this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, and a very warm welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm cyril vanier. >> i'm robyn curnow. it's 2:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. 7:00 a.m. in london. we start with breaking news in the u.s. the justice department here has just filed its appeal to a u.s. district court judge's suspension of donald trump's travel ban. a legal victory would reinstate that ban, at least for now. >> the appeal has been filed with the ninth circuit court of appeals which will hear the case. another three judges were appointed separately by jimmy

carter, george w. bush and barack obama. the u.s. justice department is making didn't claims in its appeal. we spoke a short time ago with lynda kinkade and michael holmes about what those arguments might involve. take a listen. >> this is a strongly worded legal filing. just after midnight here on the east coast, the u.s. justice department moved for what's called an emergency stay of the sweeping decision out of seattle that temporarily halted the enforcement of president trump's travel ban on a nationwide basis. and in this legal filing, the justice department says that blocking the travel ban, quote, harms the public and second-guesses the president's national security judgment. the threats of the argument here being made by the justice department are two different prongs. the first one is that the

plaintiffs in the case, which were the case was brought by the washington state attorney general and minnesota, they are saying they don't have -- they haven't been harmed. this is sweeping and quite broad. so he can basically do what he wants in this area of immigration in an unreviewable way. the court doesn't have authority to review him. so it's a pretty strongly worded legal filing we're seeing from the justice department. it's unclear yet whether the other side, washington state, will have an opportunity to respond. there's a motion panel set up in the 9th circuit court of appeals that can hear these types of cases by phone. so they may do it very quickly. >> all right. let's get more on this with troy slaton who joins me now from los

angeles. he's a legal analyst and criminal defense attorney. when the executive order was drafted policywise, it was a fairly simple thing to understand. now just the legal case has become a lot -- so complicated, we really need you to spell things out for us. run us through the next steps. what's going to happen now? >> well, immediately upon the judge in seattle, judge robart issuing that temporary restraining order, the department of homeland security halted enforcement of president trump's executive order banning certain classes of aliens from entering the united states. and so what the justice department has done about an hour ago is filed an emergency motion for a stay of that temporary restraining order. what they are asking is for the three-judge panel on the 9th circuit court of appeals to stay the enforcement of that

temporary restraining order which would have the effect of president trump's executive order going back into effect. >> what's the time frame that we're looking at? >> it could happen very quickly. the 9th circuit has measures in place to hear emergency motions like this. today, in the united states, it's super bowl sunday. and i could imagine that although the judges would like to sit there with their family and eat crab dip and watch the game, they are going to be working very diligently to review this and possibly issue a decision on the stay any time. >> are you talking hours or days or we just don't know? >> i imagine that it will be hours and not days because this is a matter of such national and global importance. the 9th circuit knows the world

is watching. >> they will actually settle the matter of whether or not the executive order is legal, is constitutional, right? that's the question they're answering? >> not really. they are answering the question of whether this singular judge sitting in seattle properly issued that temporary restraining order and whether the government who is seeking a stay would suffer irreparable harm if that stay was not implemented. >> so in that case, who ultimately is going to decide whether the executive order is legal because that's what the whole conversation is about. >> so the decision on the merits will go back to that judge who was hearing a peitition from the attorneys general of the state of washington and the state of minnesota. so it would go back to the trial court where that -- this lawsuit essentially was implemented. and then work its way up through the court of appeals and

ultimately, potentially, to the united states supreme court. >> and again, what's the time frame on that, roughly speaking? >> so if we're talking about the emergency stay, the emergency -- >> no, i mean the overarching decision of whether or not this case is -- the executive order is constitutional. you've explained there are several steps before we get to that. ultimately that's what people are interested in. >> well, the united states supreme court, if the 9th circuit decides this in any way, could decide the issue of the stay rather quickly. but the issue of whether or not president trump has the authority to issue this executive order that he did, it could take years before it got to the united states supreme court. because the united states supreme court likes to resolve differences among the circuits and issues of great national importance. here we have a judge in

massachusetts who came with a completely opposite decision of the judge sitting in seattle. >> and i was going to ask you about that, troy. who is going to settle the matter? different people, including yourself, have raised the possibility it would go up to the united states supreme court. until that happens, who decides? because the federal judge in seattle said that his ruling had effect nationwide, but on the same day he issued that restraining order, there was the judge in boston, another federal judge in massachusetts, who had essentially ruled otherwise. so who trumps whom, no pun intended? >> this is with regard to an emergency temporary restraining order. so they are not deciding this case entirely on the merits. it's whether a restraining order should issue, meaning whether there should be a temporary stay

of president trump's executive order or whether it can stand while the matter is being litigated. so if a judge -- if the judge in seattle's decision stands with the 9th circuit, then it stands. and the united states department of homeland security may not implement the executive order. if on the other hand the 9th circuit rules that the temporary restraining order should not be in place and was improperly issued, then the executive order goes back into place while the matter is being litigated among all the varying circuits. if the varying circuits come to a different decision, then the united states supreme court will most definitely weigh in. >> all right, troy slaten, thank you for breaking it down for us. needless to say, we will need to talk to you again in the coming hours and days. >> thank you. have a good night.

president trump's travel ban sparked nationwide protests almost before the ink was dry on his executive order. those demonstrations both pro and con include outside the florida resort where mr. trump is spending his weekend. >> jessica snyder is in palm beach, florida, and has the latest from there. >> reporter: out here at mar-a-lago, a twitter tirade by president trump and also protesters. take a look at some of the remnants out here. at one point, several hundred people making their march as close as they could get to mar-a-lago. mostly peaceful protests, very similar to the ones we've been seeing over the past two weeks and the past three weekends. these people wanting to get their message directly to the president or as close as they could get now that he's down here at what they're calling the winter white house. as far as president trump goes, he took to twitter numerous times over the day sticking to his contention that his executive order as it pertains to that immigration ban was

lawful, was constitutional and even slamming the federal judge out in seattle several times. donald trump taking to twitter. i'll read you a few of his posts saying the judge opens up our country to potential terrorists and others that do not have our best interests at heart. bad people are very happy and earlier in the day, president trump tweeting out this. the opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned. jessica snyder, cnn, palm beach, florida. >> those tweets jessica schneider just mentioned were ridiculed by washington's governor as beneath the dignity of the presidency. >> before the appeal was filed by the u.s. justice department, governor jay insby spoke about the challenge they brought against the executive order. take a listen. >> the president can tweet until the cows come home, but the fact of the matter is he is bound by

this order. it is a legally binding order, and he's going to have to follow it. that's the way our system of checks and balances works. he asked this question about lawyers. his lawyers are telling him the facts. they are telling him this is the way america works. because in america, when an executive does something that's unconstitutional, thank goodness we have a federal judicial system that can rein that in. that's what this judge did. this was a judge, this insult of him, this was a judge appointed by a conservative republican george w. bush. he was confirmed with a 99-0 vote in the senate. this is the way democracy is meant to work. >> several refugee agencies and organizations are not taking any chances with the temporary suspension of the u.s. travel ban. and the trump administration's efforts to get that ban overturned. >> this is what the agencies are telling people affected by the immigration order say. we encourage all travelers from the seven affected countries to rebook travel to the united

states immediately while the stay of the executive order remains in place and visas are valid. that guidance appears in a press release from the international refugee assistant project. >> president trump is being criticized for his new praise for the russian president. after the break, why mr. trump said, quote, we've got a lot of killers when defending vladimir putin in an interview. if you're searching other travel sites to find a better price... ...stop clicking around... the lowest prices on our hotels are always at hilton.com. so pay less and get more only at hilton.com.

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welcome back. live with breaking news on a court fight over u.s. president donald trump's travel ban. >> just a few hours oago, the decision to suspend the ban harms the public. protests continued against the president's policies. about 1,000 demonstrators turned out in florida near where mr. trump is spending the weekend at his mar-a-lago resort. also a handful of trump supporters demonstrating as well. >> a string of tweets on saturday, the president blasted the judge who suspended the ban and a red cross gala ball, he predicted his administration will win the legal battle. president trump tells fox news in a brand-new interview that he respects russian president vladimir putin. >> mr. trump acknowledges putin may be a killer but responded, we've got a lot of killers. take a listen. >> do you respect putin? >> i do. >> why? >> well, i respect a lot of people, but that doesn't mean

i'm going to get along with them. he's a leader of his country. i say it's better to get along with russia than not. will i get along with him? i have no idea. >> he's a killer. putin is a killer. >> a lot of killers. you think our country is so innocent? >> let's discuss all of this with our claire sebastian from moscow. some observers pointed out that using this kind of moral equivalency is a familiar tactic used by the kremlin. >> absolutely, robyn. that's what is so striking about this coming from a sitting u.s. president. this is exactly the rhetoric we hear constantly from the kremlin here in russia and the russian media. putin in the past has compared russian actions in crimea to actions in the west, the u.s. took in kosovo. in the lead-up to the u.s. election, the line was often levels of weak democracy have been -- weak allegations of

democracy have been leveled against russia. look at this divisive election in the u.s. they are no better. that's the line we hear coming from russia. it's interesting. from a policy standpoint, aside from the shock factor of these, to read between the lines of what this could mean, president trump is saying he wants to form a coalition against isis in syria with russia. that's something we've heard repeatedly from the russian side they'd want to do. how does this tally with the situation in ukraine at the moment? the president talked overnight to president poroshenko of ukraine and promised to work with all sides in resolving the ukrainian conflict. it's difficult to imagine how the u.s. would form a coalition with russia and syria while at the same time work with ukraine to resolve their conflict. two very different issues but the tension could define this relationship going forward. >> certainly. also same time, we know that the

u.s. government is in many ways sabre rattle with iran, a key ally of russia. it's not as simple as it seems. mr. trump spoke to the ukrainian president today. do we know what came out of that conversation? >> well, that's particularly interesting because we got two different statements. one from the office of president poroshenko of ukraine and one from the white house. the white house kept it broad. president trump saying this was a very good conversation. they said they'd work with all sides in the conflict to bring peace to ukraine. that was russia and ukraine. but the ukrainian side made it a little more specific. they talked about the dire situation around a government-held town where we're seen a flare-up of violence in the last week. that's not the only place. also a rebel-held town where there's also been deaths reported and violence that was not mentioned.

and they said they appreciated the u.s. commitment to ukrainian territorial integrity, perhaps referring to comments heard earlier in the week from president trump's u.n. ambassador nikki haley who didn't think sanctions should be liftod russia until crimea was returned to ukraine. so this call still not yielding many of the answers we were looking for. no mention again of u.s. sanctions on russia. something the ukrainians care about very deeply. do not want to see those lifted. so a lot of questions still remaining after that call. >> thanks. coming to us live, claire sebastian. some tough words for tehran. just days after the trump administration says it's placing iran on notice.

our nic robertson has more. >> reporter: with a tension on this, the rhetoric and actions with iran seem to be ratcheting up. you have the u.s. secretary of defense james mattis saying that iran is the world's biggest sponsor of terrorism. a very strong statement. you have within hours after that, the commander of the aerospace part of the islamic revolutionary guard corps, the elite force in iran, saying if the enemy makes a mistake, our roaring missiles will come raining down on their heads. a very clearly escalation here of the rhetoric. but at the same time over the weekend, iran has begun military drills by again that aerospace, the elite force they've been testing their missile systems, their radar systems, testing their electronic countermeasure systems. the very clear message there is, if there is any kind of military action, aircraft flying into iran's air space, if there is any kind of military action like

that, iran is ready for it. that's the message. we know that president trump, his spokesman sean spicer have both been very clear the united states is not taking anything off the table in their potential actions against iran. so at the moment, the tensions, the rhetoric, the actions just keep escalating. nic robertson, cnn, malta. let's bring in "new york times" correspondent thomas erdbrink from tehran. washington flexed its muscles early on with sanctions on tehran. very tough talk as well. iran has answered in kind as nic was explaining. are the two countries just feeling each other out for the moment, or have tensions really shot up as much as it seems? >> no, i actually think you're right. i think both countries are feeling each other out. iran needs to get used to this

new reality. new reality of u.s. administration that has historically different tone from that of the previous administration. you might remember iran signed a nuclear agreement with the united states and other world powers. 2016 was actually a rather quiet year here. there were no tensions. all options at the time were off the table, it seemed. now the iranians see themselves faced with a very unpredictable united states leadership, if you will. they have trouble calculating the next moves of the trump administration, if you will. and for now, the iranians are deciding to take things very easily. something you saw at the friday prayers, usually a stage to ratchet up tensions against the united states. today -- on friday, things were rather quiet, and this has been the tone coming out of iran for the past days in reaction to all

this chest thumping, if you will, is the way they see it over here, by the trump administration. >> the whurks peers to ite house keeping the iran deal on the table. it respects that deal. are the two countries bound by this common pact ultimately? >> i had trouble hearing you. maybe you can repeat the question. sorry about that. >> there's one very important deal that binds these two countries and that's the iranian nuclear deal. it seems the trump white house, for all its harsh rhetoric against that deal during the campaign, appears intent on keeping that deal intact. doesn't that deal bind these two countries, give them something in common that at least i would say offers some level of stability in that relationship? >> absolutely. we saw paul ryan, the house

republican, coming out saying that he feels the deal should stay in place. that it's an important deal, but you used those words, apparently. the iranians are also not sure. will the trump administration tomorrow, next week, next month, maybe change its mind on the nuclear agreement? they are nervous that the trump administration will indeed try to alter or maybe even cancel this agreement. and they just have a feeling they can't be sure with trump what it is that he and his people want. >> thomas, i'd like you to speak to this piece of news that i've just got. as we're trying to read the tea leaves and where this bilateral relationship between the u.s. and iran is going, i'd like to introduce this in the debate. we're finding out iran has reversed an earlier decision to deny entry visas to a u.s. wrestling team.

now doesn't this send mixed signals from iran? tough talk on the one -- >> i can't hear you. >> on the other hand, they are also saying, we're holding back on some of those visa retaliatory sanctions. >> i'm sorry. the audio is really bad. i can't hear your question. >> we're going to try again when we've got better audio. appreciate your time. mr. trump is attacking the federal judge who suspended the travel ban. >> coming up, how vice president mike pence is defending his boss. stay with us. you're watching cnn. shocked by your wireless bill every month? additional fees. tacked on taxes.

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this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome back. we continue to follow breaking news out of the u.s. of the legal battle brewing over president trump travel ban. the u.s. justice department has filed an appeal to a federal justice's decision suspending the ban. >> it comes as protests against mr. trump broke out in several cities. this is one near palm beach, florida, where the president attended an event near mar-a-lago. >> here's sara sidner in san francisco.

>> there are three judges, a three-panel of judges who will look through this and say do we need to agree with the department of justice or is the judge's decision in washington, can that stand as that goes through the courts. the three judges are in three different places. one in hawaii, one in arizona, one here in northern california. and so they will all confer likely on e-mail or by phone and decide what is the legally proper thing to do. the same time, the department of justice can decide they want to go above the 9th circuit court if they lose that case and go all the way to the supreme court. first, i'm sure they'd like to hear what the 9th circuit court has to say. likely the 9th circuit court will take a couple of days, maybe less, to give that decision. we should also look at whether or not their appeal has a good chance to win in this particular court. we talked to a legal expert who is very familiar with how this

court runs. he is a law professor at uc hastings. >> the trump administration would have to say there's something about this stay that harms us irreparably. i'm not sure they have any showing on that since the immigration authority still have authority to keep out bad guys, whether this order is in place or not. you can always keep out bad guys. and then they would have to say, the trump administration would have to say on the merits, the judge was very clearly wrong. in other words, when he says there's a likelihood of success on the merits you'd have to say, no, there's no chance of success on the merits. so the standard to get this reversed is really very high and i think unlikely. >> if the 9th circuit court does not rule in favor of the department of justice, allowing it to put the travel ban back in place, then all of this will go back to that court in washington and go through that court and maybe we'll finally have a decision. how long that's going to take? we don't know yet. sara sidner, cnn, san francisco. >> the travel ban has set off a

wave of protests around the world. even near mr. trump's front door. they've been marching in florida, not far from his mar-a-lago resort where he's spending the weekend. supporters of the president and the travel ban have also been spotted in the crowds. >> in washington hundreds walked from the white house to the capitol with a banner saying no ban, no wall. protesters also gathered in front of the eiffel tower in paris. an american there says she's speaking out because this is not what her country stands for. >> being an american, i care about my country and care about how we are portrayed. and are seen from other countries. and i think we need to be careful of what we're doing right now. we have central organizers on our team who have been a huge help. and it's been an amaze if you see the crowd, that people keep coming. so i think people are ready to fight back and to organize. we're not mourning anymore. we're organizing. >> cnn political commentator and trump supporter john phillips

joined us earlier. we asked him what he thinks of the protests over the past few weeks against the president and his policies. >> the people that did vote for donald trump, i think are pretty happy with everything that's gone on so far. i'm sure that some people voted for him because they were captivated by his performance in "home alone 2" and some love his hair, but most of us voted for him because we wanted increased border security. we wanted an extreme vetting of those coming to this country. and he's following through with the promises that he made in his campaign. >> yet again, the tweets, though, and we've talked about this endlessly because he keeps on tweeting things. in this case when it comes to this ban, using the phrase this so-called judge. what do you make of that kind of language? and that's okay when you are a candidate and you are talking about, as he did, a judge with hispanic background, but this is a federal judge. appointed by a republican and a member of the judiciary.

it's not very presidential to be saying so-called judge. what do you make of it? >> we're used to seeing fights that are partisan fights here in the states where the democrats take on the republicans and vice versa. what we haven't seen in awhile is a separation of powers. we have three co-equal branches of government. wey is the president, the executive, fight with congress. saw a lot of that with obama and the republican congress. what we're seeing now are other battles that go on. this has been going on from time and memorial where the courts rule against the president and the president lashes out in some way. trump of course is more ver bose and certainly has a better sense of humor in my estimation. >> i don't directly criticize judges, though. >> they do all the time. they maybe not -- they don't do it on twitter the way trump did it, but judges have been get toing getting under the skin of

presidents since we have had the presidency. this judge is not going to have the final say. this will go to the 9th circuit court of appeals on the west coast, which is a very liberal court so my guess is they'll probably affirm what this judge just did and then it will end up in the supreme court and they'll have the final say. u.s. vice president mike pence is standing by the travel ban. >> is it appropriate for the president to be questioning the legitimacy of a federal judge in that way? >> president trump has made it clear that our administration is going to put the safety and security of the american people first. and the executive order that he put into effect was legal. it was appropriate, and our administration is going to be using all legal means at our disposal to challenge his order. >> is it right for the president to say so-called judge? doesn't that undermine the separation of powers and the constitution written right next

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back to our breaking news in the u.s. a couple of hours ago, the justice department filed an appeal of a federal judge's decision to block the travel ban affecting refugees and citizens in seven muslim majority countries. >> on saturday, president trump attacked the federal judge who temporarily halted the ban. one of several tweets said the judge opens up our country to potential terrorists and others that do not have our best interest at heart. bad people are very happy. >> president trump has vowed to give priority to persecuted christians over other refugees trying to enter the u.s. >> but our ben wedeman spoke with christians in iraq who said they'd refuse the offer. >> reporter: the kids make due with the little they have. the people here are christians who fled their town in northern iraq when isis took over. losing homes, businesses, almost everything they owned. you'd think they'd be rejoicing at president trump's suggestion

he'll give preference to christian refugees. evelyn and her family get by on an income from their simple shop. she isn't jumping at the offer. i don't want to go abroad, she says. i love iraq. my country. it's the country of our parents. camp residents have nailed crosses and iraqi flags to their temporary homes, eager to stress they are iraqis first, christians second. some of the people here have been in this camp for the last two and a half years. it's a fairly bleak existence, but despite that, some of them say even given the chance as christians to move to the united states, they still wouldn't go there. evelyn's husband samir shares her skepticism.

let's say i went to america. what would i get out of it, he asks? no, let me live in my iraq and die in my iraq. before the u.s. invasion, almost a million and a half christians lived here. since then, as many as two-thirds have left. >> not only christians suffered, but also others, muslims, sunni, shia, yazhidi. >> reporter: luis raphael is the caldean patriarch of babylon and leads the largest christian community in iraq. he's at pains to warn, giving preference to christians over muslims will only increase rese resentment. >> it doesn't matter they are christians, muslims, believers or not. they are human beings.

so just sectarian language was very bad. >> reporter: the faithful take communion at st. joseph's church. the pews are emptier than before, a sense of loss haunts many who have seen loved ones leave, never to return. wafa thinks it's a good idea to stop all iraqis, regard fls religion, from leaving. enough emigration, she says, after the service. they shouldn't let our young people go. no one will be left here. the american president's words, cold comfort for dwindling flock. ben wedeman, cnn, baghdad. >> great piece there from ben. visa holders in the seven affected countries woke up to the news they could now go to the u.s. but they are being warned changes could come and soon.

we're joined from istanbul in turkey with reaction. how many people have made use of this perhaps temporary window? has there been a rush to the airports, for example? >> well, robyn, there's still a lot of confusion and uncertainty. when the news first broke and people were waking up to it on saturday morning here, it took some time for the news to spread, for the airlines to be notified by the united states of this change in regulations. and it took us a few hours throughout the day to get confirmation from the various airlines operating in the region that they had received this change that would allow valid visa holders from these countries to board their flights. so we haven't really seen this mass rush to get to the airport to get on planes. people are a bit cautious when it comes to this. it is a very risky situation for them. you are looking at people who

face the possibility of having their vis as canceled, if this does change yet again. and there's also that factor of humiliation for some after seeing what happened about a week ago to some people where they were either taken off planes, where they were detained or turned back. people really are -- don't want to go through that. so you'd expect to see a bit of wait and see with a lot of people to see if things are going to change yet again. because there is that feeling that it is very uncertain. they feel this is a legal process that could be lengthy or things could change yet again very quickly. there's a bit of cautious optimism that things might change for the better, for some people. but for most, i think they want to wait and see what happens next. a lot of uncertainty. >> a lot of people may be aff t affected by the practicalities of this. broadly, it's also about

politics and perception. how are people following the ups and downs of this executive order drama? >> well, i think, robyn, it is impacting a lot of people when this ban first came into effect. you're looking at either people who have family in the united states that they wanted to join. had trips to the united states. or refugees. people who have been waiting for years in some cases to be resettled in the united states. so you have these people who have been impacted who are following this closely to see what happens next for them. and for the majority of the people who have been watching this as we've heard from my colleague ben wedeman in baghdad. people are really stunned to be seeing this happening in the united states. it's not a country where people, you know, expected this to be happening. this sort of chaotic situation. it is something people would tell you they expect in countries in the middle east where they've seen that before.

i've certainly heard that from friends in libya drawing that parallel to the days of muhammad gadhafi where rules could change overnight and people would be caught off guard when that happens. so people are following this. and, really, quite surprised to be seeing this happening in a country like the united states, robyn. >> and what about the sense of understanding, perhaps, of where the trump administration is coming from? i mean, in many ways, the middle east has experienced terrorism more than the u.s. is there some sense of understanding the position of the u.s. government? >> i think people understand that there are security measures that need to be in place or visa procedures that need to be in place to protect the united states, especially if you look at the past couple of years and security threats that western countries are facing but people will tell you that are facing these same threats at home, and this is seen very much as a

collective punishment for tens of millions of people who come from these countries. you hear this from iraqis and syrians who tell you they are fleeing that same terrorism that the united states is talking about. and to brand tens of millions of people as a security threat is quite insulting for a lot of people, robyn. so there is that factor, of course, of people being really insulted at this ban. >> perspective from turkey. thanks so much. we're just hours away -- >> football. nfl. it's your thing. >> it's super bowl, soon. we'll hear from atlanta quarterback matt ryan, this season's league mvp coming up. technology... tg ...doesn't go on your wrist. ♪ the highly advanced audi a4, with class-leading horsepower.

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this is cnn breaking news. live from cnn's world headquarters in atlanta. welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm robyn kurnow. >> i'm cyril vanier. we start this hour with breaking news in the u.s. the justice department has just filed its appeal to a u.s. district court judge's suspension of the travel ban. a legal victory would reinstate at least for now that travel ban. >> and the appeal has been filed with the 9th circuit court of appeals which will hear the case. the three judges who may hear the case were an pointed separately by former presidents jimmy carter, george w. bush and barack obama. the justice department is making several different arguments in its appeal to get the suspension of that travel ban