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a very good saturday to you. i'm richard lui coming to you live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. protests against president trump and his policies erupt across the nation. another day to this including a march to the front door of the president's estate in florida in just about an hour. that's where he is spending the weekend awhich from washington or so he thought. plus, the justice department is ex pett expected to take action soon. will president trump's executive order go back into effect as passengers board flights to the united states and iran conducts military exercises in response to the new u.s. sanctions with a comma commander issuing a warning to iran's enemies president trump is scheduled to hold two phone calls with
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world leaders, italy's prime minister and t ukrainian president. that's going to happen in the next few minutes. the focus this hour is here in the united states. it has been on a federal judge's temporary halt of president trump's travel band. this morning, the president tweeted this. when a country is no longer able to say who can and who cannot come in and out, specially for reasons of safety and security, big trouble. here is another tweet that also came in from the president. what is our country coming to when a judge can halt a whom lanld securi homeland security travel ban and anyone, even with bad intentions, can come into the u.s.? this just came in in the last 15 minutes. let go to "the washington post." matt. we're getting responses from
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president trump. earlier today, effectively, the last shoe dropped on the executive order. that's when the state department said, those who had visas, about 60,000, who had their visas revoked last week, they are now reinstated effectively. that really meant as of this hour on a saturday, that the executive order was no longer in effect. we return to what the immigration laws were a week and a half ago. what's your thought on what this means for president trump? ? a big defeat? >> it means all the people overseas can now board flight toss get in here. subsequent to that state department directive, you saw the department of homeland security say they are roll thg bathg ing this back to a time when the executive order didn't exist. it is at least a temporary
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defeat for the president. >> the possibility is, as you know, matt, that now wll see action from the trump administration, from the department of justice. they will go to an appeals court in the ninth circuit and say, you need to basically reverse the reversal that came out from washington. >> we are eagerly awaiting them to file and i would expect them to do that before the night is over. president trump is on pretty solid legal footing to set immigration policy. he has broad authority to do that. this judge thought what he did was unconstitutional. as this thing moves up the chain, i would actually expect the rulings might start to go more in his favor. >> more in his favor. we have at least 16 states that we know of at this point. it could grow and also decrease, that are condemning this executive order and a handful of them, when you look at it, have had success, specifically washington state, which i just mentioned. when you look at those groups
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that have been affected by this order, would with you see action taken by those who may have been deported or return to their country or origin of travel. might we see some action there? >> we already have, even before this executive order, a number of those people you mentioned this r had sued by themselves or with civil liberties groups. they had gotten aspects of the ban struck down. i think what is really interesting is if a judge does overturn this order, the other judge's order, i mean to say, if it goes back to when the ban is on, what happens then. you will have people flying in. will they again be revoked? it is a very fluid and evolving kind of situation. >> fluid and evolving, you are kind of being nice. it can be quite confusing to the
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everyday watcher of this. nbc's correspondent, pete williams put it, with all these different states, some successful, me not, in boston, massachusetts, we saw a federal judge there say the executive order stands. for the folks in the street, right now who are protesting, they are not listening to much of what we are talking about at this hour, because they are out in the streets, clearly, but also because of the back and forth here. all said, is there a reason now for them still to be marching, because at this moment, that executive order, which they do not like has been effectively annulled here. >> well, sure. the judge's order that blocks trump's immigration ban is only temporary. the deadline now is monday for them to set a briefing schedule. the justice is going to intervene before that. it is only a temporary victory. this thing has a long way to go before there is a final answer from the judiciary on this
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question. the people in the streets are probably looking for a different policy answer. judges read newspapers and watch tv. they will see these protests. they are seeing these protests. a lot of these people that are demonstrating want the president to see or reverse course or walk this back. >> matt, thank you so much for stopping by. matt, have a very good saturday. >> thank you. you do. >> for more on what the white house is say being all of this. the latest tweet included nbc's ann thompson in west palm beach, florida. that is where we are calling the white house south, right, ann? >> reporter: they are. actually, richard, i'm about 2 1/2 miles north of mar-a-lago. you can see people starting to gather for a protest march that will go 2 1/2 miles south starting at 6:00 tonight.
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so people send a message that they are not happy with his policies. they don't like that he wants to repeal the affordable care act. they don't like the fact that he has appointed somebody who is a friend to fossil fuel, scott pruitt. they don't like the travel ban. to that end, as you said, donald trump tweeted about that decision by the federal court judge in washington state last night regarding the travel ban and just 20 minutes ago, he tweeted out, what is our country coming to when a judge can halt a homeland security travel ban and anybody, even with bad intentions, can come into the u.s.? our colleague, kelly o'donnell, calling this executive order a travel ban. his press secretary took the
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press to task for call teeing a travel ban. our other colleague, kristen welker said, it wasn't a travel ban. she said, well, the president called it a travel ban. >> how close will the protesters be able to get to mar-a-lago. what they are going to have separating them is the intercoastal waterway separating west palm beach from palm beach. the protesters are fine with that. they say what they hope is that donald trump becomes wear of their actions, aware of their numbers, perhaps as many as 3,000 people and that he pays attention to the message that they are sending him. they are also determined this isn't just a one off thing, they say they are going to do this every time he comes here, richard. >> last weekend, you and i were
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talking as the protest, the marchers were gathering in new york city and there you were from the beginning to the crescendo happening in new york city. how would you compare and contrast what you are seeing there versus your reporting in new york city last weekend during those protests. >> you know, richard, again, i'm sort of struck by what i would call the diversity of people who have come to make their voices merd. in fact, i went up to one man and i thought for sure he was here to support president trump. it turns out he is not here to support president trump. he is very angry about the first two weeks of the trump administration. he said -- i said, well, has he done anything you like. he said, no, he hasn't done anything good. he feels he is difficult viting t dividing the country. he brought american flags that he hopes to sell to his fellow protesters today as they march
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from here to mar-a-lago. it is not the dial-a-demo people that sho up to protest just about anything. these are people that really feel moved by what they have seen in the last two weeks month have come out to say, no, we north for banning immigrants. this is a country that was built on immigrants. we believe that people should have access to affordable health care. we want to protect the environment. those are the real american values and he wants to make sure the president of the united states upholds those values. richard? ann thompson there where the president is. thousands are scheduled to converge on capitol hill. thousands expressing concerns over the president's immigration order temporarily banning travelers. the march convened earlier today and moved to capitol hill increasing in size and just a couple of hours as it continued
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down pennsylvania avenue. that march is scheduled to continue until about this hour based on the facebook event details. these crowds often stay later. katy beck is watching what is happening in los angeles at lax. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: this is not longer just an active group. you saw the folks out here last weekend and again this weekend making their voices heard. around noontime, difficult to see, there is a pro trump rally going on as well. these folks saying, let's make america safe again. supporting that executive order joining me now is one of those
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protesters. you came all theayrom san francisco. that's about a five-hour drive. tell us why you are here? >> i am here to defend donald trump's presidency and here to support my for trump supporters. >> reporter: what is it about this immigration policy that you feel is valuable or that you support? >> i went through the path of citizenship. i think it is a very delicate process. it needs to be taken very seriously. i think these people shouldn't be so sensitive. what donald trump is trying to do is he is just trying to find a way to structure this immigration. >> reporter: do you feel like the voices on the street are being heard as much as these? >> no. somehow, i don't know why, it is happening in cuba as well. our cuban brothers, the left or the democrats, somehow they know how to organize themselves
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better. now, the cubans that are meeting with the presidents are the ones that are really on the other side. i don't think it is fair, the cubans that work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, should be with the president in the meeting today. >> reporter: we thank you very much for speaking with us and presenting your side. there is certainly a lot more happening here at lax and we are going to keep an eye on things as the protest continues. >> from your report last hour, numbers certainly drawing as well as some of the volume. great interview there in los angeles at l.a.x. i want to go to another airport. jfk, adam reiss is on the ground. immigration attorneys. they are pleased by the judge's decision to put a stop to the president's order, customs
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officials say, they are ready, willing, and able to accommodate those people coming in with visa, as if it never happened, as in that executive order was never put in place. the president tweeting this morning, as you know, that this judge's decision was ridiculous. this isn't a judge. he is going to do everything very quickly to try to overturn that. joining me now camille mackler, an immigration attorney. you have been here all day, trying toexpedite this process. we are just now trying to track people coming in. we did have a student from iran land successfully at boston logan airport. >> a mother out in casablanca from libya. she should be arriving and reuniting with her family tomorrow. >> you are talking to the airlines and also talking to people that are overseas that were preventing from coming
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over. what are the airlines telling you and what are those people telling you, that they are trying to get on a plane to come to the united states. they are waving rebooking fees, being gracious. some are a little more confused by this order. they are telling us they are waiting for official guidance from the government. we are working our way through it. we are trying to make sure everyone gets to come home and be with their families and loved ones again. >> richard, they are trying to get back online here. still, some confusion regarding those visas. if someone has a valid visa, there will be no stopping them here at kennedy airport. >> there have also been protests going on across the world for the third weekend in a row, these pictures coming in from paris just a few hours ago. we'll have more onha internationally.
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in controversy right now against president trump. we take you to florida there in miami and the crowd just growing. they are going to gather and walk towards mar-a-lago where president trump is at today related to the immigration ban. this is not opening happening in the united states. we have new images from paris, london, tel-aviv, people overseas voicing their displeasure with president trump and the travel ban or the immigration ban that's been dominating the headlines here in the united states. london was packed in the streets. the president has also self-described this as a ban. the executive order. it has triggered court orders and plenty of confusion at u.s. airports. let's take you through that
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timeline of what's happened so far. last friday at noon, penn hit the paper. individuals from seven majority muslim countries were refused entry. around 60,000 visas from around the world were revoked. 109 people were refused entry into the u.s. fast forward to this week, a federal judge throws a temporary block on that order. that happened on friday. then, today, there was an announcement from the state department that revoked visas that all of those visa that is were revoked, they are back in use. they are now legal. let's bring in our panel, political congressional reporter, sun ming kim and rich galen, and fernand hermande. >> if we look forward, we could expect an appeal from the department of justice from the
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trump administration that would basically say to that federal judge in washington state, your restraining order is no longer in effect. what are you hearing from that? >> we are expected to see the justice department file on that as early as today. it will go to the ninth circuit court of appeals. it tends to be full of judges appointed by democratic presidents which may give an indication as to how the ruling may go. let's remember, this nationwide injunction was issued by a judge who was appointed by president george w. bush. so maybe the politics won't be too big of an issue here. >> probably will be, though, as things have gone so far. rich, to you on this one right now. president trump just issuing another tweet. he had one earlier today that described this judge that sung min was mentioning, at least his decision, as being ridiculous and also a so-called judge.
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you see this tweet here. what is our country coming to when a judge can halt a home lan land security ban. it seems like he is not going to want to stand down. he is going to want a win out of this. >> sure. when he says, what's the country coming to, my total legal education is three hours of con law at marry et ta marietta col. >> three hours more than me. >> it was marbury versus madison in 1803 that established the right of the judiciary to rule on the constitutionality of executive laws or executive actions. so for the president to say, what's this country coming to? that's one of the earliest major cases in history. we'll see what happens. i'm not a lawyer. i don't know whether the first amendment clause on establishment or practice of
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religion obtains here. i have no clue but it is crucial for toefsh remember that it is our constitution, the people, men and women in uniform who have over 1 million have died to protect the right of people doing what they are doing today, to peaceably assemble and ask for regress sieve grievances. >> how big of a win is this for a democrats? >> i don't think it is a win for democrats. i think it is a win for the country and separation of powers. i think opponents of president trump owe him a great debt of gratitude. what he did with his attack on a federal judge, and that's what it was, he in essence self-inflicted what i think will potentially be a fatal wound on his muslim ban executive order but also on his presidency.
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this is very different than a disagreement. this is what otto krats and dictators do. as the son and grandson of exiles from cuba who have seen this movie before, that's what it was. if he thinks by attacking and trying to undermine the judiciary and the process of getting the judiciary to close ranks on what they are going to perceive as a threat on their constitutional powers, the president has sealed his death warrant. if he thinks he is just going to get around this, it is going to provoke a constitutional crisis. we'll see what happen when is he gets a load of the so-called articles of impeachment. >> as you specialize in immigration and look at recent examples, during the election, president trump said, i am going to do this. he now hasone this. he is still surprising people. when you look at the recent statements on immigration, does this surprise you? >> he is carrying out basically a version of what he had said he
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would do during the campaign, which was barring the entry of muslims into the country. i think we shouldn't be all too surprised at his attack on judge robar. another judge in indiana who was overseeing the law. a lot of what president trump has done through his rhetoric and executive orders are what he pledged to do on the campaign trail. there is one immigration-related promise he has not carried out. it is invoking that daka program. >> basically, everything else on immigration he has pledged to carry out or has carried out or is on his way to do so. >> does this give an opening, the nominee to become the next
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supreme court justice. does this attack a republican judge that the president right now is pushing towards in his tweets? does this hurt the process as that confirmation moves forward? >> i doubt it. first of all, it doesn't change the basic nature of the court. it will be 5-4 with a conservative tilt. >> basically challenging again one of the three branches of government. >> but he has done that before. challenging him verbally and ignoring them are two different things. let me make a more important point, richard. that is the importance of having, we think, these cabinet officials are sort of just window dressing. had rex tillerson not been confirmed, not been sworn in and not been in pla for a day and a half or two days, whatever it has been, i'm not at all sure that the u.s. state department would have acted as forcefully and clearly as the tillerson state department is today.
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so these nominations really do have consequences. i think we're really lucky as a country that he is sitting in that office. >> what do you make of these international protests? we have been following this domestically. i was showing pictures of protests across the world, if you will, london, france and tel-aviv. >> i think it speaks to the fact that millions of people around the world have come together in common cause against donald trump and his policies. i would like to go back to a point that rich made earlier. the other fallout of what happens this morning is what's going to happen with the president's cabinet, richard, when general kelly comes in the homeland security department. we read in reports earlier that were just published in the last day or so, that he overruled steve bannon on implementing some of these policies. what happen when is the president tries to utilize that tactic again. what happens if he try toss do it with secretary mattis as
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well. the resignations start to come after that. this is not trump corporation where his every whim is fulfilled and desired. this is the united states of america where we have a constitution and a separation of powers. he would do well to read those tonight instead of talking and tweeting about protests at mar-a-lago. >> those would be within his administration. >> they are certainly learning more about the bureaucratic process as things have happened within the last week or so. some men are looking forward to whether or not this appeal does happen. the question is, after that appeal happens, we have 16 other states that are condemning what has been done by donald trump in this executive order and trying to put together all of that for the process of the department of homeland security, for the process that hpens at uscis. it has to be dizzying as they look at the immigration process going forward. it is already difficult to understand as it stands. >> that's right. by the last count, there are
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about at least 40 lawsuits filed across the country against this executive order issued just eight days ago. right now, the federal agencies, the relevant ones, the state department, department of homeland security, are working with the nationwide injunction issued in seattle saying we are abiding by the judge's ruling. the travel can commence as it was eight or nine days ago. that's really the important one right now. you have an important case in boston and an important case in our backyard in virginia. a lot of legal complications out there and a lot of work to wait through in the next several weeks. >> one of these lawsuits will be the one that goes to the circuit court and then goes to the supreme court. they are not going to do this 16 times. >> we hope it doesn't happen 16 times. we'll see how that goes. some me
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sun min and rich, promise to come back. >> i'll stay. we continue to follow breaking news. protests against president trump's policies going on around the country today including new york city. these pictures from a little bit earlier. there, they had an lgbt solidarity rally. it was underway in front of the historic stone wall inn coming up. i'll talk to an immigration lawyer at boston's logan airport who is there helping people flying in from the now formerly banned countries. we could see a historic cabinet vote when the senate meets to take up betsy devos as education secretary. what could happen there? #
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. president trump has severely criticized the agreements as being weak and ineffective. instead of being thankful to the united states, iran is now feeling emboldened. as of today, we are officially
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putting iran on notice. >> well, in reaction, iran is showing no signs of backing down. one day after president trump warned iran it was playing with fire. iran launched new missiles and air drills today. iran says the military exercises were planned but the move could ratchet up tensions between the two countries. the u.s. sanctioned iran for a recent ballistic missiles test that defies a u.n. security council ban. iran says it did nothing wrong and asserted its right to defend itself. joining me now is a former iranian presidential candidate and currently, president of the american iranian council. how do you think the reaction is right now to what the trump administration has been saying and doing. >> very mute. tehran has been very silent, very cautious. obviously, this very first week of trump's administration, think have been hit twice, first with the visa band and second with
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this being put on notice. they are taking notice, indeed. they don't really have any desire to escalate the problem. the u.s./iranian relations remains very fragile. with this new development, it is moving to a more dangerous situation unless something is done. mr. trump may think that president barack obama was able to work out on the nuclear issue and he may be abl to do the same with the missile. >> the last four or five decades have been storied about separated families and difficulties related to that.
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what that is had meant to the iranian american community, recent developments, that is. >> what has this meant? >> the iranian community is probably the most successful immigrant community, extremely educated, very successful economically and so on. back home, i think with the exception of the israelis, they are the most you can get in that region. they are very disappointed with how they have been treated by president barack obama and his administration. >> general mattis calls them the largest global sponsor of terrorism. how would you react to that statement? i have seefrn general mattis. he is a real professional
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general. i am very happy that the pentagon is under his control. he knows the iranian side. i believe regardless of what he thinks about the revolutionary guard. he is in a better position than ever before to start a dialogue with the revolutionary guard as opposed to the moderates or anybody else in tehran. the revolutionary guard controls that country and the military. it is the problem for the u.s. therefore, i think if the trump administration, if mr. mattis waed to really resolve this problem, short of a war, they need to talk to the revolutionary guard. i am almost certain they will be impacted in a more moderate way if he is given a chance for a dialogue. i honestly believe in it. >> former iranian presidential
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candidate, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> we are going to continue to follow protests around the country. that's our lead story here on msnbc on this saturday. pictures from miami, florida, they are gathering and marching towards mar-a-lago. that's the place president trump is. we will throughout this our be watching other protests. stay with us here on msnbc.
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we continue to nfollow breaking news. an lgbt solidarity rally. chuck schumer took the podium. we are going to beat betsy devos and make everything to make sure that the supreme court does not
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turn the clock back with the 1920s. that event is being held to force opposition to trump's cabinet picks. protest is backed by numerous organizations and lawmakers, including andrew cuomo and bill de blasio. an emotional afternoon in boston where people are reuniting with loved ones not able to come to the u.s. because of the travel ban. >> i don't know what to say. it is just such a relief. the moment i see her, i feel comfortable after this whole chaos. >> that was huma kuey. she says her mother received a visa two days before the executive order was signed. after much frustration, she and her husband were able to get her mother a new flight and arrived a short time ago. joining us now there in boston, susan church, chairman of the
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new england chapter of the american immigration lawyers association. we saw there, susan, just one of those stories. what are you seeing today? any difficulties with those arriving that had difficulty before after the executive order. >> what we are seeing today are people howho have tried two, three, four times to get into the united states and were prevented from getting here because of the travel ban. an individual who traveled to dohar, traveled back to tehran, traveled to another country. yesterday, we saw pple who had gone back and forth to turkey. they ted to reunite with their family members. we are seeing a lot of tears of joy. >> you are saying despite those difficulties, they are now being allowed through. >> they are. we have been keeping track and we feel like almost everyone has been accounted for and allowed on to the plane today. we have a master list. we have been in touch with
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attorneys from around the world. we are making sure that everybody islet through. >> susan, were you there as well last week and how is it different today if you were? >> i was actually here on saturday night at 9:30. i was one of the original attorneys to file the lawsuit. there was unbelievable amounts of fear and tension and anger at what was going on to these people in boston. in boston, we are dealing with many of these immigrants, which are professors, mathematicians, scientists, a doctor that was kept away on essential research on tuberculosis. they have been through years of vetting before they obtain these visas. these are not easily obtain and none were obtained without an interview at the consulate, usually two or three of them. green card holders waited for years to obtain their status. they don't know why the country they love and have been working
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in separated them from their wives and families. we saw a u.s. citizen husband and his u.s. citizen daughter finally reunited after a week of having his wife, who became a green cardholder separated from him and kept in the sudan, which is a dangerous country. >> susan p the, there in the st where the federal judge upheld that executive order not consistent with what was happening in washington state which allowed what you see there today, people are now allowed tone ter. new trump twe coming out as well. it says this, because the ban was lifted by a judge, many very bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country. a terrible decision. donald trump reacting to the decision again coming out of washington state, which reverses effectively his executive order. president trump's pick for
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education secretary, also in the headlines on this saturday. betsy devos, cleared a procedural vote friday. her confirmation may be in jeopardy with two republicans saying they will vote no come tuesday. former labor secretary and white house cabinet secretary during president obama's first term, deputy secretary, as we look at the process and you look at the difficulty with betsy devos, this is something you gained before with the obama administration, are you surprised about the trouble she is going through? >> i'm not surprised richard. i ran the transition 2009. the nominees are outside the mainstream of where most people are. these nominees haven't been vetted and they haven't been prepared for their hearings. frankly, with devos, you have seen all three of those happen.
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>> we have been watching the protests across the country. now, we have some live pictures coming out of west palm in florida. this as folks are taking to the streets. they are in protest of an administration that is two weeks old. as you were managing the transition as you were just describing, you did not see protests like this. how might an administration be either energized or redirected based on the plans that were put together before day one. >> you are right. we didn't see these kind of protests to our nominees. frankly, they were in the mainstream of where most americans are. you have seen an incredible outpouring of parents that are lobbying phone calls and sitting in offices of senators to try to get them to vote against devos. while it looks like she may have enough votes, i'm not going to bet on her getting confirmed. if she does, it will be pretty historic. never before has a vice-president had to break a
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tie for a cabinet nominee. that may happen next week. >> which is what we expect to happen based at least on whipping the vote at the moment. taking off your partisan hat here if you can, deputy secretary, how has this transition gone? did you this before. >> i think you have seen the problems. this was a campaign that probably didn't expect to win. they hadn't done the transition planning before election day that they should have. they had a transition team that was led by governor christie who was then dismissed, as were many of his people, many of the plans and personnel picks that he had put in place or that they had proposed were then put to the side as well. i saw a statistic that of the 700 most important positions in government, they have only nominated people for 35 of them right now. so they are way behind where they need to be right now. >> the part of you picking that bench, you were also looking at supreme court justices and who
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to dominate. in this case, we have neil gorsuch. is this an individual that may be able to get through despite what we are seeing right now? >> i think this is going to be a very tough nomination, a careful scrutiny of judge gorsuch and his record. there is a history with this seat. this is a seat that has been open for a year now. i think many people on the democratic side believe this is merrick garland's seat. it was appropriate that he had gotten a vote last year, which he didn't get. >> what was the process in the obama white house as they were making decisions for the two supreme court justice that is were nominated and confirmed? >> it is the same process i expect is happening now, going through the records, having long interviews with them. i know neil gorsuch. he and i are law school classmates at har vard.
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he is a good person. >> would you vote for him? >> i will withhold that and i'll defer to the u.s. senators that have to make that decision. >> as we look at the complications of these protests, the complication that led to these protests, it is specifically related to the executive order. if you can in 15 seconds, what's the process that they screwed up on if you will? quote, unquote. many people are saying that they didn't go through the typical vetting of the executive order the way theyhould have. >> this is a white house that has been more interested in splashy announcements than getting it right. we now know that the department's state, defense and homeland security were not consulted as part of this. the problems you are seeing now are a result of that. >> deputy secretary, chris lu, thanks for stopping by. it is 4:52.
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close to 5:00 p.m. we were looking at live pictures earlier, a gathering at the stone wall in the national monument for the lgbq community. we will continue to watch this. stay right here on msnbc. lp you, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com.
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live pictures out of miami closing down traffic. >> these are protests against the executive order from donald trump coming last week. we will continue to follow all of that. we are going to take a short break. stick around. jacob soberoff joins us after this. matologist... and he prescribed enbrel... to help relieve joint pain and help stop further joint damage. enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis...
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hello, everyone. i'm jacob soboroff. protesters are gathering in opposition to president trump's immigration order, put on hold temporarily by a federal judge. what will be the trump
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administration's next move and what is the status of other legal challenges over that executive order. we are going to examine those questions in just a moment but, first, we begin with breaking news. the trump administration saying the department of justice will challenge a seattle judge's order putting its immigration band on hold. >> ms news and senior political editor, joins me now. what happens next? >> there was a temporary stay. the justice department has to dwee side to go back to court and fight back on the ban and get it to be dropped. they are going to have to make several arguments. a president has broad authority to set immigration policy in this country. that is something he is allowed to do. the way the ban is written is