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i'm joined once again by historian julian zelezter and republican strategist alice stewart. so, julian, that government agencies and individuals are being asked to preserve records, especially that pertains to u.s. government agencies, wouldn't that be happening anyway? what flags you about that letter that's now gone out? >> well, if a letter like that goes out, sometimes there are concerns that this isn't what's going on. you know, we've seen in the past in scandals like iran contra, where documents disappear, so i think there's due diligence being taken here to make sure that we have all the material necessary to understand exactly what happened and to reach some bottom line on what russia did in 2016 and what other kinds of issues arise from that. >> you know, alice, you've got prominent republicans now talking about this issues of the u.s./russian relations at this munich security conference. here's more of what senator lindsey graham had to say. >> my biggest concern with president trump, and i want to help him where i can, is that he's never really looked the camera i

election and i want to bring back my panel, ryan lizza, alice stewart and mark lamont hill.et's listen to what russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said about russian interference in the election. >> translator: i'm not seen one fact breaking into a site, any site of the democratic party. nor as as concerned. >> what do you make of those comments after the events of this week? >> of course he's going to say that, he'll deny it until we have evidence to prove otherwise. all we can say is that based on what we're seeing and hearing from members of the senate intel committee who came out of that meeting with james comey this week, we had senator marco rubio come out and pretty inequivocally say they have what they need to have further hearings on this. and all of them understandably were tight-lipped about the information that was provided to them. certainly classified information. but the fact that they are even contemplating and discussing further hearings is concerning. and it does lead you to believe that there was russian hacking and that it did influence possibly the ou

. >> what do you say to those like alice stewart, a republican strategist i had on the program last hour who said look, this may not be a perfect ban in any way, shape or form, but these are the seven countries that the obama administration outlined as countries where we needed better documentation to vet people coming into this country. does she have a point? >> i heard him say that. what he left out was in those countries where there was a specific threat, the obama administration targeted the response against that threat. they did not say we're going to put a blanket ban on seven countries, by the way leaving out three countries that actually represented a threat. even supporters of this ban realize it was sloppily done, it was not thoughtful. when it comes to our national security. you don't want sloppy and you don't want thoughtless. >> i want to talk about one of your tweets. you just tweeted, talking about this tweet that the president put out there, he called a judge a so-called judge. the federal judge that ruled against him. you tweeted, first you go after the media. then the j

sorry, i'm looking at you guys, we have cnn political commentator, alice stewart as well, a republican strategist. so to you first, alice, what do you make of this? maybe not the biggest surprise, athena jones said? >> it's not. actually you look at how trump has expressed his opinions about the press over time. it's really not a surprise. you look at trump's tweet that you just referred to, i went back and looked after you reported this. the last tweet from the white house correspondents' association was yesterday. just after the dust-up with sean spicer bringing in certain media outlets back into his office and excluding cnn and "the new york times" and politico, a handful of others. the correspondents' association was very vocal about that. and said they're looking into the matter and will continue to talk with the white house about that. so clearly there's some back and forth and frustration amongst the association that really represents all the press and the trump white house. look, i'm a former journalist, i have been in political communications for quite some time. i think it's

i will bring in alice stewart and maria cardona and contributor larry noble who is counsel at the campaign legal center and andre bauer, the lieutenant governor of south carolina. alice, welcome. the ninth circuit opinion is stunning against president trump. he is trying to move fast with these executive orders, a shock and awe approach. does this slam on the brakes? >> not in the administration's mind. it is a set back and a blow given that it was a 3-0 decision. it's not going to set back the administration at all. in their view, the ends justify the means here. they look at this as an interim decision applied to the temp rer restraining order on the action and they continue to have the mind set. they are right and the law is on their side and the president is the commander in chief of the united states and they look specifically and repeatedly refer to u.s. code 1182 in which the president if he sees aliens coming into this country that are detrimental to the interest of the united states, the president can by proclamation suspend the entry of them into the country. they will use that,

steven collinson, senior reporter, julianne, historian and professor at princeton university, alice stewart, cnn political commentator and republican strategist and "new york times" contributor, thank you to the four of you for coming on sticking around to be on the show here. steven, first to you, trump's first month has been perceived as chaotic, did tonight help? >> ting probably helped a little bit in changing the subject. that's what that rally was about, that's what the free willing press conference was about as well. donald trump trying to get the story away from all of these stories that he mentioned himself as press conference of the white house in chaos and disarray. and to try and move it on a little. i think if you think about it, taking care of his supporters is going to be a very important requirement of the white house in this presidency. donald trump won the presidency with a fairly narrow base. he didn't really broaden his support through the election campaign as many of us thought he would have to win the presidency. so he can't afford any erosion whatsoever from his base

alice stewart, two important points.ne is the fact that flynn would know given all the service that he has served to this country. he'd know a conversation like this would be recorded. that's a little confusing. what is your response to the president's response to the last time the media actually got to ask the president about this was friday because the reporters in the two short briefings yesterday didn't ask him about this. here's how the president answered those questions. >> i don't know about it. i haven't seen it. what report is that? >> -- reporting that he talked to the ambassador of russia before you were inaugurated about sanctions -- >> i haven't seen that. i'll look at that. >> if you didn't hear it, that was reporters on air force one asking the president, what do you make of the reports that flynn, your national security adviser, spoke with the national adviser about using sanctions before you took office, which would be in violation of the logan act. and more importantly, didn't tell the truth to the vice

ariana stewart is with us, a republican strategist. and alice, i want to pull up what the president just tweeted a few moments ago. what is our country coming to when a judge can halt a homeland security travel ban and anyone, even with bad intentions, can come into the united states? what's your reaction to that? because i mean that is what this country is. that is what you know, the three equal branches of government allow, allow the judicialry branch to do. >> this is inconsistent with what he's been saying on the campaign trail and as he's been sworn in as president, he will protect the homeland and protect the borders. >> i'm asking about this tweet. does it surprise you that he's calling into question sort of the ability of the courts to do what they do? >> no, it doesn't surprise me at all. because he, he has the authority to do exactly what he did. we can all agree that the execution of the executive order was not done in a very flawless manner. that's, there's no mistaking that. but look, under the laws of this nation, he has the author

scott bolden, chairman of the washington, dc party and alice stewart, republican strategist. a. scot to you first, what changes do you think he could make to the current order to have a stronger legal argument and perhaps garner more public support? >> that's not clear. we have to see. we know before the ninth circuit, his lawyers offered a compromise which said it would eliminate anyone or would not k cover anyone who had been to the united states already. they could go to the ninth circuit or redraft the executive order but i could tell you, the state of washington as well as the ninth circuit and federal district judges are going to look harshly at it simply because of his political rhetoric. >> alice, i wonder if trump is too far down the road to walk this back. and issue a new order. he's been tweeting adamantly about this from day one, insulting judges who have been part of looking at this order. his latest tweet on this issue w was, we'll see you in court. do you think this is heading to the supreme court? >> it will be interesting to see what he actually does do but seem

discuss with symone sanders -- and alice stewart and angela ry. one dude here.w if you heard that comment earlier, someone called a dude on the air. pretty funny. >> i'm been called a lot worse. >> right on this show too. >> bill press saying dude, that was unique. >> awesome. >> i thought the black robes matter was clever too. so did my mom. >> black lives still do matter though, in case there's question. >> along with blue lives. >> before we go down this rabbit hole. talk about the troubles in the white house. kellyanne conway taking a lot of heat for hawking ivanka trump's clothing line on fox. ranking members of the oversight committee, jason chaffetz and cummings sent a letter, we request you use authority congress granted to you under the ethics in government act of 1978 as amended to recommend to the head of the officer's or employer's agency that appropriate disciplinary action like reprimand, suspension, demotion or dismissal be brought against the officer or employee. how bad is it? >> it's bad. kellyanne conway broke the law. angela said earlier on c

the daily beast and alex burns joins us and national political reporter for "new york times" and alice stewart and republican strategist as well as a contributor for us and reporter for the washington examiner. kimber kimberly, you have new reporting on who may be tapped next for this role and if they want it because it is pretty stunning, isn't it that harward said thank you but no thank you to an offer from the commander in chief. his friend told cnn that he called the offer a blank sandwich. rhyming with a lit sandwich. >> i don't know poppy that i have the person who's going to be chosen because right now the white house is gun shy. they had confirm d that this was president trump's first choice earlier this week. they want to make sure the next person really says yes. now, we know that general david petraeus was one of people they were considering. i've talked to people close to him who think he's not going to like being second in line after navy s.e.a.l. admiral bob harward. the problem is with harward they were telling me is that at the white house the story is he couldn't get clear of

so to pick on a vulnerable class like this, to comment on my good friend alice stewart, since barack obama put this guidance in place, can you name me one instance and there has been a case where a child was put in any type of danger because now they have the ability to go to the restroom that identifies with the gender that they choose? i think what we're seeing throughout this country now is this veil being taken off, and many kids are going to feel unsafe. and many kids are going to go through depression. and, you know, i feel deeply troubled by this move. but again, elections have consequences, and attorney general sessions is exactly who we thought he was. >> quickly, alice, do you want to respond to that? can you name an instance? >> sure. in terms of the schools, no, i can't, i can honestly say i can't, but i certainly don't want to wait for something to happen before we take action. however, i do recall there have been numerous cases with regard to target and their transgender dressing rooms. and that's a concern. we don't need to have any more incidents happen before we take

president and ceo for the center for american progress, alice stewart and andre carson, democrat of indianaanks for being here. you're one of two muslims serving in the u.s. congress d accused the president of demagoguery on this issue. is there any form of tighting vetting? >> it takes 18 to 20 months right now. i think mr. trump has shown his hand and trying to put lipstick on a pig and this is d discriminatory against muslims. >> how? >> none of the countries that were involved in 9/11 were even listed, we're talking egypt and saudi arabia but this is hurrying our partnerships internationally. we rely on these countries for intelligence, for the investments that have been made by those folks who come to this country, start businesses and putting americans back to work. >> jake, in terms of this being a muslim ban, if it was a ban specifically targeted at muslims they would have gone after every muslim majority country however they're only focused on seven. that is critical to remember. with regard to 9/11 a senate committee came out last year and said that since 9/1160 people from the se

cnn political commentator alice stewart. and robert reich, professor at berkeley and author of saving capitalism for the many not the few. i've been wanting to have this conversation because this has been a big issue on campuses and conservative voices being heard. this vieblgs we saw at berkeley we had it live here on cnn last night, ultimately it plays right into the hands of the right-wing white supremacist, someone like milo yiannopolous. >> it absolutely does. and i want to be clear i was there for part of last night and i know what i saw. and those people were not berkeley students. they were agitators. i've never seen them before. there's rumors they were actually right-wingers. they're part of kind of a group that were organized and ready to create the kind of tumult and danger you saw that forced the police to cancel the event. so donald trump when he says berkeley doesn't respect free speech rights, that's a completely dis -- that's a complete distortion of the truth. berkeley opened its biggest auditorium to this

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cuccinelli, former virginia attorney general, neera tanden of the center for american progress, are, alice stewartsman andre carson, democrat of indiana. thanks one and all for being here. congressman carson, let me start with you. you're one of two muslims serving in the u.s. congress. have you accused the president of demagoguery on this issue. is there any form of tighter vetting that you could support? >> it takes 18 to 24 months to vet as it stands right now. i think mr. trump has already shown his hand. he's trying to now put lipstick on a pig, pun intended, and this is discriminatory against muslims. >> if it's seven countries. >> sure. >> how is it against muslims? >> here's the thing. none of the country that were involved in 9/11 were even lifted and we're talking egypt and saudi arabia. i'm not suggesting that they should be listed but this is hurting our martnerships internationally. we rely on these countries for intelligence. we rely on these countries for the investments that have been made by those folks who come to this country and start businesses, and they are hiring americans a

ryan lizza in washington, ryan nobles in atlanta and i'm joined by alice stewart, a a cnn political commentator and republican strategist. the former communications director for ted cruz. alice, you know that donald trump tweeted out, i think just a couple days ago, he sort of was supporting keith ellison. he said keith ellison was the only one who predicted i would win. and it seems like we've seen from not only the white house, but also from republicans in congress, like mitch mcconnell, the desire to make the elizabeth warrens, the bernie sanderss, the keith ellisons, the face of the democratic party. because they realize that sect has enthusiasm, but also that maybe they're not big enough to carry the day. they kind of seem to want to pigeonhole the democratic party into being more liberal. they think that preserves the rustbelt for them. which was so key to donald trump's strategy. what's the republican reaction to instead then, tom perez winning the chairmanship? >> you hit the nail on the head in terms of i believe how people perceive ellison and others along that same vein. but you hear

i believe we have alice stewart who is standing by, who is also getting information from our sources within the administration. gloria borger is helping to break this news for us. general flynn resigned tonight. >> there was a flood of information coming in, and the president i was told by one source is very loyal to the people who have been loyal to him, and you'll recall that flynn was very loyal to him. and that i was told it was this "flood of information" that was coming in, that in the end the dam burst, and the president had no choice. >> gloria i hate to interrupt you, you know how much i love you, i have to get to jim acosta, he has some breaking news on this. stand by gloria. jim, what do you have for us? >> yeah, don, i wanted to read you, we just obtained the resignation letter from the retired general michael flynn, the former national security adviser to president trump. we don't have time to put this on screen. i'll read it to you. in the course of my duties as the incoming national security adviser i held numerous phone calls with foreign counterparts, to facilitate a

alice stewart and for ted cruz and a senior adviser to mitt romney.of hands, do you know where she is coming from? do you feel a certain oh, my god? yes? no? >> you do feel a kind red spirit with staff, no question about that. rahm emmanuel used to have a saying that was the fish rots at the head. what that means is a lot of this blame is being placed on staff. maybe they deserve some and maybe they don't, but ultimately the decisions about whether to communicate accurate information and false information to push story lines come from donald trump. we have seen that from the campaign trail. >> what did you think of the interview? >> i commend kellyanne for coming out and speaking. this has been a tumultuous couple of weeks. for her the last week has been difficult with the massacre story. i commend her for addressing the issues and speaking about it for 25 minutes and addressing a lot of those concerns. it's commendable for her to do that. both sides need to take a look and realize we are all human and make mistakes and let's not beat each other over