marriage, we won on it. he clearly did not argue in front of the ninth circuit last night. >> reporter: he called it "disgraceful." is that the >> when you look at the u.s. code and how clear it is written and the authority for the president to do what's necessary to keep this country safe and regulate who comes into this country, a very very clear reading. the president, i think he further went on and said doesn't matter what level of education you're at, i don't think you can misread this. i think he was very clear. so thank you. daniel? >> i was curious about this tweet that president trump about his daughter's grants and then it was retweeted by the potus account. what's the standard the president is doing in regard to his family businesses? >> i think this is less about his family's business and an attack on his daughter. he ran for president. he won. he's leading this country.

i think for people to take out their concern about his actions or his executive orders on members of his family, he has every right to stand up for his family and applaud their business activities, their success. so, look. when it comes to his family, i think he's been very clear of how proud he is of what they do and what they've accomplished. for someone to take out their concern for his policy on a family member of his is nonacceptable and the president has every right as a father to stand up to them. i'm going to norma garcia. kxtx. >> thank you. the push to penalize sanctuary cities. there's a growing concern of undocumented immigrants whose lives are deeply rooted in the united states and have no criminal record. my question is, is this administration ready to tackle comprehensive immigration reform? if so, can you give us a

timeline for it? if not what is the plan to deal with undocumented immigrants who live in this country long term? >> thanks, norma. i think this has come up several times. i don't think that anybody doubts the president's concerns or priorities that is placed on immigration. he's talked about it. when you talk about a comprehensive approach, he's talked about building a wall, making sure we have the criminals in this country, talking about walking through this country. this is a big problem. there's no question that both on the security side and on reforming the current immigration system that is so clearly broken, that he is walking through this already, both in terms of executive action and then will continue to work through congress. to your question about the timeline, i think he's already enacting several pieces of it and he's going to work with congress further down.

>> playing off of the president on the business activities that you describe the president take offense to. nordstrom said this is not a political decision, it was a business decision. ivanka trump, she has divorced herself, separated herself from this. how is she being treated unfairly? >> there's a targeting of her brand and it's her name. she's not directly running the company. it's still her name on it. there are clearly efforts to under mind that name based on her father's positions on particular policies that he's taken. this is a direct attack on his policies and her name. so there's clearly an attim to because she is being maligned because they have a problem with his policies. john roberts? >> the time of that tweet looked like it was right after it. >> i have heard the conjecture. he was free when that happened.

>> that was a clarification of the one. >> what happens today if he does not prevail in court, that we will never be safe. we will never have the safety and the security we're entitled to. what does that mean? does that mean this is the only tool in his tool box and if this gets batted down by the courts, we're toast? >> again, eight u.s. code 1182 said whenever the president finds that the entry of an alien into the united states would be detrimental to the interest of the united states, he may by proclamation and for such periods as he shall deem necessary suspend the entry of aliens or any class of alien or imtkpwrapb or nonimmigrant or impose on the entry of immigrants restrictions he may deem necessary and appropriate. i guess if you don't look at that statute and say that the president has the power that congress and the president have deemed necessary to keep this

country safe, you've got to wonder how far you will allow that to get eroded. the point is you have to wonder if the president isn't able to execute on the power that's been vested into him and is codified in the u.s. code, at some point you have to wonder what else is at question? we have a president that acted 100% lawfully to keep people out of this country from seven countries that we did not have the proper information to ensure they were coming into this country with the appropriate means and motives. if at some point the president doesn't have the power as given to him in law to protect this country, that really questions what a slippery slope we're on. john? >> sean, president said this morning he paid very close attention to the arguments before the court. was he happy with the presentation the doj attorney made? there was some concern by supporters of this vetting program that he wasn't strong

enough. he seemed to be searching for answers. >> i think there was a lot of back and forth during that entire argument. made some solid points. i think that he did what he had to to represent the president's case and to represent the administration's case on the tro. the president is really focused on the merits of this case and looking forward to getting it back to the 9th circuit or the lower court. he feels very confident on the merits. that's where his focus has been. i'm not concerned. the president's main concern has been on the merits of this case, making sure that an executive order that was lawfully executed and went through the entire process. remember, we've got to go back and remember the doj office of legal compliance vetted this order, deemed it was legal. we've followed the entire process to make sure this was done correctly, constitutionally, legally and every otherwise. now our focus is making sure we have to wait a day or two for the tro. we look forward to the

opportunity to discuss this on the merits. >> whoa whoa whoa. hold on. just as a point of clarification. so he was happy with the presentation? >> i think he is looking forward to the merits and the discussion. i think he was pleased with some of the points that got made. his focus is on the merits of the order and making sure that ultimately we're able to do what we can to get this order back in place and protect the american people. we're getting started. >> we have reported that russia sent its biggest shipment of missiles ever to syria. wondering what the white house reaction is? >> we don't have any comment on this at this time. >> is there a person in the administration that is labeling the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization? >> there's no one who can question the president's commitment to fully attacking and addressing the threat that

we face by radical islamic terrorists. he has made it very clear during the campaign that the first step is understanding, knowing and proclaiming who the enemy is, and he's going to do whatever it takes. i'm not going to get ahead of any announcements we may or may not be having in the future. make no mistake the president is doing everything he can to attack the threat, root it out and destroy it. >> president also said today that in the last two weeks he learned a lot and that terrorism is far greater threat than people understand. that sounds like he is telling the american public that they have something to fear. is there a specific threat that he is talking about? and should the american public, based on that statement right there, be fearful? >> no, but i think the american people should understand that the president's committed to doing this. we face a very very real threat in isis and radical islamic terrorism and we've got to do everything that we can.

the reason he is taking the steps that he is is because we must remain vigilant. we can let our guard down. the president will take the steps necessary to protect the country and its people. the idea that we should sit back and not fully appreciate the constant threat that we're in, week after week, month after month, lone wolf, etc, etc that's going on throughout the country -- i mean throughout the world. my apology. the president is trying to make sure that the american people understand that he's doing everything he can to protect them and to keep our institutions and our people safe. and so this is not something that we can rest on our laurels. he was at cent com monday morning getting a full briefing of the threat that we face from around the world and their motives. i think that's something that he weighs very heavily on his mind when he meets with these people, meets with the green beret soldier. that he recognizes there's so

many people out there putting their life on the line to protect this country and to make sure that we understand the threats and that it's his job and his obligation to do everything within his power to take that information and do what he can to protect the country. just to put a pin in it, i just want to be clear. while we may not face an imminent threat today, we don't know when that next threat comes. is it next week? is it next month? is it next year? the president wants to get ahead of the curve and make sure we're not talking about what we should have done. >> is the threat today greater than it was yesterday or last evening? >> i understand what he's saying. what i'm telling you is that we shouldn't ever be behind the curve on the threats that this country faces. we should make sure -- we don't know when the next one's coming. we don't know when the next lone wolf is coming. we have amazing intelligence that's trying to root out and make sure that it doesn't happen again. what we can't do is wait for the next attack to come and say i

wish we had done the following. the steps that he's taken are making this country and its people safer. steve? >> what was the white house response to the republican proposal for a carbon tax floated today? and secondly, could you set up tomorrow's meeting with the airline ceo's a little bit? what do you hope to get out of it? >> i'm not going to comment on pending legislation. we'll wait and see where that comes. that's just not going to be a habit of ours on every bill that gets introduced until we have a statement from administration policy. with respect to the meeting tomorrow, we'll have a further readout on that later tomorrow. i will say he's met with intel executives, oil executives from the car manufacturers, manufacturing companies, technological companies, unions. so these continued meetings that you'll see in the next month and years are going to be an attempt to make sure he's sitting down with business leaders to figure out how he can use his office

and this administration to further their ability to create jobs and grow the economy. this is going to be more of a pattern. you're going to see him meeting with people who want to share that agenda to grow, lift wages up, bring benefits to good paying jobs, etc. >> the fact that he did have this meeting, will that be talked about? >> we're not a policy -- we have nothing to announce on that. if i can go to our next seat. sorry. we've got josh smith from wjhl in southwest virginia. >> first off, thanks so much for taking questions from journalists. wjhl is in northeast tennessee, southwest virginia. that is coal country. two questions related to coal. then candidate trump came to virginia last year and made a bold promise. if it helped rescue the mining industry, he would help bring

back coal jobs and push back against environmental regulations. if the executive order last week was a first step, what specifically is the president willing to do, planning to do, to make good on that promise to help the coal industry? to encourage coal production and use, and to deal with what some call a demonized image? as a follow-up, when am i ever going to get to do this again? what assurances can the president give those who hear him talking about pushing back against environmental regulations and bringing back coal? what assurances can he give those who are very worried about the impact on the environment? >> i think there's this. when you hear him talk about coal specifically, it's under the guides of clean coal. the technology we are able to utilize, make it one of the cleanest uses of technology that we have. and the president's point is that if we bring back this industry, we can do it in a way that is environmentally friendly and it becomes a greater and greater energy source for us.

just the other day the department of energy noted that we expect i think about a 3% increase in coal production in this country which is a noticeable reverse of writ's been in the past. you mentioned the executive order and the talk that the president's had over the past year or so about his desire to bring back coal. largely that has to do with regulations that the epa has put on existing coal plants to ensure that they couldn't operate in an effective way to stay open. i think the president's working with industry to roll back a lot of that and do it in a way that's environmentally friendly. i think you can do that utilizing the technology that you have and harnessing the power of clean coal, josh. >> i just want to know -- >> yemen has withdrawn permission from the united states to run special operations against suspected terrorism in the wake of the recent raids

there that claimed so many civilian lives. does that not under cut the administration's ability to fight terror in that region? and do you stand by your assessment that it's a success? >> it's absolutely a success. and i think anyone who would suggest that it is not a suggest does a disservice to the life of chief ryan owens. he fought knowing what was at stake in that mission. anybody who would suggest otherwise doesn't fully appreciate how successful that mission was. what the information that they were able to retrieve was. and how that will help prevent future terrorist attacks. >> senator john mccain -- >> i understand that. i think anybody who under minds the success of that raid owes an apology and disservice to the life of chief owens. ky answer the question? i'm answering the question. please let me finish. the raid, the action that was taken in yemen was a huge success. american lives will be saved because of it. future attacks will be

prevented. the life of chief ryan owens was done in service to this country and we owe him and his family a great debt. for the information that we received during that raid. i think any suggestion otherwise is a disservice to his courageous life and the actions that he took full stop. what was the first part? >> is that your message to senator john mccain? >> that's my message to anybody who said that. anybody. i don't know how much clearer i can be. hunter walker? >> this morning president trump asked local law enforcement officials to help assist with deportation. if he doesn't get the cooperation he's hoping for, does he plan to have dhs pro-actively begin deportation of undocumented criminals in the order zone? >> well, i think -- look, when you talk about immigration and what he's doing, whether it's the wall or enforcing existing regulations or visa reform, i don't think anybody questions the president's commitment to border security and immigration

reform. in fact, it's usually quite the opposite. so when it comes to the steps that he's going to take, i think i have addressed this multiple times what his priorities will be. you've seen secretary kelly talk ab construction of the wall. his implementation of the executive order to keep people out. there's going to be a considerable amount of action on this front on immigration and border security. it started day one. it's going to continue through the last possible day until the president feels that this border is 100 opinion secure and we've got the immigration system completely under control. >> is defunding his only tool to get cooperation? >> i'm not going to get ahead of it. when you saw the is up por and some of the side conversations that the sheriffs and police officers had, and the conversations we had beyond that, the sheriffs the other day, the support they've issued on behalf of his executive action and his agenda as a whole. these are the folks on the front line that are on the border that see what some of this does and how it affects families and businesses, not to mention the

cost that it is to both our country in terms of what we have to do to support the immigration of the southern border in particular, but also the cost that it has on our economy and jobs. so you're gonna continue to see a flurry of activity over and over again to make sure that this president continues to show the importance that he puts on both border security and immigration reform. >> yesterday on cnn, can you confirm announcement that the prime minister -- will be here next week. have discussion on reviewing the part of nafta started? can you confirm that -- [ inaudible ] >> i will have further updates on the prime minister's schedule later today or tomorrow. i'm not in a position where i can finalize that.

with respect to the ambassador, we have no additional ambassador announcements to make on that front. i'm sure at some point we will have soon. with respect to the agenda, the president spoke with prime minister trudeau a few weeks ago. they talked about trade, security, commerce. all of that will be discussed at the time when the president and him further have further meet or discuss this. >> i want to follow up on that. just on nato. canada is one of the 28 member countries. the president has been calling on countries to pay their fair share of dues. what are his options if countries don't listen to them? >> look, every country is obligated to pay for 2% of their gdp. and the president has made it very clear that for too long, many countries have been getting a free ride. as he's talked to these countries, he has addressed

this. not just with them, but to so many of the other nato country. by and large every one agrees. they understand the importance of nato and the president's very clear that in order for nato to be successful, these folks have to pay their fair share. >> just to follow on the president and i have a question on turkey. does the white house have a reaction to reports that yemen has revoked permission? >> yemen, more than most countries, fully appreciates the fight that we have with isis. i think we're going to continue to work with them to strengthen our diplomatic relationships, to understand our fight against terrorism. and at this point, i'll leave it at that we understand that we share that commitment with them and we're going to continue to work with them to combat isis. i'm not in a position to go any further at this time. >> president ardaman said the president agreed to work with

turkey. can you clarify what the president said to him? >> i think the readout was as specific as we want to get on his conversation with him. i think read out that we put out on turkey was as far as we want to go with that. thank you. hold on. i'm going to our hrafrt one. adriana cohen for the boston herald. >> great to be with you, sean. last night boston mayor walsh went on a television show to talk about sanctuary cities. what does the president make of his vow to house illegal immigrants in boston's city hall to shield them from the trump administration? >> i think the president's executive order is pretty clear. i referenced it earlier in the briefing. two fold. one is there's a concern about the safety of the american people and how we let people come into this country. respect american taxpayer. if we're going to be sending federal tax dollars to folks, to

washington, i think they need to be used appropriately. the president will do everything in his power to respect the money taxpayers send to washington that's spent facilitating legal activities and on american citizens. blake? >> sean, earlier the president said the wall is in the process of being designed. given his previous background, does he plan on being actively involved with the designing and the implementation of that wall? separately, last night elizabeth warren, any reaction on whether you believe what mitch mcconnell did was the correct thing? >> on the wall, the president's a builder. he understands and i think he's gonna make sure, as is this project moves forward that he'll stay in touch with secretary kelly to make sure it fits his specs. but he pays enormous attention to detail. he wants to make sure that it gets done right.

i would expect a project of this magnitude and one that is this high on his priority list will get the necessary attention from the president. i'm sorry? >> senator warren? >> i would refer you back to senate rules. this is not something we tend to discuss here. i'll leave it to senator mcconnell and the state to discuss senate rules. >> follow-up again on yemen. not sure exactly what you were trying to say. seems like the report was that the yemeni government asked the u.s. to stop doing any ground operations. is that the request you got from the yemeni government? >> i will have further information on that going forward. i think we are in touch with the yemeni officials. we're working this through diplomatic channels. but they understand the fight and commitment we both share when it comes to rooting out isis. i'll have more information on that. >> the other part of it was there's been a big increase in

traffic to the u.s. from certain areas. can you say what certain areas he is referring to and what data is he referring to? >> i'll get back to you on that. i have got to pull the data field on that. >> two questions. turkey. did the president dispatch the cia director to turkey as turkish reports are saying? >> i just saw that. if it happened, it hasn't happened in the last hour. >> rest of that question was ab ned, whether there was discussion about extra dating two of the men who trump viewed as a terrorist? >> i have nothing further than the readout at this time. >> the second question was about your statement you don't know when the next lone wolf is coming. i believe, based on numbers that the vast majority of lone wolf attacks have been carried out by either americans, american born or naturalized citizens. what specifically are you referring to there?

>> within the seven countries that we've talked about, there's at least 20 some odd people that over the last few years have come into this country and been convicted of or charged with acts of terrorism. >> people lone wolfs -- >> what i'm getting at, you don't know, i don't know, when is the next act, who is going to commit it? point is you don't look at odds and say let's play the american odds with american lives. you do whatever you can to prevent any attack from occurring. you can say when was the last time somebody committed a shoe bomb? the tsa -- >> that's not what i'm asking. >> you're asking when is the next terrorist attack. we don't know. >> what is being done about people who are radicalized in the basement in front of computer screens? >> i think the president has asked both for a plan to defeat isis from stuff coming in from this and he's taking steps, but also looking at working with the fbi and domestic intelligence

agencies to gather the best information we can to prevent acts on our soil from people wherever they may be. >> so something more is being done on that front that we haven't heard? >> this is a whole government approach to what's going on. we're not just saying these are seven countries. that whole point of that first executive ban, and i know that's not entirely what you're asking, was to start with countries that we didn't have the appropriate vetting measures. as we move forward through this 90 day period, we're reviewing other countries. those are the external threats coming into this country. at the same time, the president has looked at options within the domestic intelligence gathering to figure out whether it's cyber or other ways that we can determine other ways to prevent or get ahead of additional threats that we might face in this country. it's not an either/or proposition. it's a whole government approach to what's going on.

>> bipartisan group of senators are introducing legislation. i know you don't like to talk ab legislation. that would allow the senate to sign off on a reduction in sanctions against russia. would the president support such a step by congress? >> there's two sets of sanctions that we have to deal with. one is with respect to crimea. ambassador haley has addressed that. until russia leaves crimea, those sanctions are nonfodder. with respect to the other ones, i don't want to get ahead of the legislation. if that's what that specifically is dealing with. we're not going to get into pending legislation. with respect to the sanctions that specifically deal with the ukraine and crimea, ambassador haley has spoken very clearly about that. yeah? >> sean, thanks. president this morning in his address to the law enforcement officials that he'll have a zero tolerance policy for attacks against law enforcement officers.

as a specific policy proposal, what does that mean exactly? death penalty cases on the federal level? what does he mean? >> i think what the president said not just yesterday with his meeting with the sheriffs but today, is that he wants them to understand that he is a true friend. they have a true friend in the white house. somebody who understands the dangers that they face every day by putting their lives on the line to protect the american people. whether pulling someone over for a traffic stop and not knowing what's in the car, or going up to a house to serve a warrant and not knowing who's behind that door. these men and women every day, day in and day out, are willing to put their lives on the line and make huge sacrifices. so he wants them to know they have a true friend here in the white house that's gonna have their back. how that manifests itself going forward, just the president will have further details as that moves forward. but for right now his number one message to them was, you've got a friend, he's got your back, let's do what we can. the other thing that was important, he mentioned chicago.

the crime rate, murder rate up 45%, 50%. so many of these cities it's up. it's unacceptedable. i think the president is disgusted that so many american lives are taken, injured, whatever. that we can walk down the streets of our own cities in safety. and i think he wants to make sure that they understand his commitment not just to preventing acts of terrorism from coming into this country, whether it's gang violence or whatever, that people feel safe. and law enforcement is empowered to do what it can to keep our communities safe, to work with communities, to establish policies that both respect our citizens, but do so in a way that makes them feel safe and allows them to drive and walk down the streets of our cities. charlie? >> journalist matt drudge tweeted today that the republican party should be sued for fraud. basically upset about the lack

of legislation to repeal obama care or any tax cuts legislation. what's your message to him and anyone else worried about what are the big push in the beginning might be concerned that that momentum is stalling. >> i think it's hardly stalling. i think it's an mammoth thing to repeal and replace. there's no question the president is committed to doing this. you heard speaker ryan talk ab how we should have this wrapped up by the end of the year. it's a big bill. it got jammed through. it was very sweeping. talking about 1/5 of our economy. we can either do it quickly as the democrats did and end up with a monstrosity where premiums go up, access is limited, or we can do it right. the president, while he wants to get this done as soon as possible, he wants to do it right. he understands how important health care is to american families and individuals. so his goal is to get it done

right and have an outcome that achieves the goal that it sets out to do. april? >> i have a series of questions. >> before you start. >> don't blame it on halle. going back to the issue of policing. what happens when there is a situation -- you're talking about this. what happens when there are situations that we have seen over the last few years that have been highlighted with this accountability with cameras. what happens when there is bad policing? >> we have to deal with it. i think the president wants to do what he can. you're right. we've got to have good policing. he wants to stand with them, talk ab how we can do proper training, what kind of funding they need to do their job better. in so many cases the police are asking for the resources because they become fearful of making routine stops. it's working with the police integrating those back and forth and having a dialogue in communities to make sure we're doing it in a way that instills

confidence in our citizens and our community. we can do this right. we've got to do this. look, police officers from around this country, you know, on a daily basis put their lives out there. i think they want to keep communities safe. like teachers. they enter this -- no cop signs up for a sheriff because of the money. like teachers. they do it because they care about this community. they care about making this country better, their community better. but i think in return, they should be provided the resources and policies they need to do their job well and to do so that ensures that we have this back and forth dialogue with the american people that continues to earn the respect that they deser deserve. >> next question. >> how many do we got? >> make it three. >> no, no.

>> i have got a couple more days. on the issue of last evening. coretta scott king, i want to get your reaction to these words. mr. sessions has used the awesome power to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens in the district he now seeks to serve as a federal judge. she's basically saying sessions has difference toward civil rights law. what do you say to that? >> obviously we have a lot of respect for her and the sacrifices that she made and the sacrifices that, frankly, she endured in her life. i would respectfully disagree with her assessment of senator sessions then and now. his record on civil and voting rights i think is outstanding. and like arlen specter, i can

only expect if she was with us today, after getting to know him and to see his record and commitment to voting and civil rights, that she would share the same view that senator specter did. although i voted against him, getting to know the man that he is now, i regret that vote. i would hope she would share that sentiment. senator sessions record, both as u.s. attorney for alabama, as attorney general and senator has been one that has stood up for voting rights. he prosecuted the klan. he stood up for coretta scott king -- getting the gold medal. he has been a tireless advocate of voting and civil rights throughout his career. i would just hope if she was still with us today that she should share is sentiments of former senator specter. >> the administration's diversity issues you've been slammed on that recently. there's been a meeting vice president pence has been talking

to jc watts. can you can elaborate on that? also ground swell about this executive order. what's going on with that? >> the hbcu presidents will be in town later this month as part of a national celebration. we'll have further updates on the meetings that we may have with them, the activities surrounding that in terms of the administration. then we'll have further updates with all executive orders. we have nothing to update on that. the president has a strong commitment to them and understands over the last eight years they've been woefully neglected. and i think he wants to really show a commitment and funding to hbcu's. so you'll see, i think, not just a push this month, but in his budget and going forward. >> parent plus loans, pell grant stphrs. >> his budget will address a lot of these issues. i think, look, we're going to continue to reach out to a lot

of folks to get their ideas and input. he's shown that both through the transition and now. we're going to continue to reach out to people of different backgrounds, of different color, of different gender, of different socioeconomic, of different industry, of different parties. the president i think continues to show a desire to reach out and talk to people who i think share an agenda of moving the country forward and doesn't really care about their background, their voting history, any of those other ideological traits. if they share a commitment to moving this country forward and lifting people up, that's his end game. >> you mentioned one in two out order in your opening. there was a lawsuit filed in federal court this morning challenging that lawsuit. what's your response to it? >> i think the lawsuit presumes a lot of outcomes that are widely accurate. i think it presumes certain things would get, be part of the one out. the bottom line is that

overregulation has stemmed economic growth and job creation. reviewing those to make sure that they are meeting their intent and not stifling job creation at the expense of whatever they are intended to do is something that should be smart and welcomed by everybody. the idea that we're willy nilly just allowing regulations to occur. it is widely inaccurate. makes a ton of assumptions that call for speculation on what may or may not happen in the future. that's highly -- it's just subjective at best and doesn't have any basis in fact. thank you, guy. look forward to seeing you tomorrow. i know. see you tomorrow. >> sandra: another day. another heated press briefing from press secretary sean spicer there. it is only wednesday. lot of questions there. lot to wrap your head around. but the legal battle surrounding president trump's immigration policy and the on going confirmation battles continue to dominate the white house daily briefing. sean spicer also addressing president trump in his tweet on

his daughter ivanka and her business saying at one point there are efforts to undermind her based on her father's policies. busy day. a busy week. hello everyone. this is america's news hq. he was also asked about the other big story happening in our nation's capitol. jeff session expected to get a confirmation vote tonight after democrats pulled around the clock talk-a-thon. elizabeth warren was side lined under rule 19. for more on all of this i'm joined by chris clamp and richard fowler radio talk show host and fox news contributor. good afternoon. thanks for being here. >> hey, abby. >> this was quite a moment where you had senator elizabeth warren ordered to keep quiet after quoting coretta scott king. the question that i have is who wins in the end here because after she was told to be quiet, she went on facebook, had a ton of views there. then went on "the view" to con

on her rant. who wins in this battle? >> well, in the end it was probably a strategic error by senator mcconnell to call her on the insult she was throwing based on not just the letter from coretta scott king, but also from senator ted kennedy, a letter from 1986 hurling insults at then u.s. attorney jeff sessions when he was in alabama. now, these are the rules of the senate. he decided to enforce the rule. might have been a waste of time. but elizabeth warren is fund-raising off of it. she's on "the view." she's doing dozens of interviews. she's turned into a martyr which is a status that she loves. >> no surprise there? >> they're raising money off of it. so in the end it looks like elizabeth warren and the democrats and their allies in the news media have turned it into a win for elizabeth warren, surprise surprise. should mcconnell have done it? perhaps not. can i just say it's a tempest and thimble.

it's more about partisanship and just tripping up the trump administration than anything else. >> seems all we know these days. speaking of though, hillary clinton tweeted about this. she said she was warned she was given an explanation, nevertheless she persisted. so must we all. obviously she thought long and hard about that tweet. >> definitely thought long and hard about that tweet for sure. i agree with chris on this one. i think mitch mcconnell overplayed his hand. at the end of the day the republicans are going to win, right? jeff session will be the attorney general. betsy devos has already been confirmed as -- even though he's the most unqualified person in the world as secretary of education. >> in the world? really? >> yeah. in the world. truth of the matter is mitch mcconnell should have let the democrats debate. should have let elizabeth warren speak. then this wouldn't have been an issue. they made it an issue. now we're talking about it here today. it was bad politics by mitch mcconnell.

they overplayed their hands knowing that he has the votes to get jeff sessions in. they should have let the democrats do what the democrats were going to do. >> richard, chris, good to have you here today. all right. meanwhile the president, white house responding to the growing boycott calls from anti-trump protesters as some retailers backing away from ivanka trump's fashion brand including the parent company of tj maxx. >> look, when it comes to his family, it's been very clear how proud he is of what they do and what they've accomplished. for someone to take out their concern with his policies on a family member of his is just not acceptable and the president has every right as a father to stand up to them. >> lori rothman is live at the new york stock exchange. lori, we know whenever president trump tweets about something, it has some impact on what this stock is doing. what does it look like right now? >> indeed. at the moment it looks like nordstrom, you can say the

benefit of a trump bump. initially after his tweet came out, shares were down about 1%. but now they've rebounded. shares of nordstrom up 2%. let me replay the tweet for you saying my daughter ivanka has been treated so unfairly by nordstrom's. she's a great person, always pushing me to do the right thing. terrible. very much what you'd expect from president trump, given his history of tweeting. here's a look at the broader market. fact that nordstrom's department store brick and mortar which has been under such duress, the whole industry, because of companies like amazon and online shopping, that huge wave of growth has been a challenge to these brick and mortar stores. the fact that nordstrom is up shows that wall street agrees with what mr. spicer was just saying in his conference. for its part, nordstrom's said we carry ivanka trump's projects since 2009 and they make decisions to what they'll sell depending on performance. if you go back to november, nordstrom's co-parent keith nordstrom put out a memo saying

nordstrom makes a sincere effort not to make business decisions based on politics but on performance and results. okay. but here's the kicker. we find ourselves in a very difficult position in reference to the ivanka trump line of apparel. back to you. >> very interesting. i feel like this is not the end of this one. lori, thank you. president donald trump reminding americans he wassen playing games about building a border wall and who will pay for it. plus senate republicans using a rule to shut down elizabeth warren. jeff blake making a loose comparison to old rule 19. >> one time when i was speaking in the house on lifting the cuba travel ban, a republican member stood up and said the member just wants to lift the travel ban so he can drink mojitos on the beach. i'm mormon, i don't drink mojitos. everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around.

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what are you doing? getting your quarter back. fountains don't earn interest, david. you know i work at ally. i was being romantic. you know what i find romantic? a robust annual percentage yield that's what i find romantic. this is literally throwing your money away. i think it's over there. that way? yeah, a little further up. what year was that quarter? what year is that one? '98 that's the one. you got it! nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. ally. do it right. let's get out of that water. >> there are still a lot of questions surrounding president trump's plan for a wall on the

southern border. this morning president trump said he is fulfilling a campaign promise. take a listen. >> the wall is getting designed right now. lot of people say, oh, oh, trump was only kidding with the wall. i don't kid. i don't kid. i watch this. they say i was kidding. i don't kid ab things like that. i can tell you. no, we will have a wall. it will be a great wall. it will be a big help. >> republican congressman keith sessions of texas joins me. congressman, good to have you here. i want to pint out before we get to the walsh it has been reported that 9th circuit court will not issue a statement on that travel ban today. we're expecting it sometime this week but it will not be announced today. but your thoughts on that statement this morning on the wall. he said not only are we going to build this walsh it is already being designed. what's your response? >> well, my response is i would expect limb to do what he said

he would do. we are highening really what is more than the campaign promise and promise to the american people that we're going to focus on not only the border but terrorism. we're going to focus on protecting the american citizens from what we believe is a terrible danger that exists. if it's a walsh that's fine. if it is operational control, that is what i am for. we need to understand that it is a long border. it will need to be looked at very carefully. i just want to make sure that whatever we do, we gain operational control. people build underneath and walk over fences and walls. as long as we control it with men and women who are able to back that up, i think we're great. >> you know well living in the state of texas. the next question, how are we going to pay for that wall. the cost projection average of $6.5 million per mile is what they were reporting. $4.4 billion to build out the existing fence to 1,000 miles and $18 billion to finish the

wall. that is the big question. who's going to pay for it? how do we pay for it? >> that is a big question. you've heard me in the past talk about prioritizing what we do. i think that we're going to have to prioritize this. it can't be built in one year. it can't be built in probably a year and a half. but it can be done. if this is the will of the president, i guarantee kwroeut's the will of the american people. we want to protect what this country stands for and its people. so $18 billion is a large amount. we have to take this up in congress. we will have to appropriate the money. we will need to see a detailed plan. we want to see what we'll do. we need operational control on so many critical areas that include things like big bend which is a national park here in texas. we need to fight that battle to understand that border patrol and our home land security

people must have access of sensitive areas, sensitive environmental areas that are being taken advantage of. it is a dual win for us. we're going to protect not only our border and natural resources, but we're going to protect the american people. >> congressman, good to see you. >> you bet. department of homeland security looking at potentially requiring social media pass words in order to get into the united states. how is that going to work? that's next. remember when you said men are superior drivers? yeah... yeah, then how'd i get this... ...allstate safe driving bonus check? ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident free. silence.

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>> we are back with this story. some people visiting the u.s. may soon be required to hand over their social media passwors. the extreme vetting is one of several being considered to screen refugees from potential security threats in the u.s. tracy gallagher is live with more on this. the big question that i have,

trace, how is this going to work? who says they can lie about that? >> reporter: both good questions. yeah. the current vetting process, john kelly said they have really not much to work with, so when it comes to screening refugees and visa applicants they have to rely mainly on documentation and background questions. course, when you're dealing with failed states like syria and somalia, other forms of identification may not be accurate. which means some of the vetting process comes down to the honor system. not very comforting. one of the ideas being bantered about is the ability to check a refugee or visa applicant's social media footprint. listen. >> they come in and say we want to say, for instance, what websites do you visit and give us your passwords so we can see what they do on the internet. it might be a month. may take some time for us to vet. if they don't want to give us

that information, they don't come. we may look at their -- we want to get on their social media with passworsed. what do you do? what do you say? if they don't want to cooperate, they don't come in. >> reporter: right. got to turn over your password. secretary kelly said looking at phone records and financial records might also be a possibility. that way you could follow the money. the obama administration also considered obtaining social media password information. if you look at the san bernardino terrorist, did indicate they had been radicalized. on the flip side obtaining password information would generate push back from privacy advocates. as some experts point out, fake social media accounts and private accounts are very easy to create. the bad guys would likely find a way around whatever vetting policy is put into place. >> very interesting. they can have all my passwords.

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here's shepard smith. >> it's 3:00 on the east coast. noon in san francisco where an appeals court is right now deciding the fate of president trump's immigration ban. as we wait, the president is again going after the judges. his latest comments and what he took some time to tweet about daughter ivanka. and then the senate set to pull another all-nighter as democrats try to stop the president's nominees. already tempers are running hot. >> turn on the parliaments where people throw chairs. we're not anywhere near that tonight but we're flirting with it. >> what led the senate to silence one of their most outspoken members. the first city in