> woodruff: to continue our politics conversation we're joined now by tamera keith of npr and stu rothenbergior editor at "inside elections." thank you both. good to have you. tam, you just heard chris ruddy who does talk to people in the white house, he said he talked to the president on friday say that he thinks the president is considering terminating robert mueller. is that something we were aware of? >> certainly there has been stuff around on twitter of other republicans raising questions about mueller, but the way that ruddy just couched that, he made it clear that maybe he was protecting himself and the president, but he made it clear that he was baying that on something that one of the president's lawyers had said on tv over the weekend. the other thing that stood out to me is talking about robert mueller having had a meeting at the white house, having met with the president, possibly to take the job of f.b.i. director which is a job he had held before. npr and carrie johnson my colleague at npr reported that mueller met with justice department and white house officials but the idea

for all that, it's time for politics monday with tamara keith of npr and stu rothenberg, senior editorat "inside elections." welcome to both of you. so tam, i'm going to start with you on the supreme court ruling on the travel ban. it is a limited victory for the president. they did allow a reinstatement of a part of it. how much of a victory is it? >> well, it's a victory. and the president hasn't had a lot of victories on this travel ban. it's been blocked in various courts all the way up to the supreme court. he was 0-2 in the appeals courts before getting to the supreme court. now at least he will be heard in the supreme court. now it is not the 9-0 victory that the president declared. there's not a decision yet, there's only a decision to hear the case. >> woodruff: how do you see it, stu. >> yes. everything is a win or loss so it's a win for the president. i don't see it have dramatic political implications. there's a line drawn for the ban against the ban. the final decision has been kicked down the road, the can has been kicked down the road a bit. it's a win for the president