attorney from the eastern district of virginia, dana boente, to be the acting attorney general. he is a career justice department lawyer. appointed to that position by president obama in 2015. nbc news has confirmed dana boente was sworn in as rachel mentioned tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. dana boente said "i am honored to serve president trump in this role until senator sessions is confi confirmed. i'll defend aen enforce the laws of our country to ensure our people and our nation are protected." we have been here once before. sally yates now takes her place in history beside elliot richardson, the last attorney general who directly defied the president of the united states. on a saturday 44 years ago in 1973, attorney general richardson refused president nixon's order to fire the special prosecutor archibald cox investigating crimes in the nixon administration and an investigation that had already led to the indictment of nixon's first attorney general, john mitchell. the pace of resistance and defiance to the president by judges and the attorney general now was much, much fas

immediately following the swearing in of new acting attorney general dana boente. yates's replacement reskinneding her guidance right away. >> i want to make sure i have the law and the facts. >> appointed by president obama in 2015, yates garnered bipartisan support. jeff sessions seen her asking her if she would bend to political pressure to then president obama. >> the views the president wants to execute are unlawful, should the attorney general, or deputy attorney general say no. >> senator, i believe that the attorney general or deputy attorney general has an obligation to follow the law and the constitution and to give their independent legal advice to the president. >> in yet another swift move monday night, president trump naming thomas homan as the new acting director of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, demoting dan ragsdale to deputy director. meanwhile, the president's travel ban met with growing outrage in washington and across the country. only ten days after leaving office, former president obama weighing in. a spokesman saying the protests

likely outcome of writing such a letter regardless according to "the new york times" her replacement dana boente was sworn in at 9:00 p.m. at 9:15, yates received a hand-written letter from the justice department informing her that she was fired signed by a white house aide. and at 9:19, the white house said in part, the acting attorney general sally yates has betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the united states. this order was approved as to form and legality by the department of justice office of legal counsel. it is time to get serious about protecting our country calling for tougher vetting for individuals traveling from seven dangerous places is not extreme. it is reasonable and necessary to protect our country. democrats took to the senate floor late last night. >> of course, we had a monday night massacre, sally yates, a person of great integrity who follows the law was fired by the president. she was fired because she would not enact, pursue, the executive order on the belief that it was illegal. perhaps unconstitut

instead, trump has now chosen dana boente.phen miller is the very center of all this, where exactly he stands, stephen, great to see you. i first have to ask you about the news, one did this happen?ep what does it mean and tell us about the replacement. >> we found out an obama appointee who was confirmed in 2015 was refusing to enforce the president's immigration order. thus refusing to defend the constitution. it was a betrayal of her office and she is being replaced by somebody who will enforce the laws of the united states. >> tucker: is that person confirmed? >> no, it will be in acting position. >> tucker: i could be wrong but in order to sign certain warrants, federal warrants, you need to have someone in the justice department with a senate confirmation. >> there are many layers of people in the justice department who have been senate confirmed. obviously jeff sessions will bee there very soon as well. we all look forward to that very much. >> tucker: this does break precedent. i can't remember the last time anything l

and within the last two hours...a dana boente was sworn in. cameras were not invited to last minute ceremony...boente is a u-s attorney for the eastern district of virginia. he'll be in charge until... president trump's pick for attorney general...senator jeff sessions... is sworn in. that could happen as soon as this week...but the vote is expected to be contentious and close...especially after the comments critical of the president's order... from both sides of the isle.== earlier today then acting attorney general, sally yates...a president obama appointee...said she is not convinced that president trump's order is lawful, or that its defense is consistent with the department's obligatiúon to quote "always seek justice and stand for what is right." late today the white house shot back...saying yates "has betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the united states." the firing of the acting attorney general.. is just the latest part of the political drama unfolding in washingt

shortly after sally yates was fired last night, longtime prosecutor dana boente was sworn in to takeer place. after statements a large group of diplomat voiced a memo, and democratic lawmakers held a rally on the steps of the supreme court to protest the immigration and refugee ban. henna zanls here. >> good morning, anne-marie. president trump will name his nominee for a supreme court judge tonight during a prime time speech at the white house. senator jeff sessions is expected to be approved by a senate judiciary committee this morning, leaving him one step closer to a full vote by the republican-led senate. >> reporter: president trump booted acting attorney general sally yates last night and quickly named dana boente the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia to replace her. the staff shake job came hours after yates ordered lawyers to stop defending what she called the president's unlawful travel and refugee ban. the white house fired back in a statement calling the obama administration appointee, quote, weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration. the move

attorney for the eastern district of virginia, dana boente will serve as acting attorney general untilhe senate confirms president trump's pick for attorney general, senator jeff sessions. a french-canadian has been charged and connections with yesterday's deadly attack on a quebec city mas. alexandre bissonnette is accused of killing six people, and injuring eight others. the prime minister of canada because of the shooting rampage in act of muslims. alexandre bissonnette was known and legibly for his far right nationalists use. the u.n. security council scheduled to hold a meeting tuesday to address iran's missile tests over the weekend. the test was in defiance of u.n. resolution the bars i ran from testing ballistic missiles. newly confirmed u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, will attend the meeting which is being held at the request of the united states. now, back to "hannity." >> if you wait, you're going to be reacting, and when i want to be clear on is the president is not going to wait. he's going to make sure he does everything in his power when he can to protect the h

attorney for the eastern district of virginia, dana boente will serve as acting attorney general untilhe senate confirms president trump's pick for attorney general, senator jeff sessions. now, back to "hannity" ." >> we do not know when the next threat, attack it, is coming. the best you can do is to get ahead of it. if you wait, you're going to be reacting. i want to be clear, the president is not going to wait. he's going to make sure he does everything in his power when he can to protect the homeland and its people. getting ahead of threats is the key. not waiting until they happen, not saying how do we react to make sure it doesn't happen again? what i want to be clear about is since becoming president, he's continued to take steps through executive order and otherwise to make sure that this country is as safe as it's can be and we are ahead of every threat. >> sean: that was sean spicer earlier today, defending presidents trumps president mark temporary refugee ban. joining us, fox news contributor, cochair of the great america alliance, newt gingrich. to me, this comes down to a

first of all, will dana boente in force the executive order?ore all that, can president trump do this? well, yes. i mean, there are a lot of questions here. of course, ultimately, what is going to happen with this executive order? it does appear that there are going to be legal challenges. there were more advanced today, and that ultimately the fate of that very controversial move to basically prohibit the arrival into the united states of refugees, syrian refugees, indefinitely, and other refugees for several months, could end up going all the way to the united states supreme court. or write, david. we will see very soon, i think —— or write. and in the past few hours, senior democratic politicians have gathered at a rally outside the supreme court. house minority leader nancy pelosi and senate leader chuck schumer called mr trump's executive order un—american. all of us take an oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. what the president has done is not in the interest of security. it is reckless. it is reckl

dana boente is vowing to defend the president's controversial travel ban.ue lead president trump to fire acting attorney general sally yates last night. yesterday-- she directed the department of defend the order. and later today-- president trump will announce his pick for a new supreme court justice. the court has been down a justice since antonin scalia's death almost a year ago. that announcement from president trump is expected around eight o-clock tonight. we'll bring you full coverage right here on abc-7. good morning washington. toss to eileen - few snow showers northern md (frederick, hagerstown, hancock) - accumulation: dusting - breezy to windy today; milder - colder weekend - wintry mix possible sunday (low impact system) today: mostly becoming partly cloudy. breezy to windy. highs: 49-55 winds: ssw 5-15 g 30 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. lows: 34-39 winds: w 5 mph wednesday: mostly highs: 48-52 winds: nw 5-10 mph developing now-- a tense night in columbus, ohio as demonstrators protesting the president's new travel ban, clashed with pol

the new acting attorney general is dana boente who was serving as u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia. and just tonight, another development. we know not what to make of it involving the head of immigration and customs enforcement. as you saw briefly our panel is here ready to weigh in on our breaking news. first we start with nbc white house correspondent kristen welker who joins us by telephone. kristen, what more have you been able to add to the record tonight? >> well, brian, fast-moving developments tonight. you're right. this replacement of sally yates came after a really bitter back and forth. she said that she directed doj not to uphold the president's travel ban saying that she wasn't clear that it was going to be lawful and then the news came that president trump was, in fact, replacing her with dana boente. and we really had fireworks ever since then on both sides. republicans and democrats weighing in really using it as a chance to express their feelings about this immigration order. chuck schumer, for example, saying the a.g.

the new acting attorney general is dana boente who was serving as u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia. and just tonight, another development. we know not what to make of it involving the head of immigration and customs enforcement. as you saw briefly our panel is here ready to weigh in on our breaking news. first we start with nbc white house correspondent kristen welker who joins us by telephone. kristen, what more have you been able to add to the record tonight? >> well, brian, fast-moving developments tonight. you're right. this replacement of sally yates came after a really bitter back and forth. she said that she directed doj not to uphold the president's travel ban saying that she wasn't clear that it was going to be lawful and then the news came that president trump was, in fact, replacing her with dana boente. and we really had fireworks ever since then on both sides. republicans and democrats weighing in really using it as a chance to express their feelings about this immigration order. chuck schumer, for example, saying the a.g.

dana boente is the new acting attorney general. >> we had a monday night massacre. sally yates, a person of great integrity, who follows the law, was fired by the president. >> talso happening today, bay area trump opponents are organizing a march in san francisco. they are walking from senator dianne feinstein's office to connell's office. they want to fight gop-controlled congress. organizers plan to gather for a rally at 11:00 this morning at a march following that. for everything politics in the first 100 days of the trump administration go to nbcbayarea.com for more. >>> authorities are revealing new details about the suspected bank robber who led them on a chase in the santa cruz mountains. the sheriff's department released this mug shot of 21-year-old cruz vargas of san jose. he is accused of robbing a scotts valley bank. that led to a chase and manhunt. on friday, our chopper captured the arrest live on tv. two other people were also arrested at that time. he faces robbery and carjacking charges. one of the other men was he released. a third book odd an unre

the new acting attorney general dana boente was sworn in late last night. he then ordered justice department lawyers to do their sworn duty and to defend the lawful orders of the president. just hours before-- then acting attorney general attorneys not to defend the ban, and questioned it's constitutionality. the senate is scheduled to vote on president trump's attorney general nominee - jeff sessions- later today. also breaking overnight. there is a new director of u-s immigration and customs enforcement. president trump named thomas homan to the position late monday, firing acting ice director daniel ragsdale. homan is not new to ice... he has served as the agency's executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations since 2013. and another major staffing announcement coming today. president trump preparing to announce his pick for a new supreme court justice. and sources say that list is down to three final contenders. all three are young, george w. bush appointees who currently serve on seperate circuits of the u-s court of appeals. the t

she was swiftly replaced by dana boente.hours of his swearing in, he ordered the justice department to defend the president's executive order. he is ask acted to serve until jeff sessions is confirmed by the senate. american combat veterans who served in iraq and afghanistan are adding their voices to the growing war of words over president trump's a travel ban. there outrage that many of those now blocked from entering the u.s. are interpreters who risked their lives to help our troops on the battlefield. they say the fight feels personal because they gave their words to those people that the united states would protect them and their families. we should know by the end of the day who is president trump's pick for a new supreme court justice. the president is expected to reveal his choice at 8:00 tonight. if approved by the senate, the nominee will take the seat of justice scalia, who died last february. and finally, the boy scouts appeared to be adapting to our changing times. the organization will now allow transgender ch

trump has replaced sally yates with dana boente. ued a statement instructing the department justice to defend the president's order. and this is what we heard from the white house press secretary last night. >> i think that they should either get with the program or they can go. hold on, hold on. this is -- this is about the safety of america. and there's a reason that the majority of americans agree with the president. it's 'cause they understand that that's his number one priority. >> that's sean spicer and he was speaking in reference to word that dozens of diplomats drafted a formal letter of dissent arguing that the president's new rules on refugees and immigrants will not mean a drop in terror attacks. >> 6:38. happening today, a local family affected by president trump's immigration travel ban will join h a team of attorney tron mayor kenney for a news conference. the assali family say six family members were sent back to syria after they arrived on saturday. they say immigration officials vetted their relatives they completed

dana boente, the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia has been appointed to replace yates. yates refused to enforce the president's executive order which bans travelers from seven predominantly countries from entering the u.s. >> i happen to think this is a terrible mistake. but how i feel about it, or more importantly how a federal judge feels about it, is not the issue. the issue is whether the president can do it. and historically the answer has been yes. >> the ban ignited protests across the country which continued monday night. >> trump's new pick for acting attorney general, dana boente issuing a statement saying he would rescind yates' guidance and direct the doj to defend the lawful orders of our president. he will be serving until the senator, jeff sessions, trump's pick for the post is confirmed by the senate. sessions had been questioning yates before she took over the role of attorney general on whether or not she would be willing to go up against the president if she deemed the

trump immediately named dana boente to replace yates. jeff sessions is confirmed by senate. scheduled to vote on pick for attorney general today. >>> president trump also replaced the acting director of immigration and customer toms enforcement. also known as ice. s enforcement. also known as ice. he was replaced by thomas homan who has worked for ice since 2013. meantime, lawyers for the allentown bound syrian family barred from entering the u.s. will take legal action this morning. >> attorneys for the family will file a federal lawsuit on their behalf to try to get them back to the united states from air issia. hours after they landed syria, relatives sent back despite having visas they worked 13 years to get. last night in easton, a rally to end the immigration ban. some folks there are new immigrants themselves. >> i wanted to see that we are not alone at all. i mean, we really last two nights i was really worried. i really had fear about what was going on. >> i will support the president in everything he does against illegal immigr

yates has been replaced with dana boente, a u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia, he will serve as acting attorney general, boente has said he will defend the president's executive order, the senate judiciary committee is expect to vote on president trump's nominee for attorney general, senator jeff sessions, probably later today >>> another high profile firing, this is the new guy thomas roman, he has been approached and appointed to serve as agoing director of ice immigration and customs enforcement, the white house said the announcement after president trump fired ice director daniel ragsdale, last night without the any explanation. so ragsdale was let go just two hours after the president fired sally yates. >>> you're fired. >>> he is used to say it and said it a lot yesterday. >>> another major announcement slated tonight for president trump, this is big in prime time. he will reveal his pick for the vacant seat of the supreme court and a pennsylvania judge is in the running, alex. >> from our area it is judge tho

in the meantime 62-year-old dana boente night.d to uphold the travel ban saying it's legal and properly drafted inies hips opinion. he'll lead until jeff sessions is presumably confirmed by the senate to be the new attorney general of the united states. sessions has one typeal vote today in the senate judiciary committee it will probably be approved there and then go on to full vote in the final confirmation. sometime probably next few days or next week. live in the justice department i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> 5:34 the time now meantime one group hopes to stop that confirmation from happening. women's group of washington will hold a rally they're calling on committee to black sessions nomination and his background shows he's against civil rights and minorities and women's rights. >> and former president barack ob pan. he does not agree with discrimination based on faith or religion. at:00 tonight president trump is expected to announce who he wants to fill the vacant seat on supreme court. me initially nroond anno

the new acting attorney general is dana boente, the top federal prosecutor in northern virginia.will remain in office until the senate confirms senator jeff sessions, expected later this week. >> thank you, evan. i appreciate that. i want to bring in andre bower, michael nutter, former mayor of philadelphia, and presidential historian douglas brinkley, who joins us by phone. national security analyst juliette kai yam. carl bernstein is also on the phone and senior political analyst david gergen. so we have a lot to get to this evening. so i want -- let's, carl, you're on the phone. just moments ago, the new acting attorney general, dana boente, just issued guidance on the travel ban to the department of justice and it says, and i quote here, i hereby rescind former acting attorney general sally q. yates on january 30, 2017, guidance and direct the men and women of the department of justice to do our sworn dudey and to defend the lawful orders of our president. what do you make of this? >> first of all, he's within his authority to fire her. i don't think there's any question abou

that's who they found in dana boente. >> speaking of dana boente. i'm honored to serve president trump in this role until senator sessions is confirmed. we'll talk about that in a second. i will defend and enforce the laws of our country to ensure our people and nation are protected. speaking of that confirmation, this may hold up the confirmation, because i'm sure democrats are going to have a lot of questions and i'm sure also it gives them fuel. >> we already know the republicans have a narrow majority in the senate. they had enough votes to pass -- to confirm jeff sessions and we expected that jeff sessions was going to be the attorney general by the end of the week. with all of this and with the fact that the trump white house rolled out this executive order without really consulting members of congress, i think you're going to see some uncomfortable republicans who are not sure what to do here. the fact that jeff sessions really had the support of the majority, probably means he will be the attorney general at the end of the week. this is just

dana boente, and he is likely to be in the job for only a few days now because his permanent replacement, senator jeff sessions could be confirmed by >> justin finch is live at the department of justice with a deeper look at the new acting attorney general. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. boente stepped into that spot late last night. his first order was to overrule his predecessor who questioned the legality of the president trump's order restricting travel to the u.s. from those seven largely muslim nations. boente is a name that some may already know having served as u.s. attorney for the eastern virginia district. he was chosen for that post back in 2015 by president obama and he went on to make headlines for his corruption probe of former virginia governor whose conviction was later overturned by the u.s. supreme court. the 62-year-old has also served under republicans and democrats in his three decades with the department of justice. but his tenure as you mentioned will likely be brief serving only until jeff sessions steps in. he's up soon as today and could be confirmed

. >> reporter: one of the big questions tonight whether dana boente who just took over, whether he has the full authorities of the acting attorney general. i'm told by people who have been looking at this tonight that he does, he is a senate confirmed u.s. attorney. he was confirmed by the senate in 2015, and he served in the justice department for 29 years. he's been around for a long time. and because he is a senate confirmed u.s. attorney and now acting attorney general, he has all the authorities including the ability to sign surveillance warrants, which is a big part of the job, these are warrants that come across the desk of the attorney general every day, in order for the nsa, the fbi to be able to do some of the most important national security jobs they do, and he has the authority to sign off on those, that's something that was going to be a big issue for the trump white house. if they couldn't find someone to fill these shoes, since they were going to fire sally yates. that's what we're told, that's the ruling from the lawyers who have been looking at this all evening, he do

. >> you have dana boente in this position for a short period of time. but you know dana boente as well. does he have the backbone, even though he says he'll defend this? >> dana -- my time with him was a little shorter. he came in later in the second term of the obama administration. he's been called on to fix some problems in other districts. he is a career prosecutor. he has a good understanding of the department and the requirements for the federal prosecutors. i think he has a love for the department. and i think he's a good guy and an honorable gentleman. i think he'll come in and look at the orders, whether it be this one or others that come down during what we believe will be a short tenure and make a decision on whether or not they need to be moved forward. >> michael moore, great to have your perspective withior close relationship with both of these people. a lot going to happen there going forward. we appreciate the time. >>> more on our breaking fuse this morning. a revolt on capitol hill. democrats boycotting two votes. more details on that

. >> trump immediately named long time federal prosecutor dana boente to replace yates.ys he'll enforce the immigration orderly. >> a knoll affected by the trump travel ban will join philadelphia mayor jim kenney for a news conference. their family members were sent back to syria hours after arriving in philadelphia. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live at city hall with that story. annie. >> reporter: matt, aclu attorneys are expected to be there along with the attorneys who responded to the airport on saturday. they will address at the ongoing legal actions that they are now handling stemming from all of that on saturday. well, saturday attorneys be worked to free people affected by the travel ban at airports across the country including in philadelphia. some were detained others turned away. the assali is one of several families affected. six family members were sent back to syria this weekend hours after they arrived in philadelphia. their visas were revoked. they have a house waiting for them in allentown built for their arrival. they're members of an orth

he has installed a new temporary attorney general, dana boente. he says long enough for the send tooth confirm alabama senator, jeff sessions. >>> well, pennsylvania senator pat toomey issued a statement on the bench quoting now unfortunately the initial executive order was flawed. it was too broad and poorly explained. this apparently resulted in denied entry into the united state for lawful permanent resident and others who should have been allowed immediate entry. >>> and president trump executive order cushing immigration is not sitting well with president back. spokesperson says the president funds mentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals, fate and re ledge on, president obama's first statement since leaving office. >> and several airlines promising full refunds that travelers caught in president trump's new travel ban. ooh american, united, del an airlines, says complying with the president's order, but also reaching out to help travelers with refunds, re booking and other a come days cents. >> president trump

. >>> and there's a new top law enforcement officer running the justice department, dana boente. he relieved sally yates after she refused to go forward with the president's executive order. and this morning jeff sessions will vote be voted on for attor general. >>> and the president's execive order was being developed, written and rolled out. the associated press reports, quote, at least three top national security officials, defense secretary jim mathes, john kelly and rex tillerson were not aware of the details until the time trump signed it. the report goes on, mattis, who stood next to trump during friday's signing ceremony, is particularly incensed. a senior u.s. official says mattis along with joint chiefs joseph dunford was aware of the general concept of trump's order but not the details. tillerson has told the president's political advisers he was baffled over not being consulted on the sub stance of the order. then there's lawmakers, insiders blasted communication with the hill as terrible. newt gingrich told "the washington post" the problem they've got is an off-broa

so dana boente, u.s. attorney will take over in the interim. he said he will defend that immigration order. this is "outnumbered," i'm harris faulkner. here today is sandra smith, meghan mccain, former national security staff member under president bush and obama right on time today, gillian turner, and today's #oneluckyguy, fox news political analyst, juan williams is outnumbered, good to have you. >> juan: nice to be here on a snowy new york day. >> harris: there is no such thing as a slow news day anymore. it just cooks like popcorn. >> i can't wait to hear what you have to say, one williams. >> juan: it wasn't even like slow news tonight. >> harris: let's get to the news, president trump moved swiftly after acting attorney general sally yates, and obama administration holdover, said publicly she would not enforce as immigration order. in announcing her replace him, the white house stated that the acting attorney general has the betrayed the deferment of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the uni

we just learned the new acting attorney general, dana boente, was sworn in at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. want to bring back the constitutional lawyer, paige pate, very fast moving night. we now know the new acting attorney general, attorney general has been sworn in at 9:00. what do you make of -- of all of these developments tonight? >> obviously he is moving very fast. i don't think any of us should be surprised based upon what sean spicer said earlier today. if you don't like the way we do things here, you need to get out. so i can toelt totally understa him firing sally yates, surprised sally yates would work for him. she has a very strong moral compass. she did what she thought was right. i think the people of america, really expect from our department of justice, more than a bunch of automatons who will listen to the president and do his bidding. i don't know itch the white house cleared it with this nominee that they want to have as acting attorney general. are you going to do what the president wants you to do. or are they going to give him some discretion as well.

called the obama administration appointee weak on border, dana boente has been sworn in as her replacement until the senate connecticut firm jeff sessions. >>> and president trump plans to announce his nominee for the supreme court tonight. federal appeals court judges kneel gorsuch, thomas hardiman, william pryor seen as leading candidates, took to the president to discuss the vacancy that a rose when antoine scalia died a year ago. will air special report on president trump's supreme court nominee, that airs tonight at 8:00 right here on cbs-3. >> the man accused of killing six people in a mosque shooting in quebec city made his first court appearance yesterday. prime minister says the shooting was act of terror, attack on all muslims. brook silva bragga reports from new york. >> reporter: there is one person in custody at the moment. alexander, appeared briefly in court monday evening wearing a white prison jumpsuit. charged with six counts of first degree murder, and five count every attempted murder, go not end area plea. gunfire errupted inside this mosque, affect cities sunday night

dana boente will now serve as acting attorney general. the white house doubled down today insisting the ban is legal and will make americans safer. >> we're not going to wait till we get attacked and figure out out how to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> it treats all people guilty until proven innocent. >> reporter: cair filed a lawsuit against the obama administration saying the travel ban is unconstitutional and just wrong. >> it targets the world's populations who need us most, refugees fleeing war torn lands who don't have homes who want to come live in america for a better life. >> reporter: we also talked to some bay area folks today who agree with the president. >> i haven't felt safe in years and i voted on trump mostly because of his stance on immigration. >> reporter: but this democratic congressman says he wants to put that fear in perspective. >> in fact, the average american is about 100 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to be victimized by a refugee who has been let into this country. we've got some seri

attorney for the eastern district of virginia, dana boente. after yates refused to defend the president's executive order on immigration. >> sally yates was a profile in courage. profile in courage. maybe some of her courage and insight and wisdom would rub off the people in the white house. maybe they'll back off and repeal this executive order. >> some are comparing removal to the so-called saturday night massacre under president nixon. others argue the circumstances are different. and president trump was within his authority to fire yates after she questioned the legality of his immigration order. in all, the senate is expected to vote on at least five cabinet nominees today besides jeff sessions. senate committees will vote on the nominations of tom price as health and human services secretary. steven manuchin as treasury secretary. elaine chow as transportation secretary and minutes ago the senate committee approved betsy devoss for education secretary. tonight, president trump will announce who he's nominating to the u.s. supreme court.

she is being replaced by dana boente. the senate has not confirmed jeff sessions president trump's permanent choice for attorney general. >> the state department says it will grant an exemption to about 900 refugees who were traveling when the immigration ban came down. this does not apply to refugees from the seven majority muslim nations who are barred from traveling right now to the u.s. >> tonight democrats protested the immigration ban at the supreme court. earlier today senate republicaned blocked the democrats effort to overturn the executive order. >> there was another rally in the lehigh valley tonight. >> this after a local family voted for president trump and now finds their loved ones barred from america. nbc10 reports. >> reporter: as the crowd rallied tonight they mentioned the family of allentown who's family members were sent back to the middle east over the weekend. we've learned that lawyers are filing a lawsuit on their be half to get them back to the united states. >> love not hate makes america great.

attorney dana boente. >> sally yates was a profile in courage. profile in courage. maybe some of her courage and insight and wisdom would rub off on the people in the white house owe. >>> and we know there's been continued protest over this ex president trump also not holding back tweeting again this morning that talking about democrats saying that he's impatient on this asking when they'll give him attorney general nominee as well as other members of cabinet saying no reason -- no wonder washington d.c. doesn't work talking about delays here hear or perceived delays matter of fact senator sessions is up for final vote in the senate judiciary committee this morning and then nomination will go on to the full senate. live in front of the justice department i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> and 7:04 now thanks mel as far as president's controversial executive order is the white house doing some rethinking on that? >> well this morning the new political web site and blog cites sources that say department of homeland security would issue new guidance to the pres

the president has appointed dana boente as her temporary replacement. willis has the latest from washington. the trump white house, clearly affronted by the behaviour of sally yates, her writing to thejustice department lawyers to basically say that they shouldn't be defending challenges to the donald trump executive order in court, because she's not convinced that it is lawful, that met by swift sacking on the part of the trump administration. and they issued a statement in the last few minutes, saying the acting attorney—general, sally yates, has betrayed the department ofjustice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the united states. and their statement goes on to say, this order was approved, as to form and legality, by the department ofjustice office of legal counsel. i mean, what all this basically conjures up is the thought that, had they waited just a few days before introducing this executive order, then presumably jeff sessions, the alabama senator who is donald trump's pick for attorney—general, would have

the new acting attorney general, dana boente, has said he will defend mr. trump's policy. cbs news has learned secretary of defense jim mattis was incensed that the pentagon was not consulted on the drafting of the order. sources also said secretary of homeland security john kelly was not informing something he denied today. >> we had people involved in the general drafting of it. you know, clearly it was... this whole approach was part of what then-candidate trump talked about for a year or two. >> reporter: a dissent cable is a formal state department process dating back to the vietnam war to protest administration policy without fear of retribution. scott, that cable you referred to earlier also said in part, "decades from now we will look back and realize we made the same mistakes as our predecessors, shutting borders in a knee-jerk reaction instead of setting up systems of checks that protect our interests and our values." >> pelley: major garrett at the white house. besides firing sally yates, the white house attacked her personally, in line with mr. trump's way of a