and joining me now is the colorado attorney general, phil weiser. access to government data. a judge has since temporarily blocked doj's access to the treasury department's databases in response to this lawsuit. lawsuit. attorney general, thank you for joining us. your lawsuit is relatively uncomplicated and fairly straightforward. tell us what it is you are suing to get done. and this this response by by the judge. >> basically people who didn't go through security checks, who weren't trained got access to sensitive, confidential information that they're. able to. potentially share it, have it risked being. disclosed to who knows whom. and that's something the american people are deeply concerned about. we got more calls in our office about this issue than any other issue. in six years of my time as attorney general. the american people deserve systems that work that protect their privacy. and as you've been talking about, our constitutional system of government means the executive branch has to faithfully execute the laws, not rewrite them, not un

joining me now is colorado attorney general phil weiser. thanks for joining us, attorney general. you are one of 18 ags that filed suit against president trump's executive order banning birthright citizenship the day after inauguration. why was it so important to challenge this order right away? >> reverend al, there's. >> a few things here that are really important. first, it's about people. i am a first generation american. my mom, my grandparents survived the holocaust. we're welcomed here now. they were naturalized before i was born, but had they not been, i would have been a birthright citizen. people in colorado who are birthright citizens deserve to know you are a real american. this is a nation of immigrants. we are inclusive. that's a value embodied in our constitution. and second, the principle here is the president is not a king. the president can't override the constitution with an executive order. the judge in this case, who has already ruled, had the following to say in 40 years of judging, this is the most unconstitutional thing he's ever seen. this is a reagan appo

joining us now is colorado attorney general phil weiser.gainst the buyouts for federal employees. he's also a democratic candidate for governor in colorado in 2026. first of all, hello and thank you for being with us. say hello to my family there in colorado. that's my home state. i know just today, attorney general, the colorado joined another lawsuit filed in massachusetts. and so now you're among 22 attorneys general suing the trump administration for defunding medical and public health innovation research. again, that's just the very latest. and we just ticked through all kinds of lawsuits that are pouring in by attorneys general like yourself. how are you picking which actions to challenge right now? >> i mean, this. >> is an important point. i often use the metaphor finding the signal through the noise. there's a lot of noise happening, and our job is to stay focused and ask crucial questions. which actions are causing real harm? which actions are illegal? some actions that are being discussed. ending producing the. >> penny have been

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democratic congresswoman of massachusetts, ayanna pressley, and the colorado attorney general, phil weiser the 11th hour with my friend stephanie ruhle begins right now. >> good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle, and welcome to the nightcap. we end this week on day 19. god, it feels a whole lot longer than that of the second trump administration. and today this is important. a federal judge hit

democratic congresswoman of massachusetts, ayanna pressley, and the colorado attorney general, phil weiser, one of the ags who sued donald trump and the treasury tonight. that's tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. and that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with my friend stephanie ruhle begins right now. >> good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle, and welcome to the nightcap. we end this week on day 19. god, it feels a whole lot longer than that of the second trump administration. and today this is important. a federal judge hit pause on the administration's effort to put thousands of usaid employees on administrative leave. it puts a pause on everything until one week from tonight and sets up a hearing next wednesday. earlier today, president trump directly called for the agency to be shut down. this afternoon, crews went ahead and scraped off the letters spelling out u.s. agency for international development from the ronald reagan building in washington. the agency's former headquarters. i shouldn't say former. it's still their headquarters. oh my goodness. of course, the administrati