united states and around the world. i'm john vause. it's 10:00 p.m. in los angeles. you're watching cnn breaking news. a new u.s. attorney general has been sworn in and immediately ordered for the executive order on immigration to be enforced. the executive order stops people from seven muslim majority countries from entering the united states for three months. the order has sparked days of protests in the united states. and around the world. joining me here now in los angeles, california talk radio house, ethan, and john steele,

ron brownstein, and mark garyus. i want to start with mark. sally united states refused to enforce the laws of the president. was well within his rights to fire her. >> well, yes. he's within his rights to fire her, but for all of those who keep calling her an obama holdover, remember, yes, she was appointed by obama, but so was the gentleman who is now the acting attorney general. they're both obama appointees, and she was asked by the trump administration to act as the acting attorney general until such time as sessions either gets confirmed or not confirmed. the president's got the ability to fire an ag, but ironically, it's taken donald trump only ten days to match what richard nixon took years to do, which is fire an attorney general who wouldn't do what you wanted them to do. now, you have to understand something. the part of the press release

that was put out there today by the administration was that they had cleared this with the office of legal counsel at the department of justice. the problem with that is that the office of legal counsel only looks at whether or not the form, and whether or not it's facially constitutional. she was looking beyond that. there's two prongs to this. is it constitutional, number one, as a law, and then number two, as it's applied. and it was her judgment as it's been two district court's judgment that it's not constitutional as applied. >> okay. we now have a new acting attorney general, but ron, to you, i -- the acting attorney general has betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the united states. what does that say to you about the politics here? >> it is not surprising that a president would dismiss an

acting attorney general who is not supporting an initiative of the initiative. it's shocking to do so in the kind of language that we saw on the same day that we saw the president attack john mccain and lindsey graham and accuse them of desiring world war iii or mocking the democratic senate minority leader. it's an extraordinary kind of fuselage of personal insults and kind of line drawing here. one thing is sure. there's an argument that some people argue that the bible is literally true because each day in genesis represents thousands of years. i sometimes think since donald trump has been inaugurated, we're living in genesis times, because so much is happening every day. and it just -- i think the statement is one more reminder of how deep into unchartered waters we are less than two weeks into this administration.

>> and shawn, to you. mark made the comparison to the nixon administration. a lot of people comparing 1973 when the attorney general resigned rather than investigate the lead investigator for water gate. >> others tried to make that comparison too. to do so would be foolish. nobody remembers it. very few people on the air right now really understand with trump was doing or understand the phenomenon of trump and are reacting as if it's candidate trump going back a year and a half. americans have moved on. the world has changed. this attorney general is definitely the most politicized attorney general office we've seen in american history. much worse than richard nixon ever dreamed of. the attorney has taken partisan positions and really needs a serious cleaning house. this is just an example of some of the festering things that take place in the administration under obama.

>> you think she should resign? >> she's fighting. >> she should have hung on as long as she could have to fight this what i see as an unconstitutional executive order. it was rushed through improperly, but i think what's being missed here is the activities are happening to rapidly from the trump administration, and done in a manner so we can't stay focussed long enough to fight him on certain issues. that's what this move was today. >> let's go back to march 2015. this was the confirmation hearing for sally united states. she's being grilled by senator jeff sessions. listen to this. >> well, you have to watch out. people will be asking you to do things you need to say no about. do you think the attorney general has a responsibility to say no to the president if he asks for something that's improper in a lot of people have defended the lynch nomination, for example, by saying, well, he

appoints somebody who is going to execute his views. what's wrong with that? if the views the president wants to do are unlawful, should the attorney general or deputy attorney general say know. >> i believe they have an obligation to follow the law and the constitution and to give their independent legal advice to the president. >> mark, that seemed to be a career ending answer for yates. is it a case -- >> you know, it depends on whose ox is getting it. you have the punitive attorney general there basically taunting her and saying you make sure you stand up for the constitution after all, remember, this is not a land that's ruled by men but by law. she does what she's supposed to do, and her reward is to be fired and she's to be falsely accused of betraying or having a betrayal. i mean, it really is silly.

any lawyer who has studied constitutional law knows this order as applied, not facially, but as applied was unconstitutional. two judges have issued, and both of the judges were not soft touches. these were both former prosecutors. sally yates is a former prosecutor herself, who, by the way, was the lead prosecutor in the erik rue dodolrudolph, dome terrorist. they never said that in the previous 27 years of her career, festering sore. this is a woman who has the ethics, the morality, and the absolute fidelity to the constitution, and not to a bunch of people who are over there trying to pander to whatever their campaign promises were. it's a constitutional issue. this isn't a political issue. >> okay. so let's bring in ron. >> well -- and the eruption

around this really does set up an interesting dynamic around senator sessions' confirmation vote. you've had a number of republican senators raise serious concerns about the executive order. and they now have an actual point of leverage. it is not outside of the way the senate has worked historically if the senators want to make a stand and say we are not going to vote to confirm jeff sessions until we have some agreement with the administration to revise the this order. we've already seen republicans rubio, graham, and mccain raise objections about rex tillerson but fall into line and vote for him. if they do again, if they raise objections again and fall into line and vote for jeff sessions, i don't think president trump is going to miss that message. he's a student of power. it would be easy for him to conclude the senate republicans using the flags, they would be all talk and no action. there's an interesting dynamic

coming ahead on whether they'll use their point of leverage to push forward the objections they raised. >> there's a good deal of hypocrisy, looking at what jeff sessions was saying in 2015? >> i say it's from all sides all the time. chuck schumer talked about immigration. obama did it with iraq earlier than that, jimmy carter did. and then when we talk for a 90 day reasonable pause of highly targeted terrorist countries, that's temporary in nature, that suddenly becomes hypocritical. we see these two judges so concerned about justice and constitutional, they are progressive democrats. for them it's a very political decision to try to make donald trump look bad. >> first off, in 2011 president obama didn't stop immigration. he slowed it down.

it was the visa waiver program applied. secondly, this has terrible optics. we're the beacon of liberty to the world. this sends the wrong message to our friends, allies and enemies. all the above, and on to have top of it all to say this is about terrorism, well, what about saudi arabia? why were they left off the list? >> we have a statement from the new acting attorney general. it reads in part based on the. and probably drafted. i rescind former acting attorney general's guidance and direct the men and women of the department of justice to do our sworn duty and defend the lawful orders of our president. mark, how can one attorney general find one legal ruling to be valid and constitutional, and another one finds it to be the opposite? >> because he did exactly what i hate to get into the weeds here. but all he said is the office of legal counsel found it to be

facially constitutional. that means the law as written is constitutional. she specifically said in her message to the employees, it's not constitutional as applied. that's what the judges found, and i know that people want to say, well, they're obama appointees. the current acting attorney general is also an obama appointee and his claim is fame is he convicted the virginia governor mcdonald, and that was then reversed by the u.s. supreme court. so he has been spectacularly wrong in his legal analysis within the last one year. >> ron, the white house spokesman made it clear earlier on monday to anybody within the administration either you're part of the program or it's time to leave. >> yes. look, i mean, again, the lines that are drawing -- donald trump is not only building a wall on the southern border.

he is building walls inside america. we are seeing a level of division and kind of you're with us or against us. really on both sides of this. that is extraordinary. in addition to what sean spicer said today about line up or leave, president obama criticized what donald trump did today. praised the protests over the weekend. that's unprecedented. within a week of a president taking office, a former president speaking out so quickly. donald trump's disapproval rating reached 50% over the weekend. typically you're talking 500 or 60 0 days before they reach majority disapproval. this is a presidency that has the prospect of divide gd american. and i believe democrats on capitol hill are being pulled along by the visceral reaction from their base, evident in the kinds of protests that you're showing right now. it's going to be very hard for democrats on capitol hill to have a pick and choose on the

menu, work with donald trump on some things and oppose on others. i think this is rapidly becoming are you with us or against us kind of presidency from the point of view of trump and his critics. >> shaun touched on this. other presidents have used this power in the past. ronald reagan used it five times. bill clinton 12 times. george bush six times. barack obama, 19 times. in one form or another, but why is it different this time? >> for me, this is different because this is being used as a shock tactic. it is done to placate the base and done to anger the left and anger democrats and people who oppose him. this is a classic strategy. this is actually a strategy to divide and conquer. generally done by strongman in autocrat. >> if this is no different, why are there thousands and thousands of people on the streets for days around the

world. >> the progressive left as lost the numbers. every single day everything that he put together through administrative actions is disappearing. actually, brownstein was wrong. trump is actually 58% popular in the country. that's two world views. one world view has the old technology, and the other world view has trump technology. >> therapy, gallop is -- has polled on every president sin sincize icen haur. no president has reached majority disapproval in gallop in anything like the period received. eight days. >> ron, we know you're upset. >> get used to it. i'm just telling you what the facts are. he's reached majority disapproval in gallop in 8 days. >> gallop was wrong. they're discredited.

>> okay. >> it's just -- >> it's absolutely. it's what they used to tell me just because you repeat it does not make it right or true. >> okay. it seems other federal officials lost their jobs in the last few hours. this one less public. the acting head of immigration customs and enforcement was replaced. what do we read into that? apparently thomas hermann is the new acting head and believed to be more sympathetic to the administration's hard line stance. >> the trump administration is trying to get ahold of the government. they're proposing significant cant shifts in policy on many, many fronts. we haven't even gotten up to today the former head of the transition on the epa saying they intend to pull out of the paris climate treaty. they looking to redirect policy as a landslide level of change after a very narrow win in which they lost the popular vote. so i think they are doing what they have to do to get control of the government, but it's going to be a wrenching process

and the agencies one by one, and you do come back to this question of all of these republicans senators have raised questions about the executive order. the real leverage they have is in the 52/48 senate. a narrow margin of error to approve the president's appointees to fill all these jobs. will they use that leverage to try to get concessions from the administration? >> we'll leave it there. we're out of time. thank you for being with us. with that, we'll take a short break. donald trump's second week in office is only his second week in office. off to a bumpy start, to say the least. in a moment we'll talk with fareed zakaria and how he's describing the actions. and police break up large crowds as demonstrators take to the streets across the united states for another night of protests.

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major part of what the president campaigned on and now he's doing exactly what he told the american people he would do. the president will always put the safety and prosperity of our country first and foremost. >> fareed zakaria joins me now from new york. fre fareed, what are the implications here. the acting attorney general has been firing for defying the executive order on the travel ban. >> the whole thing seems chaotic. whatever interpretation you have about that specific event and some of the others, whether the orders are lawful, unlawful, wise, unwise, it certainly feels incompetent, and i think that is a serious problem for an administration that's sold itself on its competence. donald trump's principle point about why he should be president is i'm a competent businessman, a multibillionaire, i've run

real businesses, i know how to do 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 says someone is fired, they're fired. when you say there's going to be a ban on people coming in, they're banned and airports go into chaos. so i think that as the president, as the administration, as the government, people are going to want a degree more of stability, of competence and continuity. but let's be honest. we've all been surprised by donald trump. perhaps he'll surprise us again. his approval ratings are the lowest of any president in 45 years coming into this first week. but perhaps things will turn.

>> earlier on monday the white house says this travel ban had been a huge success. a few people have been inconvenienced at airports, and that's a small price to pay for national security. they say everyone campaigniompl about it is hyping it up. >> it's odd to describe it as a success. frankly, nothing has happened, and the court staid the imp plemtation of it. how they can claim success on an order that's barely been implemented because the court stopped id, i don't know. and most importantly abroad. look at the affect it's having around the world. look at what is happening. the iraqi government and army have allied with the united states for a decade in fighting

terrorists. the iraqi army is fighting isis. the terrorist group that donald trump says he wants to eliminate, guess who is putting their lives on the line for that? iraqi soldiers, and those soldiers and their families and translators for the american advisors are now told that they are hostile and will not even be allowed to visit the country that they are risking their lives for. it strikes me as -- just if you look at the international implications of it, the ban is having very serious negative effects. internally it's causing a degree of chaos. within the government it's caused the attorney general to be fired. i don't know what yardstick you can use to describe it as having been successful, but you are right. that is what they claim. >> what do you think will be the long-term implications of this ban regardless of what happens in the courts whether it's upheld or dismissed? what will be the implications

for the united states and its image around the world? >> clearly negative. i think the most interesting thing has been to note how people and countries have reacted around the world. recognizing it's not just about seven countries. it's about the idea that the united states can use national origin effectively religion as a blanket condition. you know, it's not saying dangerous iraqis. it's saying all iraqis. t not saying we're just going to scrutinize people more carefully. it's saying we won't allow anybody from syria to come in. and people recognize that violates some sense of common justice. you have the u.n. commissioner of human rights saying that this is essentially an immoral policy that violates universal codes of conduct and justice. when people are saying that about the united states, it's a

sad day. those are the kind of things you hear people saying about authoritarian governments that have long histories of human rights abuse. to hear it said about the oldest constitutional democracy in the world, to hear it being said about a country that is rightly seen and has been seen for many decades as the leader of the free world is a very sad day. >> okay. fareed, thank you. appreciate you being with us. >> my pleasure. >> a short break. when we come back, a new acting u.s. attorney general is in charge of the department of justice. he's promising to enforce president trump's controversial travel ban. we'll have the latest. also a university of portland student worried he can't go home because of the travel ban. he'll join us live in a moment. what i love most

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welcome back. you're watching cnn news room live. i'm john vause. the new acting attorney general says he will enforce president trump's ravel ban. he replaces sally united states who told the justice department on monday, don't defend that ban in court. the white house responded with a hand delivered letter to yates saying she was fired. we get more from evan perez. >> an extraordinary series of events has president trump fired the acting attorney general because she had ordered the justice department not to defend the president's executive order on immigration and refugees. the president's order rolled out over the weekend. banned travel to the united states so people from seven

countries deemed to be security risks. yates is an appointee of barack obama. on monday evening she told justice department lawyers that, quote, i am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution's sullen obligation to always seek justice and stand for what's right. he said she didn't think the executive order is lawful. a few hours later the white house issued a statement attacking yates for being weak on illegal immigration. the statement said yates, quote, has betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the united states. the new acting attorney general is dana, benta. he will remain in office until the senate confirms senator jeff sessions expected later this week. evan perez, cnn, washington. well, alley is a young

university student in oregon. he asked us not to use his last name. he joins us on the line. you have dual citizenship with yemen and jordan. no how is this affecting you and your brother who is in a similar situation? >> hi. of course, it is affecting me in many ways. well, one way is to look at that i am here in the united states using my yemen passports. i will not be able to go back to see my family over the summer break, because if i go back, i will not be able to come back into the united states in order to finish my degree which, i'm so close to finish it. >> the administration says this is just a 90-day ban. it's just a pause. you sound like you're concerned it may be permanent. >> i am afraid it will go further than 90 days, because

they already are saying as well they will put more restrictions on it. well, for us as citizens of yemen and international students, there are heavy restrictions for us. it's not that easy for us to get into the united states. it's not like i want to get my passport, and hey, i'm going to the united states on the next flight. no. we go through heavy restrictions, and visa process and interview process and fingerprints process. it's very long process, and not easy for us. >> what are your plans now? what advice have you received? >> well, i have received an advice from my school and my brother's school to not travel or leave the country, but as i said, because we don't know what the future holds, my plan is now either to transfer to canada or transfer to other college in the united states that will accept my credits that i have earned in

the university of portland. unfortunately, i had so much goals into finishing my school at stanford university, but i'm afraid that will not happen because of the new immigration law, which is pretty much against us. >> okay. thank you for being with us and sharing your story. an immigration attorney is with us now. we heard from allie here. we also heard from the australian prime minister on monday. he said australians who have dual citizenship with the countries will be exempt from the ban. i mention that because one of the biggest problems right now seems to be there's a lot of confusion. it's not entirely clear how this ban is actually being implemented on a case by case basis. >> on a case by case basis, it should be evaluated, but there is also a number of categories of individuals being said you can't come to the united states. specifically individuals from

those countries that are being outlined by the president. they will have a very hard time coming into the united states unless they make a determination that's in the best national interest for them to come to the united states. otherwise they're out. somebody like allie already in the united states is protected. i don't think the government can have a removal of him, and i would not encourage him, like he's been advised, to depart the country. he should stay and be able to finish unless he does something extraordinary that will disqualify him from having the student visa. he doesn't have to travel to canada. >> what if he has to renew the visa. >> it's a student visa. as long as he remains in the united states and continues to meet the requirements of the student visa, he doesn't have to go out and renew it. legally he could remain in the country as long as he meets the riern requirements. >> he'll be separated from his family. >> it is challenging.

>> it's more than an inconvenience. >> it is. >> we should note this. a visa does not guarantee entry into the united states. it allows a foreign citizen to travel to the port of entry, and immigration inspectors thordss or denies admission of the united states. it's important to know even if you get a visa, there's still a process at an airport or a land crossing that there is still a determination of whether or not you're allowed into the country. >> and that applies to nonimmigrants and individuals with immigrant visas asking to come in as a lawful permanent resident. if they get approved. it applies to lawful permanent residents. >> green card holders. >> if they do anything that caused them to be inadmissible, they may have to go to an

immigration court. >> the president defended why the ban seemed to be rushed into effect. he put out a tweet. if the ban were announced with one week notice, the bad would rush into our country during that week. a lot of bad dudes out there. does that actually make sense in reality? could someone find out the band was going to go in effect, get a visa and gain entry? >> most likely not. especially from the countries who are already being heavily scrutinized. in general, i believe the united states is doing its best to try to protect the homeland, and with very few exceptions people can get overnight visa, unless you can prove hardship. it's doubtful. they have to run background checks, so i doubt that an individual in such a short period of time might be able to get a visa and enter the united

states. >> we're also wondering about we know the ban is in effect, but we haven't heard what will replace the current system. because it's all about looking at the system, trying to figure out a better way of vetting it. is there any indication of what this administration plans to do? >> no. they're just -- they have instructed the department of homeland security. the state department to go out and evaluate the program and come back with the recommendations. in the meantime we have this ban which is kind of -- not kind of. it is unfortunate. to me, it should have been a process whereby the president said, with all the talented individual at the department of homeland security and department of state, they could have come back to the president and made their recommendations as to whether or not there's a problem with the current system which has allowed a lot of refugees to come into the united states without any incidents so far.

unless the president has no privy to what intelligence he's getting at this moment. the there's a threat he deems necessary at this moment. i think he acted too hastily. >> okay. thank you for coming in. i appreciate it. when we come back, some are taking the battle against the ban to court. >> it is religious r discrimination in its most obvious form. >> ted voice ] progressive claims to show people their competitors' rates alongside their direct rate to save you money. but what's really going on? when played backwards at 1/8th speed you can clearly hear... what could that mean? woman: tom? tom! they're just commercials. or are they? you're waking the neighbors. well, mom, maybe the neighbors need to be woke. i think it's actually "awoken." no, that doesn't even seem right. no, it's "awoken." revealing the truth to help you save.

in the past few days one of the most outspoken voices has been the governor of the state of washington. >> this is a grossly unconstitutional and highly probably illegal act. it is religious discrimination in it barest and obvious form. not only did it target just

muslim countries. it clearly is religiously discriminatory when the president himself said we're going to say muslims are at the bottom of the barrel. other religions are at the top. >> and now washington state is the first state to take legal action to challenge the executive order filing a federal lawsuit against president trump. the department of homeland security and higher ranking officials within the trump administration. the governor of washington joins us now from seattle. so, governor, first off, thank you for being with us. i'd like to ask you your reaction to the news that the president has actually now fired the acting attorney general because she instructed justice department lawyers not to defend the trump administration's executive action in court. what's your reaction to that? >> well, my reaction was pride that an american judicial officer refused to essentially enforce an unconstitutional exec

ive order by president trump. that was an act of moral colonel. i have to respect that to some degree. my action to her firing. i came of age during nixon's water gate, and one of the fellows i really respect is bob ruklehouse. when richard nixon ordered him to fire the attorney investigating nixon's problems, he refused to do it, and nixon fired him. so i just -- it's deja vu all over again. there's some differences in the circumstances, but it's disturbing that this executive order which was so poorly planned, was so ill conceived, was to cruel and so inhumane that it has sparked in our nation and in our justice department a revulsion against its inhumanity in its own constitutionality, and i believe

it is. it does have a clear priority of one religion over another. that is simply not allowed in our constitution. >> the legal action now being taken by your state, part of the legal argument, you need to prove the executive order is doing harm to washington state. what's your argument there? >> well, it's doing harm, obviously, to the individuals involved. i consoled an american citizen, a wife of a man who's cousins of boeing engineer. her husband had a visa. vetted ready to go. he flew and then donald trump would not let him go the last six feet to embrace his wife who's an american citizen. they went him back to vienna. the individual harm and the tears she shed that night were touching, but there is a harm to my whole state. not just these individuals. in a variety of ways.

one is it hurts our jobs and our businesses. microsoft, amazon, expedia, they've all spoken out explaining why this is hard for people to do their jobs, because they can't travel out of the country. we want to sell our airplanes and software around the world. our salesmen essentially can't leave the country now because of the fear of the president's actions. it hurts our security. we have our washington national guard tonight are in the fields battling against terrorism in iraq. people that i'm in some sense responsible for, washington national guard. they are, tonight, fighting alongside muslims in the iraqi army against terror, against isis, and this does not help that effort when it drives a wedge between the american government and the muslim world. these people are shoulder to shoulder in the fox holes together in some sense, and somehow with a statement by the american government that we

don't believe the muslims of iraq are worthy to come into our country, study in our country, that's not helpful to this alliance. >> well, governor, the trump administration argues this is all about protecting americans. this is a campaign promise donald trump made. there are opinion polls which show the ban has a lot of support, and they say look, it's 90 days. it's temporary. everyone is overreacting here. >> well, it's simply not true. it's a permanent order. it indefinitely bars any travel from syria in one sense. it is a permanent prioritization of one religion over another. it's camouflaged but it means it will prioritize other religions over the muslim religion when it comes to deciding who will get the unique and privileged ability to have refugee status

in our country. and that is clearly unconstitutional to create a priority for any religion over any other religion. muslim or any religion. >> governor, thank you very much. we appreciate you. >> thank you. >> thank you, sir. time for a short break. when we come back, one suspect in custody charged in a deadly attack on a canadian mosque. we'll have the latest. ♪ if you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's, and your symptoms have left you with the same view, it may be time for a different perspective. if other treatments haven't worked well enough, ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's.

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welcome back. 10:51 on the west coast. recapping our news, the united states has a new acting attorney general after donald trump fired the previous one in a dispute over his travel ban. sally yates said she wasn't sure if the decision was legal. she told justice department lawyers not to defend it. she's out. david bente has already overturned yates' guidance. he probably won't hold the job for long. the senate judiciary committee will vote on mr. donald trump's decision for attorney general, jeff sessions, tuesday. hundreds marched outside the u.s. consulate in toronto on

monday shouting "justice for immigrants." prime minister trudeau has said canada will welcome those turned away by the united states. the university student described as a lone wolf has been charged in sunday's deadly shooting at a canadian mosque. prime minister trudeau condemned the attack in marched in support of the mosque at a vigil in quebec city monday. >> reporter: canadian authorities charging alexander vis visonet in the mass murder at the quebec mosque, an act of terror. authorities say he's previously unknown to police and not on any watch lists. >> quebec received the call for a shooting. police were here trying to bring

security. we consider the event like an act of terrorism. >> reporter: a second man arrested after the shooting is being called a witness and not a suspect. a gunman dressed in black opened fire on dozens of worshippers including families with children. the six who died were men between 39 and 60. the wounded were taken to nearby hospitals. 39 others in the mosque escaped injury. >> we have three people in intensive care. they spent the night in surgery. we have two other people in care, and they are stable. >> reporter: in this city where mass shootings are an uncommon tragedy, the mosque's former director couldn't control his emotions as he remembered the innocent people gunned down "in a place of worship, with people who were praying." the same mosque was targeted june during ramadan. a pig's head with the message

"bon appetite" was left at its door. practicing slimmuslims don't ea park. canada has welcomed -- eat pork. canada has welcomed refugees since prime minister trudeau took over in 2015, many from muslim nations. as large crowds turned out in ottawa to protest the u.s. travel ban on predominantly muslim nations, quebec's premier reached out to reassure muslims living in canada. >> we are with you. this is your home. you are welcome here. we are all quebecers. >> reporter: cnn, quebec, canada. >> thank you for watching "cnn newsroom" live from los angeles. stay with us, another hour of breaking news right after this. you're watching cnn. dale.

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hello to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm john vause. it's 11:00 p.m. in los angeles. we have breaking news on cnn. the united states has a new acting attorney general after a legal dispute over donald trump's controversial travel ban. u.s. attorney dana boente was sworn in late monday and ordered the justice department to follow mr. trump's executive order on immigration and refugees. mr. trump fired sally yates as acting attorney general after she said she wasn't sure the travel ban was lawyer and told justice department lawyers they should not affect it. the president says that the order was designed to protect the citizens of the united states. the order was approved by form