travel restriction for seven countries, tied up in the courts and the president has a lot more to say. today, homecomings and arrivals. >> mommy! >> reporter: relief granted by a federal court and reinforced by welcome signs at international airports. for travelers from seven mostly muslim countries, whose visas were reinstated. but today, president trump doubled down. just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. if something happens, blame him, and court system. people pouring in, bad. the president tweeted that he is using his authority over agencies that screen travelers. i have instructed homeland security to check people coming into our country very carefully. the courts are making the job very difficult. the vice president defended mr. trump's broad side against the courts. >> the judge's actions, making decisions about american foreign policy and national security, it

just is very frustrating to the president, the whole administration. >> reporter: today, one protest flew over the super bowl stadium in houston. part of the big game's coverage is a fox interview, taped friday, with president trump. what he said about vladimir putin stunned even fellow republicans. >> will i get along with him? i have no idea. >> putin is a killer. >> a lot of killers. we got a lot of killers. you think our country is so innocent? you think our country is so innocent? >> i don't know of any government leaders that are killers -- >> well, take a look at what we have done too. made a lot of mistakes. >> putin is suspected in the murders of political adversaries and journalists, a comparison rejected by prominent republicans. >> i don't think there is any equivalency between the way the russians conduct themselves and the way the united states does. >> ohio governor john kasich tweeted, there is no equivalence with the brutal regime of vladimir putin. wyoming congresswoman liz cheney

called the president's suggestion deeply troubling and wrong. and one of the challenges for republicans, richard, is that they are dealing with this issue of the president being critical of a specific judge and the courts more broadly and many believe that undermines those institutions and is not a good idea. even if the president and the white house disagree with specific decisions coming from the court. now, for mitch mcconnell, this puts him in a difficult position because as you know, his wife elaine chao is the new transportation secretary in the trump administration and even more than that, it is mitch mcconnell who has to deal with the supreme court nominee neil gorsuch, the president's pick to join the high court and it is senator mcconnell who has to try to get that confirmation going. at a time when the president is criticizing federal judges, that makes things even more complicated. richard? >> lots of moving parts, kelly. kelly o'donnell with the president there in west palm beach, florida. thank you, my friend. earlier today, after two

weekends of protests against the immigration ban, trump supporters gathered outside trump tower in midtown manhattan to stand with the president and his policy. all of this as an iraqi family who was barred from board a flight to the united states last weekend successfully making it to new york's jfk airport. morgan radford has that story for us. >> reporter: excitement and relief at jfk airport. sharif and his family finally in the united states. >> the embassy contacted me and said we're sorry and you are able to travel. >> reporter: the journey here has been a long one. >> everything went smoothly. >> reporter: as working as a translator for the u.s. government during the iraq war and waiting on a two year approval process, sharif finally received a visa for him and his family. >> american government invited me, gave me visa, told me, come, you have helped us in the past. >> reporter: a dream come true. seemingly shattered in an

instant after president trump's executive order temporarily banning travelers from seven mostly muslim countries. nbc's richard engel was with them as they tried to figure out their next move. >> what happens when you told everybody we're not going? >> well, that was a terrible moment. >> reporter: sharif had already bought a flight, packed his bags and sold his house. but during a layover in cairo, a gate agent said he and his family could go no further and would be sent back to iraq. >> this shocked me. i was surprised. was there any more to investigate? >> reporter: but his hopes were revived thursday when the administration amended the order to allow iraqi interpreters who served the u.s. government into the u.s. sharif's odyssey began again. good-bye to iraq for a second time, more tears, another last hug. now, they have just one more flight to go, to nationvill vin

their new home. this one, they hope, will be the last. >> thank you for that report. this weekend we saw a number of emotional reunions similar to the one in her report at airports nationwide, like this one right here. the fries eeze on the immigrati ban allowing travelers now from the seven predominantly muslim countries to land in the united states without issue. those visas, those 60,000 visas that were revoked now good again. joining us now, iranian american writer and contributor to nbc news. thank you for being here. >> thank you, my pleasure. >> when you look at where we're at today, and that's that immigration ban effectively is inert, reversed, we are at -- >> for now. >> for now. we're at where we were a week and a half before this order came through. there are those in the iranian american community here watching really closely, similar to the story told by morgan there, and what are they saying? >> well, they're afraid. there is over a million iranian

americans. they all have family -- either in iran or in europe or other places around the world who either want to come here, or come to either visit them or to stay, become immigrants. that's all finished, done. the other thing is many people have friends or family who are students, who only have an iranian passport, don't have any other passport and have visas and those have been canceled. a whole bunch of iranian students who are now in limbo, stuck in europe or in iran or turkey or dubai who have had visas, but were up until now, until this latest judge's orders, not allowed to come and continue their studies. >> for you, who knows of this community so well, this is a record that has been played over and over and over again for half a century here in this country. >> half a century. in 1979, 1980, when the hostage crisis happened, i had to go, i was not a u.s. citizen at the time, i had to go and register with what was then the i.n.s.,

fingerprinted, couldn't leave the country, many restrictions on the iranians. but that's something that iranians have lived with. they're used to it. this seems particularly cruel, this time around, because families have been separated, not just iranians, iraqi, syrians, many other families. but there are more iranians in america than there are the other 76 nations. >> especially in the midwest and southern california. two very large iranian american communities here in the united states. as we were looking at this, one trump supporter outside trump tower said this, that this is not a muslim ban because the administration didn't include countries like pakistan and saudi arabia. what is your thought? >> well, he's right. that protester is right. >> supporter of donald trump. >> or that supporter of donald trump is correct. you could look at it that way. the prlem with this is that if you believe that it should have inuded saudi arabia and pakistan, that it shouldn't have included the other seven countries. not one terrorist act in america -- >> pull up the map for you.

we look at the seven countries, there is no data that shows that we -- that that claim is true. >> correct. >> this is perhaps not a muslim ban at least in the minds of many people. if you look at -- and mr. trump said again today, it is about keeping america safe, and when he tweeted against the judge, giving that order, i think it is not keeping america safe. this is not keeping america safe. as that supporter of mr. trump said, why isn't saudi arabia and pakistan included? why aren't some other -- >> a lot of efforts across the country from state attorneys general to stop this. they have been successful so far. it looks at least at this point that they will be successful. is therefore the concern for the iranian american community for the persian american community, the middle eastern community, does it alleviate a little? >> i think they're still very concerned. they don't have the confidence

you just mentioned, that it would be completely upheld. the ban would be -- not the ban, but the -- lifting -- >> the challenge. >> the challenge would be up. they're not completely comfortable with that notion. there are still people who are -- still people who don't know if they should leave tehran to come here to finish their studies or if they even have visas or apply -- i'll give you an example. iranians, because of this ban being lifted, allow the american wrestlers to go for the world wrestling championships in iran. they're getting their visas to go to iran. they had some archery competitors to come to las vegas february 10th is the world championships of archery. not a sport many people care about. but supposed to come. they have not received visas. >> those things happen. >> they happen. they don't know whether to reapply for a visa, apply for a visa, no question. people are still very nervous about whether they are going to be able to come to america, whether this ban will be permanent. they don't know. things just think about the with

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is there any validity to it. >> many people have come out and said i'm right. you know that. >> but you got to have data to back it up. >> it doesn't have to do with the vote. that's the end result. has to do with the registration. and when you look at the registration, and you see dead people that have voted, you see people that are registered in two states that voted in two states, when you see other things, when you see illegals, people that are not citizens and they're on the registration rolls, look, we can be babies. but you take a look at the registration, you have illegals, dead people, this, it is really a bad situation. really bad. and -- >> you think proven correct in that statement. >> i think i already have, a lot of people have come out and said -- >> the data has to show 3 million illegals voted. >> forget that, forget all of that. look at the registration and we'll do it. i'll set up a commission to be headed by vice president mike pence and we'll look at it very, very carefully. >> joining us now in new york,

columnist and republican strategiest nicole lepore, and jonathan alan, a columnist at roll call. good super bowl sunday to all three of you. he's standing by a campaign point, not backing down on it. we don't have data that supports any of the comments he made before. nor now. yet he continues. why is he doing this? if he doesn't have the data, as has been said, and as you saw bill o'reilly saying, where is the data behind this. >> right. i think donald trump is someone more interested in winning the election than being president. >> but he's won. >> exactly. but i think he's unwilling to give that up because that's what made him feel sort of macho and in control and in power, he won the election. and i think it is interesting he's not considering 25% of people believe these claims according to a report from politico five days ago. and it is dangerous to democracy

and to spreading fact all information to people. he's unwilling to give it up. he's -- even though he knows he doesn't have the facts, doesn't want to be proven wrong. keeps pushing the false narrative. that's what people want to do. one of the people, one of the individuals here that might be saying in his ear the election is over, or we don't have the data, is mike pence, the vice president. and president trump has said he's putting mike pence on this to handle it. is he the water softener in this situation, the one that will be handling everything up front to make everything okay? >> you know what, he's going to assume the same role that he did in the campaign. if you look back at the campaign and you'll see that every time trump said something or maybe just agreed or said something in left field, mike pence was kind of the cleanup person, right behind it. mike pence is someone that republicans, especially establish , feel comfortable with. it is almost like trump can say

and do whatev. but there is mike pencehat is there to make sure that things are going to go smooth. >> he's on the case of this, which is, again, the claim of three to five million undocumented immigrants that have voted, the difference by which he lost to hillary clinton in the total popular vote. but, jonathan there iscomments going up against the judge in washington state, calling him a so-called judge, calling his decisions ridiculous and by the way, new video of president trump and the first lady, sitting down, like most americans tonight and enjoying the super bowl. so, jonathan, can the vice president, though, soften that because that is a clear shot at one of the branches of government, what most presidents have not done before, especially in the middle of a nominee going forward for the supreme court. >> no, i don't think the vice

president can clean item. mike pence is much better spoken than donald trump is, and has a much better feel for how to say things in politic ways. but donald trump is the president of the united states. at the risk of sounding like a coastal elite, rolling over in his grave at this separation of powers issue. the president of the united states is trying to undermine the judiciary of the united states and really we -- i don't think we have seen anything like this. it is -- i think it is upsetting to those who believe that that separation of powers is important to the functioning of our democratic republic and that includes not just democrats, but a lot of republicans. >> let's stay on the topic of the immigration ban and immigration. as we look at this, the president was asked about the push by democrats in california to make the entire state a sanctuary state. he's come out to say i do not support sanctuary cities. you heard that too.

let's get to what was said in the interview anden this then . >> sanctuary cities as you know, i'm very much opposed to sanctuary cities, they breed crime, a lot of problems, if we have to, we'll defund, we give tremendous amounts of money to california -- >> you're going defund. >> california is out of control, as you know. obviously the voters agree or they wouldn't have voted for me. >> defunding is your weapon of choice -- >> it is a weapon. i don't want to defund the state, the city. i don't want to defund anybody. i want to give them the money they need to properly operate as a city or state. if they have sanctuary cities, we may have to do that. that would be a weapon. >> look at supporters in the state of california, this is not good, by the numbers here, if you look at them. clinton got 61% of the vote. he got some 32%. he was way, way, way behind. also removing funding from california. california might say, we're the sixth or seventh largest economy

in the world. you need us more than we need you. >> right. i think it is a bad strategy. he's built his campaign on intimidating people and it is something he'll continue to do. i don't think he'll end up stripping funding from these places. chicago, i'm from chicago. mayor emanuel said we will not succumb to donald trump's orders, we'll remain a sanctuary city. people will push back against him and he's trying to scare them. i don't think ultimately he will strip funding. >> there are some issues that president trump will talk about. but really not necessarily close to his heart. and then those issues that are close to his heart. >> get used to this type of governing. this is who donald trump is, this is who, you know, was elected. this style is carrying over in the white house. this is what he's going to do. this is his style. a lot of people think he's going from the bully pulpit this is how he's getting things done. the republican base, the republican people that voted him

in, they are cheering him on. you know that his -- his election brought the movement of, you know, riots, a lot of people from the left, the majority of the left do not like president trump, anything he's going to do is going to be under a microscope and going to be resisted. his style is not -- far from obama. it is far from it. it is not -- >> not deliberate. >> no. get used to this. it is -- >> i made you laugh there. >> you got me. >> i got you. if it is not deliberate and i think many would agree with that regardless of which side of the aisle you're on, his style might said to be, i leave everything as a possibility, jonathan, even said by sean spicer, this is the way this president governs. he will absolutely entertain all options as an example of what we're looking at in how we're dealing with iran and moving with that country with what he would like to do in terms of sanctions.

will this style work? will we get used to it over time? he leaves everything on the table, he's not -- absolutely focused and deliberate, that -- for him, may not work. >> i think it is counterproductive in a lot of ways and one way in particular that you've seen with this first executive order, what was referred to as the muslim ban until he decided to make it country specific and still refers to it as a ban. the defunding potentially of sanctuary cities or the university of california. once he starts talking about that and framing what he's trying to do in those ways, he runs into the possibility that judges will decide that he is doing what he said he was going to do and that -- he's written things, you know, there is a really careful line you got to walk with coercion when you talk about pulling federal funds. the supreme court talked about that in last few years andith the muslim ban or him having spoken about banning muslims from coming to the country, a lot harder for him to go to

court and argue that's not what is driving his policy. >> talking about leaving everything on the table, it may not work when you talk about the bureaucracy there in the beltway. we have been getting a lot of leaks. this is all of those underneath in this federal bureaucracy. all those who may not support what he's doing and they can do something about it because they're plugged into the processes. will this bureaucracy adjust to him or adjust to them to get something done? >> i think civil servants throughout the government have been trying to make the decision about whether they are better off leaving this government and not being part of it for those who don't like donald trump or staying in it and trying to slow his policies down. it is very difficult to get things done in the federal government from the executive side and it is certainly very hard to get it done on the legislative side. this is a president who is making it more and more difficult for people to try to move his policies because they're not clearly articulated or well thought out before they

are articulated. we're seeing that with republicans on capitol hill today with some of the responses to what the president has been saying about russia. we haven't heard as much about the judges about russia today, senator mitch mcconnell running as far away as he could in an interview, ben sass running away from the president. >> protesters are showing up at those particular -- many leaders on the right as donald trump moves forward. not just protesting over this president and his policies. jonathan, thank you very much, alexi, noel. protests continue in response to president trump's immigration ban as i was alluding to. demonstrators taking to the streets of houston, the site of the super bowl, hoping to send a message to leaders in washington.implications of the ban. fore me leading wherever i choose.

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opposition to president trump and his administration's policies. as expected, security for the game is tight and that is where nbc's ron mott joins us in houston. how do things look there, ron? >> reporter: good evening to you. as you mensed, the game is under way. apparently the atlanta falcons scored another touchdown here in the second quarter of the game. a lot of folks out here don't have tickets. a lot of security out there with him as well. everyone seems to be having a good time. have not heard of any significant issues. spoke with a special agent in charge about the protests in particular because they could not en vision this three years go when they began putting the plan together that there would be this culture and climate around the country of protesting a new white house administration. they said that's standard operating procedure with the fbi and all the agencies that come together to protect the super bowl so they were not necessarily caught off guard, that there would be some sort of protest here. we did see vice president pence's motorcade go behind us,

about five minutes before kickoff. did not see him exit the vehicle. he's in the building. a lot of flags in the bullibuil at this hour. >> ron mott in houston, great place to be. thank you very much. president trump continued to criticize the seattle federal judge who halted his immigration ban today tweeting this afternoon, quote, just cannot believe the judge would put our country in such peril. something happens, blame him and court system, people pouring in, bad. these are the people pouring in. immigrants reuniting with their families. many of whom had visas already approved. but the fight in court is just beginning. both sides will make their arguments over the next to days in court as the immigration ban hangs in the balance. george washington university, law professor and public interest lawyer. thank you for being with us, john. where do you think it stands

now? does it look over the next day or so there is enough evidence that there is enough information that the doj, the department of justice and the trump administration can push forward here to get their executive order put back into place? >> well, i'll get to that, i think the important issue and one nobody is really getting to is the endgame. the long run. what happens over the last -- next couple of days or next couple of weeks is temporary. what happens after that will be permanent. what is happening now is the arguments will be presented to the court, probably no oral argument, all going to be done on paper. this is the most liberal circuit of all in the country. it is quite likely they will affirm the judge's ban and the administration could then go to the supreme court, but i think that would be a strategic mistake because there is a very real possibility of a 4-4 split and that would leave the order

standing, but create no binding legal precedent. if they wait, on the other happened, put out the -- forget the tros, these are temporary, just designed to keep things in place while figure out what is going on, wait until there is a final decision that goes up through the ninth circuit, the court of appeals, eventually comes to the supreme court. by that time, almost certain to have one more of their own, you have nine people, one of whom almost certainly is going to support trump, and that gives them much better odds. >> what in that first scenario that you're talking about where it gets to the supreme court, what does that mean for folks that have visas, in this last round we saw them lose them, got revoked and now back in full effect. in that 4-4 split, how does that affect folks like that? >> 4-4 split leaves in place whatever came up. the problem is that the judge's

original order is not particularly clear. i think the trump administration may be overreacted by reinstating these visas. a tro is exactly what it means, stop everything. hold it. status quo. it doesn't necessarily -- and certainly didn't say in the order that it undoes any restrictions or revisions of those visas already in effect. if he rewrites the order and makes it clearer, those people will be protected. if he doesn't rewrite the order, we don't know and once we have a stronger attorney general in there, he may decide he's going to interpret that order differently and visas which were rescinded will remain rescinded. we don't know. i think it is the long-term. what will happen after two months not what is going to happen today or tomorrow or the next week. like a big argument about the coin toss today. the coin toss only begins the game.

>> once we hit nine judges, and you're estimating a couple of months, at whatever point they confirm the next supreme court justice to replace antonin scalia, that's the 5-4, that's when you're saying that the white house gets what they want. >> they obviously much more likely to get what they want, and that will govern whether he can put restrictions on the countries or add additional countries or add additional restrictions. one thing which also hasn't been talked about, which i think both trump and the other side ought to think about is that if we can't ban people coming in where there are reasonable suspicions, he might want to consider doing what germany is doing, what norway is considering doing, and that is saying, we're going to let you in, even though we have suspicions, but we're going to condition it. you must wear an ankle bracelet that will allow us through gps to monitor you. this is something we can't do otherwise in this country, in

other countries, people under suspicion, committed various acts, and afterwards the authorities said, yes, we suspected them, but we couldn't track them 24 hours a day. but with gps bracelets, you can have one agent sitting in a room with 100 tv sets tracking 100 people, having visible alarms if they go to suspicious places like nuclear power plants. that might be a compromise he could do if he was not allowed, that is the supreme court rule against him, or in the interim to pride additional protection because the law says in addition to banning, he can impose whatever restrictions he feels are appropriate. >> john, with this, you brought up a wide range of ideas behind this immigration ban and what may happen in the next several months. along the way there, we were discussing the next supreme court justice. when we look at president trump's criticisms, of, again, one of the branches of government here, relevant to the

point i just made, against the washington state federal judge, as he calls him a so-called judge, he also has called what he's done ridiculous and then he has since had more tweets criticizing this federal judge, how is this going to affect this -- the overall process? is he undermining the separation of powers here? >> i think he's not only undermining the powers, but the veracity as a judge, calling him a so-called judge would be like calling trump a so-called president. but also unwise. it is unwise because although judges are supposed to be impartial and dispassionate, they are human. and some of them at least may take great umbrage when one of theirs is attacked unfairly. this could affect judges on the

ninth circuit, could affect judges in other cities and circuit s who are still considering aspects of this. it could even affect the supreme court. and also, by the way, it is unfair because judges are not allowed, unlike politicians or activists, it fight back. they can't hold press conferences. they can't testify before congress or speak on the floor, they cannot defend themselves, so i said it was unwarranted, it was unfair, and it is also unwise, it could come back and bite mr. trump in his rear end. >> i have to take one of your classes there. appreciate you stopping by. you have a good sunday. next, sanctions and what happens for relations between the with countries.

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thanks for staying with us. president trump in theuper bowl interview that aired

earlier today blasted iran over the recent ballistic missile test. he also criticized president obama's nuclear deal, this is what he said. take a listen. >> let's talk about iran. your assessment, do you think we're on a collision course, we being the united states with that country? >> i think it was the worst deal i've ever seen negotiated. i think it was a deal that should have never been negotiated. the deal that was made by the obama administration. i think it is a shame that we had a deal like that and had to sign a deal like that and no reason to do it. if you do it, have a good deal. we gave them $1.7 billion in cash, which is unheard of. and we put the money up. and we have really nothing to show for it. >> possibly tear it up. >> we'll see what happens. we'll see what happens. i can say this, they have total disregard for our country. they are the number one terrorist state, they're sending money all over the place and

weapons. and can't do that. >> sanctions, that's how you're going to start with them. >> just started. >> but you're moving to carrier. >> i never talk about military moves. i always criticized president obama, an announcement going into mosul or some place and they give the name, the date, the time, i don't believe in that. >> you're not real bullish on iran at this point? >> no, i'm not bullish. i think they have total disrespect for our country. and i understand that deal -- i would have lived with it if they id okay. we're altogether now. but just the opposite. >> that interview was taped on friday and then played today. friday was the same day that president slapped new sanctions on iran for their recent ballistic missile test. iran responded yesterday by launching another one of those. let me bring in now msnbc military analyst, retired general barry mccaffrey. as we look at what is happening and what is being said by

president trump, how do you think iran is taking his statements and his criticisms? >> well, that -- the problem is we don't know. the revolutionary guard is semiautonomous, and partially a criminal organization, up to mischief through the middle east, lebanon, syria, iraq, libya, very dangerous people. and a lot of the harassment of the persian gulf shipping in the strait of hormuz are revolutionary guard naval elements. so, you know, i don't know how they're going to react. i think there will be a confrontation at sea and the iranians are either going to escalate or back off. i think we should be unsettled by the current situation. >> president trump's style as has been said different certainly than the last administration's, sean spicer, described this president's style as leaving everything on the

table, to leave them guessing if you will and then make a decision and then president trump saying he's not going to telegraph if you will what he plans on doing. does that work in international security, in theaters that we're talking about here, in the middle east? >> it is a new one on the world. hard to know how it will play out. rolling into these questions, it is a bad deal to threaten people in public and then privately ask them to do tough things. doesn't work in business, doesn't work in foreign policy. we're about to see to what effect it will have on a religious autocracy in iran. i think to be balanced on this thing, the iranians got $150 billion is going to go back into their economy. a lot of that money will end up in the revolutionary guards. and it is going to be up to no good. i think the israelis are primarily concerned for their existence with a nuclear armed iran with a missile system that

could conduct a first strike. at some point, we got to face up to that threat that israelis and for that matter to regional allies like the saudi arabians, gulf coast states. >> the missile tests, what do you make of them? >> i think the -- they're doing quite well. there are some bright people in iran. universities, they're going to be a nuclear capable state without question, within a decade. i assume they have a breakout capability. and they're developing quite good conventional or nuclear missile strike capability. they already got the ability we think directly to strike parts of southern europe, as well as israel as well as u.s. forces in the region. so it is a problem. now, the u.n. said they shouldn't do it, but there is some legal terms, the u.n. resolution called upon them to not test the weapons and they're

claiming that's not obligatory and being backed up. the bottom line is, the iranians are ignoring us, they're moving ahead on this, it is a threat to the region. and now we're going to see -- secretary jim mattis, very balanced, but i think as determined to address some of these questions that we let go for several years now. >> general barry mccaffrey, a pleasure to have you. thank you so much. >> good to be with you. >> president trump taking a brief break to watch the super bowl along with millions across the world. you see the pictures, they were arriving at the location. next, we analyze the president's tv and social media habits. so beautiful. what shall we call you? tom! name it tom! studies show that toms have the highest average earning potential over their professional lifetime. see? uh, it's a girl. congratulations! two of my girls are toms. i work for ally, finances are my thing. you know, i'm gonna go give birth real quick and then we'll talk, ok? nice baby.

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president trump, we showed you pictures earlier, spent a lot of time creating and watching television and there isn't much that he misses along the way. savanna sellers is here with more on that very topic. what did you find? >> so we know as you just mentioned he's always consuming tv, commenting on it, tweeting about it. just this past week, the topic even came up at the national prayer breakfast, when trump suggested that he, quote, pray for arnold and for the ratings. referring to the apprentice. but how much tv is the president of the united states actually watching? >> i just retweeted the best tweet, i mean, wow, what a great, smart tweet. >> saturday night live has millions of viewers each week. one o the recent keys to success, alec baldwin's donald trump. one of its reliable viewers, donald trump himself. moments after this sketch, trump tweeted about it, calling the show unwatchable and totally biased. we know a lot about trump's media consumption. >> i see a lot of great, you

know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows -- >> and how he rapidly reacts on twitter. just last week, trump tweeted about the, quote, carnage in chicago. seemingly random. but was >> he loves to not only watch the morning shows live, he will dvr so he can see the tops of more than one show. >> a month after the election trump tweeted his response to a segment on morning joe saying it was bill clinton who called him. >> the president of the united states is not only watching, but he's going to respond in realtime. >> trump has been known follow and comment on the media's portrayal of him since well before his campaign before the white house. can a habit like this continue while holding the highest office? >> i can't imagine the president of the united states being able

to watch morning joe and fox and friends and 60 minutes and meet the press and also do the job of the presidency. >> reporter: recent presidents have chosen to stay away from their coverage of the administrati administration. >> if you look at george w. bush or barack obama or even back to nixon these are presidents who say i can't make a decision well if i'm involved in the hourly covera coverage. >>eporter:orow t president might be watching unless the duties of the office keep his too busy to watch tv. we'll have to find out if he will keep watching but while he is, it appears the ad rates are starting to increase. police koe reported the prices for issues advocacy spots have gone way up during shows he has typically watches and tweets about in an effort to influence the president and his advisors. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. donald trump is not the only

target saturday night live has found at the white house. last night, for instance, melissa mccarthy lampooning sean spicer. the sketch stole the show. here is a little bit. >> today when he entered the room, the crowd greeted him with a standing ovation which lasted a full 15 minutes. you can check the tape on that. every one was smiling. >> i'm also concerned about steve bannon. a lot of people are saying he's the one behind this muslim ban. >> all right. you guys still aren't getting it. you need some props. my words too big i got sthto sh you in pictures. when it comes tho these decisios the constitution gives our president lots of power and steve bannon is the key add visor. okay. i'm president will not be

deterred. p in his fight against radical muslims. anybody questions? >> wall street. are you okay? >> don't come at me. take it. take it. i will put you in the corner with cnn. >> we're not fake news. >> you like that dork. you like that dork. >> i think i smell an emmy. no twitter response though from president trump not at least yet. we'll continue to watch. got a live look at atlanta and boston. some fans of both teams anxiously watching to find out who will be this year's super bowl champions. we'll take a look.

a standing o viegs. it wasn't for the players. it was for former president george h.w. bush who performed the ceremony yal coin toss. he was just released from the hospital last monds. always a great sight to see both of them. it's tale of two cities. blake, i'll start with you because i imagine there's a couple of tears right now over there. >> game's not over until it's over. we're just going into halftime. the patriots are behind right now. they are keeping the optimism here. new england for every one.

do kwou feel like this is chance for the patriots to be vindicated. i can't wait to watch roger goodell hand the trophy to brady. just because he hates us so much and i just can't wait to watch his face and see him do that because we're going to win this game and we're going to be super bowl champions five. road to five. that's always we're looking for. >> you're holding on to the optimism. they were three-point favorites going into this game. they feel like they can still turn it around. >> only three touchdowns down. anything is possible. >> we want to get right to the fans. what's it like to be leading now? >> it's amazing. i was born and raised here.

my family is born and raised. it's amazing to be here. we were there in 1998. it's amazing that we're here now. i'm a real fan. born and raised. it's awesome. they're the underdogs. >> if they can hang onto this lead, what will it be like in atlanta tonight? >> at lan just goilanta just go up. that's all i can say. i think it will be great for our hometown. i think it's great for the city. we need it. we deserve it. they went out and did everything that the city represents. let's rise up. >> there you go. the fans here excited and confident that the falcons can continue to hold onto this lead. back to you. >> they are ready to win. thank you so much, sir. you'll be watching carefully over there for us as well. that's it for us this hour right here on msnbc. on this sunday, thanks for

spending your time with us. stay with us for updates throughout the night and any breaking news as it happens. meet the press with chuck todd, that is next. you have a great night. this sunday, confrontation and chaos. the fight over president trump's travel ban. to get the restrictions reinstated after a judge temporarily blocks them calling the ruling ridiculous and tweeting about this so-called judge. what are travelers supposed to do now? plus, president trump's head spinning week. a supreme court pick. >> outstanding legal skills, tremendous mind, and earned bipartisan support. >> putting iran on notice. soften support for new israeli settlements and holding testy talks. >> when you hear about the tough phone calls i'm having, don't worry