>> i am no fool to get into a fistfight on national television professor dershowitz. but i have to say that what president obama was doing with those seven countries is not related to what donald trump is trying to do. the explanation that the trump administration is giving is completely arbitrary and irrational. there are other countries that should be included under the rationale he's putting forward. the only thing that holds these countries together are majority muslim countries. no other criteria that holds up. >> name a country that's not muslim that would come under a ban at this time? >> france. how about france? >> the reason that you would name france is because there are extremist muslims who come from france. >> yes. >> you can't link the reality that the threat to the united states comes from radical muslim extremists. >> professor, i am risking my might have here and hope you'll show mercy for me. >> you don't need mercy. you're fine. >> let me tell you, just because fransz and denmark are in europe, if you're concerned about countries that have a histor

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. >> even allen dershowitz. wrong in this case. the president has a constitutional ability to put a stay who is coming into this country. this what this order did is address specifically the concerns of the ninth circuit from the first executive order. enough to they have gone and made another ruling. have you got one federal judge in hawaii. one federal judge in maryland who has basically decided that union lateral live they are now the president of the united states respectively. they are going to make rulings. this is amazing to me because tucker carlson mentioned this earlier this week on fox. he said what if a federal judge has determined that abortion effectively is now illegal. effective today. does that mean that abortions are effectively illegal? because one federal judge has said so? it's absurd that one federal judge has the ability to override the constitutional authority of the president. there are three branches of government for a reason. and the president is going to appeal this ruling right to the supreme court. bu

i want to bring in prove sr dfe dershowitz, we've seen this before. why is this one so surprising? >> what's surprising is that the president went out of his way to meet with bharara and say to him, you i want to stay on and everyone applauded him because it would show the bipartisan nature of the u.s. attorney's, the continuity and then suddenly he gets if not a tweet basically a message that he has to submit his resignation and that he doesn't do it and he's fired. so it the turn around that calls out for an explanation. why did the president change his mind so precipitously? is it because schumer, who was basically the man who nominated him to the job has kind of become one of the leading causes calling for investigations, are there other reasons? we don't know. if he just gave his resignation like anybody else, it would not be a story. but because he sought him out and then basically said i need your resignation and then fired him. a successor is going to have to be confirmed by the justice department and questions will be asked of justice department why was preet bharara so qu

>> that's up to him and his attorney to decide. >> joining me is alan dershowitz. nice to see you, alan. >> nice to see you. thank you. >> when he made the crack last fall about immunity, that people who are asking for immunity, they are guilty. and also every time you ask to recuse yourself, you're guilty. your thought? >> they never should ask for it publicly, though. what is shocking about this case -- and he has a very good lawyer but i cannot for the life of me figure out the strategy. you don't publicly ask for immunity, especially if you've previously said that only guilty people seek immunity. you negotiate behind the scenes. you then, if you get immunity, it's imposed on you. you haven't asked for it. you have no choice. if congress gives you immunity, the justice department gives you immunity, you have no choice. it's mh betro get immunity, not having asked for it, but then to ask for it and not get it. and so something is going on here. >> here's my theory about why they did that. i agree, you don't do it publicly. you do it privately. they want that off

mark preston is back, john flattery, paige potato and alan dershowitz. john start with you, get your reaction to the ruling. administration's comments in recent weeks and over the course of the campaign, used against them in this case. and state notes on february 21st, stephen miller told fox news that travel ban would have same effect as old one. how much of impact did they have on the new one? >> i think substantial. also no reason to believe any of the states present any danger and trump saying we have to write rules. what have they been doing? sitting on hands doing nothing this whole time. our dear colleague alan dershowitz i think hopes will security israel and powerful argument. but argument that we've established religion in the fashion for this ban specifically against muslim. s what happens if iranian national goes to switzerland and comes to america? not protected against that. >> why misquoting me? >> i heard you say it 20 minutes ago. >> you're lying through your teeth. never said a word about israel. when you focus on making -- >> but it's

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i want to also bring in a harvard law school professor emeritus, alan dershowitz about how unprecedented this was. we know that it is not unprecedented. for presidents to come in and kind of clean house. and eventually put in people who are more representative of who they want to see in these positions. bill clinton did it, george w. bush did it. it hasn't been something that's new. so the way this was handled was certainly new and now to learn that he previously gave this particular u.s. attorney his word that he could stay on or even asked him to stay on, to turn around and fire him, what do you make of it? what could have changed between then and now? >> that's the question that we are all entitled to know the answer to. and obviously, the president owed preet bharara a phone call. he had offered him a job, sent him out in front of television cameras, he had said, i have the job. the president told me i have the job. i spoke to the designated attorney general i have the job. then to embarrass him by sending essentially a form letter saying i want your resignation, that was not the rig

the president has said he's going to appeal, and allen dershowitz who is so liberal he thinks o.j.on didn't do it, believes that president trump is going to win at the supreme court level. it also underscores how important it is for him to get judge gorsuch approved. right now there's a four-four slit on that court. if he's able to get his nominee on that court, i think you could see allen dershowitz be proven true and see them vote in trump's favor. >> the president making out this is a political decision on the part of this judge. >> i think what's interesting here, one is that the department of homeland security said this ban won't make americans any safer. sean spicer said there were no imminent threats from any of these countries. what's trump doing here? he's banning muslims. rudy giuliani said trump called him and asked him how we could ban muslims and now he's trying to do. what's also important here is that we're spending the first two months of the trump administration talking about this. trump came in as the jobs president. he was going to help people get jobs, build up

. >> i keep nominating professor alan dershowitz. but here's what i don't get.ing to piece it together from the outside. i don't get to go behind those closed doors. he said it has nothing to do with russia. it has something to do with the transition team and somebody was picked up. i got those. i think to myself, okay. congressman nunes was on the tran session team. you know, was he the one that was picked up? is he running a off to the white house saying, look what happened to me? and i don't know it. i don't want to be suspicious of the congressman, but what was the conversation? i know that congressman nunes was instrumental in naming secretary of defense mattis to the job. we're suspicious because we're not getting any information, just a lot of really weird stuff going on. >> you are exactly right t. public deserves to have more. all we are getting is compromising information and confusion. which is i think the reason why it's not enough to have the two committees in the house and the senate do the investigation. we need an independent investigation. >> do

it joining us via skype from cambridge, massachusetts, is alan dershowitz.ight leading defender on civil liberties -- a leading defender on civil liberties. he has been vocal on the travel ban. we appreciate your time. to what extent does this revision give donald trump the upper hand in court? does it resolve concerns? >> i think it will go a long way. the court have seen that this was carefully done. it was done by lawyers, vetted by the state department. this is a very carefully written acument designed to prevent court from intruding. the courts will pay attention to that fact. although i still don't support the policies underlying it, i'm not sure it's really necessary nations,nd based on even eliminating iraq. theou ask me about constitutionality, this improves the chances of it being found constitutional and lawful by the courts. julie: is there any sort of basis on the parts of individuals? we had a number with the prior version. do you expect that there would he some legal challenges? it, i amon't expect absolutely certain it will happen. i have no

alan dershowitz said it was very, very serious stuff. but the press is not talking about that. >> we know he's upset. but wait a second, chris. i take your point about not being an official spokesperson for the president. the president sent out tweets that accused his predecessor of a felony. of doing something illegal. since then, as i pointed out. and i don't think you said -- you say what i said in the page two may have been unfair. i don't think i said anything untrue. if you would like to suggest there is you can say that. let me finish the question. what is it going to take given all the evidence of what the president said is untrue, what is it going to take for him to retract and apologize? >> let's go back on the wiretapping. there were reports "the washington post." "the new york times" and and the mcclatchy papers. there were intercepts that the administration had been monitoring the trump campaign. the head of the administration said there was no collusion. there was an investigation. it would be hard to believe there was no s

famed liberal attorney alan dershowitz said, ultimately, he thinks the courts will side with the white house. different purpose, was originally designed by president obama. so how can you say that the inclusion of the six countries on the list was motivated by what mr. trump said when he was candidate trump? that's just not good legal analysis. >> reporter: late yesterday the justice department filed a motion with judge watson asking him to reconsider his decision to block the president's order as a whole and to allow some portions to remain in effect such as the temporary suspension of the u.s.' refugee program. that's what a federal judge in maryland did in his ruling this week blocking the ban on new visas for six muslim-majority countries but allowing the government to enforce the remaining portions of the order. the justice department filed the notice late friday that it still plans to appeal that decision to the 4th circuit court of appeals, and the white house has suggested it will do the same in hawaii and anywhere else that it's challenged. uma: all right, garrett, thank you v

thank you to alan dershowitz for joining us. i'll be back tomorrow night 6:00 p.m. eastern.join us. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> tapped out. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. donald trump's charge, the sick president obama wiretapped his phone during the campaign is making sick, itself. no wun is saying it's true, people who would know if there had been a wiretap on candidate trump, his own people are tip e tiptoeing through the tulips on this baby. so president trump's explosive charge appears to be heading back to the neverland where it came from. after top members of the house

even liberal democratic lawyer, alan dershowitz, said we would win this case before the supreme courte united states. remember this. i was not thrilled, but the lawyers all said let's tailor it. this is a watered-down version of the first one. version. watered-down and let me tell you something -- i think we ought to go back to the first one and go all the way, which is what i wanted to do in the first place. the danger is clear, the law is clear, the need for my executive order is clear. i was elected to change our broken and dangerous system and thinking in government that has weakened and endangered our country and left our people defenseless. [applause] >> and i will not stop fighting for the safety of you and your families, believe me. not today and not ever. we are going to win it. we are going to win it. apply commono sense, we are going to apply intelligence, and we are never quitting, we are never going away, and we are never, ever giving up. the best way to keep foreign terrorists, or, as some people would say in certain instances, radical islamic terrorists, from attacking

department of law professor and author of electoral dysfunction, alan dershowitz is with us again this morning. grover norquist is here. we will walk through the tax package that we are expecting this year, plus the present of the chicago federal reserve, charles added is here. the first time the fed is speaking out since the move in interest rates last week. we want to hear what charles evans has to say about the move in interest rates is dean. our top stories fbi dirt james comey to testify in front of the committee on allegations including russia's involvement to the u.s. presidential election and donald trump's wiretapping claim. yesterday house intelligence committee devin nunes and senator ted cruz address expectations ahead of the hearing. watch. >> we are excited about this because for the first time the american people and all the political parties are paying attention to the threat that russia poses. we are going to highlight that. will highlight the fact we know the russians were trying to get involved in our campaign that you have for many decades. they're also trained to g

alan dershowitz makes newsmax home blog. we run columns people likearlson margaret carlson. we love diversity of opinion. when we report the news we want to be straight about it, faires and honest and get balance. but when we do have a perspective, we do things to the lens of a big tent idea in the conservative movement that people need to hear a lot of different ideas. >> host: you have been discovered as a longtime friend of the president come early supporter of his spirit when you become friends and often do you talk to him? >> guest: well, i first met donald trump in 1999 when he gave a speech to a group called the palm beach pun things down a photo. i just moved down there to start newsmax. he probably doesn't remember this but he was then talking about running for president and why he felt america needed to make a comeback. and then through the years i would get to see them in various events pretty much data florida. as as you know he owns mar-a-lago. i would say we begin fairly close and very closese communication at around 2005 -2006. i've gotten to know over the pas

even liberal democratic lawyer alan dershowitz said we would win this case before the supreme court of the united states. remember this, i wasn't thrilled, but the lawyers said let's tailor it. this is a watered down version of the first one. this is a watered down version. let me tell you something. i think we ought to go back to the first one and go all the way which is way wanted to do in the first place. the danger is clear, the law is clear, the need for my executive order is clear. i was elected to change our broken and dangerous system and thinking in government has weakened and endangered our country and left our people defenseless. and i will not stop fighting for the safety of you and your families, believe me. not today, not ever. we are going to win it. we are going to win it. we are going to apply common sense. we are going to apply intelligence. and we are never quitting, and we are never going away, and we are never ever giving up. the best way to keep foreign terrorists or as some people would say in certain instances, radical islamic terrorists, from attack our country

even liberal democratic lawyer alan dershowitz said we would win this case before the supreme court of the united states. remember this, i wasn't thrilled, but the lawyers said let's tailor it. this is a watered down version of the first one. this is a watered down version. let me tell you something. i think we ought to go back to the first one and go all the way which is way wanted to do in the first place. the danger is clear, the law is clear, the need for my executive order is clear. i was elected to change our broken and dangerous system and thinking in government has weakened and endangered our country and left our people defenseless. and i will not stop fighting for the safety of you and your families, believe me. not today, not ever. we are going to win it. we are going to win it. we are going to apply common sense. we are going to apply intelligence. and we are never quitting, and we are never going away, and we are never ever giving up. the best way to keep foreign terrorists or as some people would say in certain instances, radical islamic terrorists, from attack our country

even liberal democratic lawyer alan dershowitz, good lawyer, just said that we would win thie supremef the united states. remember this, i wasn't thrilled, but the lawyers all said, oh, let's tailor rich. this they watered down version of the first one. this is a watered down version. and let me tell you something, i think we have to go back to the first one and go all the way, which is what i wanted to do in the first one. the danger is clear, the law is clear, the need for my executive order is clear. i was elected to change our broken and dangerous system and thinking and government that has weekend and endangered our country and left our people defenseless. and i will not stop fighting for the safety of you and your families believe me. not today, not ever. we are going to win at. we are going to win it. we are going to apply common sense. we are going to imply intelligence. and we are never quitting. and we are never going to go away, and we are never, ever, giving up. the best way to keep foreign terrorists or, as some people would say, in certain instances, radical islamic terr

here to discuss, alan dershowitz. good to have you on. i want to start by ask you about the hearings, how is he doing? >> very well. but made three serious unforced errors. he should never have tried to justify his dissenting opinion in this truck driver case. should have admitted he made a mistake, he was wrong and human. no way of interpreting that statute the way he did. >> can i explain to the viewers? exchange between senator al franken and judge gorsuch. senator franken took the judge to task for a ruling against a truck driver who claims to have been unrightfully fired. tires froze. reported to company and waited for repair truck to arrive. waiting allegedly started to suffer from hypothermia. and fearing for his life, he unhitched the truck and left the trailer unattended. he was fired for abandoning the trailer. now, let's listen. >> two safety issues here. one, possibility of freezing to death, or driving with that rig in very dangerous way. which would you have done, judge? >> senator, i don't know what i would have done in his

jason miller, ryan lizza and alan dershowitz. thanks so much for coming on. the news just changes every second. sitting in office and all of a sudden breaking news about the travel ban. alan seeing you discuss this. president trump angry about the court ruling. referenced you specifically as i was watching and millions of other people. saying he will win in court, supreme court. were you surprised that second ban was blocked and will he ultimately prevail? >> not surprised. what the judge said nothing trump passes will survive constitutional attack because of what he said during the campaign and what rudy giuliani said during the kpachblt this raises a fundamental jurisprudence question, do you look at language of the order or campaign rhetoric that led to the order being enacted. if you take conclusion to its logic, he's saying the same order if enacted by president obama would be constitutional but very same words enacted by trump administration would be unconstitutional. i don't think that will survive analysis by the united states supreme court. i think t

. >> alan dershowitz will join them. >>> extremist trends running through europe.on are still hand counted, but it remains clear the ruling party is in line for a victory and voted against the populous movement. for more on this vote, let's bring in hala gorani live in the netherlands. why is the world watching? >> reporter: because it was the first big test after the election of donald trump in the united states and also after that shock brexit vote in the united kingdom last june. the first big test of 2017 and first of three very important elections on the continent. big question, dave, would this mean the consequence of geert wilders and anti-islam? he wanted to close mosques and take the netherlands out of the eu. would it be his big day? it wasn't. the incumbent prime minister mark rutte, his party got the most number of seats. 31 out of 150. geert wilders is the second largest party in the country, did not exceed expectations. he came in lower than polls suggested he might achieve just a few days before this important election. looking forward, dave, and for

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jonathan turley and alan dershowitz both look at this may say, there is a lot of emotion around theseges decisions. but it will stand up. the president does have the right to ban entry from countries if he deems limbs to be a national security risk. it is a 1952 law. >> i think i have -- my mother is a minister and my dad is an attorney. my entire life i have been guided by two things, the law and our values. and the constitution has made clear that this executive order is fundamentally un-american. i think no matter what law you refer to, that is why you see these judges saying so clearly, it is a violation of our constitutional values. and that is why, when we see this as i continued to move through the many different district courts, appellate courts, potentially, the supreme court, we are going to hear people say this is unconstitutional. it is a violation of our american values. >> martha: reading from the law, the law says that it gives the president the power to suspend or impose restrictions on the entry of foreign nationals if it determines their entry would be detrimental to

. >> alan dershowitz said this this morning on cnn. if the president stops talk, there's a good chance this will be sustained on appeal. >> certainly harder to use his words against him in a court of law. i think the white house was always looking for a court challenge on this whether it was the initial one or this one. if you are preparing for a supreme court fight, any way you want two things. something that's more likely to withstand scrutiny in the high court. they think by several modifications, including the provision on protecting christians, attacking the iraqis out of the mix, this could better withstand that challenge. and the timing matterses. they want gorsuch on that court by the time is gets to the high court. >> how much time and energy do you want to put into this? if you take it up to the supreme court, i assume that's a process that takes months, and the administration's argument is that we need this yesterday. >> they might well prevail if they take it all the way up. the delay on this is an embarrassment. particular

well, this morning on fox and friends renowned liberal attorney alan dershowitz criticized the judgesling and said, ultimately, he believes the supreme court will side with the white house. >> the idea of focusing so heavily on campaign rhetoric and essentially saying, look, if obama had issued the very same order with the same words, it would be constitutional, but if trump issues it, it's unconstitutional because he said some things about muslims in the runup to the campaign and rudy giuliani said some things and other people said some things. that's not the way the law is sewed to operate. -- supposed to operate. >> reporter: right now the travel banker but looming ahead is the much bigger fight over whether or not the executive order is constitutional. laura? laura: all right, garrett tenney for us live in washington. thank you for that. >>> and gop leaders now facing a crucial test ahead of a house obamacare replacement bill. now, as you know, it's faced some fierce opposition, but "wall street journal" columnist kimberly strassel says president trump's team has been focused on r

alan dershowitz joins us. also cnn contributor michael di antonio.ze or admit he was wrong, where do you think that comes from? people have pointed to roy cohen, his attorney, but also has a fascinating background with mccarthy. >> i think he was one of donald trump's mentors. i knew roy cohen when we worked together on the klaclaus von bu case. he was a man who never apologized. the important thing about roy is he was not an ideological person. what he cared about was personal loyalty, personal success, winning, being on the right side, and never backing down or apologizing. of course he ended his life being disbarred. >> his general kind of strategy was be on the attack. attack, attack, attack. >> always. and it served him very well for most of his career. in the end, when he was dying, if he had been willing to profusely apologize he might not have been disbarred. but i think he wanted to go down without having to change his philosophy and i think that helps understand a little bit president trump. he got to where he is with this philosophy. suck

alan dershowitz, you were here with mark and paul callan the first night as the news broke with the original restraining order. surprised by the decision out of hawaii? >> i'm not surprised because the attitude of the court is there can't be any lawful order as long as candidate trump said what he said and giuliani said what he said. that makes anything than happens thereafter simply a cover for a muslim ban. so the whole effort to try to clean it up was futile, taking out the religious part of it which gave religious preference to discriminated against groups. that didn't matter because the entire ban, no matter what it says, was badly motivated, then struck down. the problem is the supreme court has taken exactly the opposite attitude when it comes to looking at motive and intent. they said you don't look at motive and intent. you look at the word of the regulation and that's what the supreme court will ultimately hold. >> is that where you believe this is now headed? they have not replied. given what they have done so far it would seem very reasonable for them at this point to dig in thei

keep our citizens safe, believe me. [ cheers and applause ] even liberal democratic lawyer alan dershowitz, good lawyer, just said that we would win this case before the supreme court of thunited states. remember this, i wasn't thrilled but the lawyers all said "oh, let's tailor it." this is a watered-down version of the first one. this is a watered-down version and let me tell you something, i think we ought to go back to the first one and go all the way which is what i wanted to do in the first place. [ applause ] the danger is clear, the law is clear, the need for my executive order is clear. i was elected to change our broken and dangerous system and thinking in government that has weakened and endangered our country and left our people defenseless. [ cheers and applause ] and i will not stop fighting for the safety of you and your families, believe me. not today, not ever. we're going to win it. we're going to win it. we're going to apply common sense, we're going to apply intelligence, and we're never quitting and weapon ear never going away and we're never, ever giving up. the best

this morning on fox and friends alan dershowitz explained why. >> the list, although for a different purpose, was originally designed by president obama. so how can you say that the inclusion of the six countries on the list was motivated by what mr. trump said when he was candidate trump? that's just not good legal analysis. >> reporter: and the justice department has indicated it still plans to appeal the rulings of the federal judges in both maryland and hawaii but, remember, there could still be legal challenges to the president's executive order that could come up in between now and then. kelly? kelly: all right. garrett tenney from washington with, thanks. >> reporter: you got it. laura: and secretary of state rex tillerson in the middle of his tour of asia, arriving in china this morning for a couple of days. >> since the historic opening of relations between our two countries more than 40 years ago, the u.s./china relationship has been guided by an understanding of nonconflict, nonconfrontation, mutual respect and win/win cooperation. it is important that the leaders of our t

when in doubt, bring in another lawyer, and not just any lawyer in this case, let's bring alan dershowitz into this conversation. harvard law school investigation. he happened to be at mar-a-lago last night where he was with the president. we checked in with you this morning before director comey's hearing. professor, what did you make of the testimony today? >> well, i thought it was very significant. i think there should be an independent investigation, i agree. i think it's not healthy when you see democrats and republicans each taking a narrative that supports their partisan views. it would be so much better if congress pointed, you know, five distinguished independent people with histories of good investigative tactics looking into all the facts because all americans are involved in this. this is not a republican/democrat issue. the russians tried to tamper with our election. by the way, they committed crimes. they are crimes punishable in the united states because under federal criminal statutes actions taken abroad that impact america in this way can be prosecuted. doesn't mean we

thank you to alan dershowitz for joining us. i'll be back tomorrow night 6:00 p.m. eastern. please join us. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> tapped out. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. donald trump's charge, the sick president obama wiretapped his phone during the campaign is making sick, itself. no wun is saying it's true, people who would know if there had been a wiretap on candidate trump, his own people are tip e tiptoeing through the tulips on this baby. so president trump's explosive charge appears to be heading back to the neverland where it came from. after top members of the house intelligence committee today denied there was anything to the allegation. republican chairman devin nunes said he doesn't believe there was any wiretapping of trump tower and if taken litliterally the president's tweets were false. >> we don't have any evidence that took place. in fact, i don't believe just in the last week of time the people we've talked to, i don't think there was an actual tap of trump tower. now you have to dec

i nomination alan dershowitz to do it in a week. you could get together a commission -- >> commission of people with clearances or people eminently clear, in a brief period of time and get this together in a couple weeks. >> nobody is going to be satisfied with a behind closed doors investigation. i don't care what happens. 50% of the country is going to be mad. >> in they want a commission to happen, it's going to happen fast. >> thank you, both. >>> coming up, the new republican civil war. conservatives rising up against party boss on obamacare. we're going to talk to congressman jim jordan, going rogue. defied leaders with his own version of a bill to repeal obamacare. >>> women on the march. coast to coast action from women's day rallies. >>> and guess who is coming to dinner, president trump, senator cruz and their wives sitting down together tonight. i wonder if they'll talk about this. >> everybody hates cruz. lyin' ted cruz. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward. >> wow, to be a fly on the wall. that's ahead. you totaled your

said,alan dershowitz regarding the travel bans and the court challenges, expect this to stand.unveiled their legislation to repeal and replace obamacare. >> yes. the name has been shared -- changed. administration, it is called the american health care act. the would unwind most of affordable care act and repeal most of the rules and regulations that require everyone to have insurance. suggest ano age-based tax credit. the older you get, the more tax credits you get. not say how does much it will cost and how much it will cover. theg sticking point is on political risk. gop senators have already come out against this potential plan, including rob portman and lisa murkowski. it would winds down the expansion of medicaid and they say that they want to have access to health care for all. politics coming into this. thank you for that. still to come, we will talk to the chief executive in japan. seesll talk about how he this playing out over the next year. , he is selling us the best investment opportunities. is bloomberg. with bloomberg markets. now.t's go to japan are going to the

and he is getting some legal advice from famed harvard law professor alan dershowitz.ice. stop talking. stop talking. this, after federal judges in hawaii and maryland used the president's own words to make their case. despite a change in language, the order still amounts to a muslim ban. the judge in hawaii citing the trump campaign in his rulings quoting, stayed there is nothing veiled about this press release in which the president called for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. the judge also cited rudy giuliani's televised remarks that the president asked him to fine a way to ban muslims as well as remarks from white house adviser steven miller that the revised ban is the same basic policy as the first order that was blocked. then there were these remarks from the president, himself, the other night. >> this is a watered-down version of the first one. this is a watered-down version and let me tell you something. i think we ought to go back to the first one and go all the way which is what i wanted to do in the first place. >> that i

liberal law professors including alan dershowitz who said gorsuch would be hard to oppose on the merits and donald elliot who called him a brilliant mind, who tries very hard to get the law right and follows the law as best he can wherever it may lead. and at his confirmation hearing last week, we heard from former and current colleagues on the federal bench who enthusiastically support his nomination. are all federal judges who know him well. judge john kaine appointed to the district court in colorado by president carter voted judge gorsuch voted to affirm and reverse his decisions. in each instance, he remarked, i have felt i clearly understood and properly informed. he goes on to say, i think judge gorsuch listens well, decides justly, his dissents are constructive rather than vitriolic. i think he's an excellent judicial craftsman. former colleagues on the tenth circuit testified last week on his behalf as well. two former chief judges of that circuit, one appointed by president reagan, another appointed by president clinton, have written that judge gorsuch was like most good judge

brian: don't throw bike racks at people and when allen dershowitz can praise ted cruz as my student enjoy you so much. >> thank you. brian: remember the mino miner confronting hillary clinton for saying she was going to put coal miners out of business. >> how can you say you are going to put coal miners out of jobs and then come in here and tell us how you are going to be our friend? brian: is he about to talk about frump's new e.p.a. order and see what he has to say. this passenger watched a first class passenger gave up his seat for a soldier and then tweeted how he wanted to vomit. now he is getting schooled. ♪ ♪ kevin, meet your father. kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin trusted advice for life. kevin, how's your mom? life well planned. see what a raymond james financial advisor can do for you. then you're a couple. think of all you'll share... like snoring. does your bed do that? the dual adjustability of a sleep number bed allows you each to choose the firmness and comfort you want. so every couple can get the best sleep ever. does your bed do that? only at

and billion judges to serve the nation over the last century ing liberal law professors including dershowitz said it would be hard to oppose and those who call him a brilliant mind tried to get the of law right and follow men as best he can wherever that may lead and added confirmation hearing last week with current colleagues on the bench that enthusiastically support the nomination to seek federall. judges who know him well those appointed to the district court in colorado said george - - judge gorsuch then in each instance felt to clear the understood that his dissents are instructive rather than vitriolic and he is in excellent judicial craftsman. former colleagues on the tenth circuit testified on his behalf as paul to former chief judges are appointed by president reagan have written that judge portion each - - dyed gorsuch would attend to the facts in each case.he supreme c and to be confirmed from the supreme court they're not likely to change with their consideration of opposing views with judicial temperament and collegialityrm t conclude by saying of the noted intellect with the g

liberal law professors including alan dershowitz who said gorsuc would be hard to oppose on the merit and called him a brilliant mind who tries very hard to get the lawn right and follows the law as best he can rather wherever it may lead. at his confirmation hearing last week on the leader from former and current colleagues on the federal bench who a nomination. these are all federal judges who know him well. judge john king has appointed to the district by carter wroteuch that judge gorsuch had voted to affirm and reverse his decision. in each instance, he remarked, i thought it clearly and properly informed. he goes on to say it ain't judge gorsuch listens well, besides chess league rather than venturing out like and i think he's an excellent judicial craftsman. former colleagues on the 10th circuit testified last week on his behalf as well. two former chief judges of that circuit, one appointed by president reagan, another by president clinton had writ thats judge gorsuch was like most good judges assiduously attentive to the facts and law in each case. judge tacha and handbrake b

alan dershowitz says gorsuch is highly credentialed and hard to oppose on the merits. justice ruth bader ginsburg recently had praise for the judge too, complimenting his collegiality and excellent writing ability. judge gorsuch received wide support in the local judicial community with more than 200 voicing their support for his nomination. here's what they said in a letter to colorado senators just last week. we know judge gorsuch to be a person of utmost character, they wrote. he is fair, decent and honest both as a judge and a person. his record shows that he believes strongly in independence of the judiciary. judge gorsuch has a well-earned reputation as an excellent jurist. he voted with the majority in 98% of the cases he heard on the tenth circuit. a great portion of which were joined by judges appointed by democratic presidents. we all agree that judge gorsuch is exceptionally well qualified to join the supreme court. he deserves an up-or-down vote. that's from 200 colorado lawyers. this phrase has been reiterated by other coloradoans as well. here's how the c

the ceo contributor robert will visit us at harvard law professor emeritus alan dershowitz. stay right there as they kick off the hour right here with the top story. house republicans unveiled their plan with the replacement last night. the bill called the american health care is eliminated individual and employer mandate penalties. it gives a monthly tax credit to consumers instead of the current subsidies. last night fox news interviewed congressman kevin brady and greg walden, responsible for the obamacare and repair legislation. here's what went down. >> we begin by repealing the tax is, mandate penalties in subsidies and obamacare. to give americans the freedom to buy plants that they need that includes nearly doubling the size of the health savings accounts and make them more usable. >> picture we are not pulling the rug out from under people. not going back to the days that those with preexisting conditions were penalized or could not access health insurance. and now back to lifetime caps are allowing kids not to be on your insurance uil they are 26. this protection s