trump's senior policy advisor, steve miller told tucker carlson last night that yates's refusal is a betrayal of her office. watch this. >> what is unprecedented here, that the justice department would refuse to defend a lawful federal order for political reasons. that is dangerous to our constitutional system. >> right. >> when somebody sues the government of the united states for doing its duty, the justice department is defending the taxpayers of the united states and defending the constitution of the united states. refusing to do that is again a betrayal of the office and it is unconscionable to do so. stuart: come on in please, former attorney general of the united states, john ashcroft with us now live. mr. attorney general, thank you so much for being with us on a very important day. following the firing of sally yates, the democrat national committee called president trump a tyrant. would you care to comment, sir? >> well, first of all the president is acting to defend the american people with these orders regarding immigration and refugees and he is well within the law. the

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tucker carlson star of the fox news channel. we take a look at the apoplectic left and donald trump's wit. back in a moment. >> well, meryl streep accepted a lifetime achievement award at the golden globes last night. now, her speech was full of real contempt for donald trump. she attacked him on several fronts, including his alleged mockery of that disabled reporter during the election. well, mr. trump hit back early this morning with a series of tweets. here is one. meryl streep, one of the most overrated actresses in hollywood, doesn't know me, but attacked last night at the golden globes. tucker carlson tonight is the new show, debuts on the fox news channel at 9 eastern today, this evening, and tucker carlson is with us this morning. tucker, i don't like the president using that kind of personal attack and i don't think he should have demeaned the acting talent of meryl streep. what say you? >>. [laughter] >> i can't speak to the acting talent of meryl streep, i personally-- he shouldn't be responding to meryl streep. meryl