judges william can birks richard clifton, and michelle freedland questioned the travel ban.the executive order barring immigration from mostly muslim countries have throne scores of lives into chaos. >> has the government pointed to any evidence connecting these countries with terrorism? >> in 2015 and 2016, both congress and the administration made determinations. >> and he was asked if the travel ban was actually a mumds ban based on the president's reported comments. >> you deny that in fact the statements be attributed to then candidate trump and to his political advisors and mr. giuliani, you deny those statements were made? >> i know. >> opponents of the travel ban say it's discriminatory and causing harm to immigrants. >> we had students and faculty at our state universities who are stand overseas, we had families that were separated. >> he was also questioned about the security risk. >> do you deny that in fact there is concern about people coming from those countries? >> congress determined those countries should not get a waiver from a visa requirement. that is imm

william canby and michelle freedland. each side will be 30 minutes to present their case. this is not whether the order itself is constitutional, but whether the stay should remain. there is no timeline for a ruling. regardless of the outcome, though, this could wind up in the u.s. supreme court, something the president says he's ready for. >> how far are you willing to take your travel ban fight? >> we're going to take it through the system. it's very important. it's very important for the think? >> we'll see. hopefully it doesn't have to. it's common sense. you know, some things are law and i'm all in favor of that. and some things are common sense. this is common sense. >> if this does wind up before the high court, there's a poebl possibility of a split decision. a 4-4 tie would resort back to the decision of the appeals court. >>> here in washington, mike pence became the first ever vice president to cast a tie-breaking vote for a cabinet confirmation. >> the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the nomination is confirmed. >>

judges william can birks richard clifton, and michelle freedland questioned the travel ban. the executive order barring immigration from mostly muslim countries have throne scores of lives into chaos. >> has the government pointed to any evidence connecting these countries with terrorism? >> in 2015 and 2016, both congress and the administration made determinations. >> and he was asked if the travel ban was actually a mumds ban based on the president's reported comments. >> you deny that in fact the statements be attributed to then candidate trump and to his political advisors and mr. giuliani, you deny those statements were made? >> i know. >> opponents of the travel ban say it's discriminatory and causing harm to immigrants. >> we had students and faculty at our state universities who are stand overseas, we had families that were separated. >> he was also questioned about the security risk. >> do you deny that in fact there is concern about people coming from those countries? >> congress determined those countries should not get a waiver from a visa requirement. that is im

william william camby junior, judge richard clifton and judge michelle freedland. the seattle u.s. district court judge who stopped what the administration was trying do to keep the immigrants from seven mostly muslim countries out was judge james robart. put in by george bush, a republican, he, of course, was called a so-called judge, somewhat of a shocking tweet to some people when donald trump called him a so-called judge, a lot of name calling but does appear the entire executive order is questioned at having been rushed. where do you stand on it? did they rush to push out the executive order from the trump side? >> no doubt this was rushed. there's no doubt that the agencies have failed to have enough understanding. the airlines didn't know what to do. we have customs officials at airports around the world that are supposed to screen passengers as well as let passengers through. this is part of advanced screening. they didn't know what to do. so the calamity because of this rush job, resulted in the types of consequences that we've seen on tv. look, i worked on the refugee sub

and michelle freedland will be in san francisco. he was appointed by president obama in 2014. on behalf of the white house, the department of justice will argue the president is in his st statutory authority to do this. he can suspend any entry class of alians to protect the national interest. here's what the law says. meeting with the coalition of sheriffs earlier today at the white house, the president expressed frustration that he's embroiled in his court cases at all. listen. >> i can't believe that we're having to fight to protect the security in a court system to protect our nation. i can't believe it. a lot of people agree with us, believe me. but they want our borders secure and our country secure. they want to see people that can love our country come in, not people that are looking to destroy our country. >> the argument that he has the statutory authority to do that, that is the central argument of the case. the department of justice will argue three other points. a, that this is temporary. different need permission from congress to do this. this does not apply to l

judge richard clifton and judge michelle freedland. the justice attorney asked the court to strike down the washington state courts nationwide and their restraining orders on president trump's travel ban that had stopped immigration from seven predominantly muslim countries. the washington state attorney noah purcell argues the ban unfairly targets muslims and causes harm. >> we detail a number of universities, standing overseas, families being separated. >> reporter: the special council argues the executive order says nothing about banning muslims in particular. as he got into a lengthy exchange with the judges over whether states and courts should be allowed to overturn the national security decision. >> this is a traditional national security judgment that is assigned to the political branches and the precedent. and the the courts have immediately altered that. >> reporter: the u.s. department of justice argued the president's order should not be renewable by the court and they have a chance to act for the risk. >> is there a reason

wouldn't surprise me, actually, if it's michelle freedland, she's the active judge. the other two judges have senior status. and then they will make a decision and then it will be referred to the whole court, meanwhile, the trump administration may go directly to justice kennedy. >> reporter: the supreme court. >> yes, he's the circuit justice for the 9th circuit. so he will get any motion that they file at the supreme court and then he has the authority to refer that to the entire court. or he has the authority, actually, to decide it himself if he wants to. >> reporter: all right. rory little giving you the information you need to know on how these procedures work and obviously with court systems, there is a very set out procedure. we should mention this also, the 9th circuit court just put up a website, there's so much public interest, you can go on their website and find out what happens with this case as they make their decision. >> of course, sara, because it affects people's lives moment by moment. especially peop especial especially people in the air, on the

and michelle t. freedland appointed by judge obama. the third judge is considered moderately conservative. this court has a huge reputation for being liberal. once ruling that the phrase "one nation under god" be removed from the pledge of allegiance and nativity scenes be banned from south california parks. whatever decision the ninth circuit court comes to, it will likely be appealed to the supreme court. because we're still short one supreme court justice, a 4-4 tie is likely, which means the ninth circuit route ruling would stand. harris? >> all right. and i understand now, too, 100 technology are lining up to fight the president's ban. so they're joining this effort. >> correct. including companies like apple, facebook and dozens of others. they argue the president's ban negatively effects the job market. they says it hinders american companies to attract great ta tale talent, makes it more difficult for american firms to compete in the international marketplace. a study from a northern california think tank says 37% of silicon va

the members of the three-judge panel, judge michelle freedland appointed by barack obama, judge camby appointed by jimmy cart sxer judge richard clifton appointed by george w. bush, came up with the decision that was rendered last night. what happens next? we have to wait and see. this from the review journal in nevada, story billed to remove that state and five others from "nutty fifth circuit court may be gaining favor," this is what they report. how big is the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeal? san francisco bay represents nine states, including nevada, 20% of the u.s. population and 40% of the nation's land mass, so big cess looked at bills to split the circuit since 1941 and so big none of the measures has succeeded. this year, however, senators o.whaselesnt w in my experience, extreme vet suggest already takingry o immick o te tweed tlo wdyed s d hi hoss.t es to ceusticehateve deci >>day ni