let's get some analysis from chris stirewalt and jason chaffetz. ublicans that they have a republican now on one of the statewide races, come fall in c? >> it is important. it will matter more, i would say, these districts southern california, what we are coming down to one, literally, going down to the wire. on the dana rohrabacher district down t, the california 49, democrats could get a shout out. you know what's interesting? i think what i've observed through this process, and all of these races, we've talked a little about the quality of the candidates, we were discussing earlier how about the democrats did in new jersey and thinking district specific candidates that could fit, bright out a republican. the democrats are taking any -- if you can get over the bar, if you can just get in the race and be competitive, find out very quickly in these seven races in california how good they are. >> shannon: jasons we go into the fallaces, these primary races, we have the competitors for the fall, how much do you think the president wa these races? he t

let's bring back chris stirewalt.eminded of the title of corey lewandowski "let trump be trump." that's what you just saw the last 20 minutes. the president said the summit is on on june 12. he told the press, get your bags ready. you will be going to singapore. he said this won't be the first meeting and he never thought it could get solved in one meeting. he did say another thing though, that one thing that the south koreans have been pushing for could get done at that meeting and that is the possible ending of the korean war. do i have that sound to use? play that for chris. >> we talked about ending the war. this war has been going on for -- has to be the longest war, almost 70 years, right? there's a possibility something like that -- that's more of a signing of a document that -- it's very important in one way, historically it's very important. we'll see. we did discuss that. the ending of the korean war. can you believe we're talking about the ending of the korean war? you're talking about 70 years. >> dana: ch

joining us now, faulkner's politics editor, chris stirewalt. chris, so many places to start.et's start with new jersey. >> what chad was talking about, how far left will democratic primary voters go? big focus this evening is in california, left coast, are democrats going to go hog wild are they going to give into the vase, and do what feels good even if is not electorally competitive and swing districts? in new jersey, the early evidence, democrats are going to the middle. they got what they wanted. they got with the national party wanted. three key new jersey disicts in terms of people who are pro-gun rights, you have veterans, the kind of centrist democrats that they know they need, if you want to win in the middle, you have to have candidates who can compete in the middle, and that is what they gutter new jersey. we'll see if they can do that in california. >> shannon: a whole different ball game. in the "washington examiner," the democrats biggest challenges internal, their enthusiasm is left of center. we've seen this with a number of candidates, young people turning ou

chris stirewalt joins us. there's growing backlash against attorney general sessions as the white house faces criticism over the zero tolerance immigration policy. >> protesters calling out homeland security sec kirsten nielson as she dined in washington d.c. last night. the secretary not acknowledging the demonstrators. but secretary nielson encourages all, including this group, wants to see a system that works to our economy, protects our security and reflects our values and seek support to close immigration loop holes that made our system a mess. alayna treene is from axios. that's for talking to us today. if you had to pick two cabinet members bearing the brunt over this, it's homeland security chief kirsten nielson there and having dinner and jeff sessions. it's nielsen that is the face of one of the trump administration's most controversial policies. the reason for this, the family separation. the most recent reason for the outcry, the tender age shelters. they've been set up to house babies and toddlers

i'm joined by chris stirewalt and the editor of "half time report." chris, the president has decided to do a couple of these rallies. did one last week. doing this today in south carolina and another one thursday night in north dakota. so i want to get your take on that in terms of how useful it is and how effective it is and how unusual is it for a president to get involved in a run-off like this? >> generally presidents have avoided primaries entirely or do their best to stay as far away from them as they can because they're oftentimes politically toxic spaces. close quarters combat. mcmasters in a different situation. this is a guy that was definitely the president said a charter member of team mega. he was pulling for trump when it wasn't cool even in south carolina to pull for trump. so i think he feels like he owes him there, number 1. number 2, he wants to have a dominance display. he helped run mark sanford out of congress. he did that there in the first round. coming back, a little victory lap. >> dana: so why is john warren the guy that is ru

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that's good. >> martha: joining me now is chris stirewalt. fox news politics editor.s really interesting to put yourself back in that moment of march 2016. mitt romney laid it out in uncertain terms. like the rest of the country probably never thought that there would be a president trump at that moment. >> i don't know. at the time he was talking about there was a danger from president trump and what the consequences of demagoguery and all of that could be. politics is how we do this. you lay it on the line. you put everything out on the field. you do everything you can to put your point of view across. and you hopefully do it in an honest way and respectful way. but you put it out there. when you lose, you know what you got to do? come back to the table and work with the same person you tried to stop. that is life. that is politics. that is grown-up. >> it is. watch this one as well. this is from the "today show." romney is such an interesting political person. he obviously, he wants to get back to washington now as the senator. i thought he was careful to not negat

he said, chris stirewalt got it wrong, he need struck his story.say, don't vote democratic no matter what you do, that is not true. however, i am telling people to vote for candidates who stand for biblical values in god's laws, no matter which party they are. what's going on? >> the law still doesn't allow you to election year and maintain nonprofit status. so for these evangelical preachers, for the megachurch, for these big ticket ministries, they are tax deductible status -- >> shannon: the johnson amendment? >> and they want it repealed. they want it so they can engage in direct electioneering, so he can go out and say, vote for him, don't vote for him. maintaining the tax exempt status, they have to catch it, say, well, you should vote for whoever's last name rhymes with gream, whose first name is shannon, and instead of sayinge are telling you to vote for shannon. a tricky space. he is campaigning essentially against democrats who are talking about the blue wall, talking about the problems with immigration policy, and all that stuff. they've

for more, i'm joined by chris stirewalt and editor of half time report. hris, while jonathan was talking,nator chuck schumer came to the podium. they had the policy lunch, the democrats and republicans separately. when chuck schumer came out, he talked about north korea and then he immediately pivoted to healthcare. what does that tell you about how the democrats are approaching these mid-terms? >> there's been disagreement between the two houses, between branches of the democratic party and what the appropriate and most useful focus for democrats is in 2018. chuck schumer is not ambiguous on the question. with a lot of polling data that healthcare works for democrats. who had been a negative for them under obama now in the regime of sort of hobbled obamacare with the trump administration having gutted much of obamacare, but still left the construct there, the democrats have a real opportunity to push republicans on health insurance, on healthcare and schumer wants to discipline his party that they focus on that. 's an issue that works. >> sandra: might be

chris stirewalt is up next with what you need to know on the mid-term monday.miles away, capitol hill lawmakers are keeping a close eye on singapore. what they're saying about the summit. >> a direct result of the maximum pressure campaign. the only reason they're sitting down with trump is they believe for the first time that they have somebody in the white house that they don't know how to deal with. even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm up for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk tter than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. so what's next? seeing these guys. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it may

i'm joined now by fox news politics editor and the editor of halftime report chris stirewalt. wouldn't be a friday in 2018 if we didn't have some sort of news out of the mueller place. paul manafort seems to be being squeezed from all sides. and the more they look into what he has been doing the more they find. >> well, he sqoze himself on this one, my friend. this is the kind of conduct alleged here is the kind of conduct that is foolish as it is rotten. if he did this, if tampering with a witness in an investigation, this is corruption at its core. it is disrespectful of the process and i would say this for the many, many defenders of the president, for the many, many people who are skeptical or disdainful, even, of the special counsel's investigation. they should tread carefully in their defenses when it comes to sticking up for people like paul manafort. when somebody tells you who they are enough times, believe them. >> dana: yeah, indeed. let me talk to you about the mid terms. that's what i really wanted to have you on to talk about. a new fox news poll was out just las

stephen chris stirewalt. more results in key races. welcome.k sanford has never lost an election before. >> shannon has been a winner through all kinds of tumultuous things. >> he was a winner after a period after he went dark, stepped back from public life after he resigned the governorship. blow up south carolina politics. this was a guy on track to run for president. he would've been a great pick if you were looking at the field for 2012. he would've been a great pick until he exploded his career. then he came back with a lot of humility, a lot of deference and sincere apology. voters gave him another chance. what he found out was he had a short leash. that meant any criticism of the president, any bucking the party line, this is a guy who's very conservative. mega conservative. the guys on the freedom caucus like him. the libertarian leaders like him. the verdict here was because of his baggage, and she went right after his baggage and her ads, made a lot of his affair and scandal. she went after that in addition to the points he's disagree

fox news politics editor at chris stirewalt joins me tonight. good evening, chris. i know you talk about the fact that there are extremes and other end of the debate, other ends of the political spectrum, it makes no sense to solve the problem. it's politically advantageous for them to keep it going. >> exactly. the worst, the better. and the more frightened, the better. the angrier, the better. and it is in a lot of cases. but nothing divides americans quite as much or quite effectively as the issue of illegal immigration or immigration in general. as you saw there, isn't it remarkable, you think about what chad just told us, you have legislation that would fund the wall, right? fund the wall. that is real money for the wall. but you have conservative members of the house of representatives who say, actually, if it provides citizenship for people who came here illegally as children, who were brought here illegally as children, a path to citizenship for those people, we don't want it. they would rather have no wall and no amnesty than a wall and amnesty and that tel

. >> dana: chris stirewalt is with us. chris, do we have you? >> you have me always. >> dana: very good. meantime, chris, can you look for that list -- i remember, the one that president trump put out with the possibilities of other names that he might consider. if we can find that in the meantime. let me ask you, this news, shocking, surprising, maybe not entirely because people thought anthony kennedy might step down. maybe they heard the other sort of comments that judge andrew napolitano just revealed to us from somebody that is now deceased. he didn't announce it this morning. the court doesn't have anything more to put forward. so i thought i guess he's going to wait. how seismic is this in washington? >> we'll find out momentarily in the hours and days to come how seismic. the deal here -- we know basically -- put it this way. if you're 50 or under and you're a federal july and a federalist society conservative, this is a good day for you. you're rechecking your resume. this is a chance because we've seen the preference in both parties. y

chris stirewalt is here to break it down. and this is a scene from downtown d.c. where fans of the washington capitals hockey team are celebrating their first stanley cup victory, defeating the vegas golden knights 4-1. it won't be easy to get home tonight in d.c. congrats to the caps. helped himt so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad. is this a lug wrench? maybe? you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. mom anit's not theirs.car... it's mine. mine. mine. and it always will be, forever and forever. the new rx 350l with three rows for seven passengers. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. the first survivor of ais out there.sease and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. >> shannon: battered by trump. trump attacks. those are the kind of headlines coming out tonight is the president prepares to meet with allies in canada. crea

fox news politics editor chris stirewalt. good evening. >> shannon bream. >> shannon: both sides claiming victory. iowa's right, i am vindicated. the democrats say there's no deep state. it's hurtful to hillary. conservatives saying look at all the bias and the people were making decisions that benefited her. where do we go from here? there some threads in the report that lead into the russia stuff. >> this is why when partisans are talking you can have a soundtrack, whatever music you like, turn the background music up little bit while partisans are talking. obviously democrats are going to say that this is proof that hillary was ruined by the terrible fbi and of course republicans were trying to help the president are going to say it's proof that the fbi so corrupt that they can't even investigate the president now. push their rationale aside to a certain degree. i find it interesting that robert mueller to a certain degree and you read this and you read about the spirit of the comey fbi. it's in mccabe, it's in strzok and

now bring in fox news political editor chris stirewalt. i like to say the stereo is -- the stire is on fire. we are glad to have him. >> there you go! >> harris: the news flow is simultaneous so let's unpack it. start with the supreme court. this is huge news and the vitriol dripping from both sides of the conversation hit us like a wall yesterday. what is single take-away that you see about justice kennedy exiting the supreme court? >> well, an effort by republicans to recenter the supreme court that started under ronald reagan that really started 40 years ago and more after the roe v. wade decision is going to bear fruit this year. they are going to get to the point where the center point on the supreme court which once upon a time was sandra day o'connor and today is anthony kennedy is likely, quite likely in fact to be john roberts. a justice who would have been seen as very conservative 20 years ago likely now to end up as the midpoint as the deciding vote on so many cases. that tells you how far and how long republicans have worked.

chris stirewalt is the fox news politics odor.o-host of "benson and harf" and contributor. welcome. in the convention they talk about the salmon swimming upstreams and the different agencies and nothing ever happens so i find it fascinating that mick mulvaney is taking this on and the president wants to combine these two. rick perry as we saw in the tease, rick perry wanted to eliminate two, maybe three. maybe the third one is the one he is in charge of now, right? energy. >> it's true. he is sorry he wanted to abolish his job. >> martha: chris, what do you think? >> first, i want to know is a hot dog a sandwich? >> martha: no. >> if they could get to the bottom of this if the hot dog is a sandwich, they would do a great service. hot dog is obviously a sandwich. do you remember when al gore was going to reinvent government. guy doesn't but maybe somebody remembers. >> martha: i remember. >> al gore was going to reinvent government. usually in the administration this is fluff and busy work. i'll quote our friend charles krauthammer

joining me, chris stirewalt. so let's get into it. what areou hear being this report?it's as huge expectations. the justice department needs this to in some ways fend off the attackers from i am plaquable critics like nunes. in pair it's to deal with them. and it's top reassure people who can't be con -- who can be '.nvinced. '' nunes will nevere satisfied so you can almost ignore him. but for folks with pane open mind, this report has to show them something that says they are serious about this, and. i had to guess, i would say the bottom of it looks like andrew mccabe. kennedy: he could be facing criminal proceedings. he's also sued the department over what he feels was an unethical and illegal dismissal. let's talk about loretta lynch and james comey. are they goingo get a tongue lashinger. >> will they also beat just its? >> we all should see justice. t in this case, loretta lynch, whether she committed a crime, i don't know if that's in the fing. beingmmy a being attorney general is not a crime. >> apparently it's still in style, too. >> you brought the heaters to

. >> ed: joining me now, chris stirewalt and editor of "half time report." joining us from orlando where we had the fox news gubernatorial debate. we'll get to that in a moment, chris. this tragedy, we've had too many of these. it's important that the major is reminding us how important journalism can be nationally, internationally and in small communities like the one you grew up in. >> it's probably the most important kind of journalism, right? what we do, we will flatter ourselves to say is quite important and great to have a national platform and a national stage. there's no kind of american journalism that is more important than a small town newspaper, another small town news outlet. it's what holds us together and what keeps communities intact. it helps to know who your neighbors are. in the case of newspapers like the "capital gazette," that's what they do. >> ed: absolutely. terrence smith was on earlier. many people now him as a national journalist and in semi retirement and a contributing columnist to this newspaper. here's what he said. >> i don't

let me read something from chris stirewalt. he said there's 60 districts where the republicans are on defense. the secret to save the house may come down to the handful of seats where they play offense. there's seven seats by democrats where republicans look to have a chance to make gains given the fact that for now the control of the house will come down to a narrow decision, these special seven are taking on special significance for the gop. it's an interesting place for the republicans to be right now. in january, we talked about this huge blue wave. now we're talking about the possibility of the republicans being on offense. what is your secret to all of those? >> we're going to run every day like we're ten points down. we've been doing that the entire cycle. the generic ballot is there. we've seen bonuses and perks and increased 401(k) contributions. those are the things that nancy pelosi has called crumbs. but we see economic growth at record highs. i saw a poll yesterday that said 2/3s of americans feel better about the

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because thanks to chris stirewalt. of what a pleasure to be with you.you today and to the ladies on the couch, will be back at noon eastern if you can kindly join us at 5:00 p.m. eastern, it will be fabulous and now to my favorite, harris faulkner. >> harris: thank you. fox news alert, breaking developments in the russia investigation. a judge has ordered former trump campaign manager paul manafort to jail. ahead of his trial. i'm harris faulkner. let's go out numbered over time on this friday. a judge has revoked his bail. it happened a short time ago. after special counsel robert mueller slapped him with new charges of witness tampering. doug mckelway live at the u.s. district court in washington no now. what was the judge's reasoning for revoking bail and detaining him at this point? >> our supreme court reporter -- producer i should say was in the courtroom at the time all this happened and provided me with some of his copious notes, knows what he's doing

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chris stirewalt here to analyze. how are you, sir? >> well, brother bill. >> bill: nothing focuses the mind quite like the possibility of defeat. what's going on with the windshield here with senator manchin? >> look, i think manchin and you know it's west virginia politics when manchin basically said, look, she bribed me. she offered to build a dam in southern west virginia. she offered these projects, work on these projects and it was exchange. i didn't want to back her because of what she said, believed about the coal industry. did i it because she bribed me and then she didn't win so in the end it was a mistake. i love being in west virginia, i love west virginia politics. that's the robert c. byrd all the way. she promised a pork barrel and all i got was this lousy maga hat. [laughter] >> bill: #. he also said this. washington democrats are making it more difficult for me to be a west virginia democrat. that's an allusion, i would believe, to the progressive nature of some of the democratic politics in washington. >> how are you

scenarios for the outcome of this summit and we will pick through those and mentor monday we will ask chris stirewaltad of new york city primaries. he is here on the daily briefing. >> harris: fox news alert. we are about seven hours from president trump's historic meeting with the north korean leader kim jong un. and while the president's team is sounding more optimistic by the hour. some are urges caution when it comes to the likely hooved the north dumping its nukes. the associated press' eric talnad only western reporter with the regular posting in north korea. >> i think if there is going to be denuclearization it's going to be a very long and difficult process. and we haven't really groton any indication from pyongyang that anything serious is going to happen along those lines in the immediate future. >> harris: counselor to the president kellyanne conway says she believes north korea could change its ways. >> chairman kim and his people have incentive. if you give up your more peaceful, more prosperous and not be seen as a pariah around the world. >> harris: david tafuri served as advisor to t

. >> melissa: chris stirewalt, thank you. inspector general michael horowitz continuing his testimony before the house detailing his report on the fbi fbi's handling of the clinton investigation and the apparent bias of some fbi agents. how this may impact the ongoing russian investigation. we will debate it. you do all this research on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >> melissa: fox news alert, the doj's watchdog facing another round of tough questions on that bombshell hillary clinton email investigation report. today, the houses to republican chairman drilled down on the text messages from fbi agent peter strzok and former fbi employee lisa page and whether there apparent bias against

joining me now, chris stirewalt. good to see you. >> how did, ed. >> ed: the flip side, if you don't elect more republicans in the house and senate, you'll have a harder time to pass immigration reform. >> well, is it any wonder people hate this town? is it any wonder that americans despair of washington? can you imagine anything more naked and more brazen saying we were going to try to pass something but let's wait till after the election and then we promise we'll get it done. sounds a lot like what republicans did with obamacare only to come back in after and say okay, we finally ran the table. okay. pass it. no, we can't. the truth as this one, remains on obamacare, the division among republicans is more consequential at the outset. yes, the democrats and republicans are miles apart. unless and until they can come together, pass something out of the house and get the bulk of the overwhelming majority of the republican conference in the senate, none of this matters. >> chris, the president is talking in the tweet a

. >> jessica: chris stirewalt just talked about that that the republicans will inevitably pick up a couple of the red state democrats who will make the calculation this is going to happen anyway. and it's more important we keep our senate seats because we are at risk of losing some of them as that comes. in terms of the argument an election year or not. one was presidential election year and this is midterm. elena kagan was confirmed in 2010 coming up on the midterms. >> bill: that is right. >> jessica: i wasn't done talking. >> dagen: that is hogwash. it's not blumenthal peddling the hol -- hogwash. it's a bunch of them. >> jessica: a lot goes to the phil buster and -- filibuster and president obama supporting that. a third of the issue is up. that's where the strong argument is. we don't know what will happen. i believe democrats will take the house back, i don't think the senate. there is an argument to make we are 133 days away from potentially a sea change in the senate that will put democrats on top, is it worthwhile to consider waiting those few months when ted cruz, richard burrr a

. >> dana: let's bring in maryann marsh, former secretary to john kerry and chris stirewalt and the head or the of "half time report." i saw senator manchin from west virginia has decided to go with the democrats on this issue, on the separation issue. what does that tell you about how difficult this might be for republicans to weather? >> he's going to go with some republicans, too, on this issue. you can hear from congressman denham, you know, the republicans want to come down on the side of law and order around border security and the side of all of this. but this is a horror show. this is a horrible look for them. even the people that agree with the underlying policy are now being reminded of the political consequences. even if you can get to a point where you're morally or ethically saying this is what is necessary and appropriate, the political consequences start to stack up and change people's minds. >> dana: maryann, the president will blame democrats no matter what. but he does want this legislation passed this week that would address this. do you think democrats might be willin

chris stirewalt has graced us with his presence. >> congratulations.nally, you have a studio worthy. >> sandra: yeah. welcome back anytime. >> bill: you have my blessing. how did we get here? >> well, i mean, look -- north korea will do whatever china will allow north korea to do and when you plug them into the larger rubric it's about trade, it's about international security and about status, it's about the dragon versus the american eagle. it's all of that stuff. the fact that the chinese are allowing kim to go ahead with this and have this discussion and talk about denuclearization and the biggest button the korean peninsula. is emonormous on a historical scale we seldom see i think because trump has kept china off balance. they don't know quite what to do with donald j. trump. >> bill: i recommend everybody check out the piece on the art of the foreign deal. i alone can fix it. remember when he said that, convention, cleveland, ohio. i alone can fix this. >> yeah, i don't know that one's going work out. the united states is exceptional and we have

. >>> and our fox news politics editor, chris stirewalt. you can see the strategy, increase the economy. >> first, i want to thank you for doing this hardship duty under those difficult circumstances, brother. you're bearing up for the rest of us. [laughter] what's he supposed to say. that's why we don't listen to partisans that much because he can't just say something. he can't say republicans, it's going to be a tough year, please come out and fight hard to keep the ones we can, sincerely the president. not only would no president say that because it's not what politicians do, but moreover this is donald trump he sells it and what he's doing to keep his base optimistic, positive and feeling like they can get the job done this fall. >> bill: so here's what i'm doing, chris, i'm trying to find democrats with silver lining. i'm trying to find from republicans the same thing. what republicans will say is the california turnout was great and same for ohio and congressional ballots favor us by nine or 10 points. there's a best of optimism could

. >> sandra: let's bring in chris stirewalt fox news politics editor. good morning. two votes. mike emanuel at the top of the hour expected late afternoon, possibly evening. neither expected to pass. what are your expectations? >> well, there are -- you could pass a bill on this subject through both the house and the senate with super majority support. you could get 80% probably of members of both the house and the senate on a bill. but it ain't either one of these. and this is what happens because the republicans can only advance legislation that a majority of the republican conference will approve and that's why mark meadows is so angry at paul ryan saying he good hoodwinked and why paul ryan is mad at meadows. this comes down to what will 50% plus one of the republican conference in the house support? what you can get passed that threshold is something that you then can't get passed the rest of the house and certainly not the senate. >> sandra: the president is being firmon the obstruction thing with democrats. he tweeted what's the purpose of the house putting through these

. >> sandra: has the breakup continues for the hearing, chris stirewalt is with us down in florida andns us remotely. he wants to jump in on the conversation. take your pick. talking about the f.b.i. and d.o.j. and the retirement of a supreme court justice. why don't we stick on this matter for the moment. on the retirement. we heard from the president yesterday weighing in on the timing of this but here is the president in sound number two talking about why it is important that we elect more republicans when it comes to this. listen. >> president trump: democrats want judges who will rewrite the constitution any way they want to do it and take away your second amendment, erase your borders, throw open the jail house doors, and destroy your freedoms. we must elect more republicans. we have to do that. >> sandra: chris. weigh in on that. >> it's a very nuanced argument the president makes. look, as an electoral issue for republicans, almost nothing trumps the supreme court. most republicans are pro-life. and all republicans generally speaking favor constitutionally narrowly limited gove

chris stirewalt is here. with tripadvisor, finding your perfect hotel at the lowest price...ls, done! simply enter your destination and dates... and see all the hotels for your stay! tripadvir searches over 200 booking sites... to show you the lowest prices... so you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. dates, deals, done! tripadvisor. visit tripadvisor.com i'm no legal expert. but i would say this, this is a good reflection of how institutions change under trump but also how institutions change trump. if we think about the first iteration of what he was going to do it was a religious test for entry into the united states which was roundly decried as unconstitutional, immoral, wrong, wrong, wrong, as wrong as it could be. so they tried another. and then they tried ultimately a third one. the third one as professor turley was talking about was rooted in arguments that came from agencies about what they wanted to do and what their national security priorities were. they included north korea on the list. they changed what they did. they tried something that was outs