joining us, david axelrod and john king. >> david, your argument, which you posted on twitter earlier is that if president obama's chief of staff had called the fbi to knock down a story on an ongoing probe of the president's allies, congress would have raised hell. is it that simple? now they say it was the deputy director who asked to talk to reince priebus about this and that's how it got started. >> this wasn't a casual conversation. this was a conversation about an ongoing investigation, coverage of an ongoing investigation. how often does the fbi say we don't comment on ongoing investigations? and it appears that, i dons know wh what the genesis of the conversation was but it appears that the chief of staff was trying to enlist the fbi knocking down a story about an ongoing investigation involving the president and his allies during the campaign, and that seems to me to be a very

a source telling john king that andrew puzder told the white house he does not see a viable path forward and does not believe he should move forward as secretary labor nominee, according to our colleague john king, this after a pretty dramatic turn of events as republican senators communicated to the white house they believed there were going to be four firm no votes on the confirmation and sources telling me there could be up to 12 no votes. because of his views on immigration, and conservative groups, people on the right not supportive of him and also controversies of the past, allegations of domestic abuse, decades old messy divorce proceeding, all sorts of issues are abound to come up to that confirmation hearing tomorrow but republicans did not want to stomach another very controversial nominee after having to deal with so many other nominees and taken such a political hit for backing those nominees and were not ready to support andrew puzder, i'm told they could not move forward, they did not want to move forward on puzder because they did not have the votes and looks like mr. puzd

i'm nia-malika henderson filling in for john king. old habits tend to diehard, so on saturday 1,353 days before voters go to the polls in 2020, the president went back to his tried and tested routes, a campaign rally with a familiar foe. >> i also want to speak to you without the filter of the fake news. they have become a big part of the problem. they are part of the corrupt system. they have their own agenda, and their agenda is not your agenda. in fact, thomas jefferson said nothing can be believed which is seen in a newspaper. >> candidate trump craved rallies, the crowds, the size, the addlation and president trump doesn't seem to be that much different. trump has always seen the press as adversarial and now media are his main opponents, and the president, he's the guy who can fix it all. >> we are here today to speak the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. i hear your demands. i hear your voices, and i promise you i will deliver, i promise that. >> trump's been in office for little more than a month. on the way to

one republican senator texting john king. he should do that with a therapy and not on live television. one called it the new normal. adding we're just trying to manage this. cnn's sara murray as more from the white house. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump capped of off a busy week with a press conference. something very different from what we are used to seeing in the east room. he stretched on for an hour slamming the media and going after his former political opponent hillary clinton all as he assured the press and american public that there is no turmoil in the white house. >> i turn on the tv. open the newspapers. i see stories of chaos. yet it is the exact opposite. this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. despite the fact that i can't get my cabinet approved. >> reporter: all of that and the president making news on russia. insisting he is not aware any of the top campaign advisers were in contact with russian officials during the campaign. that runs contrary to what we are hearing at cnn from sou

i knew he would appoint john king. i knew that i disagreed with the john king, but i said to the president that if you would appoint i would make sure he had a prompt hearing and that we would confirm improperly -- promptly because i thought the president was entitled to his cabinet member. i had as big a difference with john king and continue to, although i respect him, i had a nice talk with them on but they left office. i had as big a difference with them on the role of the federal government in schools as a member of this committee have with ms. devos. she agrees with what 85 senators voted for women six no child left behind. she wants to reverse the trend to a national school board, stop telling teachers and school boards how to run their schools. one would think the committee would be delighted with that. i respect my colleagues. i don't question their motives. i don't question their votes but i believe their concerns are misplaced. so just as a major president obama was able to promptly secure a nomination of hi

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i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us. >>> the national security advisor resigns and acknowledges he misled the vice president and others about his contacts with russia. >> you're presuming what general flynn did or did not know, but the key here -- and i want to repeat it, the key here is the misleading of the vice president and others. the incomplete information or the inability to completely recall what did or did not happen as reflected in his debriefing of particular phone calls. republican have a giant obama care problem. angry crowds at town halls have some lawmakers saying let's take a cautious approach, but conservatives are demanding oon immediate repeal vote even though the party has no consensus on a replacement. >> we will have a stable transition where no one has the rug pulled out from under them while we work toward a better more stable system. this step by step approach will rescue people from obama care's collapse and give everyone in america access to affordable quali

i'm john king. thanks for sharing your sunday morning. a north korean missile test interrupts president trump's weekend of diplomacy with japan. >> i want and everybody to fully know that the united states of america stands behind japan, its great ally, 100%. thank you. >> that was the president last night. a big court ruling against his travel ban is another challenge for the week ahead. >> and we'll be doing something very rapidly having to do with additional security for our country. you'll be seeing that sometime next week. in addition we will continue to go through the court process and ultimately i have no doubt that we'll win that particular case. >> plus, three weeks in. lark out at members of congress including republicans who come back to haunt the president. >> we only have a 52-vote majority here in the united states senate in order to accomplish his agenda, so i hope everybody can kind of dial it down a bit. >> with us this sunday to share their reporting and insights, nia-malika henderson, jonathan martin of the "new york ti

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king.s for sharing your day with us and a newsy friday it is. president trump paid a triumphant visit to a big conservative meeting here just outside of washington looking to rally support for his agenda and looking to stifle any lingering distrust on the right. >> we need to define what this great, great unprecedented movement is and what it actually represents. the core conviction of our movement is that we are a nation that put and will put its own citizens first. [ cheering ] >> plus, rare public insights from the man drivinghe

i'm john king.us. >>> the national security advisor resigns and acknowledges he misled the vice president and others about his contacts with russia. >> you're presuming what general flynn did or did not know, but the key here -- and i want to repeat it, the key here is the misleading of the vice president and others. the incomplete information or the inability to completely recall

i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us. a big week for president trump. the outline of the first trump budget is being rolled out today. it keeps campaign promises to spike up military spending while keeping hands off social security and medicare. >> this budget will be a public safety and national security budget very much based on those two with plenty of other things, but very strong, and it will include a historic increase in defense spending to rebuild the depleated military of the united states of america at a time we most need it. >> it's about the previous administration, president obama and the congress to really identify that these were at least seven nations where this federal government under the previous administration didn't feel confident they could get accurate information about the people coming in from those countries. >> and the supporting role of sorts for the president at last night's oscars. >> as a mexican, as a latin american, as a mieg rabbgrant w as a human being, i'm against any form of wall that wants to separate us. [ applause

. >>> let's go to "inside politics" with john king. >> thank you, kate. to "inside politics." i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us. attorney general jeff sessions is on the job. this oval office swearing in, one last salvo in a bitter confirmation battle that leaves washington raw. >> i jeff sessions, do solemnly swear -- >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> against -- >> and speaking of raw, the president launches a morning tweet bomb against a democratic senator. the

i'm john king. happy friday.rump vowed to repeal, but a big loss in court means his travel and refugee ban remains on hold. that's a huge early setback. >> it's a political decision that we're going to see them -- it's a decision that we'll win, in my opinion, very easily. >> plus, a big day on the world stage for the president. there's a swirling controversy around his national security advisor, and japan's prime minister is at the white house hoping presint

john king, the critic at the san francisco kartik guss chronicle says he does not believe that it will symbolize san francisco as much as the transamerica.. but he does describe it as tasteful well tailored and energy-efficient. potentially a new landmark. salesforce issued this statement, as they embodied sales forces. and, the city's largest technology employer and will serve as a hub for the community. and, as far as partners. >> the building will be the heart of our global headquarters and represents an incredible milestone. and will continue to grow at an unprecedented rate here to >> state senator. jerry hill will investigate a recent spike in bills. a lot of customers had sticker shock when they shot up in december and january. they say a 20% rate hike took effect last summer. however most customers didn't really feel the effects until now. and they say that at this point he doesn't the wrongdoing by pg&e. you if there's something that -- >> if there's something that they are doing wrong, they need to call it out. they have not at this point. they have given than those increases

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> thanks, brianna. i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us. welcome to the trump polling paradox. the president's early job approval numbers are dismal and getting worse but americans are feeling much better about the economy. the president wants some credit. >> i'm delivering on everything that we've said. in fact, people are saying

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> thanks, brianna. i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us. welcome to the trump polling paradox. the president's early job approval numbers are dismal and getting worse but americans are feeling much better about the economy. the president wants some credit. >> i'm delivering on everything that we've said. in fact, people are saying that they've never seen so much happen in 30 days of a presidency. we've delivered on a lot. and i think mark can explain, and mark can probably say some of the things we're doing for the auto industry. we're going to be doing that for many of the industries. >> it's an important day for an already frustrated secretary of state. rex tillerson getting an earful in mexico. >> we are not going to deport ourselves out of this problem. we are not going to deport 11.4 million people. just stop that talk. you're scaring people. >> and the trump adviser who gave us the term alternative facts re-emerges after a media time-out. kellyanne conway, a long list of officials speaking at a big

. >> john king is here. our krbt. he is joining us. alice is our global affairs correspondent and david, global affairs analyst, former advisor to numerous secretaries of state, aaron david miller with us. orin lieberman is still in jerusalem. we'll get to him shortly. you and i have covered the white house in a long time. i don't remember, if ever, a joint news conference that a president has with a visiting foreign leader that begins their conversation, and then they sit down afterwards for a substantive dialogue. almost always, i think always, the news conference is at the end of the meetings, not at the beginning before the meetings. >> everything about this president and everything about the first 27 days of his presidency is different from the scheduling. you are right. normally they talk first. now, what does it do? it allows them to say we haven't talked about that yet if you press them on the two-state solution or how hard will president trump push back on israeli settlement expansion, israeli settlement growth. it's at least

. >>> let's go to "inside politics" with john king. >> thank you, kate. welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us. attorney general jeff sessions is on the job. this oval office swearing in, one last salvo in a bitter confirmation battle that leaves washington raw. >> i jeff sessions, do solemnly swear -- >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> against -- >> and speaking of raw, the president launches a morning tweet bomb against a democratic senator. the senator's crime? disclosing what trump's own supreme court nominee told him about the president's public attacks on federal judges. >> i asked him to express his criticism and to condemn these kinds of public attacks on an independent judiciary. and at that point, after some back and forth, he did say that he found them to be disheartening and demoralizing. >> plus, notice a trend? more punching. take issue with the trump ordered military strike or one of the

i'm john king. happy friday. president trump vowed to repeal, but a big loss in court means his travel and refugee ban remains on hold. that's a huge early setback. >> it's a political decision that we're going to see them -- it's a decision that we'll win, in my opinion, very easily. >> plus, a big day on the world stage for the president. there's a swirling controversy around his national security advisor, and japan's prime minister is at the white house hoping president trump is a very different man than candidate trump. >> at some point we have to say, you know what, we're better off if japan protects itself against this maniac in it north korea. >> and who says washington isn't consistent? another long night of democratic complaints. then another party line vote to clear a key trump cabinet pick. >> what tom price essentially wants to do is to get us into the way back machine and return us to a time when corporate insurance companies were calling the shots in our country. back to a time when a person could g

john king present obama is current secretary was two hours and 16 minutes. this is already three hours and we're not finished yet. as far as questions go, each member of this committee has had an opportunity to visit with msi believe she has been that. several members of this committee have already sent her written questions which she will answer before we vote on her nomination. she has complied with all the rules of the committee. the committee rules do not require that the office of government ethics agency, office of government ethics report be in by the time we actually have a hearing. she submitted her information there. on the 12th of i'd leave the 12th of, the fourth of january. and ms. devos, i understand you are working and will continue to work with the office of government ethics and sign an ethics agreement, is that correct? >> that's correct, mr. chairman spin the purpose of that just of those who are watching is a designated government office that works with nominees, and that comes to an agreement with them if there is any conflict of interes

i'm john king.

john king, to follow on your reporting sending a quote from a senior republican familiar with admiralarward's decision, it was a question of clarity regarding the lines of authority. that obviously does lend itself to he didn't feel he could have the latitude to do what he wanted with whom he wanted in this white house. and that is a very big problem. >> no question. listen, going in, it was my understanding that a replacement for flynn would want to know if he had a direct line to the president. there are concerns about others in the white house inner circle, steve bannon included, who's making the calls on these kinds of things, and that's a major issue here. beyond that, beyond the lines of communication are clear impressions from people like this that the white house is just having serious problems on these decisions. who's making these decisions. what is the policy, whether you're talking about troops on the ground in syria, one or two-state solution in israel, are you tough on russia or not? you have contradictly messages. until those are resolved it's difficult for people like

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i'm john king. thank you for spending your day with us. donald trump and immigration and security issues. >> this budget focuses on keeping america safe, keeping out terrorists, keeping out criminals and putting vie legislate offenders behind bars or removing them from our country altogether. >> as they await the big speech, republicans are both ee bar and anxious. they need the president's help sorting internal fw op fights on health care, tax reform, and more, and yet they often cringe at his approach and at his words. >> now, i have to tell you it's an unbelievably complex subject. nobody knew health care could be so complicated. >> oh. nobody knew. there's no such divide among the democrats. they already don't like the speech they won't hear until nine hours from now. >> 40 days after his inauguration president trump and the republican congress will have not lifted a finger to create jobs or raise wages for hard-working american families. instead the president has pull wall street first, he has tried to make america sick again, he has

john king jr., the recipient of a doctorate in education administrative practice who had served as deputy secretary under arne duncan and who had been previously the education commissioner for the state of new york. each brought to the job a background in public education that informed their understanding of what students and parents and teachers and administrators need in order to succeed, which brings me to betsy devos. there were reasons to be skeptical about mrs. devos' nomination right off the bat. as my republican colleague senator collins of maine put it, the mission of the department of education is broad but supporting public education is at its core. well, in mrs. devos, president trump sent us a nominee with no experience in public education. mrs. devos has never been a public school superintendent or a public school principal or a public schoolteacher. she has never attended a public school. she has never sent a child to a public school. mrs. devos has no formal background in education, no classroom experience, and no demonstrated commitment to supporting public education what

john king was our tenth u.s. secretary of education from march 2016 through january of 2017, just recently. he had a j.d. and a doctorate of education from columbia university, he taught in the massachusetts school system, he had been commissioner of education in the state of new york from june 2011 until january 2015. he had been the deputy secretary of education for a little more than a year, so a lifetime of study about our public education system, a lifetime of dedication to that system, a lifetime of experience in that system brought to bear to make that system work for our children. how about arne duncan who preceded him. he was the ninth united states secretary of education, serving from the time president obama came into office through december 2015. arne duncan graduated college with a bachelor's in sociology, he was deputy chief of staff to the chicago superintendent. he was the superintendent of chicago's public schools from june 2001 until january 2009. so he also brought to bear substantial, extensiv

schools chancer kaya henderson was there along with john king, former education of secretary.y talked about ways to elevate the teacher profession and improve education for students. the group also unveiled a new declaration of principals, teachers and believes. it's a commitment to a shared set of values that will help prepare students for college, the workplace and beyond. >> we are committed to creating an education system that will strengthen the voices and practices of education by attracting high quality teacher candidates from diverse backgrounds with competitive salaries, providing practice based teacher preparation that develops educators knowledge, skills and mindsets. that teachers have leading voice in the development of policies that impact their profession. >>> the federal government is following through on its promise to withhold funding if metro doesn't meet certain safety standards. the federal transit administration will immediately withhold 5% of the federal money it was going to give to metro. that hold will be in place until a safety oversight program has

. >> welcome to inside politics, i'm john king.esident trump addresses a joint session of congress tuesday night, his approval ratings are dismal, but he claims a bold first mandate. >> there's no such thing as a global anthem, or a global currency, or a global flag, this is the united states of america that i'm represents. i'm not representing the globe, i'm representing your country. >> this is also take two of the travel ban, take one defeated in court. >> we are going to keep radical islamic terrorism terrorists the hell out of our country. we will not be deterred from this course. and in a matter of days, we will be taking brash action to protect our borders and to keep america safe. >> audience: do your job! do your job! >> 2020 you're gone. >> i'm an angry constituent, you work for us. >> >> audience: shame on you! shame on you! >> feisty week in the rear view mirror and an important week ahead of him. we saw him at the end of the week, at the political pep rally, playing to his base, some issues going forward, how important

i think john king cares about children. they each had different backgrounds. i think david kearns cared about children. when i saw him in 1991 to asked him to come be the deputy education secretary, he was not in the classroom, he was the chief executive officer of the xerox corporation, who financially believed education cannot be properly restructured for the benefit of children, only from within. public schools need outside prodding in order to get better. means offering more opportunity, more achievement for children, especially low income children. it is the major avenue we have for success. mrs. devos cares about children. then, really the charges against her is that people don't like the positions she take her violet anybody be surprised that the president would support the secretary of education? all education secretaries, most of the state support charter schools. they were invented by the democratic farmer labor party. and 2.7e 6800 of them million children attend them. they are public schools. the second is school choice. there is a difference of op

i think john king cares about children. they each had different backgrounds. i think david kearns cared about children. when i saw him in 1991 to asked him to come be the deputy education secretary, he was not in the classroom, he was the chief executive officer of the xerox corporation, who financially believed education cannot be properly restructured for the benefit of children, only from within. public schools need outside prodding in order to get better. means offering more opportunity, more achievement for children, especially low income children. it is the major avenue we have for success. mrs. devos cares about children. then, really the charges against her is that people don't like the positions she take her violet anybody be surprised that the president would support the secretary of education? all education secretaries, most of the state support charter schools. they were invented by the democratic farmer labor party. and 2.7e 6800 of them million children attend them. they are public schools. the second is school choice. there is a difference of op

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conference came pouring in here on capitol hill including from one republican senator that told john king he should do that with a therapist and not on live television. and despite saying he does have a good replacement potentially lined up to replace michael flynn hours after he made that statement, he turned down trump's offer to take that position but sources also telling cnn he was reluctant to accept such a position with a white house in this state of chaos. now meantime the white house is readying to appoint a new communications director as early as today to take some heat off press secretary sean spicer. >> thank you. quite, quite, quite said the president. but he can't control the facts. let's get to it. it is good to have you all here julie, let's start with you and play your exchange in part with the president yesterday. >> can you say you were aware that anyone that advised your campaign had contacts with russia during the course of the election. >> general flynn was dealing. he was dealing as he should have then. >> during the election? >> nobody that i know. >> you're not awa

i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day.erywhere you look in nation's capitol, the new january job's report is a gift to the new president. more importantly, americans much more optimistic about their odds of finding work. >> 227,000 jobs, great spirit in the country right now. we're very happy about that. i think that it's going to continue

telling john king this something that should have been done in front of a therapist and not on national live television and then there was this reaction coming from a republican lawmaker that said, quote, we're just trying to manage this bleep. the people that love him will love him more and the people that hate him will hate him more and the people in the middle will look at it the way we look at it in congress. that's just the new normal. that's just the [ bleep ] that happens. i don't know how else to manage it. that speaking to the great sense of frustration here on capitol hill. the fact that they do have this ambitious agenda, the big ticket items of tax reform, repealing and replacing obamacare which paul ryan and president trump both recently indicated that they want to move forward on in the next couple of weeks but there's worry and concern, will any of this get delayed with the distractions coming from the white house. >> thank you for all of that. well, president trump talked about hillary clinton 11 times during his press conference. what does her former campaign manager th

. >> reporter: john king is a man who likes to look up. >> i know a lot of younger people who think it's really cool. >> reporter: king says the sales force tower has grown on him. he describes it as tasteful, well taylored, and refined. a well built corporate office tower in a high rise neighborhood. but on the flip side. >> my guess is it will never say san francisco the way that the transamerica pyramid does, or the way that the ferry building does. >> reporter: but shouldn't the tallest building in san francisco do just that? >> it's tricky though. how would it do it? ♪ [ music ] >> cities evolve. cities change. i think it's just a matter of time when you know, changes happen. it's not necessarily bad. you should preserve heritage listed buildings, landmark buildings, but you shouldn't say no to new development, new technology. this is one of the most efficient buildings that are out there. >> reporter: 1.4 million square feet. high ceilings, a vertical campus connected to the new transbase center. boston properties says 64% of the building is leased. the anchor tenent, sales force i

i'm john king. thank you for spending your day with us.igration and security issues. >> this budget focuses on keeping america safe, keeping out terrorists, keeping out criminals and putting vie legislate offenders behind bars or removing them from our

i'm john king where, thanks for sharing your your day with us where, we're waiting to see scott pruittdirector of the environmental protection agency. we've been dipping in as the new members of the trump cabinet say hello to their employees. we'll go in just a moment to see his message today. an important stop and message today from president trump at the african-american history museum. >> we're going to bring this country together, maybe bring some of the world together, but we're going to bring this country together. we have a divided country that's been divided for many, many years, but we're going to bring it together. i hope every day of my presidency we will be honoring the

. >> "inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> the colorful. >> we will continue to win, >> the press honestly is out of control. the level of dishonesty is out of control. >> commander in chief. how president trump is trying to change the narrative with a throwback to campaign mode. plus, turmoil inside trump land. his labor secretary nominee walks as the president's national security

. >> reporter: san francisco chronicle urban design critic john king is a man who likes to look up. >> he described it as tasteful, well tailored and refined. but on the flip side -- >> my guess is it will never say san francisco the way that the trans-america pyramid does or the way that the tower does or the ferry building does. >> shouldn't the tallest building in san francisco do just that? >> it's tricky. how would it do it? ♪[music] >> cities evolve and change. i think it's just a matter of time when, you know, change has happened. it's not necessarily bad. you should preserve heritage listed buildings, landmark buildings but you shouldn't say no to new development and technology. this is one of the most efficient buildings out there. >> reporter: 1.4 million square feet. 61 stories. high ceilings. a vertical campus connected to the new transbase center. boston property says 64% of the building is leased. the anchor tenant sales force is expected to move in in october. as the lower 30 floors and the top two floors. the sales source tower will be shorter than one world trade cent

i'm john king where, thanks for sharing your your day with us where, we're waiting to see scott pruitt, the director of the environmental protection agency. we've been dipping in as the new members of the trump cabinet say hello to their employees. we'll go in just a moment to see his message today. an important stop and message today from president trump at the african-american history museum. >> we're going to bring this country together, maybe bring some of the world together, but we're going to bring this country together. we have a divided country that's been divided for many, many years, but we're going to bring it together. i hope every day of my presidency we will be honoring the determination and work towards a very worthy goal. >> plus, the administration plans a new travel ban soon, and just today new steps to ramp up deportations and other immigration enforcement. >> people come in that are going to love the country. not people that are going to harm the country, and i think a lot of people agree with me on that. >> and it's day one on the job for the president's new nation

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >> a big court setback and president trump vows towin that battle, and we also have a lot of other options. >> three hectic weeks packed with action. >> public safety. >> the and the obstacles are many including the courts and the congress. >> i think there's a little confusion here. >> here we go, trump. >> and his style is unique. tough tweets and tough talk a

stand by john king, your thoughts. >> the closest was bill clinton where he had to express his relevance. this is two years after a significant defeat, this president has 1,438 more days. he came in and said you all think this white house is a mess and how it is a well-oiled fine-tuned fine-tuned machine. he needs to have conversation fs with his staff, not hold overs from administrations. this information about infighting, if you're a trump supporter, you probably like this. this is a president around 40% in the polls, trump supporters will love this. he walked in and said i inherited a mess, there's no question about that. however, he inherited a mess, when president obama came to office the economy was bleeding more than 600,000 jobs a month. donald trump came into office in the last month of office the economy added 227,000 jobs, he has every right to say there are problems but the idea that he came into this swirling sess pool is just not a fact. david chalian, i want to get your thoughts. >> for those throughout the whole campaign season i think this is vintage trump. especially th

. >>> welcome to "inside politics," i'm john king.time with us on another busy day here in nation's capital. president trump vowed to win the court battle over the legality of his controversial travel ban. >> we're going to take it through the system. it's very important. it's very important for the country regardless of

i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day. breaking news, everywhere you look in nation's capitol, the new january job's report is a gift to the new president. more importantly, americans much more optimistic about their odds of finding work. >> 227,000 jobs, great spirit in the country right now. we're very happy about that. i think that it's going to continue bigly. >>> also a big warning sign on capitol hill. another warning up close. one tech leader quits a white house job council and another shows up to say his new travel restrictions are wrong and will hurt the economy. the president wields his pan using executive power to roll back restrictions placed on banks and investment firms. furious democrats say it's proof president trump favors wall street fat cats over the middle class. lisa lair of the associated press. a lot to discuss. new sanctions placed on iran. the trump treasury department slapping new sanctions on 25 individuals that are tied to the ballistic missile program. this falling in iranian test firing in a s

one republican senator telling john king this is something trump should have done in front of a therapist, not onlive national television. then there was this, one reaction from say republican lawmaker who said, quote, we're just trying to manage this bleep. the people that love him will love him more. the people that hate him will hate him more and the people in the middle probably will look at it the way we look at it here in congress, that's just the new normal. that's just the bleep that happens. i don't know how else to manage it. that speaking to the frustration of many republicans on capitol hill as they try to operate this new normal with this unpredictable president. they do have big ticket items of repealing and replacing obama care, doing tax reform, all of that top on the agenda but there's a worry and sense that all of these daily distractions coming from the white house could derail their plans for what they have ahead. >> the irony, sunlen, that a lawmaker finally shows that they get where most americans minds are and what's happening before their eyes in politics and don't

>>> welcome to "inside politics," i'm john king. thanks for spending time with us on another busy day here in nation's capital. president trump vowed to win the court battle over the legality of his controversial travel ban. >> we're going to take it through the system. it's very important. it's very important for the country regardless of me or whoever succeeds at a later date. we have to have security in our country. we have to have the ability. when you take someplace like syria and all of the different people -- and if you remember, isis said, we are going to infiltrate the united states and other countries through the migration. and then we're not allowed to be tough on the people coming in? explain that one. >> a key test looms later today in a federal appeals court hearing. states attorney generals will make their case. top democrat gets a call from the president supreme court pick. we get to see the top of that meeting and we'll take you there when we can. on the senate floor right now, a showdown over the president's choice