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ban. >> the states of washington and minnesota which are challenging the ban must submit their arguments to a federal appeals court early on monday. then it's the u.s. justice department's turn. the ban is on hold after the court denied the request to reinstate it. that means people from seven muslim majority countries included in the ban can travel to the u.s. for now. >> the u.s. president is angrily lash bei lashing out to the judge who issued the restraining order against the ban. >> reporter: after raising eyebrows and getting backlash after his twitter tirade on saturday, donald trump once again took to twitter on sunday continuing to rail against the justice system, president trump tweeting this, just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. if something happens, blame him

and court system. people pouring in, bad. trump said i have instructed homeland security to check people coming into our country very carefully. the courts are making the job very difficult. president trump once again putting the target right on the federal judge and the court system not agreeing with the decisions that have been made over the weekend and not agreeing with the circuit court early sunday morning. but vice president mike pence is also talking about it, saying that he brieelieves that the trl ban will be put back in place, take a listen. >> there's simply n question under the constitution and federal law that the president of the united states has the authority in the interest of national security to determine who has the right to come into this country, and we're going to challenge the judge's order on that basis. >> reporter: this legal fight will certainly continue into the week and coming weeks and months. but in addition, we're looking at a confirmation battle as

well. next up is betsy devoss, the nomination for education secretary. we're expecting a vote in the senate on monday morning. and at this point, two republican senators say they will not vote for betsy devoss. that means that vice president mike pence will likely come in and break what is expected to be a 50-50 tie. people are expecting that nomination for betsy devoss for education secretary to be confirmed because of that vote by vice president pence. jessica schneider, cnn, palm beach, florida. cnn's political analyst ron brownstein joins us live from los angeles. he is also the senior evidencdir "the atlantic." let's start with the tweets president trump posted over the weekend, attacking the judge in washington state. have you ever witnessed the head of the executive branch going after the judicial branch so publicly, and whew migat might signal?

>> no, the analogy people sometimes use is almost 200 years old, president jackson, reportedly said of a decision by john marshall, mr. marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it. i think the comments from president trump on twitter today are some of the most disconcerting he has made for many americans, including some in his own party, in terms of directly, individually attacking a federal judge, a republican-appointed judge, confirmed unanimously by the senate, who made a decision that displeased him. it is reminiscent to what he did last summer when he was a presidential candidate and attacked judge curiel, argued that he could not adjudicate the case fairly because he was of mexican descent. now the clear difference, he is president of the united states. this is something that i think is going to be very interesting to see how republicans react to when they are back in washington.

wanting to turn the other cheek on almost everything donald trump has said since taking office, this may be a bridge too far for them. >> vice president mike pence believes the travel ban will be eventually reinstated. but this could very well be a long, drawn-out process. how damaging has this already been for the trump administration, and what's the potential damage going forward, you think? >> first of all, there's no guarantee it will be reinstated because president trump is in the same difficult situation that president obama was in during his administration. what we see here is that the democratic states of washington and minnesota are using a weapon against president trump that republican states forged to use against president obama, under president obama, we saw republican attorneys general repeatedly suing in conservative areas of the country to block obama initiatives, such as his clean power plant, his medicaid expansion, and his dreamer

program to provide legal status to adults here who had citizen children. and what happened in that case was, that went from a conservative justice and a judge in texas into the conservative fifth circuit court of appeals and then reached a divided supreme court and ultimately, president obama was blocked. president trump is in a difficult situation, because the next court that will hear this case will be the court of appeals for the ninth circuit, which under the ninth circuit of the u.s. which is the most liberal and democratic-leaning circuit of all of the circuits in the u.s. appellate system and at the end of that, a 4-4 divided supreme court, so there is no guarantee at all that he will prevail on the legal merits on this going forward. >> and as we heard, monday's confirmation vote for the education secretary pick, betsy devoss might be in trouble with two gop members vowing not to support him. is there any possibility another republican senator may also

refuse to support her? can you she -- see that at all? >> it's possible. if you were going to do that, you probably wouldn't say that until the last minute. it's rare for cabineter off to be defeated. the last one was john tower i 1989, president h.w. bush had nominated as secretary of defense. i believe the last time a president's cabinet nominee was defeated on a floor vote on the senate was 1925. there's a lot of deference to the president. we saw that for example where john mccain and lindsey graham and marco rubio raised questions about rex tillerson but fell in line for him. i think it would be surprising if betsy devoss was not confirmed but her hearing was so

disastrous, what can a nominee do if this wasn't enough. >> and just very quickly, going into the third week of the trump administration, how is it looking? and how's it going so far, do you think? >> i think it's a very clear answer. what you see under donald trump, the president, is that it is accelerating, intensifying, widening all the divides that we saw under donald trump the candidate. most of what he is doing is drawing good marks from his core constituencies, republicans, urban whites. but he is facing enormous, unprecedented resistance from millennials, minorities, college-educated whites. a lot of people are enthusiastic about what he's doing, but he has the lowest approval rating and the highest by far disapproval rating. one interesting statistic, eight days into his presidency, he reached 50% of the country disapproving of his performance in the gallup poll.

george w. bush, about 12 hyundai 00 days. it hardens the lines that we already see emerging in this country around this presidency. >> thank you for joining us from l.a. where it's just after 9:00 in the evening. thank you for your analysis. we appreciate it. president trump is suggesting now that the rollout of a replacement to the affordable care act or obamacare could take until next year. here's what he told fox news. >> can americans in 2017 expect a new health care plan rolled out by the trump administration this year? >> in the process and maybe it will take till sometime into next year, but we are certainly going to be in the process. very complicated. obamacare is a disaster. you have to remember, obamacare doesn't work. so we are putting in a wonderful plan. it's statutorily takes a while to get.

we're going to be putting it in fairly soon. i think that yes, i would like to say by the end of the year, at least the rudiments, but we should have something within the year and the follow being year. >> the new england patriots have won the greatest come back in super bowl history. they stunned the atlanta falcons, rallying from 25 points down to win 34-28 in overtime. u.s. president donald trump watched the game from his estate in mara law fwoe. he tweeted what an amazing win. total winners, wow. all right, our sports correspondent was at the game, how did the patriots pull it off? i thought atlanta had it in the bag. >> everybody did, guys. everyone thought once atlanta got that big halftime lead that this game was over, even in the

third quarter when they were up 25, everyone was like, well, we can go home, this one's in the bag. no one had ever come back from more than a 10-point deficit. but their is is going to go dow one of the greatest super bowls of all time. there's no question. tom brady is the greatest. he has won five super bowls. it was not easy for the patriots. they were down 14-0 when brady made a huge mistake, throwing a pick six. robert alfred intercepts it, takes it 82 yards the other direction for a touchdown. no one had ever come down from more than a ten-point deficit in super bowl history. they would mount a furious rally in the fourth quarter, and this right here may be the greatest catch in nfl history. julian edelman, snatching that ball before it touched the ground. the patriots would end up scoring a touchdown on this drive, needing the two-point

conversion to send this game into overtime. and tom brady would find danny amendola for the score. and for the first time ever we had overtime in a super bowl. patriots get the ball, and tom brady would march them right down the field and white finishes the game off with a touchdown run. new england wins. and tom brady adds to his legend as once again, super bowl mvp. >> and what could the falcons have done to turn this around. and remind us again, where does this -- >> better than the second half. it's hard to win a game in the nfl, and to beat this team and to get down 28-3 and, you know, it was just a lot of mental toughness by our team, and, you know, we're all going to remember this for the rest of our life. >> okay. so andy, let's go over what the falcons could have done to

perhaps have turned this around, and what's going to be running through their minds as they go over this, and remind us where this ranks in terms of come backs in sports history. >> well, the poor falcons, their team and their fans are never going to forget this game. i'll tell you that. they now own the biggest blown lead in super bowl history. and it's going to be tough to recover from something like this for a team. we've seen teams blow games like this in history before, it's tough to rebound, but for the patriots, incredible. and tom brady set all kinds of records in this game, threw the most passes in super bowl history in this one. he also threw for the most passing yards, 466 yards had never been done before in the super bowl. and tom brady now has four super bowl mvp trophies, which is the most in nfl history. and he added the biggest come back in super bowl history to his resume today. and like i said, guys, little

question now, he's the greatest quarterback to ever play the game of football. and this moment i wanted to tell you about as well. >> oh, you're going to add to that? >> i just wanted to show that moment there. just before you answer that, andy, bear in mind, we're sitting here in atlanta, the control room kind of went silent when that happened. >> i imagine it did. because we have some co-workers here as well in houston working with us from atlanta, and they were celebrating at halftime, thinking this game was over, and they are not looking so hot right now, guys. i tell you that. >> yeah. same here. >> cnn sports correspondent andy scholes, thank you so much for breaking it down. >> thank you. well, a legal battle is brewing over president trump's travel ban. after the break, why the next hours and days will be critical to mr. trump's executive order. plus, you'll hear from a family from somalia who finally reunited in the u.s. after being caught in the travel ban. stay with us.

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travel ban is still on hold, but a legal battle is just getting started. >> mr. trump has been attacking the federal judge who put his travel and refugee ban on hold. sara sidner explains why the following days will be crucial for a resumption of the ban. >> reporter: the ninth circuit court of appeals is looking at two different things. they've already ruled on one thing. but the justice department cannot have an emergency administrative stay, which basically says will you allow the travel ban back in place while you consider the next part of this suit. and the judge said no, we want to consider this whole thing. we going to consider the second part of what you asked, which is, will you allow the travel ban back in place during the appeals process. and that's where they are right now. they have asked the other side, that is washington and minnesota, to go ahead and file paperwork so that they can read the brief on all sides and make a final decision. they are expecting all that to happen 6:00 p.m. monday eastern

time or 3:00 p.m. monday california time. and then we will likely have a decision by monday evening on this. if they decide for the department of justice, then seattle and minnesota could respond and take it all the way to the supreme court, or if they decide against the department of justice, the department of justice could go to the supreme court. in the end, this case may likely head back to the federal court in washington, who had put these temporary halt on the travel ban while it decides the merits of this case. >> sara sidner reporting there. we've still got lots of questions, and thankfully, joey jackson is there to answer some of them. he joins us now from los angeles. good to have you with us. for viewers who would like some clarity. first of all, when are we going to find out if the travel ban is lifted or not? >> i think you may get a good sense of whether the travel ban is lifted sometime next week, based upon the ninth circuit

briefing schedule. essentially ha happened was that the ninth circuit just to be clear is an appellate court. you have a district court, as we know, the district court decided that everything will remain status quo. that is the executive order will likely be found to be unconstitutional. the administration took issue with that and they appeared it to that circuit. and now it's up to the circuit who initially said, no, we're not overruling the district judge. we agree at this time to maintain status quo. they're going to hear from both the justice department as well as the other side, to determine whether or not to continue with the district court's order to reverse the executive order by trump or to otherwise reverse that and allow trump's executive order to stand. so i think sometime this week, as early as this week, we may get a clear sense on whether the executive order remains in place or wlorghether or not the execu order becomes moot and otherwise

reversed. >> the federal state is going to argue that the president should not be second guessing security measures, can you beat that in court? >> i think you can. there's no question that the executive, that is the president, has vast authority over national security. there's also no question that the president needs to and is invested in keeping americans safe. that is a prerogative of the executive branch which is very strong. at the same time, we're a country that's founded and grounded upon constitutional principles. and this is a time where both of these are colliding. and so the essence of the president's argument, national security, national security, yeah. but at the same time, to what extent does that impair constitutional rights, like what? like equal protection. are we not a country that allows and decides that everyone, regardless of where you're from should be treated equally, like

the first amendment, where it says you cannot base any kind of prejudice predicated on religious grounds, like really ed edge la ed international law. that immigrants can apply for status here and otherwise get asylum. so you're seeing a tension between the constitutional principles of this country which really allow for everyone to endure and everyone to have really the bill of rights. and so how that tension resolves itself is a critical question. the last thing on the point he i'll say is this. the fact is, is that i think the justices are going to struggle with a specific tie to what the president wants to do. in the event that this country were under specific attack, then i think they would have a basis to say, okay, we're goingo follow you, mr. president, but i think the issue is, how broad it

is. are you going to kill an ant with a sledgehammer? what specifically, mr. president, are you tying this to, and i think that's going to be the question of the justices moving forward. >> talk to me about how the law and the politics interact here. this court of appeals is considered a liberal court, a majority of judges appointed by democratic presidents, and just earlier, we were speaking to political analyst ron brownstein. he was telling us the democratic states are using this weapon against donald trump, a republican president. from your, what's the point of view of a lawyer on this >> well, it's a great question, and here's why. you have three judges who are going to be making a decision. one judge being appointee by george bush. one being appointed by obama. now we have to say, just because two were appointed by democratic presidents and one by

republican, should that mean a 2-1 vote for the democratic side, which would be otherwise to move away from the executive order. i think and i'd like to believe as a lawyer that matters are resolved on the merit. are there inherent buy yass in people? >> i believe in deciding it on the law. it's a close question. and the question is whether national security should trump the constitution or whether the constitutional principles will be recognized. and i think if anything, in this particular case, because there's not a specific tie to a particular issue, i think it's going to have, you know, i think it's going to be very difficult for these justices to go along with the executive order and say, you know what? ban everyone until we get a grip on everything. so i, you know, not that i'm one for prediction, but i certainly think that the circuit court would have ample basis to

otherwise support the district court judge in otherwise lifting the travel banan allowing everything to remain status quo. >> got it. thanks for your insight. >> thank you. >> the travel ban executive order also stops the entrance of refugees for the next four months. but since the ban is currently on pause, the international association for migration is hoping that ed hoping international flights would resume sunday. >> many families were stuck in limbo when president trump signed the order. >> one of them was a family from somalia. they finally reunited in sunday in virginia. >> he is a u.s. citizen, he was waiting for his wife and children, including a

10-month-old baby. >> they had booked a flight last week. we spoke with them after they reunited. >> i'm happy that -- >> reporter: what were you feeling when you were getting on the plane? [ inaudible ] >> alone -- [ inaudible ] >> i used to hear the rhetoric, but i never thought it would be directed at me. but now from now on, even though my family came here, we feel for all those who are still in limbo not knowing what will happen. >> and they also said they have no plans to leave the u.s. anytime soon. >> well, we've seen how president trump is reacting to his travel ban being halted.

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welcome back to our viewers around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." here are the top stories we've been following this hour. u.s. president trump is railing on twitter against the federal judge who suspended his travel ban, saying blame the judge if something bad happens. sunday morning a u.s. appeals court denied the government's emergency request to reinstate the ban. it asks both sides to file legal arguments before making a final decision. heavy snowfall set off a series of avalanches which killed at least 59 people along

the afghan/pakistani border. afghan officials say that death toll could rise. they are searching for people currently buried by snow, ice and rock. and marine la pen told thousands of supporters, she wants to restrict immigration, pull france out of nato and hold a referendum on leaving the european union. the first round of the election is april 23rd. and the new england patriots are super bowl champions yet again. they rallied from 25 points down against the atlanta falcons to win the first overtime game in super bowl history, 34-28 is the final score. the patriots' fifth super bowl title, all with tom brady. donald trump's third week as president seems to be as bumpy as his first two. >> he faces a lot of push back over his travel ban.

susanne malveaux has more. >> reporter: after the first two weeks in office, president trump is preparing now for a judicial showdown over whether his travel ban can stand. to the dismay of democrats and som some republicans, trump spent time disparaging the judge who issued the injunction against the ban. saying i can't believe a judge would put our country in such peril. if something happens, blame him and the court system. people pouring in, bad. it could be an issue for republicans trying to get the 60 votes necessary in the senate to confirm trump's pick for supreme court justice. judge neil gorsuch, also republicans distancing themselves for trump's comments about russia, when he suggested on fox news there was a moral equivalency between the u.s. and putin. >> do you respect putin?

>> di dio respect him. >> why? >> he's a leader of his country. will i get along with them? i have no idea. >> putin's a killer. >> there's a lot of killers. we've got a lot of killers. what, you think our country's so innocence? >> democratic leader nancy pelosi is now calling for a formal investigation into trump and putin's relationship. monday president trump makes his first major public address to troops since inauguration when he goes to the air force base in tampa, florida, there he's also going to be briefed by centcom. susanne malveaux, washington. >> we're joined by jeffrey lord. i want to read to you some of the more recent tweets of mr. trump. i just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. if something happens, blame him

and the court system. people pouring in. bad. what's your take on that. is it a president's place to question, to preemptively blame a judge for a catastrophe that hasn't even happened? >> well, here's thing. i regret to say this, but now, for decades, politicians, particularly out of the left-hand side of the spectrum have been questioning the integrity of federal judges and their decisions. i worked in the white house for, on five supreme court nominations. in particular, robert bork. i was in the bush 41 administration when clarence thomas was accused of all sorts of things and finally gave the memorable speech about how he was being subjected to a high-techynching for uppity blacks. this has gone on and on and on. >> so -- >> i get it.

>> you're telling me that there can be an adversarial relationship between judges and presidents. my question, we're talking about this judge and this president. is it the president's place to preemptively blame a judge? >> well, sure, i mean, there are equal branches of government. the judges don't hold the upper hand here. there are three branches of government. there's a reason for it, so they can all balance out one another. and there's a long, rich history of this, so sure, people on one side are going to say he's doing something improper, but i assure you, when the situation was on the other side -- >> again, jeffrey, let me hold you to this, it was a simple question. so you are in support of the president blaming the judge on this. >> if you're president of the united states, and you want to criticize the federal judge, go to it. >> okay. that's what he did. there has been talk of the fact that the ninth circuit court of

appeals, which is now reviewing the case, is the most liberal in the u.s., because the majority of the judges that sit there were appointed by democratic presidents. is that a factor for you? do you feel that this is a case of liberal america cracking down on the republican president? >> i do. the particular judge in this instance as a matter of fact, from the bench said the other week or the month or whenever it was is that black lives matter, which is a political slogan. that's not something that should emanate from a federal judge on the bench. >> but jeffrey, the federal judge who put the travel ban on pause was appointed by judgeorg. bush. >> as i have learned to my sorrow, republican presidents can end up with judges that are liberal who are not so liberal. there was a boston judge who did not disagree with this before the seattle judge agreed with t

it may if all the way to the supreme court, which makes the gorsuch nomination even more interesting. >> and to you think that this whole debacle weakens the president, weakens mr. trump in any way. >> no. >> the fact that this is being fought over. >> politically, it's being talked about. >> the fact that there's so much hostility over this. >> politically thinking, the folks that elected him are going to see him and say that's why we voted for him. the folks who voted against him are going to say, see, we told you so, which is basically a stalemate. >> so you're saying it doesn't move the needle at all in terms of how much support he has and how much support he has to implement the rest of his agenda? >> right. and i'll tell you. he's right about one thing. if in all the back and forth of this, however long it drags out, if in fact the's another incident here in the united states, then, wow, there will be a problem. >> all right, jeffrey lord, cnn political commentator, always

great to speak to you. >> thanks a lot, bye-bye. trump's order halts refugees coming to the united states from syria in the midst of a brutal civil war. >> we spoke to one syrian couple who maid thede this home right n georgia. >> reporter: a search for refuge led them from aleppo, 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 and al nusra front 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, assad and his wife reached out to refugee organizations within the united states, 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, and, you know, it's my hope that i can help train them and help them, you know, assimilate. >> reporter: he 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. and things are better for me now. >> reporter: they would like to see the white house lift its

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. well, the legal battle over president trump's travel ban will heat up in the coming hours. ahead, a closer look at the arguments on both sides. we're back in a moment. is a promise kept. ♪ if you've got the time welcome to the high life. ♪ we've got the beer ♪ miller beer

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welcome back, everyone. an intensifying legal battle is putting president trump's executive power to the test.

a federal appeals court sunday denied the government's request to immediately reinstate the travel ban, which was put on hold by a lower court. lawyers for washington state and minnesota will file their legal arguments against the ban in the next few hours. joining me now to talk more about the legal ramifications of this story is danny cevallos. thanks so much for being with us. this is of course very complicated, but we want to get down to the nuts and bolts here. so a u.s. appeals court rejects president trump's attempt to reinstate his travel ban, asking for more information. what's likely to happen next? and what do you think will become of mr. trump's travel ban, if the supreme court steps in? >> the eighth circumstance cut court of appeals didn't throw trump's case, the trump administration case out of court. instead, they just denied their

motion for that immediate, essentially a restraining order on the lower court's restraining order. they're asking the higher court to stop what the lower court stopped. they are allowing briefing on the matter, and we lawyers, when we say briefing, that means each side puts together their legal argument on paper, and then possibly even an oral argument, where they get to go and actually argue face-to-face with the judge. but the mere denial of the motion doesn't necessarily mean that the trump administration will ultimately lose. >> interesting. and after mr. trump signed the controversial travel ban, that federal judge in washington state issued that temporary restraining order over the weekend. now on the basis of the state's lawyers arguing that the executive order banning travelers from seven mainly muslim nations violates the constitution, do you agree with

that argument? does it violate the constitution? >> it's a real difficult, it's a very difficult analysis, and some, some would say that reasonable minds and reasonable judges can differ and have differed so far in the country as it is, and they're sure to continue differing on that. in other words, what a wash judge has decided a judge in boston appears to have decided in a different direction, so i think this is a really difficult issue. essentially, the plaintiff, the state of washington says that the executive order violates several constitutional provisions and even federal law. just for example it violates the equal protections clause they say, because it treats groups of people differently based on things like religion, race, national origin, oirn the other hand, the trump administration argues that the trump administration and the executive branch have the inherent power

not only undethe constitution but under federal law to make decisions based on national security to not allow certain groups of people to enter the country, and they argue that presidents in the past have done it too. so each side has ample support in both federal law and the constitution for their arguments. and it's for that reason this is such a difficult issue to forecast. although, you can, the washington judge has made a forecast and did decide that one party is likely to win. >> right, and understandably, travelers from those seven muslim-majority nations are taking advantage of the federal judge's move to suspend that ban, but president trump said that puts us in peril and he posted a warning that if something happens, blame the judge. what's your reaction to a president attacking a judge like that? essentially, the executive attacking the judiciary? >> i have a, as an attorney, i

have a concern about an executive like the president putting the blame on some adverse consequence on a federal judge, and here's why. federal judges are tasked with making very difficult decisions, and often its decisions judges make are not based on what's popular or what that judge personally, their own morality dictates, but instead, their job is to make a decision on the law. and every judge, for example, a judge who throws out evidence against a criminal, lives in fear that that criminal may come back some day and commit another crime. but unfortunately, that judge has to decide a case based on the law, whether it's unpopular or popular. so i have a concern where the chief executive criticizes a duly-appoted judge for doing what he surely believes is his job, and that's deciding the law and doing the very best he can

under the circumstances. but placing that sort of under the circumstances. i think it's a step too far. as it, judges have a very difficult job, and they can't do their job if they have to think about any potential adverse consequence that is possible down the road based on their decision. >> danny savales, thank you. >> thank you. when we come back, super bowl sunday. football game wasn't the only draw at this year's super bowl. how lady gaga gave a million reasons to watch the halftime show. boost

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more maneuversing in the legal battle over trump's travel ban with arguments due in the coming hours. plus, the new england patriots win super bowl. its quarterback tom brady's record breaking fifth nfl championship. >> welcome back. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm cyril vanier. >> and i'm rosemary church. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. the clock is ticking for both sides of a legal battle over u.s. president donald trump's travel ban. >> the states of washington and minnesota which are challenging this ban must submit their arguments to a federal appeals court early monday. then the u.s. justice department will make its case to get the president's executive order reinstated. >> the ban remains on hold at the moment. that means people from seven muslim majority countries as well as refugees can enter the u.s. for now at least. >> and president tmp