live from cnn's world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers in the yund and around the world. i'm robin occur now. >> and i'm cyril vanier. the white house is gearing up for a leel fight that could go all the way to the supreme dourt. on friday a u.s. federal judge in washington state temporarily blocked enforcement of the president's immigration order. >> in response the white house said it would seem an emergency stay of the judge's ruling. the travel ban sparked huge protests in the u.s. and around the world. it temporarily bars travel to the u.s. from seven muslim majority nations and suspends

admission to the u.s. of refugees. but in the wake of the judge's order, u.s. customs are saying visas will be reinstated. >> passengers can now board flights bound for the united states once again. >> and the judge's ruling comes as the u.s. president is at his mar-a-lago estate in palm beach. here is jessica schneider with more. >> reporter: well, after one week of being caught up in the courts, president trump's executive order banning immigration from those seven muslim majority countries is halted tonight. a federal judge in washington state put the brakes on the order issuing a temporary restraining 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 and now even in the weighing of this ruling from a

federal judge that what president trump did in issuing that executive order was completely lawful. now, we understand that the department of justice will file an appeal, but it will not be immediate. we are waiting for that. it likely will not be in the overnight hours or early hours tomorrow. of course 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 that it is now back to business as usual. in fact they had a conference call with the airlines and they said that airlines smoo begin resuming as you're, that the go. will begin reinstating the visas that they had taken out of commission over the past week

and that airlines should remove some of the 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 justice they say will be filing an appeal. so to be continued. jessica schneider, cnn, palm beach, florida. and here are more details about what is in trump's immigration order at the center of this legal battle. it bans travel to the u.s. for 90 days from these seven muslim majority countries. libya, sudan, somalia, yemen, syria, iraq and iran. >> the order also suspends the u.s. refugee we could missions program for 120 days until so-called vetding procedures can be put in place. and syrian refugees are barred indefinitely. also, people holding certain

visas will have to undergo in person interviews in order to renew them. >> and qatar airline ways is not letting residents from those countries board a plane. . >> a statement says nationals and all refugees seeking admission presenting a valid unexpired u.s. visa or green card will be permitted to travel. >> so people directly affected by the travel ban have been waking up to this latest news. let's go to baghdad. ben we'd medeman is tastanding . we've just heard the news that qatar airways will be plallowin people on these flights. any other sense of what airlines are planning to do in the region? >> reporter: from here in baghdad, we don't know because there are no direct flights from iraq to the united states. i've been told that the

situation at the airport here is normal. most people will transit through qatar, through turkey if they're flying to the united states. but it appears that even though the news is coming out about this federal judge's restraining order, it does appear there is confusion. i spoke to one iraqi this morning, he thought this was a decision by the u.s. justice department. i had to explain to the best of my abilities that it was actually a federal judge. one iraqi we spoke to this morning who had read the news said simply americans demonstrate, iraqis wait. most people realize that there is a very good chance perhaps that this decision could be overturned as a result of an appeal by the white house. keep in mind of course that it is very expensive to apply for a visa to the united states, very time consuming and tickets are very expensive. so people are probably going to

take a wait and see attitude before jumping on a flight to the united states. in fact this morning the attention of people here in baghdad is not on the united states and the latest contortions coming from washington, but, rather, on the baghdad marathon which is being run on a very nice crisp and sunny saturday morning. >> and i can see it's just after mid day there. so of course the information is filtering through. how, though -- it's a week after those people i know you say are focusing on this marathon, but how are iraqis feeling? iraqi is a u.s. ally working hand in hand with the u.s. to fight isis. is this being seen as a slap in the face? >> reporter: it's an insult. one iraqi former official i spoke to called it disgusting. he said it's like spitting in the face of iraq. keep in mind that iraq has suffered greatly as a result of terrorism. thousands of iraqi soldiers have fought and died in the war

against isis. millions of iraqis have been displaced as a result of the war against terrorism. and therefore to be included with countries like iran and syria which to have problematic relations with the united states is, frankly, an insult to iraqis who see themselves as really the tip of the sphere in the fight against terrorism. so, no, you're not going to find too many kind words about that executive order being uttered here in iraq. >> politically how is this going to play out? us a say, wait and see for many iraqis, but is there any sense of push back politically here? >> reporter: well, certainly we know for instance that on monday the iraqi parliament voted to implement reciprocal travel restrictions on american citizens desiring to come to

iraq. however, the government has not taken action on that. it was not a binding vote. and therefore certainly the sentiment is out there. there are many iraqis who would like to respond in kind to the united states, but i think cooler heads are prevailing within the iraqi government well aware of course that there are more than 5,000 u.s. military personnel in the country providing critical backing to iraqi forces as they battle against isis for instance in the city of mosul. and an operation that has been going on since the middle of october. iraqis need the united states in this war on terror, so i think at the higher levels of government, even though there is consternation at the position of the new straigs administration, there is a hesitance to take concrete action as a result. >> okay. . we'll leave it at take.

ben wedeman in baghdad, appreciate it. earlier a legal analyst explained the significance of the case and how the washington state ruling is different from other state rulings on this travel ban. >> there are 1200 sitting federal judges in the united states. and this is a ruling by one judge who is 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. so this is a very unusual ruling. >> and we have seen a number of courts issue a ruling on this executive order. how is 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. but this seattle judge said you know something, the rules about getting into the united states affect the entire united states.

so i find it's unconstitutional what the trump administration has done and for the sake of uniformity 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 to that. >> and 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 has 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 a court that might rule against the trump administration. and if that happened, it will

all wind up in the united states supreme court. >> and we're joined now by cnn politics reporter eugene scott live from new york. eugene, at this stage we don't know who is going to win the court case on the executive order. no one has settled the matter of whether or not it's constitutional and it will be a while until that happens and until we have that final answer. until then, where do you think this leaves the trump white house politically in terms of their ability to roll out their policies? >> well, i think it puts them in a rough place in terms of trying to communicate that what they did is in the best interests of the american people, which has been the primary argument of the entire ban. as you mentioned earlier, both sides are claiming that what they decided was within the boundaries of the u.s. constitution. so what i do believe both sides are trying to do even probably as we speak is make their argument and prove that what they are doing isn't in violation of that. but i think what is most

interesting for the trump administration is that donald trump ran on the idea that president barack obama constantly signed executive orders that were unconstitutional. so the idea that just less than a month into his administration he's being faced with the same accusation, it's a situation he probably did not want to find himself in. >> i was going to ask you, do you think this is done by design or by amateurism? >> in terms of donald trump, the reality is that he does not have much foreign policy experience beyond doing business dealings overseas. what we saw republican lawmakers repeatedly say this week is that the way take this ban was implemented was very different from the ways that for policy is determined in the past. there was so little information. we even saw people figuring out answers to the questions they had by looking at the media, looking to the media, and so in

terms of whether or not this is the most experienced and orthodox approach to putting into place policy like this, that is just not what we've seen historically. >> but do you think that means somebody will get the heat for this in the white house, might there be a reassessment and how the team around donald trump is going about making decisions and rolling out policies or not? >> absolutely. cnn reported earlier that the president was very frustrated with the rollout as he looked back. this was not a reaction that he expected this to have, these nationwide protests, resisting the executive order. but critics want the trump administration to know that it wasn't the rollout that was most problematic, it was the policy, the actual proposal. and i think that is what the federal judge is responding to, as well. >> so if you look at the first two weeks of this new administration as a whole, what is your early assessment?

>> my early assessment is that we are dealing with a trump administration, a white house, that is facing challenges that many people working in it have never worked in before and are just quite unfamiliar with how policy is shaped, how people respond to it, and what some of the biggest challenges with it will be. we've repeatedly seen people from team trump say that they believe they have a mandate. the reality in addition to them receiving not the popular vote is that the protests and that now even the judicial side of our government is showing that perhaps that is not as true as they believe. >> eugene scott live from new york, thank you very much. and of course we have much more on the breaking news we've been following for you. a u.s. judge suspends the travel ban on passengers coming from muslim majority countries. plus global reaction to the u.s. president including iran's moves

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we're live following breaking news. a big setback to president's travel ban. a u.s. federal judge temporarily halted the order nationwide. it had suspended travel to the u.s. from acceseven muslim majo countries. sg . >> the white house says it plans to fight the ruling. in the meantime at least one carrier qatar airways says it is allowing passengers to board u.s. bound flights as long as they have valid documents. sglt white house says the days of turning a blind eye to what it calls iran's belligerent behavior are over. >> trump administration's hit iran with new sanctions over recent ballistic missile tests. michelle kozinski has more. >> reporter: the weekends with action. 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, not likely to have much effect, 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 probl president obama was to them. not me. from iran foreign minister, we will never use our weapons except in self-defense. let us see if any of those who complain can make the same statement. 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. >> reporter: who while campaigning said he would look into recognizing ukraine's crimea region as part of russia,

now his new ambassador sounding a much different harder rearer line. >> i must condemn the aggressive actions of russia. our crimea related sanctions will remain in place. >> reporter: something we have not heard from the president himself, though sources tell cnn the white house was aware of what she would say and was fine with it. >> ambassador haley made it clear of our concern with russia's okay could yccupation . >> reporter: not clear is how this meshes with president trump's views. and on the middle east, president trump had blasted the obama administration for not voting against a u.n. resolution condemning the ongoing building of settlements in the west bank. but now this surprises statement. while we don't believe the existence of settlements is impediment to peace, construction of new settlements

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 highly controversial setments than we've heard from this administration. what exactly is the policy? so far the white house says this. >> the president is committed to peace. that's his goal. at the end of the day, the goal is peace. >> reporter: so in response to these new sanctions, iran is saying that it will 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 kozinski, cnn, the state department. >> thanks for that report. and mr. trump's calls for better ties between the u.s. and russia are being put to the

test. violence is in the east ukraine and the u.s. ambassador slammed the kremlin at her first security council appearance. for more, let's go to moscow. decla claire sebastien is standing by. what does the ukranian leader want from this new white house? >> reporter: i think initially he will be looking for some clarity because this really was quite a pivot this week from some of the comments that we heard from mr. trump during the campaign. as you heard in michelle's package, things like he was considering recognizing the independence of crimea. that was extremely worrying to ukraine. so i think in the context of the comments from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley this week and what seems to be a slight shift in mr. trump's stance when it comes to sanctions on russia, they will be looking for clarification of that from in trump, from the

white house. obviously there is pressure from mr. trump's party, john mccain urging him to arm the ukranian forces, to send lethal aid. the white house did not know whether or not mr. trump would be keen on that idea. so there is a lack of clarity, both confusion about where mr. trump stands on russia and on the issue of ukraine and the violence there escalating all the time. >> tell us about that. what is the situation on the ground, how bad is it? >> it's extremely serious. this is what the international monitors described it as unprecedented level of cease fire violations this week. this cease fire has been in place for almost two years now, the minsk agreement brokered between ukraine and russia, and this is really what some of the most serious escalation that we have seen in that past two years. the ukranian forces overnight

reporting 115 instances of shelling among their soldier, we're hearing of 18 death this is week from the russian backing separatists and civilian deaths. this is now a mounting humanitarian catastrophe. aid agencies are saying that this is a critical situation. so this is a serious challenge for ukraine and in particular for how mr. trump will respond to this when he speaks later. >> and he will be looking for clarity. thank you so much claire sebastien in moscow. still ahead, you're watching cnn and the attorney general for washington state is vowing to go all the way to the supreme court to get president trump's travel ban overturned. he talks with cnn, that is next. take one.

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm cyril vanier. >> and i'm robyn curnow. a new court ruling has knocked down president trump's controversial travel ban. a u.s. judge in washington state temporarily halted the travel ban nationwide, but the trump administration defended the ban and says it will challenge the court order. meanwhile u.s. customs and border protection told airlines that the government will begin reinstating u.s. visas. and qatar airways says that they will allow people with valid documents to fly to the united states once again. >> the attorney general for washington state spoke earlier

with anderson cooper. >> and he explained what it took to file the order and why he did it. >> the standard is very exexplicit to get a temporary restraining order. part of the standard is that we the state of washington, ied a to demonstrate that we were likely to prevail on the merits when the judge eventually gets to that point. so the judge had to reach that conclusion that we are likely to prevail on the merits. that is it a high hurdle obviously a few days after filing a complaint, but the judge did conclude that in order to grant our motion for that temporarily restraining order. >> why was this something that you filed, that washington state -- obviously i assume there are a number of businesses in washington, obviously amazon and others, that -- did they play a role in this? >> they did. >> first why i filed it, a couple thoughts. number one, we are a nation of

laws, right? and i had a clear view and 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 exan rac exaggeration, around the clock to prepare our complaint and motion. the reason i feel so strongly, 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 that when i reached out to them quickly wrote declarations for our filing in support. and their declarations go to issues of how this impacts their employees adversely and adversely impacts their business. so i think that helped us make our case that there is an adverse impact not just to w

washingtonian, but also businesses. >> 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 made this order tonight, he's a republican appointed by george w. bush, right? >> that's correct. and one more thing i'll say about that, whenever folks say that this is a political thing, that's what someone says when they don't have an argument honestly. and i'll just point out that i'm in my fifth year as attorney general in the state. in the last four years, i twice sued the obama administration. things i don't do lightly. i deeply respect and admire the president, but that respect anded a miles per hour vags is irrelevant to my decision on whether to file a lawsuit against the federal government. if they are violating the law, it is my responsibility to defend the rights of washingtonians. it does not matter who the president is, it does not matter if he or she is a democrat or republican. irrelevant. so folks who want for say this is political, a, they don't know what they are talking about, b,

they don't know might hay recor c, they don't understand the constitution. >> and he is proud that his state has pushed 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 whatsoever. the constitution is supreme in this country and frankly, 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. and we have tonight a federal judge who was appointed by a republican president george w. bush decide the 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. the fact is that in this case the people from these seven countries, there are been 700,000 refugees at m s admitte from 9/11 and not one of these caused a fatal terrorist act. >> washington's governor speaking there. as the legal battle over president trump's travel ban grows, there is still uncertainty over what will happen to people affected by the ban if and when they arrive in the u.s. our colleague lynda kinkade spoke earlier with a cnn legal analyst about that. >> it's important to understand that this judge didn't strike town an executive order. all he did was issue a tro, a temporary he retraining order. the only thing is tro does is preserve the status quo. it's like hitting a 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 will tell you take it's very difficult and rare to get these tros fwrangranted. 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 retraining order. >> it has to be an idea that the 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 subject to strict scrutiny and likely unconstitutional. another is that this executive action violates the establishment clause and they listed other federal laws potentially violated, as well. but the thorny issue is this. this 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 answers. coming up after the break, president trump has lost one of his cabinet picks. why his army secretary nominee is out of the running. plus, the new u.s. defense secretary wraps up his trip to asia and takes a parting shot at china. you're watching cnn. stay with us.

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we're live with breaking news. qatar airlines say that it will allow people from the seven muslim countries affected by the travel ban to board flights to the u.s. >> it is also allowing refugees with valid visas or green cards on its u.s.-bound planes. is this after a u.s. judge in washington state temporarily lifted the week old ban. >> the trump administration is promising to fight it and says it will request an emergency halt to the judge's order. and president trump's pick for army secretary is withdrawing his nomination. vincent viola says it would be too difficult for him to untangle his business ties. the billionaire from new york owns a u.s. hockey team and founded several companies. >> he's still offering his support to mr. trump and the administration. the u.s. defense secretary says china has shredded the

trust of other nations. >> james mattis left japan just a few hours ago. >> he reiterated u.s. support for japan's claim on dispute of islands which china also claims. >> todayed minister and i discussed the security situation and i made clear that our long standing policy on the islands stands. the united states will continue to recognize japanese administration of the i've lasl and as such article 5 of the u.s./japan security treaty applies. >> china's foreign ministry responded telling the u.s. to, quote, stop making wrong remarks and affirming that the islands are indeed theirs. >> and the u.s. military on friday released a terrorist training video recovered in last sunday's raid on an al qaeda compound in yemen. but then abruptly withdrew the video. >> it was nearly a decade old and already public. jim sciutto has our report and i

should warn you that some of these images that you will see are disturbing. >> reporter: growing confusion surrounding sunday's deadly raid by u.s. special forces in yemen. and just how successful it actually was. central command released this capture video he showing al qaeda training fighters to make explosives. an instructor in a black mask and white lab coat says, quote, we would like as many people to graduate with this knowledge and expertise as possible. the military said it was releasing the video to illustrate the, quote, sort of intelligence information that was obtained. but hours later they had to admit the video was nine years old and had been circulating widely before, not the new intelligence the trump administration says the raid collected. a military spokesman admitted the video had not been properly anni ialyzed sflp w. >> we recovered a tremendous

amount of information and we killed an estimated 14 members of the aqap individuals. >> reporter: the stumble follows earlier conflicting accounts of who originally approved the raid. the trump administration claims president obama gave the okay months ago. obama administration officials deny that to cnn. regardless, the white house says that prud aesident trump and hi closest advisers were deeply involved in the decision making before giving the final okay three days before the mission. the trump administration still touting the raid as a success. >> when you look at the totality of what was gained to prevent the future loss of life here in america, and against our people and our institutions and probably throughout the world in terms of what some of these individuals could have done, i think it is a successful operation by all standards. >> reporter: the target of the assault was a compound of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. fierce fighting left u.s. navy

s.e.a.l. william ryan owens dead along with as many as two dozen civilians including an 8-year-old girl. three service members were also injured and a $70 million osprey aircraft destroyed. >> there is a risk in doing nothing because people can live. there is a risk in doing something because a raid can go wrong. it's hard to second guess. >> jim sciutto there. on a related note, president trump will visit u.s. central command in florida on monday. we'll take a short break. but when we come back, the u.s. west coast is preparing for yet another series of major winter storms. in fact let's go to derek van dam now at the cnn international weather center. >> i think that is a fantastic idea. you're right about that because it's either feast or famine when we're talking about the west coast of the united states. if we reverse time, we go back six years, we started that

drought that we talk about so frequently in california. well, that has come to an abrupt he said and it's all because the storms are lining up one after another after another across the pacific ocean. i mean, this is an active weather pattern for the we wep parts of united states and helping carve out a major dent in that advertised drought take we have talked about for too long. this is amazing. in january alone, we saw almost too much rain. that's what i'm talking about when we sea feast or famine. a lot of the rainfall or the h2o moving from the north to the south where they pump the water across sacramento valley southward to places like los angeles and into san diego. but northern california, the pumping stations there have actually pumped and delivered more water in the month of january than in any month in in the past 12 years. i mean that is an incredible statistic. so take a look at what it's done

to the drought monitor. we're talking about two years ago, we had 92,000 square miles covering an exceptional drought throughout the u.s. state of california. fast forward to now, we have no areas within the entire state under exceptional drought. and there is still more precipitation to come. mountain snows to help build up the snow pack and valley rainfalls from california through oregon into washington as well as idaho. we have winter storm watches and warnings. take a look at the difference in snow pack from 2015 right through to present. have you ever wondered how they measure this? take a look at the video coming out of the phillips station outside of sacramento. you can see just that. they found here with this measuring stick 173% of average. good news for the reservoirs going into the spring season. >> derrick van damderrick van t thanks a lot. and an iraqi couple unable

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we're live with breaking news on cnn. a u.s. judge in washington state has temporarily halted president trump's controversial travel ban from seven mostly muslim countries. the trump administration says it will challenge the ruling because it considers the ban lawful. >> still u.s. customs and border protection told airlines the government will begin reinstating u.s. visas to international travelers. and qatar airways says it will fly those eligible to the u.s. if they present valid documents. and the executive order severely limited travel from seven countries, among them iraq. and the human impact on that move has certainly been well documented. >> we've been telling you how it impacts people around the world. here is a story told to us by sanjay gupta of a young iraqi boy separated from his parents. >> they give you these little gas heaters to heat up and if

you didn't unclog it and a fire breaks out, by the time they got him, the plastic melted and fell on his face and feet. >> reporter: 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 is something different about him and it's really sad because these kids, they're scared of him. >> reporter: his name moeans wounded hart and 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 the boy's 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 the boy and his father to come to shriner's hospital for children in boston. that was for the first of a series of operations to slowly release the con track churs 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 begged the woman to watch after his son. >> and at that point they say to you please take care of him, we'll be back. >> yes. so they said 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 two months and now we're at three month. >> reporter: when his little

brother was born, his parents grateful that the united states had provided medical care, decided to name their newborn son trump. that's right. trump. we want to show our appreciation to america for what they're doing for our boy. that's why we named him trump. and then despite being initially approved, in early january their visas were revoked. they were in iraq. and 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. he we want to finish our son's treatment and then return home. cnn it 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. >> reporter: president trump likely made it impossible that his name sake along with mom and tad will trav dad will travel to the united states anytime soon. >> what we're afraid of, they have to wait 90 days, which he needs his surgery as soon as possible. >> what is the sentiment? 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? >> i'm praying for that. >> it's worth pointing out again exactly why the visas were revoked. the immigration officers say the parents could not show that they had strong enough ties in iraq, the concern was that 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 u.s., would have been a u.s. citizen, but they chose not to do that. so that is the case that they're making. they will go back on sunday to the immigration office once more and try to make this case saying they should be the exception to the 90 day ban. they want to be with their son. we'll see what happens. back to you. >> thanks so much to sanjay for that report. and from that heartbreaking story to some good news for a family in iran. an infant girl from iran in needs of heart surgery should be allowed into the u.s. early next week. the child and parents were on their way to portland to consult with surgeons. >> but then the trump travel ban went into effect and they were turned bag. late friday, andrew cuomo announced the gir and her family had been granted permission to come to the u.s. >> thank you so much for joining us. i'm robyn curnow. >> and i'm cyril vanier.

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live from headquarters, welcome to our viewers from the united states. we're following u.s. developments from the u.s. travel ban. >> on friday, the federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the president's order. >> the travel baned