this is cnn break news. good morning. grateful to have your company. >> welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. breaking news right off the top. president trump's travel ban is still blocked, at least for now. just a short time ago an appeals court denied the justice department's request to immediately restore the president's travel ban. >> both the washington attorney journal have been given deadlines to support their cases. on the phone with us to walk us through what this means. laura, help us understand what

has happened overnight. >>. >> reporter: well, a lot has happened overnight. so a federal appeals court has denied the justice department's request for an immediate reinstatement of president trump's ban on certain travelers and all refugees. what that th meais means is tha ruling by james robart, that judge in seattle who suspended the ban, his ruling will remain in place for now. the u.s. court of appeals has asked both the state of washington and the trump administration early sunday morning to file more briefs to explain themselves. we will keep hearing their arguments monday afternoon. >> okay. sounds good. thank you so much. we appreciate it, laura. we want to bring in cnn legal analyst danny and immigration attorney jessica stern as well. can you both hear us?

>> yes. good morning. >> excellent. danny, help us understand where this goes from here. >> what happens now is that the parties will brief the issues, so they'll each be given the opportunity to submit legal briefs making their argument. remember the only thing they're asking for is the ninth sur kci or asking in a way for a restraining order on the restraining order when you think about it. so at this point it's going to be -- the parties will have to brief the issue. you know, with courts, you can make things go pretty quickly. this is pretty break neck speed. but you can't have immediate relief the way the white house administration seems to want. the issue has to be briefed and the ninth scircuit has to hear argument on it. >> what kind of timeline will we see on it? >> this is an amazing timeline

so far. >> jessica, i wanted to ask you, what evidence do you think the department of justice and president trump need to prove their case? >> they're going to need to prove that there is an immediate harm that the united states faces that we as citizens face by the white house not having the ability to prohibit entry from these seven countries. so far we haven't seen that yet. and the arguments that were presented to the judge for the stay of the ban originally, the judge asked the department of justice lawyer what evidence is there of terrorism by people from these seven countries who has been arrested on acts of national terrorism and the department of justice couldn't answer that. that's going to be important for the court to see that there truly is an immediate need for national security and that that is can be presented by the government. >> danny, the department of

justice has asserted that there's classified information here. maybe they can't reveal particular evidence. if that is the case and that is their argument, how does that move forward? >> the very interesting argument, because typically there is an issue called a political question. i mean, in theory, each branch is assigned its own things to do. in this case the executive branch under the law, they're going to argue has the privilege, the right, to bar certain people from entering the country based on these grounds that they're asserting. but the plaintiff, the state of washington, argues that no, that section of the law you're talking about has since been not necessarily overruled but there's newer law that says that you cannot discriminate against people for that reason. this just simply hasn't been a jude indicated in a way that a

judge has put a stay on this -- a ban like this because we haven't had a ban like this and we haven't had a judge stay a ban nationwide. so this is really unprecedented in several ways. >> laura, do we know how the washington court will move forward and try to make their case? laura? is laura still with us? >> yes. if you can still hear me, the state attorney general will file a brief later on sunday and it will put forth its case saying why the ban should still be halted. just as it argued in the district court in seattle. >> so jessica, let me ask you, how do you believe the washington court can successfully argue its case? >> so far the state of washington has shown some initial indications that the

citizens of the state of washington and minnesota who joined in to the lawsuit as well, the economy and the state education department are suffering irreparable harm based on issues that now they're facing companies in their state, expedia, amazon and microsoft i believe are all washington state based companies who are having issues now with not being able to -- or were having issues with not being able to get their employees back to the state to get back to work. and there were issues with students not being able to get back to school and continue to pay tuition. so if the pan stayed in place, they would have to show how the citizens of their state are affected by the ban and therefore showing the constitutional claims that they've made based on the restriction of injury from the seven countries. >> so with that said, if you were to give guidance to somebody overseas who is trying to get back into the country who

has a valid visa, would you advise them to travel still today? >> i think so. i think that's the general advice. that's the advice to be gleaned from the present state of affairs. but it's changing by the minute. we're in a different position at 5:00 a.m. today here on the east coast than we were at midnight last night it seems. i mean, this is a very fluid situation. so it's possible that somebody who makes a decision to get on an airplane now, by the time that airplane lands and if they don't have wi-fi, they may be in a completely new situation and not know about it. >> so is there any way for provisions to be made for people who are traveling who may be in that very position? they're in the air. a decision is made. they land. are there any protections that could be established for them? >> there are protections, but it would be a very tricky situation that they would find themselves in just as the people did last

friday who were in the air when the ban was issued in the first place. and it was chaos. and the officers did not know who to do with border protection when these folks got off the plane. but there are protections in place depending on what the basis was for their entry in the first place, but that will be a very difficult situation to face again and i think that's what the court is trying to avoid before there's a decision on the merits of the case. >> all right. laura jarrett, danny, jessica, we so appreciate your expertise. they're going to be with us throughout the morning as we try to unwrap this. thank you. president trump is praising russian president putin and he's also appeared to criticize the u.s. in the process in this new interview mt ne interview. next you're going to hear the exchange that some are calling unprecedented. (vo) do not go gentle into that good night,

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unprecedented. >> president trump praising russian president vladimir putin in a new interview proclaiming once again he respects the dictator. >> but the president also said this of the u.s. quote, that we've got a lot of killers. here's what he told fox news. >> do you respect putin? >> i do respect him. >> do you? why? >> well, i respect a lot of people but that doesn't mean i'm going to get along with him. 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 though. putin's a killer. >> a lot of killers. we've got a lot of killers. you think our country's so innocent. >> congressman shift blasted trump saying, quote, this is the second time trump has defended putin against the charge that he's a killer by saying the u.s. is no better or different. this is as bizarre as it is untrue. does he not see the damage he

does with comments like that? and the gift he gives to russian propaganda. >> i want you to listen to our national foreign spent. he provided some analysis of the president's comments in addition to calling them unprecedented and unpresidential. you're going to hear jim talk about just being flat-out wrong. >> this is unprecedented by a u.s. president speaking about his own country. that kind of moral relativism with not just a u.s. adversary but an a author tearian state is well known, documented. for e norm normous examples of mistreatment. you can certainly say un presidential, at least if you're talking about being president of the united states to describe your country in that way. and let's -- i traveled a lot in countries like russia, china, elsewhere that will often use this moral relativism as a propaganda talking point that well, the u.s. has done just as

bad as we have. let's just throw out a couple current examples. russia deliberately bombed di vil yain syriaia. u.s. military takes enormous steps to avoid civilian casual tease. russia deliberately bombed civilians. rush annexed land in europe in violation of multiple international treat tease and international law. that's something the u.s. doesn't do. >> former cnn moscow bureau chef highlights this is not the first time that the president has praised the dictator. you know. that but she adds there appears to be a strategy behind it. listen. >> we have vlamimir who was poisoned. no one is saying that vladimir

putin did that but i pg the important thing is why is president trump saying this? this is not the first time he said it. he said it in december of 2015 in an interview with msnbc when he says our country does plenty of killing too. so this apparently is something that he actually believes. now, it reminds me, jim was talking about kind of, you know, the old soviet way. well, there's a phrase that's called what aboutism. what aboutism is you say well, you do something really terrible and you turn around and you answer and you say well, you do too. you do worse things. this is the kind of -- it smacks of that. i don't know whether president trump ever heard about what aboutism. but that is a propaganda technique that was used in the soviet days. >> you've heard several times during the campaign and since the election that president trump has said that it's better to get along with russia and

president putin than not and we know the two presidents spoke on the phone last saturday and the two discussed cooperation in the fight against isis. >> the international out cry to this travel ban is still in full force. it's now stretching all the way to hong kong. the confusion over the ban, though. back in a moment. per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty, the quicker picker upper

19 minutes after the hour. if you're just joining, an appeals court has denied the justice department's nshl request to immediately restore president trump travel ban. >> basically that means that the trump travel ban will continue to be on hold at least for now and people can continue to travel so far.

the ninth circuit court of appeals has asked for both sides to file legal briefs before the court makes any further decisions on the motion. we'll keep you updated on this throughout the morning. >> there are many workers coming from muslim countries, especially for domestic workers. there are many of them. they might have families. they might have friends in the u.s. and the workers, they're part of the community. i think it's our responsibility to fight for their rights. >> you see in the upper right-hand corner of the screen the po terotest are stretching the white house to hong kong. this rally against the ban was held outside the american cons sue lat there for from the seven middle eastern countries dire directly affected by the pan.

held in lon dadon, paris, sydne. >> for more on the international reaction to the travel ban, bring in cnn correspondent. what are you hearing? >> reporter: really some of the reaction in this part of the world, it really is confusion and uncertainty. people in those countries that were impacted and also in the middle east and the arab world last week waking up to the news that national from those seven majority muslim countries were no longer allowed to travel to the united states. then yesterday waking up to the news that now they can, but that this is temporary and it could change at any point. we have seen some people traveling to the united states perhaps trying to take advantage of this pause for now, but we haven't seen any sort of a major rush to the airport, people trying to get on planes c. that's perhaps because people

are weary of what's going on. they're concerned about taking that risk of traveling to the united states that perhaps this could change any minute. again, you're talking about especially when it comes to refugees, you're talking about those very precious visas that they waited in some cases for years to obtain, to finally get resettled in the united states. so people -- most people would be waiting to see what happens before they take that risk and travel to the united states after seeing what happened a week ago with people being turned back, being detained, being pulled off flights. but there's also this bit of cautious optimism in the region that perhaps the american justice system is going to overturn what many people felt was a very unjust, unfair decision and collective punishment of people from those countries.

>> as the legal battle continues over the ban in the u.s. and iraq, there is this continued confusion over the status of the executive order. a cnn international correspondent ben wedeman is in baghdad with more. >> the entire process almost from the very beginning has been confusing when the executive order was signed by president trump on the 28th of january shortly afterwards u.s. administration officials said green card holders will not be allowed back in. many of them in fact were sent back to one of the seven countries. then they changed their position and sgaid come you can come. then they have this decision but they found it somewhat confusing. there is definitely beginning to develop something of a sense of distrust. l listen to what we heard on the streets of baghdad. >> translator: i'm afraid if i

arrived at their airport trump might win an appeal. what happens to me? i might be thrown in jail. >> translator: i don't think trump will abied de by the cour decision. he's arrogant. >> we understand from the baghdad international airport that there was not a rush of people trying to get on flights to the u.s. first of all because there are no direct flights between iraq and the united states. but also because word simply hadn't spread. now we are hearing from the american civil liberties union, from the refugee assistance project that now is the time. if people have valid visas and they have a pressing reason to come to the united states, for instance, medical care that they should come now because there's no saying when or if this decision could be overturned after an appeal from the trump administration. so definitely there's a sense of deep uncertainty when it comes

to those who can travel, could travel, want to travel to the united states. so the experts are saying if you're going to go, you better go now. >> good to know. thank you so much. still to come, the senate votes to advance president trump's pick for education secretary. it has not been an easy road for betsy devos. we'll tell you where it stands now. stay close. hi, juice universe? one large rutabaga, with eggplant... done! that's not fair. glad i had a v8. the original way to fuel your day. does your child need help with digestive balance? try align junior probiotic. so she can have a fraction dominating... status updating... hello-yellow-belt kind of day. get 24/7 digestive support with align junior. the #1 doctor recommended probiotic brand, now for kids. these numbers are off the charts...this? sir!

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good to have you with us. just about 5:30 on a saturday morning. i'm cristi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. breaking news this morning, no travel ban for now. an appeals court is denying the justice department's request to

immediately restore the president's travel ban. >> instead the court wants the washington attorney general and the trump administration to file legal briefs before they make any further decisions. so earlier i asked our legal expert jessica stern what evidence president trump and the department of justice would need to prove their case. here's what she said. >> they're going to need to prove that there is an immediate harm that the united states faces, that we as citizens face, by the white house not having the ability to prohibit entry from these seven countries. and so far we haven't seen that yet. and the arguments that were presented to the judge for the stay of the ban originally, the judge asked the department of justice lawyer what evidence is there of terrorism by people from these seven countries who has been arrested on acts of national terrorism and the department of justice couldn't

answer. that's going to be important for the court to see that there truly is an immediate need for national security. and that can be presented by the government. >> well, the senate voted to advance betsy devos's nomination to serve as the secretary of education to a final confirmation vote. that is expected to happen on monday. she has received criticism from democrats over the michigan position on public and charter schools and her qualifications. lieutenant governor of michigan and president of the national education association. good morning to both of you. >> happy to be here. >> good morning. >> lieutenant governor, i want to start with you and what is a first for the president's nominees. we have senators collins who is saying that will not vote for ms. devos for her con fir mission. first of any of the president's

nominees who are not getting republican votes. what do you make of that and the need to call on the vice president to make a tie? >> it's part of the process. they have individual opinions. it's not surprising here in michigan where we have the kind of state where people cross signs all the time in order to take positions on issues, so it's all part of the process. but i am confident that betsy devos will be confirmed next week. >> ms. garcia, you do not have that level of confidence in ms. devos. >> this is an awful nomination. she is the most supremely unqualified nom neinee for secretary of education ever. i think that's why you're seeing this incredible outburst of confusion and anger on the parts of parents and teachers and advocates for children with disabilities. the kinds of programs that are managed by the department of

education. she seems to have absolutely no idea, i.d.e.a. of what she's talking about. we've had over 1 million e-mails sent through the website that we set up and i know there's a lot more. and for that -- that's why we're at this 50/50 cliff-hanger right now. we need one, one more brave senator to crossover and actually start listening to all of those phone calls and e-mails that are jamming them and listen to the people that are saying please don't send us someone so highly unqualified. >> lilly, is there one you're focussing on? is there one you think you can persuade? >> one of the things i was looking at when i saw the lieutenant governor, hi, but where are the senators that are supporting her? why couldn't one senator step up and say this is why i think she's supremely qualified. i'm not hearing from any of

them. that gives me hope. that gives me hope that someone that said i'm leaning that way or that's where i'm going to go. my read, some of those e-mails from parents with children with disabilities to say this is important, don't just go over party lines. >> a child with the disability -- >> governor, why is -- >> i have been fighting for people with disabilities for years. one thing that betsy devos brings to the table is accountability in the system. that's where i think that this thing is -- this whole message line has really gone to a place that i think is completely unfair and misrepresentative. betsy devos has fought for kids that have been left behind for years, literally for decades to make sure that parents and kids are in the driver's seat when it comes to their education. and so we've seen that for decades and so many parents that are taking advantage of those opportunities that are saying

listen, this school that my kid was assigned to wasn't doing a good job and i wanted to move them to a place that better suited them. i don't think you can go wrong by putting parents in the driver's seat . it adds a level of accountability to the system. >> during the hearing we learned that ms. devos did not attend any public schools. her children have never attended public schools. she's never taught in public schools. to what degree is that familiarity or in this case lack there of important to the job of the secretary of education? >> she has worked in public education policy development for literally decades. by the way, charter schools are public schools. and she even -- the highest performing or among the highest performing charter schools you'll find in michigan she started. so when it comes to experience in education, i don't think that there could be any question she has importance in education.

when it comes to i.d.e.a. there's not a lot of accountability. there's certainly not a lot of accountability on appropriate implementation of i.d.e.a. across the country. this is the type of person who expects will accountability. when i looked at her written responses to i. d.e.a., i know that she's fully supportive and behind it. i've talked with her personally many times when it comes to issues with respect to kids that need extra attention, and i'm very confident that she is -- that the same level of accountability for kids that are left behind because of tough social economic conditions will -- that she'll focus on and help kids with disabilities as well. >> i'm going to explode. i'm going to just explode. we won't be dealing with alternative facts here hopefully. not having any experience with a public school on any level is bad. but that's not the worst.

i think what makes it -- >> but that's not even true. >> let me know. i was quiet for you. what we saw under betsy devos and michigan has seen as the worst of the worst players in privatizing. i've started teaching about 25 years ago when they started this. let's have innovative charter schools. i loved that idea. i have some friends that started charter schools. what happened after a few years is it began to be corrupted by a for profit industry. >> that's a conversation i had earlier with michigan lieutenant governor brian and national education soeassociation presid lilly garcia. >> lot of sit cricriticism worl for president trump's travel ban. in the eyes of some americans, he's doing exactly what he should be doing.

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>> here's what that means. that the president's travel ban will remain on hold for the time being fr being. the court of appeals has asked for both sides to file legal briefs before the court make any decisions on that motion. we'll be keeping you updated throughout the morning, but we do know that the legal briefs are all due by monday afternoon. >> we know that protests have a way of catching cameras. >> a lot of americans, they're behind trump 100%. jason carroll found some in wisconsin, a state that was key to the president a election night. >> when you look at the reason why donald trump unexpected flipped the state of wisconsin, look no further than this bar. right outside of milwaukee. it caters to a lot of harley-davidson employees. the patrons have plenty of

praise for the president and find little tolerance for those protesting against him. >> get over it. he's in. he's in. just stop it. stop it. >> reporter: kim owns this bar and says her feelings mirror those of many in the community, a community that voted for trump over hillary clinton by nearly two to one. donny is a trump supporter. he says he worked at harley-davidson for more than 40 years before he retired and was also a small business owner. >> it cost me a good business, like a bar like this. over some certain people move in the area and the way people move out. >> do you mean certain people, people who look like me? >> well, the neighborhood changed, like, 90% within two years. white people won't come in and i had to sell it. >> reporter: when you're going forward, does it give you with

an unfavorable view of black people, mexican people? >> yes, it does. i'll be honest with you. i'm very prejudice. and a lot of people know that. >> reporter: he says his point of view is unedited. one that he says few people like him share publicly. >> reporter: do you believe that a lot of other people who feel the way you do also voted for trump because they feel the way you do? >> they do. trust me. >> reporter: jennifer and kim say they don't share his views and they welcome all that come to the bear no matter their race but they support trump and are happy with what they've seen so far. >> he's backing up what he's said. he's standing up for america, for the citizens of america, for small businesses, for everybody who voted for him. he says what he was going to do and he's doing it. >> reporter: they also hope the president will keep pressuring u.s. companies to make more

products in the united states. harley-davidson for example assembles bikes in the united states but makes many parts overseas in countries like mexico. the head of the local steelworkers union is encouraged by trump pulling out of the trans pacific partnership but he's troubled by the immigration ban. >> the green lady, the statue of liberty, you know, welcome. i just believe that's the way it should be. >> reporter: patrons such as donny are on board with what trump has bedone so far and hop he continues to fulfill his promises. >> i hope he gets another four years after this one. it's got to be better than democrats. >> jason carol, thank you so much. >> still to come, a couple who escaped war torn aleppo and came to the u.s. they're now speaking out against president trump's travel ban. we'll have their story next.

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the breaking news this morning, we've been updated throughout this show. an appeals court has denied the justice department's initial request to, and this is the important word here, immediately restore the president's travel ban. >> so here's what that equates to. the president's travel ban is still on hold and it will continue to be. we know at least most likely through monday afternoon. because the ninth circuit court of appeals has asked both sides to file legal briefs before the court by that time before they make any further decisions on the motion. so we're going to obviously keep you posted because this has been something that's been very fluid overnight. i want to talk to you about

this refugee couple from aleppo. they have a lot to say about president trump's travel ban chl. >> the two escaped from syria, came to the u.s. and transitioned to a very comfortable life. it is their hope that the president will lift the refugee program suspension and give other refugees the opportunity that they had. cnn has their story. >> reporter: a search for refuge led hem from syria to an atlanta suburb. this is where they started their new life in the u.s. away from the war zone that was their home fighting between isis forced them into a neighboring country. >> translator: i didn't stay in turkey because there's discrimination against kurds and that forced me to apply asylum in the united states. >> reporter: months later they reached out to a refugee organization within the united states. they were vetted and two years

after fleeing syria, admitted in as refugees. today they make a living working in these aisles. and in the kitchen of this international market northeast of atlanta. they are among six middle eastern refugees working here. the market's owner, a 22-year-old second generation american of jordanian heritage says it's about giving refugees a chance to ease into life in the u.s. >> i'm happy and pleased to be able to give them that opportunity to allow them to express all that they want to do and allow them to grow with us. it's my hope that i can help train them and help them, you know, assimilate. >> reporter: she says life in america was hard at first but she's working to overcome language and cultural barriers. >> translator: when i first arrived i was a bit concerned, but after meeting some american

friends, they helped me, accepted me, and helped me with the language. things are better for me now. >> reporter: they would like to see the white house left of the suspension of the u.s. refugee program allowing others to have the same opportunities as them. >> translator: i did not communicate with anyone here about that ban. yes, i know about it, but i hope that president trump will revisit his decision and open the states again for the refugees. because the ones who are living as refugees, they are suffering. wherever they are, from any country they're in, they are suffering and they have the need and they have the right to live a good life with dignity. >> reporter: cnn, atlanta. >> we'll continue to cover all of the angles of the breaking news this morning, but let's turn for a moment now to the biggest stage in sports, the super bowl. kick off now just a few hours away. we'll take you live to houston with a look ahead at the

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n denying the jus ttice department to immediately restore the travel ban. >> the ban is remaining on hold for the moment. we know that will most likely last, people will be able to fly we believe at least through monday, because the ninth circuit court of appeals has asked both sides to file legal briefs before the court to make their arguments. and then the court at that point would make a further decision on the motion. so up until this point, we believe based on what legal counsel is telling us, that people should be able to fly at least through monday. after that it's going to be another fluid situation. we'll see what happens. >> some called dearborn, michigan, the heart of earab

america america. it's home to business owners who say they've been living the american dream. >> some say they don't feel welcome anymore. they filed this report. >> i'm part of a family that owns authentic yemen restaurants. >> we own a bakery, middle eastern that's been open for 30 years. >> we began in 1979. the founder was my father. he imgreat -- >> my father immigrate to the u.s. in 1973. >> my father moved here in 1995. >> we have about 200 employees total. >> we have probably 20 to 25 in this location. >> many of our employees, they do have in common is that

they're fleeing a difficult situation, whether it be lebanon, whether it be iraq or syria. almost everyone here has found the american dream in dearborn and they've grown from that. >> we have a big community in dearborn. we're here to support our family. we're here to make a better living. we're here to have our kids educated. we're here to get better chances in living like anybody else. >> above all else, i would say that we feel misrepresented at times. >> you know, since the ban mr. trump came up with, it's pretty hard. i mean, people are very devastated. sad. shocked. >> people feel like they have almost a loss of security and they feel misunderstood. >> it's even hard for us to explain to our kids what am i going to tell them? that my president made a ban against us, against our people? it's horrible. >> i mean, i'm an american citizen but i still feel less

welcome. people look at you differently after. that he changed the point of view of earabs, everybody. >> he changed the business. so you consider one of terrorists, basically, to be that person that's been targeted from, you know, the world leader, mr. trump. it's not easy to deal with. >> he should come to dearborn and have a meal. that's all i can tell him. >> from a unique perspective. another thing you're all watching closely the stage for the biggest game in american football, hours from now in houston, super bowl li and we've got to watch it on tv. >> this is the patriots ninth super bowl appearance, but only the second for atlanta. patriots quarterback tom brady

wins, he'll become the nfl quarterback with the most super bowl victories. his rival falcons quarterback matt ryan has just been named the nfl mvp. >> cnn coy wire actually caught up with matt ryan. here he is. >> i am here in downtown houston with some of my newest friends, super bowl li from discovery green, super bowl live. the game is not far away. this is going to be an incredible match-up between the atlanta falcons and the new england patriots. the falcons are looking to do something they haven't done in 22 years, win a sports championship for their city. the patriots on the other hand, tom brady is looking to win a fifth super bowl title as a quarterback. he's talked about this week, how his family means a lot to them. they've had some health concerns. they are all here for this big game. but matt ryan, matty ice, former teammate of mine, he looks different. his game is on point.

a confidence level i haven't seen before. i had to find out what it is. inside the mind of matt ryan. >> what the heck did you do this off-season? was there something that you did to make yourself better? >> i think when you believe in what you're doing, it's amazing how that leads to self-peace or confidence going into games. the navy seals talk about all the time you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your preparation. i believe you prepare the right way so that when the situation comes you do exactly what you prepared yourself to do. >> if you could go back and tell this little guy about how he can prepare for the journey that's ahead of him, what would you say? >> i was playing for the whip pets right there and i was playing fullback number 20. i think i was on the 75 pounders. just enjoy it, man. it's been so much fun. i've been very fortunate. >> the match-up is just nearby. tom brady versus matt ryan. going to be an initial match-up. can't wait to see how it all

plays out. downtown houston, super bowl li. it's almost game time and the fans are ready. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> good morning to you on this sunday sunday. it's edging towards the 6:00 hour. >> overnight an appeals court denied the justice department's question to immediately -- and that's the operative word here, immediately restore the president's travel ban. >> the court wants both parties to file legal briefings before the new decisions. the deadline in just a moment, and we'll talk about that. also this morning, praising putin. president trump saying he

respect the russian leader and that's not the only comment that is offending some. >> do you respect putin? >> i do respect him? >> why? >> because i respect a lot of people, but that doesn't i will get along with him. he's a leader of his country, and -- >> he's a killer, though. putin is a killer? >> there's a lot of killers. you think our country is so innocent? let's go back to the legal fight. laura, explain what happened overnight. >> good morning. the u.s. justice department filed an emergency motion in the ninth circuit court of appeals just after midnight and they were asking to essentially press pause on the seattle judge's decision that temporarily halted