charles: such a move and its representations with john bolden and also tonight circuit court of appeals weighing president trump's executive order calling for extreme setting. the president says the order is straightforward only common sense. >> yarn have to be a lawyer. if you are a good student in high school or a bad student in high school you could understand this. lou: we will discuss the appeals process, the fate of the order and america's leftist judiciary with attorneys josh blackmon and david rifkin. and another big win for our economy. >> we have been working on it for several years. lou: and tell us a corporate friend of president trump sunamerica but there are corporate detractors as well. we will call a few of them out here tonight. good evening everybody, we begin tonight with breaking news out of iran ready u.s. official telling "fox news" iran has launched a short-range surface-to-air missile just about 12 hours ago. the missile launched from iran the same launch pad where iran conducted a ballistic missile test on january 29. "fox news" is told the missile hit 35 miles

charles: such a move and its representations with john bolden and also tonight circuit court of appealsident trump's executive order calling for extrem

including john bolden, former u.n.onservative, loved by conservative hawks, neocons. and some in the libertarian wing of the republican party. one person pushing bolden is ted cruz of texas, former campaign rival of donald trump's. i spoke to cruz moments ago. here's what he said. >> one person i think would be very, very strong is john bo bolton. he is very well known on the hill. republicans and democrats know john bolton well. he understands the world. he understands the threats of radical islamic terrorism. he understands the threats of an overaggressive putin. and at the same time i think he has demonstrated an understanding that we should be reluctant to use military force. we should do only when absolutely necessary. so i think there are lots of good people being considered. someone like john bolton would be a terrific choice. >> now, i asked him about those concerns about folks like rand paul of kentucky, who is furiously opposed to john bolton getting any position of the state department as he is being conside

so, leaving aside john bolden. the other three individuals he's looking at are senior, retired military officers. he has other senior retired military officers in other key positions in his administration right now. that seems to be what he feels comfortable with. i think a little diversity of viewpoints could be useful. but each of those men, none of whom i know personally. but each of them have a good reputation. >> former cia deputy director, david cohen. thank you. >>> as the president enters his second month in office, as we've been talking about, he's taking greater aim at the media. kristen welker has that part of the story for us this morning. >> reporter: good morning. as a candidate, president trump often targeted the media. it was a guaranteed way to fire up his political base. now as president, it's a tactic that still works. over the weekend, he turned up his rhetoric. and that's drawing a sharp, new backlash. as president trump tries to reset his white house, he's again using the media as his foil. la