congress manning charlie dent. republican from pennsylvania, thanks as always for the time. >> thank you. >>> joining us now from the senate side, democrat from maryland, senator chris n hol learn, thanks for taking a minute. we mentioned your republican colleague from missouri, roy blunt, saying he wants an exhaustive investigation by that committee into ties, potential ties between trump and russia. is that something you support? >> well yes, steve, it's essential that the intelligence committee take a very deep dive into the most recent relations, but also the issue of trump campaign contacts with the russians, but i don't think it's enough just to do it in the intelligence committees. i think the american people are forum or independent commissioner or other kind of forum. everybody can have confidence that there's a full investigation at end of the day. this is not just a question of trust between mike pence or donald trump and michael flynn, this is a question of the trust for the american people. and i think

. >> reporter: local congressman republican charlie dent says the asailis are not refugees and spent years going through the proper channels. >> it's clear to me this proposal was not properly vetted. it was not processed. it was rushed, and it wasn't given the kind of consideration it should have been. >> reporter: this afternoon allentown's newest residents celebrated their u.s. arrival in their new home. attorneys for the asaili family tell me there is no way the family would be asked to leave. scott, that's because they're now considered permanent residents. >> jericka duncan in allentown tonight. >>> a man who set fire to a mosque in fort pierce, florida, was sentenced today to 30 years. it was the same mosque the orlando nightclub shooter attended. joseph schreiber pleaded no contest. he's an ex-con who posted anti- islamic rants online. the mosque was destroyed in september on the 15th anniversary of 9/11. >>> the senate is expected to vote tomorrow on president trump's nominee for education secretary, and this one is a cliffhanger. here's our congressional correspondent nancy

attorney along with tom wolf and charlie dent went to help them. >> i never had anyone get on the plane and be illegal by presidential decree when they got off the plane. >> the syrian family flight is expected to arrive at 9:25 a.m. we'll have more on the family and the latest on the travel ban coming up in the next half-hour. >>> new this morning, a shooting happened along the 6200 block of dickens avenue in southwest philadelphia shortly after 11:00 p.m. the victim was taken to the hospital of university of pennsylvania in a private vehicle and suffering from a gunshot wound to the face. the victim told police where the shooting occurred, when police arrived at the scene they found spent bullet casings. >>> a driver came barreling down a street in north philadelphia sideswiping and scraping up five vehicles. the witnesses say the car was traveling the wrong way on butler as it hit one parked car after another. it smashed into the corner of a body shop and a gate on church's fence, and then the driver took off. >>> rowan university issued an alert about the robbery of two people on th

want to bring in now congressman charlie dent, a republican, in philadelphia. sir, good to have you with me. i appreciate your time this morning. as you hear the crowd and see how jason chaffetz had to handle himself, are you surprised by that scene? >> thanks for having me on the program. maybe a little surprised by the size of the crowd but clearly one party has control of the presidency, the house, and the senate, the other side tends to be a bit more angry and energized so i'm not surprised that many democrats are energized and showing up at town halls and they want to win again, i guess. that's really the message. >> when it comes to the actions of this administration, are constituents reaching out to you expressing frustration, i mean, folks who would be republican or vote for trump that may have voted with certain reservations about him as president but are surprised at some of the swift and some would say more careless actions? >> well, i've had a number of constituents contact me. there are a lot of people who are concerned about what's happening in th

they are expressing their gratitude toward lehigh valley congressman charlie dent who helped the family through the process. >> this family did it the right way, they played by the rules. we're celebrating the rule of law and fairness and justice. >> reporter: the weary for examplars say they are happy the situation is behind them. >> i'm excited to see my brother again, i'm so grateful, i just want to say thank you to all the americans who support us. >> that was walter perez we'll have more on the story on "action news" at 4:00 p.m. >>> in washington, president trump is facing new criticism for once again defending russian president vladimir putin. at the same time he is taking aim at the judge who halted his immigration order nationwide. abc's janay norman breaks down the bipartisan backlash. >>> a sunday surprise when the patriots come back in the super overtime. the controversy came before the big game when he defended the foreign a leader telling fox news bill o'riley he respects vladimir putin. >> i respect a lot of people, doesn't mean i'm going to get along with him. he is the

charlie dent, republican from pennsylvania joins us now.congressman, thanks for taking a few minutes. so you expressed your concerns, you saw those scenes of protest all over the news this weekend, all of those stories about people being held up at airports, i'm curious, when you see a poll like this, 48% of people say hey, they still support it. 41% oppose it. does that surprise you? >> no. i think the major concern that most americans have with this order is the fact that it was implemented so poorly. and it was implemented in my view very unfairly. as i said, the reason i became so engaged on this issue, steve, was that i was alerted to this early saturday morning when my neighbors called, got ahold of me and said our family members are at philadelphia airport, they have been detained, they have visas, and they are told they are going to be sent home. this was very unfair. these were not syrian refugees, these were syrian christians who are visa card holders awaiting their green card, as soon as they would have had their visa stampeded,

. >> reporter: local congressman republican charlie dent said the asalais are not refugees and spentgh the proper channels. >> it's hard to believe this proposal was not properly vetted, it was not processed. it was brushed and not given the consideration it should have been. >> reporter: monday afternoon, allentown's newest residents celebrated their arrival in their new home. >> attorneys for the asali family said they're now considered permanent residents. jericka duncan, cbs news, allentown, pennsylvania. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," cbs news sifts through president trump's public paperwork. we'll have a look at the unsettled conflicts with list business empire. >>> plus, an adoptive family fights to keep a 3-year-old that the court says belongs to her biological father. >>> and maria via reyell showinging us the grammies. >> every year, this is the actual mold out of metal that makes these grammy statues. coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll introduce to you the grammy man. >> that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watchi

but after a federal judge blocked trump's ban, immigration lawyers, the governor and congressman charlie dent able to get the visas reinstated and then the family reunited. >> very happy, very grateful that, people are supporting us i did not imagine that a lot of people, in here, supporting us, and i'm very grateful. >> i kept looking around and i'm thinking this is a dream. this is the dream, but you know what today the dream came true. i cannot be more grateful. >> reporter: i asked the family what they plan to do together, now that they all are together here in the u.s. they say they cannot the wait to simply share a meal and then catch up on much needed rest. live from the sat center, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks for that. >>> stay with cbs news for continuing coverage of the travel ban. "cbs evening news" correspondent jericka duncan will have much more on the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley, right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:30. >>> authorities say a half naked man assaulted and robbed a taxi driver before driving through rittenhouse square, late this af

both the assaultly family and governor wolf praised the intervention of republican congressman charlie dent to give the family a second chance to come to pennsylvania. >>> speaking of coming to the keystone state on your radar. some of us could wake up to wintry weather. live look at campbell back mountains. there could be freezing rain up in that area. meteorologist kathy orr is here with that first forecast at 11:00 for all of our try date area. >> you know we really want snow. we don't want rain or freezing rain. >> look at the temperatures right now in philadelphia it's still 39 degrees. the high 54. the wind is calm it's very comfortable. when you look at our fox future cast we go hour by hour. so during the day tomorrow, we see some morning sprinkles, maybe little bit of ice through the poconos. and then another round of rain temperatures warm. so it's hit and miss showers. it's occasional rain and then we move it all out by wednesday morning we're talking about some clouds, some southerly winds and very warm temperatures. now first things first. freezing rain advisory from 1:00 a.m.

. >> i tell you charlie dent is a fantastic legislator because he recognizes the value of doing things right way. >> reporter: his work is still not done. a mother flying in from iran was also promptly sent back last weekend, her two daughters are attending school in philadelphia. >> rejection of the mother in that case has really caused a lot of upset for them and frankly a lot of apprehension for them as to whether they want to come. >> reporter: for what lies ahead no attorney, judge or even the president knows for sure though a long legal battle can be expected. >> the most important thing that we can be doing is preserving our governmental system which means preserving checks and balances and not giving too much weight or too much power in any one body. >> reporter: and the sarmad assali family is set to arrive past 9:00 tomorrow morning in new york city. reporting live in the south center jeannette reyes channel six action news. >> thank you a senate vote is scheduled tuesday on president trump's controversial choice for education secretary, today a media dozens of people rallied

. >> reporter: local congressman republican charlie dent says the asails are not refugees and spent years going through the proper channels. >> it's clear to me this proposal was not properly vetted. it was not processed. it was rushed, and it wasn't given the kind of consideration it should have been. >> reporter: this afternoon allentown's newest residents celebrated their u.s. arrival in their new home. attorneys for the asail family tell me there is no way the family would be asked to leave. scott, that's because they're now considered permanent residents. allentown tonight. ma in fort pierce, florida, was sentenced today to 30 years. it was the same mosque the orlando nightclub shooter attended. joseph schreiber pleaded no contest. he's an ex-con who posted antislamic rants online. the mosque was destroyed in september on the 15th anniversary of 9/11. the senate is expected to vote tomorrow on president trump's nominee for education secretary, and this one is a cliffhanger. here's our congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> save our schools. >> reporter: the debate over betsy de

the first republican member of congress to say it should be halted was pennsylvania congressman charlie dent, who said, "this order appears to have been rushed through without full consideration to the wide- ranging impacts it will have." dent's district has a sizable syrian constituency, and "newshour weekend's" megan thompson traveled there to bring us this report. >> reporter: syrian refugee mohamad taleb and his seven- year-old son obaida are learning english at this class for refugees in eastern pennsylvania. taleb arrived in the united states a year and a half ago with his wife and four children. they settled in allentown, about 60 miles northwest of philadelphia, and far from the violence at home. >> it's such a rough thing to be in the middle of war and destruction and watch children dying in front of you. you just want to escape with your children. you're more afraid for your children than you are for yourself. >> reporter: allentown and surrounding lehigh county are home to around 4,200 residents of syrian descent, one of the largest syrian communities in the nation. they began arr

reporter: that work continued last week with successful appeals in federal court and help congressman charlie dentthe trip from syria to pennsylvania ended not with u-turn but a welcome mat. matthew spoke for his fellow tired travelers after their long and controversial journey. >> very happy and very grateful that a lot of people supporting us. i did not imagine that a lot of people here support us and i'm very grateful. >> surprises there were as many americans who supported your cause? >> yes. >> reporter: behind me stands the renovated allentown row home four of the family members will ultimately set up housekeeping. the legal battle over immigration and security continues to play out but for now at least this family is here to stay. legally, happily. in allentown, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> and pennsylvania and delaware have joined a group of 16 attorneys general supporting washington state and minnesota's lawsuit against president trump's travel ban. the states are you go the president had "unleashed chaos by signing that executive order. battle now sits in the hands of san francisco'

charlie dent was one of the people saying, "hey, this is not constitutional. don't like the feel of this. this is hurting my constituents." it was un-american. period. >> a couple of republicans did react negatively against their own president. although, our own senator pat toomey for pennsylvania broke his two-week silence about the issue. he did decide to jump in there and say he goes along with it. >> well, it took him the entire campaign to decide whether to vote to trump. >> he came onboard. >> i think he announced that at 7:00 at night on election night. >> on election night. josh shapiro, who's the new pennsylvania attorney general, said he considers it unconstitutional, un-american, and unlawful. and senator bob casey, a democrat from pennsylvania, did release a statement, which we have, and his was very terse as well, saying that president trump's actions, he believes, will have grave potential effects on pennsylvania on a number of executive orders, not just the one about the muslim immigrants who are coming in. >> so, two things quickly. one, one th

. >> reporter: local congressman republican charlie dent says the asailis are not refugees and spents going through the proper channels. >> it's clear to me this proposal was not properly vetted. it was not processed. it was rushed, and it wasn't given the kind of consideration it should have been. >> reporter: this afternoon allentown's newest residents celebrated their u.s. arrival in their new home. attorneys for the asaili family tell me there is no way the family would be asked to leave. scott, that's because they're now considered permanent residents. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ♪ [joy bauer] two thirds of americans have digestive issues. i'm joy bauer, and as a nutritionist i know probiotics can often help. but many probiotics do not survive your stomach's harsh environment. digestive advantage is different. its natural protein shell is tougher than your stomach's harsh environment, so it surivies a hundred times better than the leading probiotic, to get where you need it most. get the digestive advantage, and enjoy living well. >>> hundreds of thousands a

. >> reporter: all of this thanks to the intervention of congressman charlie dent, immigration lawyers who were here today. it comes after the federal judge's restraining order on president trump's executive order. i also asked the attorneys, are they on solid footing, on solid ground in the united states. his answer is yes. they are now legal green card holders. we got word that governor tom wolf will be greeting the family in allentown as they go back to have a meal prepared for them today and to settle in and have some relaxing moments here back in the united states. we're live at jfk. i'm cydney long. thank you. >> a lot of smiles, tears and hugs there. stay with nbc 10 for continuing coverage of the travel ban as it moves through the court system. >>> this morning one person is hurt in this single car crash. sky 10 over the scene of the crash around 9:30 this morning. crews tell us that the victim was thrown from the car. right now we're working to find out what caused this crash. rj >>> a teenager is in critical condition after he was shot multiple times just before 12:30 this mo

their attorney and tom wolf and charlie dent went to work to help. >> as an immigration attorney i never had a person get on a plane legally and be illegal by presidential decree when they got off the plane. >> the syrian family is expected to arrive at 5:30 a.m. we'll have more on the family in the next half-hour. >>> system -- a shooting happened along dickens avenue the person was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle and suffered from a gunshot wound to the face. when police arrived at the scene they found spent bullet casings. >>> a driver came barreling down a street in north philadelphia side scraping five vehicles. it happened at 5th anticipate butler street at 2:30 a.m. witnesses say the car was traveling the wrong way on butler after the it hit one park card after another. the vehicle smashed into the corner of an auto body shop and gate on the church's fence and the driver took off. >> vice president mike pence who was in philadelphia over the weekend said he expects betsy devos to be confirmed as education secretary this week. the senate has postponed her confirmation vo

continued last week successful appeals in federal court and help from pennsylvania congressman charlie dentthis time the trip from syria to pennsylvania ended with welcome mat. matthew spoke for his fellow tired travelers after their long and controversial journey. >> very happy and very grateful that a lot of people supporting us. i did not imagine that a lot of people here support us and i'm very grateful. >> reporter: surprises you there were as many americans who supported your cause? >> yes. >> reporter: behind me stands the renovated allentown row home where four of the family members will set up housekeeping. legal battle over immigration and security continues to play out but for now at least this family is here to stay. legally, happily. in allentown, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >>> all nighter for democrats on the senate floor. they have promised to stay up debating about education secretary nominee betsy devos. her confirmation vote set for tomorrow. democrats are hoping to be able to convince enough republicans to vote no. devos a wealthy advocate for alternatives to public e

reporter: both assali family and governor wolf raised intervention of the republican congressman charlie dent to give family a second chance to come to pennsylvania >>> right now russia's demanding an apology from fox 's bill o'reilly, kremlin apparently was watching the "fox news" host interview with president trump touring the super bowl and several top officials were not too happy about the comments about russian president putin. >> putin's a killer. >> so there air lot of killers we have a lot of killers. what, to you think our country is so nocent. >> kremlin spokesperson says owerily's remarks were unacceptable insulting and apologies are in order. o'reilly addressed this show last night and his response is opportunities hold your breath >> apparently the putin administration this moscow demanding i, your humble correspondent, apologize for saying old vladies a killer. so i'm working on that apology but it the may take a little time. might want to check in with me around 2023. >> remainder of his interview with president trump will air it this otto riley factor. >>> how about this one s

they were cleared for travel with the help of pennsylvania republican congressman charlie dent and the aclu. seems like scenes like this have been happening all weekend long, families being reunited. i want to bring in an attorney who sued on behalf of two iraqi men detained at an airport while traveling to the u.s. omar, is there a massive rush? i'm guessing there must be, for people to come in before the ban is reinstated? >> well, i think that people who were stuck overseas because of this ban are taking note of the fact that there's a window right now for them to come in. but i want to underline this is not a question of bad people coming to our country. these are all people who have been fully vetted and gotten visas and permission from the u.s. government to come to this country, people like that family that you just featured, people like our clients in the case that you mentioned who were both people who had worked for the u.s. military in iraq or whose families had done so and who had actually gotten permission to come here on that basis. so, yes, people who have been fully vet

i'm joined by congressman charlie dent, republican from pennsylvania. congressman, democrats have called for jeff sessions to recuse himself. do you agree with them? >> at this point i would say no unless there's some suggestion that the attorney general sessions had some inappropriate contact with the russians. if that were the case then yes but i have not heard that. i believe senator sessions should be engaged on this issue. >> let me read to you from the department of justice regulations on conflict of interest "no employee shall participate in a criminal investigation or prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with any personal or organization substantially involved in the conduct that is the subject of the investigation or prosecution." clearly he violates that. >> well, we'll see. that's going to be up to the attorney general to determine whether or not he should recuse himself from this particular matter but i will tell you many attorney generals who are appointed often haved close political ties to the president who appoints

. >> that sentiment was echoed by republican congressman charlie dent on our own air last night. >> ibelieve that the white house must be much more clear in terms of its policy agenda. i feel if you're a president of the united states and want to deal with health care reform or tax reform it's imperative the president present a proposal to congress in bill form. that's the ideal way to do it. then congress will chop on it. it's a function of leadership. i think the white house does need to become more engaged on the policy specifics or proposals they're advancing. that hasn't happened yet and i hope it happens soon. >> because the white house isn't taking the necessary steps to get bills to congress, their legislative agenda at the moment is floundering. the opposition is growing. hundreds of people showing up to republican town halls to protest the repeal of the aca, prompting other republicans to avoid them all together. vice news reporting the first two months of the new congress, 292 republicans have scheduled 88 in-person town hall events. 35 of those sessions are for representat

reporter: both assali family and governor wolf praised the intervention of the republican congressman charlie dent to give this family a second chance to come here to pennsylvania. >>> 4:10. russia is demanding a apology from fox's bill o'reilly. kremlin was watching "fox news" host bill o'reilly's interview with donald trump during the super bowl. several top official where is not too happen bye russian's president vladamire putin. >> putin's a killer. >> we have a lot of killers. what do you think our country is so innocent? >> the kremlin spokesperson says o'reilly's remarks were unacceptable and insulting and an apology is in order. o'reilly addressed the issue last night on the show and in his response, to putin don't hold your breath. >> apparently the putin administration in moscow, demanding that i, your humble correspondent apologize for saying old vladies a killer. so i'm working on that apology but it may take a little will time, might want to check in with me around 2023. >> by the way remainder of the o'reilly's interview with president trump will air tonight otto riley factor. >>> be

. >> reporter: federal appeals court rulings and help from pennsylvania congressman charlie dent got the family back on a plane for the us. this time the welcome mat lay in front of them. matthew spoke for his fellow weary travelers after their long and controversial journey. >> stressful. just stressful and so tired. >> reporter: how do you feel now? >> very happy to see my brother and we unite with my family again. >> reporter: clearly as we just reported, the legal battle over immigration from those seven countries continues to play out. but for now at least it appears the family is here to stay. the newest addition to allentown's growing syrian community. lucy? >> there you have it. >>> bruce gordon, thank you so much. >>> absolutely sick. it is hard to wrap your mind around what bucks county prosecutors say a handyman did to children for 40 years. they say 58-year-old whim yum charles thomas raped children as young as three. he lived at a taylor park in morrisville and before that at a home in levittown. trailer park owner tipped off police after finding things we are not even g

joining me now, republican congressman, charlie dent, from pennsylvania. >> last hour, we heard seanr defending the president. you heard him this morning, the president, himself, going after those three judges on that panel. you are a fellow republican. is he out of line attack the judges or is he making a fair point? >> my advice to any president or member of congress, when you get a court ruling that you dislike, yournswer is always the same that we dislike the ruling. we look forward to having more favorable decision on appeal. that's your answer. >> separation of powers. >> that should be the answer. the other issue, too, this issue has been settled with john marshall in marbury versus madison on this issue of separation of power. i never think it is productive to attack a sitting judge. >> are critics making too much of it when they say they are worried about the president atking the judiciary branch? >> i don't think it is helpful. it doesn't properly respect those kind of statements don't properly respect the separation of powers. as i sid, this was settled with marbury versus

congressman charlie dent helped negotiate their return and there for their arrival, 17-year-old matthew asali spoke shortly after landing. >> i'm so grateful. i just want to say thank you to all the american people that support us, to all the attorneys, to the congressmen. >> everybody. >> everyone that supported us. . . retiring retired tires. and i never get tired of it. are you entirely prepared to retire? plan your never tiring retiring retired tires retirement with e*trade. i'm in vests and as a vested investor in vests i invest with e*trade, where investors can investigate and invest in vests... or not in vests. sign up at etrade.com and get up to six hundred dollars. parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cove

. >> they are also expressing their gratitude toward lehigh valley congressman charlie dent who helped the family through this process and today governor wolf was there at the home in allentown to greet the family as they arrived altogether this time. brian. >> all right, alicia. >>> democrats have kicked off a marathon session on the floor of the u.s. senate as they work to block one of the president's cabinet picks. the senators say they plan to hold the floor 24 hours a day as they try to derail betsy devos' nomination as secretary of education. devos has drawn fierce opposition from democrats as well as two republicans who have vowed to vote against her. if one more republican joins that group they could defeat or confirmation. >>> now small group of protesters voiced their opposition to devos' nomination in center city philadelphia today. they marched to pam senator pat toomey's office to deliver more than 11,000 signatures urging the senator to vote no. he has already, though, said he plans to vote in favor of devos' confirmation. >>> let's get the "action news" traffic report no

this is charlie dent who's appropriations committee in the house. he said "the president will propose and the congress will dispose, we'll look at his budget but at the end of the day we in congress write the appropriations bills and i am not one who thinks you can pay for an increase in military spending on the backs of domestic discretionary programs which constitute 13% or 14% of all federal spending." and nick, the problem there is if you're not looking at discretionary programs, you is to look at the so-called entitlements. really big items, social security, medicare, medicaid. donald trump promised in the campaign never, never going to touch social security and medicare. >> look, here's the problem. trump is not an american conservative. rig right? he's just not. promised to defend entitlements for middle class people, social security and medicare, exactly. the problem is to balance the budget or to expand spending on the pentagon on the backs of the epa, is impossible, right? he's saying i'm going to have it all. i'll have the entitlements. m

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now been reunited with their allentown-based family with the help of pennsylvania congressman charlie dent the aclu. >>> to california, uber, twitter, google and apple are among the 97 tech giants to file an amicus brief earlier today to the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals in san francisco. the order challenges trump's executive order on immigration and calls it a, quote, significant departure from the principles of fairness and predictability that have governed the immigration system. the companies argue is negatively affects their businesses as studies show an estimated 34.7% of silicon valley employees are foreign-born. >>> neiman marcus drops ivanka trump's fashion line, not too long after nordstrom announced they were no longer selling her products in the wake of #grabyour degree wallet. that has mobilized shoppers to avoid shopping at any stores that sell trump products. >>> to houston where the new england patriots came out on top after a stunning comeback against the atlanta falcons. quarterback tom brady now holds five super bowl wins, a new nfl record. just this morning he sp

entire family, think of what they have been through, both assali family and governor wolf praised charlie dent who gave the family a second chance to come to pennsylvania. as you know mike and alex, many other families are still going through the process. >> that is right. >> very true. >> good for them. thanks, thomas. >>> while that is happening, the battle over that ban, travel restrictions, well, it the may come to a head later today in federal court. >> it probably looks like it will out in san francisco. the administration is hoping to overrule a judge who has halted the president's executive order. >> but as doug luzader reports in washington this may set up a standoff in the u.s. supreme court. do you think it will make it to the supreme court. >> reporter: it sure looks that way. the trump administration argues this executive order is legal, constitutional, and they think they will prevail. we will see. the san francisco base add peels court, has been leaning left, in one will be surprised if they oppose the trump administration on this, but whether they win or lose this will almost c

dent trump overturn a free speech for church. it has accomplished terms of battle says dan balz. he joins me now from washington. welcome. dan: thank you. charlie: let's begin there. terms of battle that are likely to continue indefinitely. size up those terms of battle. dan: well, it's an extension of the campaign that we went through, charlie, and i think that everything that has happened since the election through the transition and particularly in the opening weeks of the trump presidency have reinforced the divisions that we saw in the election. donald trump has come to washington to -- determined to shake it up. he promised that he would do that in the campaign. i'm not sure everybody took him as seriously as they should have but he's determined to do that in his opening weeks. all of his moves in part are designed to send the signals that he's going to keep the promises that he made in the campaign, that he's going to offend the base hit. without worrying about it, that he is going to be true to the people that he knows put him in office and that he's going to alarm a lot of people not just in this country but around the world, and one o