow is down three days. we're still up on the three major indexes since inauguration. there's been a real trump rally. let me tell you, any kind of progress against the major issues and problems the country is facing, it's all up in the airs because of the way people are acting. i just want to share something with you. this is from a democrat from oregon, jeff m

rippled from washington, d.c. to airports to foreign capital around the world. sean spicer was complaining members of the media are unfairly using the term "ban" to describe the president's action. >> he's also made clear this is not a muslim ban. it's not a travel ban. it's a vetting system to keep america safe. that's it. it can't be a ban if you're letting a million people in. 325,000 people from another country can't come in, that is by nature not a ban. >> not a ban, okay. but i could have sworn i heard somebody in the trump administration using the term ban before. was it possibly president trump on twitter? quote, if the ban were announced with a one-week notice, the bad would rush into our country during that week. a lot of bad dudes out there. sean spicer wasn't asked about the president's use about the word in that tweet today. >> he's using words the media is using. >> okay. so, though the president put bad and dudes in quotation in that tweet, he didn't use quotations for ban, he was merely using the term that the media is unfairly using. it seems odd, though, right, if you obj

was of course one offess president trump's earliest supporters. as the "washington post" is reporting this week the alabama senator is the, quote intellectual godfather of president trump's hardline actions. joining me now is one of the reporters hype that story, "washington post" national political reporter and msnbc political analyst robert costa is with us. nice to see you. >> great to join you. >> it is quite a story you have written. you write about the influence of senator sessions and you say he has had a hand in virtually all of the actions we've seen in these first ten days, including executive orders. but i want to point out as halle was reporting earlier at the judiciary committee session this morning chairman chuck grassley read from comments that were submitted by senator sessions in which he said to the committee, i had nothing to do with any of the these executive orders. so help us understand what your reporting is. >> great to be with you kate. forrally and technically speaking senator sessions sense he has been nominated for attorney general has not been involved in

. noon in washington where the head of homeland security is looking to clear up confusion about president trump's controversial travel ban. and the plan to let in hundreds of refugees despite the president's executive order. over on capitol hill, lawmakers forced to delay the vote for the attorney general nominee, senator jeff sessions. that's hours after trump fired the acting attorney general for refusing to follow his orders. and we'll preview president trump's pick and the fight already shaking up. it's a secret military program targeting the islamic state online. an associated press investigation finds serious flaws. for instance, analysts that can't speak arabic. let's get to it. senate judiciary committed has postponed their vote on the attorney general nominee jeff sessions one day after trump fired sally yates for refusing to defend his controversial travel ban. the committee was set to vote on sessions today. democrats used senate rules to delay the vote till tomorrow. this comes after sessions said he played no part in helping the white house draft the immigration ord

they both now in washington? >> reporter: if they're not in washington they will be this evening. at least that's what we're being told and you're 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. >> we'll have special coverage, and will be tuned in. thank you. let's skip over to capitol hill where senate democrats are staging their own protests today boycotting two of president trump's nominees, congressman tom price health and human services and steve mnuchin and -- bailing moments before the vote was suppose today happen. >> i'm very disappointed that they treated the committee that way, and me that way, at least comment and say there's a reason they could wait. -- well they are idiots it's a complete breach of decorum, complete breech of just getting along around here. >> the fact that

cyber vulnerabilities. a contentious few hours in washington. democrats boycotting hearings and debates to confirm trump's cabinet with half a dozen nominees in the focus. as fallout continues from trump's executive action on imoperation and firing the attorney general who quote refused to get in line. responding to this morning's chaos the homeland security secretary sounding off about what he knew and when. moments ago the white house weighed in. >> ms yates failed to enforce a legal order appved by the department of justice's office of legal counsel calling for vetting of travelers from seven nation is not extreme. it's reasonable and necessary to protect our country. i think it's regrettable there was some confusion on the rollout of this. no one wanted to see people with green cards or special immigrant visas like translators get caught up in all of this. >> we didn't know the eo was coming. people were involved in the general drafting of it. >> the president reveals his supreme court pick later tonight. we have a team of reporters. let's start with hallee jackson right out

sources in washington are leaning toward judge gorcich. they believe he is a pure mold of judge scalia. that said, president trump is going to make this decision. he could go the other way. many people are arguing that thomas hardeman could get an easier confirmation. when he was confirmed back in 2007, 18 of the democratic senators who voted for him then are still in the senate, six of them are up for reelection in 2017 in states that donald trump won. so there's a chance they believe that hardeman could get the easier ride in confirmation. i think a lot of conservatives are leaning in the other direction. >> that countdown clock is on as you can see. less than six hours left. john, what about this idea that the rollout of the extreme vetting order was not known about by the head of homeland security, who we heard from earlier today? >> reporter: lot of push back on that today, sandra, both at the white house and the department of homeland security with general john kelly. the secretary held a press briefing. he praised the order on extreme vetting saying that it was long overd

alert on another eventful day in washington as we await the white house news briefing, welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i am jon scott. >> heather: i'm heather childers and for jenna lee. very busy day to say the least as we've been telling you, the briefing is scheduled to start any minute now. second sean spicer will probably field some tough questions about the firing of acting attorney general sally yates over the president's immigration orders. she was of course replaced by federal prosecutor dana boente who will serve until the nominee jeff sessions is confirmed. we are also awaiting the president announcement of a supreme court nominee and the battle likely to come over that. >> jon: chief white house correspondent john roberts is monitoring all of this and joins us now live. >> good afternoon as we are here in the brady briefing room awaiting sean spicer's arrival, should be in the next few minutes. the relation between the president, democrats on capitol hill has erupted into all-out war over what the white house claims is democrat slow walking the cabinet picks

from washington, thank you. >>> democrats trying to slow down process to fill out president trump's cabinet. four committees met today to hold votes on a total of six nominees. however, democrats on the finance committee decided to boycott votes for two of trump's crucial nominees, their absence forcing republicans to push back votes for treasury and for health and human services as well. that move as you might imagine outraging republicans in particular committee chairman orin hatch. he called democrats stupid. >> this is the most pathetic thing i've seen in my whole time in the united states senate. i think my colleagues, once they really think it through, may very well say yeah, that was stupid of us, because it really is stupid. amazingly stupid. >> let's bring in kristen welker live from the white house briefing room, where again any moment we're told white house press secretary sean spicer will take to the podium. kristen, a lot on this president's plate once again today. let's start with the announcement about tonight's supreme court pick. any idea at this point who can we ex

washington wusht. we're only moments away from the white house press briefing. the press secretary sean spicer will liable be asked lots of questions about the president's decision also breaking this hour, democrats are now boycotting committee votes on some of president trump's cabinet nominees. health and human services secretary nominee tom price and treasury secretary nominee steve manuchin. just a little while ago we heard this from democraticleahy who a travel ban controversy. >> i've been here with president ford, president carter, president reagan, president clinton, president bush, both president bushes, president obama. never ever seen anything like that. in fact, the administration's unpredictability reckless, extreme agenda casts a shadow over all of the presidential nominees, and that includes senator sessions. >> senator leahy was in the judiciary committee for the vote on the attorney general nominee, jeff sessions. the committee, by the way, expected to vote on sessions any moment now. we'll update you on that vote. meanwhile, the nomination of betsy devoss as educa

"the washington post" and its whip account which they keep updating, those opposed, and that would be in house and senate, according to their account, 24 now, that grew by six from yesterday. but here is the number that jumped, those in support who have come out on the record up to 84. >> just going back to the language that you referenced back to as a travel ban and we are running this banner down here, secretary kelly said this is not a travel ban, it's a temporary pause that allows us to better review the existing refugee and visa vetting system. >> that is a great twist of rhetoric, but the question i would shoot back at the secretary is, the president was elected months ago, why didn't you review existing procedures during the transition? why do you now have to halt all refugees coming into the united states? you should have been better prepared. a >> harris: so we are now inside the 90 days for that process, 124 refugees, we will continue to cover the news as this makes. >> sandra: all right, fox news alert, president trump planning to announce his supreme court nominee tonight

. i'm andrea mitchell in washington, awaiting general john kelly's first press conference as secretary of homeland security. the cloud of controversy regarding the travel ban and reports of top cabinet secretaries being kept out of the loop will be front and center. joining me is peter alexander at the white house, nbc justice correspondent pete williams in our newsroom. peter, we have a situation steve bannon and steve miller, the two top white house aides along with other top officials in the white house excluding these cabinet secretaries as well as the state department which is now without a leader, of course, rex tillerson not yet confirmed, what do we know about how they're trying to fix this situation and their close connection with the attorney general senator sessions who is up for conffirmation and apparently working behind the scenes on all of this. >> reporter: what's notable here, house judiciary aides, not the actual bosses, not the members of congress in the house judiciary committee but their aides were a party to this effort to try to draft the executive order that was

sessions is facing a senate committee vote right now. plus lawsuit filed. washington state becomes the first state to sue president trump over that immigration ban. i'll talk live with the washington state attorney general who argues the executive order is hurting populations and the economy. i'm tamron hall coming to the live from our msnbc headquarters. >> president trump met with the drug company executives. late last night the president firing acting attorney general sally yates, her dismissal coming just hours after see defiantly ordered the justice department not to defend the president's controversial executive order on immigration. the white house accusing her of betrayal and insubordination. now, the president naming a new acting nomination, dana boente, until his nominee, jeff signatures sessions, can be confirmed. it was 1973 when president richard nixon fired his attorney general and deputy attorney general for refusing to dismiss the federal prosecutor in the watergate case. >> we had a monday night massacre, sally yates, a person of great integrity, who follows the law, w

ban that the president has ordered, really seems to be roiling things in washington. it has resulted in the firing of the acting attorney general, for instance. >> that's right, and i think that was designed to send a message from the president that he is in charge and he's not going to tolerate his orders being defied. at the same time, it has sort of fed this growing anxiety within different agencies about what the trump administration is going to mean for them. obviously as you know, the government is made up of largely career officials and there are a number of agencies that don't have the head of the agencies running them because they haven't been confirmed yet. and you have a president who is moving very quickly on a lot of different fronts and with various policies, and government is not necessarily something that tends to move really fast. and so i think there is a lot of anxiety, people not know what to expect, they don't know whether they are going to stick around, whether they will be welcome to stick around, what the policies are going to be, and the firing of the acting

regular washington, d.c. norms and historical norms to this president, i think it's faulty on the part of the press and quite frankly a little bit ignorant because this election was about change, it's what people voted for widely, to the union of 77-odd percent, people wanted a new face and they also voted fight twice, the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, all these folks fell through the cracks in immigration and we have a president who said enough, i told you i want to stop it. this is just a temporary make sure they're coming here to live here peace flil be a. >> the protester, those are the images that were just on our screen. corine, we heard from former president barack obama issuing that statement, what, 11 days into the trump administration after saying he would use for the president to -- former president to weigh in? is it too early and it was too tepid? >> no, absolutely not. if president think president obama is going to sit back and watch him undermine the bedrock of our country, they can't understand how dangerous -- >> so he's not -- >> say that one more time? >> he won

within washington, that you're going to change the language of the executive order, that you will tweak it, and i was told absolutely zero chance that that's going to happen. so a real window i think in how we can expect this president to govern moving forward. >> while this controversy continues you have another one that he's setting up tonight. president trump is going to make this big supreme court announcement. what do we know? >> so there are two front-runners who have emerged. i'll just break them down. the first one neil gorsuch is a u.s. federal appeals court judge for the 10th circuit appointed by former president george w. bush. he clerked for justices byron white and anthony kennedy and he attended harvard how scholaw sc. the second name that's listen floated is thomas hardiman. a participates court judge on the 3rd circuit and appointed by former president george w. bush. these two have another thing in common, chris. they are both conservative judges who are not too controversial in terms of how they might be viewed by democrats. so it's likely that if he picks one of these

hemmer, shannon, good morning in washington >> shannon: i'm shannon bream live today from the u.s. supreme court. at 8:00 p.m. eastern president trump will announce his choice to sit on the high court after the death of justin antonin scalia. president trump is getting his chance 12 days in. we'll have more on the frontrunners in just a moment, bill. >> bill: first president trump removing the acting attorney general only hours before a senate committee votes on jeff sessions who is president trump's choice for the job. sally yates dismissed after sending a letter ordering federal attorneys not to defend the president's executive order on immigration and travel. the vote for jeff sessions set for the bottom of the hour 30 minutes from now. as we await that, kristin fisher starts our coverage live at the white house. good morning, there. the president took to twitter already. what is he saying this morning, kristin? >> president trump is furious with democrats for what he sees as their delaying the confirmation process for his nominee for attorney general senator jeff sessions. he

. >> fake tears. msnbc contributor mike barnicle. >> mike barnicle is here, everybody. >> washington white house correspondent for "wall street journal" carol lee and law professor at george washington university jonathan turley. good to have you all on board. >> in the news this morning, there's a new top law enforcement officer running the justice department. >> last night the white house relieved acting attorney sally yates after she ordered the department's lawyers not to defend the president's travel ban executive order. yates was president obama's deputy attorney general and stayed on to bridge the gap between his administration and the confirmation of trump's attorney general. last night she issued a statement saying in part, quote, my responsibility is to ensure that the position of the department of justice is not only legally defensible but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all of the facts. in addition, i am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution's solemn obligation to always seek

. president trump sending a clear message to washington e get on board or you are out. steve: that's right. a new attorney general has been hired just hours after the president fired sally uniteyates acketting attorney general for refusing to. ainsley: sally yates you are fired. good morning, griff. >> good morning, they are making more a than coffee at the white house. making dramatic news. message is very clear. that is the boss is always right. president trump firing acting attorney general sally yates an aobama appointee holdover for questioning the president's executive order. refusing to defend that travel ban in court. the white house releasing this statement. quote, the acting attorney general sally yates has betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the united states. miss yates is an obama administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration it is time to get serious about protecting our country. dana bentae the u.s. district attorney for virginia has been named as acting attorney gener

washington post" the problem they've got is an off-broad way performance of a show that is now the number one hit on broadway. it's confirmed to nbc news that michael mccaul nor bob goodlatte were consulted on this executive order. and politico says senior staffers helped donald trump's top aides draft the executive order, but the party leadership were not informed. and that the small group of staffers were among the only people on capitol hill who knew about what was to come. politico cites two sources familiar with the matter that the trump administration even asked the staffers to sign non-disclosure agreements. the communications committee director declined to comment, but an unaimed aide told politico, quote, like other congressional committees, some staff at the house judiciary committee were permitted to offer their policy expertise to the trump transition team about the imgraduation law. however the trump administration is responsible for the final policy decisions contained in the executive order and its subsequent roll-out and implementation. john corker said, he probably

: good morningened and i'm clayton morris. heather: bold move sending a clear message to washington, get on board or you're out. jenkins with the dramatic rude awaking. >> this administration is very busy, incredible news overnight as you alluded to. the message is very clear, the boss is always right. president trump firing acting attorney general sally yates. just past 9:00 p.m. last night, quote, potus has named dana as acting attorney general, sally yates has been relieved. senate minority leader chuck schumer took to the floor to denounce the move. >> if this continues, this country has big trouble. we cannot have a twitter presidency, a presidency that thinks oh, this sounds good, let's go -- maybe some of ore courage, her inside, her wisdom would rub off on the people in the white house. >> schumer blasted the firing as a monday night massacre, reference to the famous nixon watergate scandal but the white house defended the decision calling the refusal a betrayal of office. steven miller appearing on tucker carlson last night. >> tonight we found out that an obama appointee who wa

deportations. others want to delay implementation. 16 attorneys general have filed suit in washington state seeking to have the order declared unlawful. >> it was a clumsy, odd way to rollout something of this importance. none of that is a legal challenge. the question for the court is limited. does he have the authority to do what he did? past cases suggest he does. >> former president obama waited today. spokesperson saying he supports protest against the order because american values are at stake. he reiterated people should not be discriminated against because of faith or religion, something the white house insists it is not doing. >> bret: john roberts, live on the north lawn. how to the people who voted for a president trump feel about the immigration restrictions? kristin fisher talked to several of them today. she is at the u.s. supreme court. >> there are hundreds of people here, waiting for the top two democrats on capitol hill to lead a protest against president trump's immigration order. because supporters of the order haven't received quite as much attention, they say the

washington correspondent for the "new york times" and he is a guy who i don't like to think of myself as keeping up after midnight because he is in charge of a lot of important stuff. david, thank you for abobeing w us. >> good to be with you again. >> we have got confusion in terms of what is happening with this ice job, the customs enforcement replacement. putting that aside for a second the larger news tonight is the firing of the acting attorney general. can i just ask you as from your reporting your experience how big a deal you think this is and what you think the immediate consequences will be? >> i think it is a big deal. i also think it is an entire avoidable deal, rachel. i mean supposing for a minute they had done this all in order, that they had taken some time to write their immigration and seven-nation suspension and syria ban order with some care, that they had circulated it around to all the places that could comment object it. they have gone through the usual process and waited for their attorney general and a few other officials to get confirmed by the senate, it would

that are filed against it today including one by the state of washington, another by the biggest muslim civil rights group in the country, cair. so, i mean, they've got a very hard time defending it. political terms and in legal terms. the question is whether they will be able to defend this and all of their policies by force. by political force. because that's really all they've got left. if they can't get anybody in the justice department, i mean, the way sally yates' statement ended was "unless and until i become convinced that it is appropriate to do so." she's inviting her, please convince me i can defend this. you're fired, you're out. >> the next step, you send stephen miller attorney to make the case, here's what we drafted, here's what we thought. that's the next step. >> if they still said no, thank you, we'll be happy to see you go when senator sessions becomes attorney general sessions. meanwhile, we're going to appoint a special -- not special counsel is not the exact right term, but appoint counsel to come in and defend these things because you can't. to throw the d

stuff. trust me. nobody else in washington can handle these issues. these complicated issues. i will make it all work. well, part of making it work is you saidi understanding how to get things through legally and politically. and the whole thing feels chaotic, unplanned, and amateur. that i wonder whether it is making some people recognize in my view, that government is actually more complicated than business. >> one of the things this administration, though, it does seem to thrive on chaos, and we are seeing a lot of chaos right now. >> you know, it thrived on chaos during the campaign. it remains to be seen if it will thrive on chaos as the presidency. it is one thing to promise a disruptive to be a disruptive force. to be a disruptive force in a campaign where, frankly, people didn't like any of the other candidates and they liked the idea of shaking things up. but when they start seeing what that means when you're president, you know, people often said don't take trump liter literally. take him seriously. you have to take him literally and seriously as the president. when he

new york times" will be anti-trump and distort things, "the washington post" will be anti-trump and distort things, the major networks are the same way. the most interesting thing to me is almost no one in the elite media has had the courage to come out and say they have just plain been wrong. they were wrong about the nomination process, the general election, the cabinet -- which is a tremendous cabinet. they are wrong now. >> sean: for that acknowledgment, i think hell will freeze over first. before you ever get these people admitting that. based on their definition, this is just a nuanced fact here, hillary and barack obama ban muslims when they put a six-month moratorium on iraq. jimmy carter ban muslims based on their definition now, he wouldn't allow iranians to come into america during the iranian hostage crisis. all we are saying is we want the right to vet you. make sure you are coming here with peaceful intentions. that does not seem unreasonable in any way to me. >> there are two parts to that. being allowed to come to america as a noncitizen is a privilege, not a right.

state of washington and council on islamic relations. so there's a a lot going on. and a lot of it is as yet unexplain ed. but again, the big headline tonight, president trump firing the acting attorney general of the united states sally yates ap she refused to defend the constitutional order in court. the story broke in the 9:00 hour. and one of our guests in our 9:00 p.m. eastern hour was an investigative reporter for "the new york times" who was learning the news as we were as we went to air earlier this evening in that the k hour. we asked him to come back now tonight in terms of updating us on his own reporting and understanding of what's happened. thank you for being with us. i appreciate your time. >> good to be back. >> since we spoke, do you have any update about how this happened in the justice department or consequences now that it has? >> we just got word about ten minutes ago that the replacement for sally yates had rescinded her order. so that was his first official act as acting attorney general was to announce he was rescinding yates' order ask was ordering the justice

. and that is "the memo." now, for the top story reaction, joining us from washington, charles krauthammer. so the big picture is what i want to talk to you about. the vetting itself, the extreme vetting as mr. trump calls it, that is not a bad thing, is it? >> no. but what you have to have is a policy that you vet before you loosen on the world in the most amateurish, botched way. i mean, it is utterly ridiculous, first of all, to give no guidance, as to what you do with someone holding a green card. then you change the guidance. you should have stated from the beginning, if you have a green card, you are not going to be stopped. they were stopped. that should never have happened. >> bill: so, they rushed -- >> it is not only that they rush it, they did it in a terrible way. in theory, of course, you want to have a strengthened vetting process, a new administration should have a chance to review procedures. but you don't announce that you are going to all of a sudden have a new process and to stop everybody who is already flying already in the air with a valid visa and stop th

. dana bash, cnn, washington. >> that's the question for the panel. back for the hour. you raised this idea earlier about sort of chaos theory. maybe this is to dana's point their idea of, you know this clash and it shows that well they're stirring the pot. >> i think it is chaos theory. not saying it is going to end up well. it could end up very bad for them. but i think this is not an example of sloppiness or incompa tense. i think this is part of a strategy. now, not everybody might be in on the strategy. i think this is indicative of steve bannon, steven miller. if you sort of follow where they're coming from, they're sort of disciples of saul olinski, trying to take what the left did. there is a book called "confrontational politics" h.l. richardson, really spells out what this its. a theory that says you are always on offense. you have to constantly be fighting. most americans like peace. we look comity. they believe that you are always fighting. and you shake things up. and that is what i am seeing. i do not think this is an accident. >> it's interesting, that that theory,

today, washington state attorney general bob ferguson announced a new lawsuit, and said he's got the support of amazon and expedia. >> our view the president is not adhering to the constitution when it comes to executive action. my responsibly as attorney general is to defend rule of law in courts on behalf of the people of this state. >> yang: state department employees circulated a "dissent channel memo." it warned the policy "will not achieve its aim of making our country safer..." and that it "runs counter to core american values..." federal judges intervened to protect foreign holders of green cards-- legal permanent residents. overnight, homeland secretary secretary john kelly waived the travel ban for those people. at breakfast with small business leaders today, president trump denied any problems with his immigration order. >> we-- ah-- actually had a very good day yesterday in terms of homeland security. and some day we had to make the move and we decided to make the move. >> yang: he blamed chaos at airports on a delta air lines computer problem, and on democrats. >> i noti

washington, d.c., just a massive turnout in the nation's capital that da warwarfed the n of people that turned out for the inauguration. this weekend it happened again in response to the religion-based refugee ban that the president signed on friday. this weekend again, thousands and thousands and thousands of people in marches and protests and rallies that were not planned for weeks in advance like the women's march was. these outpourings of dissent this weekend, these were organic, spontaneous, instantaneous, we'll talk about what happened at the airports in a second but it's really interesting to note that people who don't live in big cities were visual legal vly galvanize. we've been watching that because it seems to be mushrooming in terms of a channel for people to organize against the trump agenda. but look at this. look at the turnout. do we have that? there we go. look at this. this was this weekend's indivisible meeting in one congressional district in oregon. you see, what you're looking at is a strange picture, people poking their heads through open windows. the reason they

maccallum, good night from washington, d.c., tonight. we will see you tomorrow in new york. ♪ >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on tonight. >> loud and clear! >> bill: massive controversy over president trump stopping some muslims from coming to the usa. but what is the real story here? "talking points" will lay it out. >> they are not properly vetted, you have extreme bedding proposal. as a result, the implementation, we have seen some problems. problems. >> bill: even some republicans are critical of mr. trump for not explaining the anti-terror problem clearly. >> bill o'reilly wants to know how you think this country is doing right now. >> also, ahead, we are in california this evening, where jesse watters is causing some trouble. >> is bill o'reilly fair and balanced? >> i'm going to stay out of the fight with bill. i wish you nothing but the best. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. from california, "the factor" begins right now. ♪ >> bill: hi, i am bill o'reilly, reporting from los angeles. thanks for watching us tonight. extreme venting, that is a subje

states attorney here. under both remember and then she became deputy attorney general in washington. she has never made decisions based on politics. she makes decisions based on what she believes is right, and consistent with the best policies of the department of justice. i believe this is something where we knee nuance, but nuance should have come before the executive order was ever issued. >> i agree, but she can't respond to lack of nuance with lack of nuance -- but it's her responsibility as head of the justice department at this point to say i should have reviewed this, it should have gone in front of the lawyers who are not just concerned with the letters in the executive order, but what's being said around it, the context, and more importantly how it's being implemented. i think she sees a very serious constitutional problem. it's her obligation to say something. nobody else in that administration is. >> professor -- >> i think that's right. >> how unusual is this? how uncharted waters are we in? >> it's very unusual. usually when somebody refuses to enforce the orders of th

areas and protests tonight in at least five cities, including washington, d.c., where democrats just a short time ago stood in front of the supreme court to call on the president to reverse the new policy. top republicans, including john mccain and lindsey graham, have also come out across the order. gop representative mike coffman calling it a poorly executed and embarrassment. former president barack obama who hadn't spoke out since leaving office supported the protesters saying that he was heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country. joining me now is a associate professor of law. professor, can you tell us what your own refugee experience was? >> hi, thank you so much for having me on the show. yes, i was one of these people who from a country that's a terrorist country, from iran and i had the hijab and shouted death to america when i was a kid because i was forced to. that's what the regime made people in elementary school do. my family was able to get out. there was war. we slept in our basements and there was bombs at night and we were

clouds formed by washington, hung over wall street. stocks stumbled after trump tightened immigration from seven middle eastern countries with muslim majority populations. the move caused confusion, legal challenges, criticism and according to some analysts, it increases uncertainty in the markets. today the dow jones industrial average fell to 19,951. the nasdaq was off 47. and the s&p 500 dropped 13. the lousy start to the week follows dow's historic topping of 20,000 a few days ago. the rally since the election was sparked by the expectations that pro growth policies like tax cuts would be enacted fairly quickly. but as bob reports, there is growing concern among investors that washington's focus is shifting. >> from trump bust to trump slump. the market may have blown past its records but stocks took big hit today with key headlines and policy plans coming out of the new trump administration. the problem is investors are seeing president trump are straying from the speenls initially lifted stocks to new highs. what moves the market forward? the reflation fee. tax cuts and infrastr

general. we're seeing a challenge of washington, the republicans on capitol hill they don't want to be backing this up publicly. trump believes this is his agenda, he wants it to happen. >> i think -- are going to slam the hell out of this. it's unsavory. nobody likes the smell of this. the republican party is a little less diverse. they may say no, this a -- he is okay in this baby. so i wonder, do you have the sense that the republican party going to face a sissism over this or not. would there be a namby-pamby over this. >> don't look the the vocal hawks like senator mccain, that tell you a lot, the one not saying much. >> keep in mind that -- >> this is civil disowe yens within the that's essentially what happened. >> she's top person. >> until sessions is confirmed. she said no. that's significant as far as politics, mitch mcconnell was going for filler buster he needs to win a lot of seats in -- where are the candidates going to be. are they going to embrace trump-bannon review of the world. robert is right about chaos and disruption. >> if you talk to them off the record. there

for you tonight from washington, as well as some big name guests this evening. among them, kellyanne conway, counselor to the president. we will ask her about the supreme court back tomorrow night. also, we'll discuss new efforts to derail education secretary nominee betsy devos. first, with the american federation of teachers president randi weingarten on one side, then, with formal education secretary bill bennett on the other. then, tucker carlson joins us to discuss my white house interviews and the administration's latest moves. but we begin with the first 100 days exclusive on day ten, as k.t. mcfarland grants us her very first interview since being appointed president trump's deputy national security advisor and discusses both the travel ban and the controversial reorganization of the national security council. ♪ >> martha: k.t. mcfarland, thank you so much for being with us to be dumb i care today. >> it a pleasure and an honor. >> martha: give everyone a sense of what the role is at the nic and with the national security council is all about i. >> it is good tha

, massachusetts and washington state and california. evan, excellent report. thanks so much for breaking the news. our breaking news coverage continues right now on "erin burnett outfront." >> next, breaking news, a dramatic twist from the justice department. the acting attorney general telling justice department lawyers not to defend trump's travel ban. that story is breaking at this moment. senator chuck schumer is my guest. and president obama weighs in as trump tries to compare his travel ban to obama's. the facts out front. and steve bannon, getting more power this evening. what people close to him are telling us about it. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. at this moment, the acting attorney general, sally yates, defying president obama's executive order. yates around obama nominee, notifying the justice department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending the travel ban. this is according to sources familiar with the order. yates in a letter to the lawyer, i'm responsible for ensuring that the position that we take in court remain consistent to stand for what is

prayer and welcome to washington. i am bret baier. president trump says there is nothing nice about searching for terrorists before they can enter the country. that may be one of the few things everyone is agreeing on in the wake of a firestorm over an immigration order that came down late friday and hit world airports hard over the weekend. we have fox team coverage tonight. greg palkot hot in london tells us how the moves are going over internationally. we begin with john roberts and the president under fire from almost all sides. >> good evening. it was the most controversial aspect of president trump's campaign another campaign promise has become a national policy, the controversy has exploded. >> we had a good day yesterday in terms of homeland security. >> meeting with small business leaders this morning, the president declared himself pleased with the rollout of his executive order on extreme vetting despite criticism from members of his own party. senators john mccain and lindsey graham wrote "it's clear from the confusion at our airports across the nation that president tru

communication. the customs department couldn't get washington on the phone. you're going to slowly, tomorrow it's going to be about the supreme court justice. he's checking a box that this got out of control. he has to get used to the fact that there are people working against everything he does. >> massive change in immigration policy and they implemented it, frankly not bad. doesn't matter how it -- the mainstream media did what dana said. they took cameras to every airport. >> juan: it happened. it's real news. this >> eric: when you frame it one way, juan. >> juan: i am not framing it. we are media. we are having an honest discussion. i am telling you that when i heard it today, someone said, i think you, brian, this was intended to make us safer. wait a second. none of the major attacks on the united states have been perpetrated by people coming from these countries. >> brian: this is a step in the right direction. these are preventative measures. donald trump got in office to implement. a quinnipiac poll said 48% of the country approved of suspending immigration from terror-p

has caused confusion and created serious division in washington. jake, you know this better than anyone, members of his own party are voicing serious opposition. wall street is now worried that all the infighting will actually slow the tax reform process. remember, there are big differences, as you know, between paul ryan and trump's tax plan. corporate taxes is one of the biggest areas of disagreement. bottom line, wall street at some point today thought maybe trump would undo his rally. that's at one point you saw the worst decline since early october. that said, like you pointed out, we saw a little bit of a rally at the end of the day to recover some of the losses. that's probably because trump has indicated that he might take on regulations and undo some of the financial regulations that were put in place post-financial crisis. so there is a little bit of a silver lining for wall street there. >> cristina alesci on wall street. thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> americans, refugees, world leaders, congress, humanitarian groups reeling from president trump's executive orde

you both for joining it. >>> joining us now, susan page, washington bureau chief. thanks for spending a few minutes with us. let me ask you, here was a thought i had today, and i'm curious what you think of this. we we've played that clip of donald trump in the campaign. he made a sweeping, absolute statement as a candidate that he was going to have a total, complete shut down on all muslims entering the united states. and when we took polls on this in the republican primaries, i think it surprised a lot of people how popular that idea was. when he won the republican nomination. the base of that party seemed to be with him on that. and you look at what he actually implemented in this policy, you could say it's a very bad policy, but it's not a total, complete shut down on all muslims entering the country. i'm looking at the confusion over the weekend, sort of how vague the order was at first, all of those scene was protest, and it does occur to me, is that something politically that donald trump wanted? did he want protesters out there in the streets, up in arms saying this i