live from cnn's world headquarters in atlanta. welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm lynda kinkade. >> i'm miking holmes. breaking news on donald trump's travel ban and the ongoing fallout over it. >> here's what we know right now. the white house is firing back after a u.s. federal judge put a temporary freeze on the president's immigration order. >> yeah, that's an order that, of course, sparked huge protests in the u.s. and indeed, across the globe. presidential order banning people from seven muslim majority countries on traveling to the u.s. for 90 days. after the judge suspended on friday, the white house went on

defense saying the justice department will request an emergency stay. >> but in th meantime, it looks like there could be another weekend of travel uncertainty. u.s. customs officials are now telling airlines that the government would quickly begin reinstating canceled visas. >> now the attorney general for washington state spoke earlier with cnn's anderson cooper and said he's willing to take the case all the way to the u.s. supreme court if necessary. >> i want to be very clear. i'm going to be pugnacious defending the constitution of the united states. president trump violated that. we're going to make sure he upholds the rule of law in this country. >> where are you prepared to go with this? what is your argument? >> we'll go wherever we need to go.. the reason i feel so strongly is the executive order of such magnitude that the president signed just is a violation of our constitution and different stat tutds. it impacts so many

washingtonians in such deeply personal ways. >> now, the white house reacted to friday night's court order with a statement calling it outrageous. but it released a statement later with that word removed. >> that one word was out. this is the statement here "at the earliest possible time, the department of justice intends to file an emergency stay of this order and defend the executive order of the president which we believe is lawful and appropriate." >> so as it now stands, the u.s. airlines have been instructed by the federal government to return to business as usual. meaning as it existed before mr. trump's executive order. >> u.s. customs and border protection gave that word a few hours ago to all major passenger carriers in the u.s. it said the u.s. government would begin reinstating travel visas immediately. an airline executive telling cnn the agency's directive also allows refugees with valid u.s. visas to travel to the united

states. cnn legal analyst and former new york city prosecutor paul cowan joins us. >> nice to be with you. >> explain how significant is this ruling and what exactly does it mean? >> it's a very significant and unusual ruling. there are 1200 sitting federal judges in the united states. and this is a ruling by one judge whose essentially overruling the president of the united states and has issued an order to bind every court in the united states. so usually, you don't see that. usually they just sort of stay to their own federal district when they issue a ruling. this is a very unusual ruling. > we have seen a number of courts issue a ruling on this executive order. how is this one different? this is nationwide. >> yeah, this one is different. the other judges simply issued orders that pertained to their district. so for instance, in new york, new york has one order, boston has a different order. this seattle judge said you know something? the rules about getting into the

united states affect the entire united states. so and i find it's unconstitutional what the trump administration has done and for the ache of uniform of approach, i'm going to apply this to the entire united states. and technically he has the right to do so because he's a federal judge. he's not a local judge. but it's unusual. usually federal judges don't do that into it was only a matter of time before the trump administration responded the white house calling the order outrageous vowing to defend it. can they succeed? >> that's a great question. the boston appellate court that looked at the order up there ruled in favor of the trump administration. so on balance, the trump administration las some good arguments that they can bring to a higher court to say that this lower court judge made a mistake. but the appellate court out on the west coast, the 9th circuit court is a liberal court and it's a court an might rule

against the trump administration, and if that happened, it will all wind up in the united states supreme court. >> so what does it mean for people caught up in this, people from the seven banned country who have valid visas? can they now travel here? >> i think this is a ray of hope for them. this judge said this is clearly unconstitutional. and that the government can't defend it adequately, that the case is so strong against it. however, they would make a big mistake if they tried to board an airplane tomorrow just because this order has been issued. a higher court could overrule there tomorrow or the next day and they could be caught trapped in an airport again. so i would wait till next week to see how this thing plays out. >> no doubt, this may be a ray of hope for the refugees affected by this ruling. > no question about it because as a matter of fact, the judge in the ruling specifically dealt with the refugees and said that the provision restricting them was unconstitutional, as well. so it is a ray of hope for

refugees around the world. >> and in terms of the politics, how does this play out for trump in for trump supporters, this was a promise he made during the campaign. it looks like policy on the run. it seems to be his first major policy fiasco. >> i think you'll see trump play this up as a fight between judges trying to make law and the president of the united states who was elected democratically. he's going to say i was elected by the majority of the electoral college who want restrictions on immigration and a single federal judge shouldn't be able to stop that. so i think that's how the trump administration will handle this. >> paul callan great to have your perspective on all of that. thanks so much. >> a federal judge's decision halting mr. ump's executive order comes as the u.s. president arrived at his mar-a-lago estate in palm beach, florida. >> cnn's jessica schneider has more on the latest challenge to

the u.s. travel ban. >> reporter: well, after one week of being caught up in the courts, president trump's executive order banning immigration from the seven muslim majority countries is halted tonight. a federal judge in washington state put the brakes on the order issuing a temporary restraining order that does halt this executive order. but the white house tonight saying that they are fighting back. they say that the department of justice plans to issue an appeal. the white house has continued to maintain throughout the past week continues to maintain now even in the wake of this ruling from a federal judge that what president trump did in issuing that executive order was completely lawful. we understand that the department of justice will file an appeal but it will not be immediate. we are baiting for that. it likely will not in the overnight hours or early hours tomorrow. this entire issue has been in the courts front and center for the past week. we've seen numerous judges ruling on this whether it was

the day after president trump issued that executive order or numerous civil rights groups filing lawsuits in the federal courts all over the country. this is just the latest legal wrangling that has come up and now this puts that executive order out of commission. so what the customs and border protection agency has said, they said it is now back to business as usual. in fact, they had a conference call with the airlines and they said that airlines should begin resuming as usual, that the government will begin reinstating those visas that they had taken out of commission over the past week and that airlines should remove some of those travel ban alerts from their websites. so going forward, customs and border protection says that they will be moving forward as if it's business as usual as if this executive order from president trump was never signed but the white house vowing to fight back. the department of justi they say will be filing an appeal. so to be continued. jessica schneider, cnn, palm

beach, florida. >> cnn senior political analyst and senior editor of the atlantic" ron brownstein joins me now. your response to the court's ruling tonight on trump's immigrant ban. >> well, you know, it's a really striking moment. and it really exemplifies i think the way the conflict in american politics has grown more complicated because we saw a democratic state going into federal state, democratic state attorney general going into federal court and basically taking a move against the trump administration executive order that democrats in congress don't have any power to pursue. it's a shock wave. it is not the end of the story. there's going to be appeals through the appellate courts on the west coast, probably on the east coast. ultimately the supreme court will have to decide if it can while it is divided 4-4 at this point. >> and ron, we're just two weeks into the trump administration. we are seeing radical shifts

already in foreign policy. instead of tearing up the iran nuclear deal, a deal he called the dumbest ever he looks to be reinforcing it. he's now condemning the kremlin and israel has turned 360 on that, 1 0 rather. new settlements. he was against the new settlements. he's now for them. what should we make of these backflips. >> i think your statement there the 360 is actually a preview. i don't think this zig is the last zag. i think the story of the trump administration on foreign policy will be that it is somewhat improvisational. look, there is a north star here. when he said he wants to be a president who advces the idea of america first, think that is in fact his north star and he is going to challenge much of the international rules based order that the u.s. has constructed and led since world war ii. he said the other day he could "careless" if the european union

involved. he has walked away from the transpacific partnership. that is the direction. in the implementation on week to week, i think we're going to see a lot of zigging and zagging. what you saw here was both vladimir putin and ukraine and benjamin netanyahu with the settlements took the initial statements of the trump administration as perhaps even more of a green light than the administration was comfortable with. now they are trying to dial that back. i think the general direction that he set out of embracing netanyahu and trying to melt the chill with putin and be more accommodating toward him i think ultimately he'll get back there. it shows there are some limits though. >> just finally, trump, of course, wanted to be seen as the outsider, the anti-politician. but these backflips really seem to make him look very much like a politician. >> i think again, he is, i don't think he is fully in har in

terms of being seen as a politician. he's seen as bringing disruption to the system. part of the reason he is looking at the lowest approval ratings of any newly inaugurated president in the history of poll issing, only 43% today is partly because i think many americans are finding it difficult to kind of wrap their arms around this style applied to the presidency. still there are certainly voters in his camp who like the bull in the china shop who believe the political system has not worked for average americans and that they want someone to break a lot of windows and china. for a lot of other americans, just the sheer volume of conflicts at home and abroad beyond the substance of what is being attempted is somewhat unnerving. i think that the administration is struggling with that. the overwhelming evidence is there is no other donald trump. there is no presidential donald trump that's that different than candidate trump. this is what you're going to get, a president who props and in many ways gets in a fight

with meryl streep on twitter and the cast of "saturday night live." so americans are still i think leaders around the world are still adjusting to what that means. >> ron brownstein, we appreciate your time today. thanks. and we will be back after a short break with much more on the trump travel ban being temporarily struck down by a u.s. judge and what that means for international travelers to the u.s. plus, how world leaders are reacting to the ban and the trump administration. stay with us. ...we believe your tax at srefund should last.ss... all.year. long. don't waste it on a pricey wireless plan. lose the contracts, mystery fees and overages. switch to straight talk... ...to get coverage on america's largest and most dependable... ...4g lte networks. for half the cost. that's right. half. get any of the latest samsung phones or bring your own phone. unlimited talk, text and data is 45 bucks a month. and nothing more. straight talk wireless. only at walmart.

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welcome back. we are live with breaking news. a new court ruling affecting u.s. president trump's controversial travel ban. >> cnn has been following this story since it broke several hours ago. the u.s. government has now instructed airlines in the u.s. to resume normal operations just as they existed before president trump issued the travel ban on people from seven mostly muslim nations. >> the stunning development came immediately after a u.s. judge in washington state temporarily halted the travel ban nationwide. u.s. customs and border protection told u.s. airlines it will begin reinstating u.s.

visas to affected international travelers and allow refugees with valid u.s. visas to enter the u.s. >> here is some more details about what's in the immigration order that u.s. president donald trump signed just a week ago. now, it bans travel to the u.s. for 90 days from these seven muslim majority countries. libya, sudan, somalia, yemen, syria, iraq, and iran. >> it also suspends the u.s. refugee admissions program for 120 days and so-called extreme vetting procedures are put in place. syrian refugees are barred from entering the u.s. indefinitely. and people holding certain visas will now have to undergo in-bern interviews to renew them. >> the latest opposition to the order and the strongest yet came from the western u.s. state of washington. of only the state's governor reacted to that ruling. he says he's proud to be pushing

back. >> this president is totally bound by this order. we expect him to abide by this order. we will not accept any deviation from this order what soever. the constitution is supreme in this country and thankfully, i'm proud that washington state has led the country in standing up for the basic values and will not allow anyone including the president in washington, d.c. to contravene those values. we had tonight a federal judge who was appointed by a republican president george w. bush decide in a very forceful decision, frankly, that this is a country that we are not going to allow a test of religion to determine who comes in our country. we are not going to allow decisions that actually jeopardize our national security. look, the fact is in this case, that the people from these seven countries there have been 700,000 refugees admitted since

the disaster of september 11th and not one, not one incident has occasioned where people from these seven countries caused a fatal terrorist act. >> well for more on the airlines and how u.s. custom officials are reacting to business as usual, let's go to rene marsh in washington. >> reporter: the white house on friday night said the justice department will the file an emergency request to stop a seattle federal judge's nationwide halt of president donald trump' immigration order. trump's executive order that he signed last week suspended immigration from seven muslim majority countries for 90 days. the u.s. refugee program for 120 days, and indefinitely halted syrian refugees from entering the united states. the white house in a statement said it planned to appeal the ruling. in the meantime, cnn has learned that cbp, customs and border protection, told major airlines

on friday night that the government is reinstating visas and is "back in business as usual prior to the executive order." that all according to an airline official. >> well, the ban directly affects seven countries outside the u.s. but we're getting reaction from all over the world. joumana joining us from istanbul in turkey. the reaction all around, particularly the region you're in was one of shock. do you think this is going to alleviate that any? >> well, i think people are waking up to this news, michael, right now. so we're going to have to wait and see what actually happens. i think there is that realization that this is an ongoing legal battle. so it's hard to see right now the that many people are going to be rushing to get on planes because there is that concern of people going through what they went through a week ago where people were being detained,

people being turned back, taken off planes. there was a real feeling of hugh minimumiation for a lot of people. i think they're going to wait and see what happens. of course, one group that was impacted by this ban was refugees. iraqi and syrian reefgs that have been waiting for years in some cases to try and get to the united states. they went through years of vetting to be accepted to be resettled in the united states. and a lot of people that we've spoken to over past week have really been devastated by the news of this ban. they felt that they are going to be in limbo for another few years not knowing what's going to happen to them. so now possibly this could be a glimmer of hope for some. but again, there's always that uncertainty that people here have been telling us in region when it comes to this new u.s. administration. so i think some people might be waiting a bit before rushing to airports to get on planes. >> it's been interesting watching the administration

really go out of its way to say it's not a muslim ban. it's not a ban on muslims. where you are, where you live, the people you talk to in the region how do they see it. >> reporter: well, it most definitely was perceived by many as a muslim ban. you look at the seven countries that were impacted they are muslim majority countries. people would tell you that minorities like christians, for example, other minorities that have been persecuted or pretty much exempt from this and they might be getting different treatment. they would say that this really is targeting muslims. it's not just those countries, michael. you talk to other people, for example, in jordan, a country that is known as being a close ally of the united states. there are concerns there amongst people that some day possibly that jordan, other countries could be included in this ban because they are seeing it as targeting people from these countries from this region.

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this is cnn breaking news. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm lynda kinkade. >> i'm michael holmes. we're following breaking news. a big setback for president trump's travel ban. a u.s. federal judge temporarily halting the ordinationwide. >> it has suspended travel to the u.s. from seven muslim majority countries within the past few hours, the white house again defended its ban as legal. and said it plans to fight the ruling as soon as possible. >> the attorney general for washington state spoke earlier with our own anderson cooper and explained what it took to file the order and why he did it.

>> the standard is very explicit to get a temporary restraining order. that's not easy to get for obvious reasons. part of the standard is we, the state of washington, i had to demonstrate that we were likely to prevail on the merits when the judge eventually gets totes that point. the judge had to reach that conclusion that we are likely to prevail on merits. that's a high hurdle a few days after filing a complaint but the judge did conclude that in order to grant our motion for that temporary restraining order. that is just part of the order today. >> why was this something that you filed? i mean that washington state obviously, i assume there are a number of businesses in washington, obviously, amazon and others that, i mean, did they play a role in this? >> they did. i guess in terms of why i filed it, a couple thoughts. number one is, we are a nation of laws. right? and i had a clear view an opinion that the executive order was unconstitutional and my

legal team agreed. and we moved very, very quickly literally working around the clock and that is not an exaggeration around the clock since last weekend 0 prepare our complaint and our motion. the reason i feel so strongly is, the executive order of such magnitude that the president signed just is a violation of our constitution and different statutes and it impacts so many washingtonians in such deeply personal ways. to your point about businesses i deeply appreciate businesses like expedia and amazon here in washington state that last weekend when i reached out to them quickly wrote declarations for our filing before the court in support. their declarations go to issues of how this impacts their employees adversely and adversely impacts their business. i think that helped us make our case that there's an adverse impact not just to washingtonians but also to byes in my state, as well. >> obviously a lot of people will see this through a

political lens. you are a democrat but you're pointing out that the judge who has -- who has made this order tonight, he's a republican appointed by george w. bush, right? >> that's correct. one more thing i'll say about that is whenever folks say this is a political thing, that's what someone says when they don't have an argument, honestly. i'll point out i'm in my fifth year as attorney general of the state. my first term i twice sued the obama administration. things i don't do lightly, i deeply respect and admire the president. but that respect is irrelevant to my decision whether to file a lawsuit against the federal government. if they're violating the law it, is my responsibility, anderson, to defend the rights of washingtonians. it does knot not matter who the president is or if he or she is a republican or a democrat. folks who say it's political, they don't know what they're talking about and don't know my record and c, do not understand the constitution. >> legal analyst and criminal

defense attorney danny ser vallos joins us. great to have you on the show. this seems to be throwing the immigration system into chaos. what does this ruling mean? >> it's important to understand this judge didn't strike down an executive order. all he did was issue a tro, temporary restraining order. the only thing a temporary retraining order is preserve the status quo. like hitting the pause button. but the standard that the plaintiff had to get is very, very high in a case where they're seeking a temporary restraining order. you have to show likelihood, substantial likelihood of success on the merits. and in this case, that's exactly what the judge found. most lawyers tell you it's very difficult and rare to get these tros granted. but in this case, the judge in a very short opinion, ruled that there was a substantial likelihood that they would prevail on the merits and that's why he issued this stay, this

temporary restraining order. >> it has been argued that this immigrant ban is unconstitutional. has that case been made? >> it's been made and very well made. the state here argued, the state of washington argued several constitutional claims. one was the equal protection clause, for example. the idea that any law that treats classes of people differently based on race, national origin, religion, is unconstitutional, is subject to strict scrutiny and likely unconstitutional. another tact is that this executive action violates the establishment clause. and they litted other federal laws and potentially violates, as well. but the thorny issue is this. this very short written opinion by the judge only essentially says, i find substantial likelihood on the merits. it doesn't really address which of those merits.

and for that reason in the coming days, this actual opinion raises more questions than it be answers. >> so people caught up in this, people from those seven banned countries with valid visas, is there going to be a lot of the confusion at the airports this weekend? should they try to travel to the u.s. and will threw be welcome here? >> there's a lot of the confusion for everyone. and as i said, the order, the actual written opinion is really hot off the presses. and rather inscrutable because it doesn't give a lot of guidance. it's one thing to read a legal justification in a court opinion. it's entirely another thing to take that piece of paper and start administrating it and actually putting it on the street and seeing how it plays out. so i think this order is going to be open to interpretation because it's s short and really doesn't giv a lot of guidance. it's going to create more battles than it resolved.

>> a lot of headaches for people involved. danny, good to have you with us. thanks for your time. >> thank you. of when we're back from the break, more on our breaking news. the suspension of that travel ban for people from certain countries to the u.s. >> world reaction. the u.s. president, including iran's moves after of sanctions. it's a mosaic of all the faces before it. only true match has l'oreal's technology to match your skin's unique tone and undertone. 100% guaranteed. there's only one true match for me. and it's perfect. from l'oreal. remember when you said men are supeyeah...ivers? yeah, then how'd i get this...

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welcome back, everyone. following breaking news for you. the white house ready to fight for president trump's travel ban after it was blocked on friday. >> that's right. a u.s. judge suspended the ordinationwide reopening u.s. borders to visa holders from seven muslim majoritiflations. hours later, the white house said the justice department will challeng tt judge's order. and again, they defended the ban as lawful and appropriate. >> the white house says the days of turning a blind eye to what

it calls iran's hostile and belligerent behavior are over. >> donald trump's administration hit a round with new sanctions on friday over a recent ballistic missile test. iran is fighting back. michelle kaczynski has more. >> reporter: a week of fist shaking at iran over its missile program ends with action. >> not babing. > sanctions. on 25 people and entities the u.s. says support iran's missile program and its revolutionary guard, a move seen as mostly symbolic but the administration moved quickly and message sent. iran has already responded calling the sanctions illegal. there was also a twitter back and forth with iran this morning from president trump, iran is playing with fire. they don't appreciate how kind president obama was to them. not me. from the iranian foreign minister, iran unmoved by threats. we will never use our weapons

against anyone except in self-defense. let us see if any of those who complain can make the same statement. diplomacy by tweet aside, president trump's first weeks have yielded foreign policy confusion. from a president who only days ago said he hopes for a fantastic relationship with vladimir putin, might even lift some sanctions on russia. >> we'll see what happens. >> while campaigning said he would look into recognizing ukraine's crimea region as part of russia. now comes his new ambassador to the u.n. sounding a much different harder clearer line. >> i must condemn the aggressive actions of russia. our crimea related sanctions will remain in place until russia returns control over the peninsula to ukraine. >> something we have not heard from the president himself. those sources tell cnn the white house was aware of what she would say and was fine with it. >> ambassador hailey made it clear with our ccern with

russia's ogsf crimea. she spoke clearly on that not clear how trump's views are a cohesive policy. on the middle east, president trump blasted the obama administration for not voting against a u.n. resolution condemning israel's on going building of settlements in the west bank. now this surprising statement from the white house. >> while we don't believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, construction of new settlements or expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving that goal but the trump administration has not taken an official position on settlement activity and looks forward to continuing discussions. not exactly tough criticism but a stronger statement against the controversial settlements than we've heard from the administration. what exactly is the policy? so far the white house says this. >> the president's committed to peace. that's his goal. the end of the day, the goal is peace. >> reporter: so in response to these new sanctions iran is now saying it's going to do

virtually the same thing to the u.s. that it will take legal action against americans and american companies that in iran's view help terrorist groups in the region and kill and suppress defenseless people in the region. iran says it plans to name names soon. michelle kaczynski, cnn, the state department. >>. trump's calls pore better ties between the u.s. and russia are being put to the test. violence flared again in eastern ukraine and the u.n. ambassador slammed them at her first security council appearance. claire sebastian is in moscow. good to have you with us again. might ease sanctions on russia. now seems to change his position on that. what can you tell us? >> yeah are, it's interesting how much has changed in the past week. it was this time last week we

were expecting a phone call to take place between trump and president putin. that did happen but not a single mention of even the word sanctions in that to some people's surprise. the day after, we saw violence erupt in the eastern ukraine. a serious escalation there. any hope of sanctions evaporated later in the week. there was a fix made to one sanction introduced by the obama administration for alleged russian interference in the u.s. election. that amendment was very much played down by mr. trump. then we saw those very harsh comments from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley saying no sanctions on russia would be lifted till they returned crimea to ukraine setting up the same kind of flash we saw between russia and the obama administration something not very many people expected given his comments on the campaign trail. as to how russia is reebing this, they're trying not to

overhype the situation. the kremlin spokesman telling cnn yesterday that he never indulged in any great optimism that the russian/u.s. relationship would change under president trump. so they're really kind of watching to see what happens next, linda. >> and in terms of what happens next, we know that president trump is expected to speak to the president of ukraine. in the coming lawyers, what can we expect from that? >> reporter: well, this may well be a measure of just how much has changed in the past week. until this week we would have thought this relationship might not be adopted to succeed. there were many comments that mr. trump made on the campaign trail. for example, that he might consider recogzing the indepeence of crimea that had ukraine extremely worried. there was anent back in september when ple pro shen cowas in new york and had offered to meet with mr. trump. they didn't manage to meet for scheduling reasons. this will be the first time they're speaking.

perhaps those comments from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. will raise ukraine's hopes they might get more support from the u.s. the kind they were used to under president obama. it will be very interesting to see how that unfolds today it iraq will i against the back drop of escalating violence in eastern ukraine into tell us a little bit more about that escalating violence. what exactly is the condition on the ground right now? >> it's extremely serious. we're hearing of casualties both in the ukrainian military among the russian backed rebels, civilian casuals reported overnight by international monitors. there are reports of heavy artillery being used including the notoriously indiscriminate rockets that are banned in civilian areas. both sides, russia and ukraine accusing each other of violating the agreement reached in february of 2015, brokered by

entran france and germany and aid agencies an those on the ground are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. the shelling has cut out a lot of infrastructure. people are living in freezing conditions without heat or electricity. the government run town just north of donetsk, it is unfolding hour by hour. it's been described by the international monitors as an unprecedented level of cease-fire violations. very serious situation on the ground there, linda. >> with all this in mind, what do you think it means for trump's promise to restore american/russian relations? >> reporter: well, i mean, this week has changed everything really. linda, i don't think anyone could have predicted that mr. trump would with full knowledge of that speech by nikki haley, the white house said they knew about that and were fine with it. you had that in michele's

report. that really did flip it the mood when it comes to the u.s./russia reeses. it will be interesting to see how that phone call between mr. trump and olympian poroshenko up unfolds. ukraine is the thorn in the side of that relationship at the moment. >> claire sebastian, good to have you with us for all those details. thanks so much. well, the new u.s. defense secretary had pretty strong words for china saying it has shredded the trust of other nations in the south china sea region. >> james mattis just left japan after his first tour through parts of asia as part of the trump team. he reiterated the u.s. support for japan's claim on islands in the region which, of course, china also claims. we are following breaking news. the u.s. judge, of course, suspending president trump's immigration order. >> still ahead, the heart breaking story of a young boy

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breaking developments on trump's controversial trafg bans. >> the white house says it will challenge u.s. federal judge's order which temporarily halts the ban nationwide. now, the government wants an emergency stay, and we are waiting for the u.s. justice department to file that appeal. >> but in the meantime, it looks like we could have another weekend of travel uncertainty after the judge's ruling on friday. u.s. customs officials said they are alerting airlines that the u.s. would begin reinstating visas that had been revoked. now, this travel ban affected seven countries, among them iraq. >> that's right. and the human impact of that move has been well documented. but the story of a young iraqi boy separated from his parents is particularly affecting. here's sanjay gupta. >> they give you these little gas heaters to heat up, and if

you don't unclog it and a fire breaks out, then by the time they got him, the plastic melted and fell on his face and feet. >> it was his first birthday. iraq, january 4th, 2016. in an instant, the soft cartilage of his nose, lips and most of his face ravaged. the images are tough to see. >> he realizes there's something different about him, and it's really sad because these kids, th run away. they're already scared of him. >> the name delberine means wounded heart, and his story is complicated. it's a story of being trapped. his family fleeing from isis to this refugee camp and now trapped in the united states without his parents. you see, this woman is not his mother. she's not even a relative. she is simply a kind stranger. his parents, a world away. but we tracked them down in

northern iraq. it's really hard, his father said. he's a little boy. he needs his parents. so what happened here? well, after the fire and burns, the british aid group road to peace arranged for he and his father to come to shriners hospital for children in boston. that was the first of a series of operations to slowly release the contractures of his chin and lower lip, allowing him to take a bottle again. but with his wife about to give birth back in iraq, he couldn't stay and he bagged this person to watch after his son. >> at that point, they say to you, please take care of him. we'll be back. >> they said, you know, we'll be back four to six weeks the most because they weren't sure of the exact due date for his wife. six weeks go by and then a month, two months. now we're at three months. >> when his little brother was born the day after the election,

his parents grateful that the united states had provided medical care decided to name their newborn son trump. that's right, trump ajil mosson. we want to show our appreciation to america for what they're doing for our boy. that's why we named him trump. then despite being initially their visas were revoked.y, they were in iraq. their 2-year-old was in the united states. his father said they didn't give us visas because they thought we would go there and stay. we want to finish our son's treatment and then return home. cnn did reach out to the state department for comment and were told, quote, we are not able to discuss the details of any visa case. and then things got even worse. >> i'm establishing new vetting, measures to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the united states of america.

>> president trump likely made it impossible that his namesake, along with mom and dad, will travel to the united states anytime soon. >> that's what we're afraid of is they have to wait 90 days, which maybe he doesn't have that. he needs this surgery as soon as possible. >> what's the sentiment or the emotion? are they angry? >> not really. just sad and hopeless. they don't know what to do. >> do you think there will be an exception made? >> we're praying for that. >> it's worth pointing out again exactly why these visas were revoked according to the immigration officers, they say these parents could not show they had strong enough ties in iraq, that the concern was they might come to the united states and not leave. and the family says, look, we had visas. we could have come to the united states. mom was pregnant at the time. baby trump that you just met in the piece could have been born in the united states, would have been a u.s. citizen, but they

chose not to do that, and they want to go back to iraq. so that's the case that they're making. they're going to go back on sunday to the immigration office once more and try and make this case and say they should be the exception to the rule. they should be the exception to this 90-day ban. they want to be with their son. we'll see what happens. back to you. sanjay gupta with that report. thanks so much for joining us. i'm linda kincaid. >> and i'm michael holmes. don't go away. we'll be back after the break. they're everywhere. and as a marriot rewards member, i can embrace them all. the new marriott portfolio of hotels now has 30 brands in over 110 countries. so no matter where you go, you are here. join or link accounts at members.marriott.com.

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