lou: the trump administration cracking down on sanctuary cities, attorney general sessions announcing that sanctuary cities will lose billions of dollars in federal grants if they do not ep % o force enforce immigration laws. >> when cities and states refuse to help enforce immigration laws our nation is less safe. lou: best testing author michelle malkin joining us, and president trump announces forming a of a new office of american innovation, headed by his son-inaw, seni adviser jared kushner. the dean of republican strategist, ed rollins, pulitzer prize winning columnist for new york most i'ma michael goodwin joining me. some in the white house may want to reassess their thinking. >> this president is not going to be a partisan president. he wants to make sure that people don't get left behind, and there is competition in the marketplace, if those three things are incompatible with some members of republican house, then we need to work with moderate democrats. lou: the same dems that have obstructed president trump every stay, every step of the way since inaugurated. good evening

it was later revealed he texted the ambassador and met with him in person at trump tower an administration official told cnn. trump associates including mike pence called the meetings introductory. >> they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states' decision to expel diplomats or impose eccentric interrupti interruption. >> that turned out to be -- not to be true. he specifically spoke about the sanctions, but flynn wasn't the only one, trump associates held meeting with the ambassador but insist they were only introductory gatherings. then senator jeff sessions was one of them. but appearing before senate hearing on his confirmation, he said this when asked about possible contacts between the trump campaign and russian officials. >> i did not have communications with the russians and i'm unable to comment. >> reporter: but after taking office, sessions, now attorney general, admitted that he too as a senator met with him twice during the campaign. he said it was in his capacity as a senator, not a member of the trump campaign. sessions decided to rekuz himself from any i

trump's administration.re talking about is we just don't see the amount of women in our government represented. we just don't see what's proportionate to our population. the representation we've come a long way certainly, but you know, fact is, in 2017, we only have four governors out of all the governors, only four women. that's really staggering. that tells you when the numbers are that low, our representation in terms of women elected officials has dropped. these are dismal numbers and if they won't forego any help the future. mr. trump since he's taken office, president trump as a candidate. he talk add great deal about how he promoted women in his business, how he was amongst the first of visible ceos to have them in the higher echelons of the company leadership. we thought that would be go. fast forward here, he's taken office and we just don't see anything that really signals he's going to change the way things have been happening as usual. >> do you know how these numbers -- and we should say it's ea

awaiting crackdown against sanctuary cities or outlaw cities, attorney general sessions, and a trump administration committed to the enforcement of our laws, joining us michelle mal malkin. this is an extraordinary moment, fantastical to think there is an administration and an attorney general that is actually going to enforce the laws of the country. >> lou, it is a great day for america for a law abiding citizen. for law abiding immigrants, and naturalized citizens as well. whon 't tha understand that this is the primary duty of federal government to defend and protect the constitution, our rule of law, law and order, public safety and our sovereignty. i am in denver, it is significant that attorney general jeff session mention specifically our horrific case here, where police ignored an i.c.e. detainer and allowed an illegal alien from mexico who went to be released then murdered a young man at a light rail station here in denver. then have you the open border zealots meeting in new york who are denying the bloody reality of the sanctuary jurisdictions, i hope and pray this is only the start thi

trump tower. it turned it turned out they didn't find anything. that's a stretch to say that president obama ordered that. his administration was of all. esent trump also say that say that he needs to provide us more details. right now a lot of people say he just made it up, we'll he did it for their some basis for but no contacts. >> kelly: even the speaker of the house, paul ryan has talked about that very investigation that was going on. he wanted to say no evidence was found but they are looking at russia has been the type of country that would try to interfere metal with our politics. >> and also financial institutions with money laundering and other things. russian officials would be sanctions of because of their activities with their banks. >> kelly: this crosses along the partisan divide and will probably. people people on both sides of the aisle. we find ourselves in this particular situation with a president who is moving forward had a great week last week until everything happened about attorney general, jeff jeff sessions was recused himself from investigating russia. with this narrative now in the streets, how does the pres

judges blocked president trump's latest travel ban, but the fight is far from over as the trump administration plans to appeal. almost two moss into trump's presidency we hear from a tea party republican thrilled with trump's performance so far. first, bring up ongoing coverage of the first 100 days of the fru trump administration. a lot of to do about the travel ban. on monday joined five other states to a new executive order targeting travelers from six muslim majority nations. supporting the suit, javier says the latest ban was an unconstitutional attack based on people's religion and origin. politics and government scott shafer talked with attorney general basera but this an other potential legal conflicts. >> attorney general, thank you for joining us on "newsroom." >> scott, good to be with you. >> let's talk about the travel ban. you've been in office now less than two months and it's been a full plate and the travel ban was on the docket this week. president trump's travel ban struck down by two judges and now on late friday, trump administration said it would formally appeal the rulin

that's the trump administration formula on climate change, deny, delay defund and that would be a disaster. if donald trump are really committed to energy security he wouldn't have signed an executive order last week to week and fuel economy standards in the vehicles we drive. he wouldn't have signed an executive order to advance the dakota access and keystone pipeline without ensuring that the keystone oil actually stays in america and is not just exported. we still import more than 3 million barrels of oil per day from opec nations. keeping strong fuel economy standards in place is the best way to increase carbon american energy security and decrease carbon pollution. and there's nothing to ensure that the keystone oil won't simply be exported abroad. the promise that the kxl will help our energy security is as hollow as the pipeline itself, all risk no reward for the united states. we need to put america on a path towards a 100% clean and renewable energy future and that's what jeff merkley and sheldon whitehouse represent as we stand here today. climate change is threatening the health

regulations under the trump administration. >> looking dirtier and it's looking less prosperous. it's highlighting where the clean power plan, which president trump is walking away from today, is so historic and what went into his development. we didn't just dream it up like that. clean power plan is the most significant step that the u.s. has taken to address climate change. first ever is establishes the first-ever national standards to reduce pollution from existing power plants, the largest source of greenhouse gases. the clean power plan cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 1/3 by the year 2030. senator carper: it has reached out to tribes, to stakes, to stakeholders and to the american people. the obama administration spent over three years developing the rule. including reviewing and responding to more than 4.3 million comments that the e.p.a. received. the final rule incorporates that input and gives the states and utilities time to preserve ample, reliable and affordable power for all americans. the clean power plan is expected to produce between $26 billion to $46 billion in

ingrim case i know folks were hoping to have nationwide implication and certainly when we saw trump administration roll back administration order a lot of folks were dispointed. what comes next now. >> well the case now goes back to the fourth circuit which is court after peels that overseas among other states virginia and court will rehear the kiss and re decide the case based on developments trump administration removing guidance and there's also a number of other cases pending in circuits around the country and what we're going to see is more and more courts weigh in on this and look at this question. but again the reality remain that transgender students are protected because a number of court already ruled that it include discrimination against transgepdzer students we'll see it back to the lower court and see a positive decision. >> perfect we go quickly trump administration seemed to imply this would be a state right issues are you staying should not it should remany federal blanket all 50 state issues. >> absolutely federal civil rights laws are part of sake receipt promise our government

campaign but simply looking at who russian officials were talking with, and then trump administration or trump campaign officials got ensnared in that net, then it's a total mischaracterization to say that trump or that president obama was wiretapping trump. no. we were just protecting our own national security by seeing who was contacting the russians and who the russians were contacting here in america. now, i don't know as i said that that's true, but that would be one possible explanation for what's going on here. but, again, a total mischaracterization if that's the case from donald trump, who's trying to distract attention from the real story, which is that, you know, in this administration, it seems that every time someone overturns another rock, there's another russian agent lurking underneath. so we've got to understand what is going on with the trump administration and the trump campaign's contacts with russian intelligence officials. >> what have you been hearing from constituents about concerns over this? is this something on their radar or has it not publed up? because th

now, with the trump administration in power, how does the trump administration, or what does the trump administration want from the gcc on iran, on isis, and finally, on that of the israeli issue? because when netanyahu came, he says he sees a change. i'd like your analysis on that. >> well, i don't represent the trump administration, and so i don't want to be in a position where i would be asked to try to say i know what their policy is going to be. because i might not express it very well. but i think what we -- at least drawing from the press conference, it does seem that the -- that the president at least has an interest in broadening the circle, creating a regional approach, at least on the arab-israeli issue, which is not a simple thing to do. and i do think that -- and you would know this as well as anybody -- that both the saudis and emirates at this point are hopeful about the trump administration. they viewed fairly or not that the obama administration saw the iranians as part of a solution to the problems in the region, not the source of the problems in the region, and there

kremlin officials, deny that they have coordinated inappropriately with any members of the trump administration or before that, trump campaign. but they are looking at this crisis effectively in the united states and worrying about what it means for u.s. policy towards russia. of course the kremlin had been expecting a president trump to come into office with sympathetic views towards russia. but because of the way that the russia issue has become so toxic now in american politics, that's raised alarm bells. russians are concerned, russian government officials are concerned this is going to have a really discernible impact on the policy of the united states towards russia, and it's going to be much harder than it would otherwise be because of internal political considerations. again, they've denied any involvement in this. they're saying it's an anti-russian witch-hunt, an attempt to cast russia in a bad light. >> matthew, you've been observing the relationship between the trump white house and moscow since before trump was -- mr. trump was inaugurated. big picture, are you getting a sense of h

that is the jeopardy now by the trump administration's policies. we know as the senator pointed out, we create more jobs with clean energy than we do with the fossil fuels and get the trump administration is moving us in the wrong way as is helping our economy. and there is no dispute as to the impact of the carbon emissions and greenhouse gases to our environment and public health. we know how many children are at risk as more and more pollution enters the air, and we know that the largest single source of carbon emissions in the country come from fossil burning electric city plans. we know that, that's the facts. but the trump administration is doing today is compromising our ability to deal with carbon emissions, which is not in the interest of america and it compromises america's global leadership on this issue of climate change. for all those reasons, this is a very dark day for america and the decisions made by the trump administration and with that i will turn to one of our greatest leaders on these issues, the senator from rhode island, sen

leland: a major trump administration.esident set for major rally in nashville, tennessee wednesday a few days after my pen was on the road show in kentucky. >> mother nature prepares to late winter blast for millions of americans. tracking this story for the fox extreme weather

they don't want to instigate or provoke the trump administration. i do think republicans believe that a lot of this is hyperventilating by democrats who naturally want to try and trip up trump any way they can. now, jeff sessions' contacts with the russian ambassador, not disclosing it, now it coming out, of course gives them ammunition to do so. but it's not in speaker ryan's interests politically and from a policy standpoint to give this oxygen by jumping in and inflaming things by calling for jeff sessions to recuse himself. >> amanda, you've had a lot to say about this today, drawing from your experience on capitol hill. when you look at it, when you've got -- if jason chaffetz and al franken are in agreement, it seems like that's going to be a bad day four you. what do you think about this? >> recusal was always going to happen. the letter of the law is clear. someone involved in a campaign can't investigate that campaign. here is why i am troubled by this. this should be something that's relatively easy to clean up. if jeff sessions didn't talk

now it's the trump administration. so now this is the committee on foreign investment in the united states that will be evaluating whether or not jared's family gets $400 million. hey, look, it's wilbur ross from the bank of cyprus with the guy who paid donald trump $50 million extra for the -- two days before the trump administration decided to surprise, fire, all of the u.s. attorneys with no notice, get your things and clean out your desk by midnight, turn in your keys, a group of watch dogs wrote to preet bharara and asked him, based on his jurisdiction, to please look into whether or not the president was illegally receiving payments from foreign governments through his continuing ownership stake in the trump organization. top democratic on the judiciary committee has written to the justice department to ask for a list of all pending justice department investigations that involve members of the trump administration, members of the trump transition, members of the trump campaign or the trump organization. he says h

>> i think there is a mix of reasons, the trump administration, the advisers, do try to put up the division, the distraction, the yelling of fake news throughout this investigation of russia and trump's associates. at the same time, you have a president who simply speaks or tweets off the top of his head. i don't necessarily think it is a diversion. it is more worrying. i think he still thinks that it is true, that people spied on him, spied on trump tower and that he is the victim, rather than the possible aggressor in this story sgchlt will this is a telling moment for this trump administration. there have been others. look what happened this week. more pushback on the travel ban. certainly, donald trump hurting some areas of the unt ccountry beyond with his severe budget cuts. now, we have this. what do you think will be the prevailing issue that comes out of this week with so many huge issues on the table. >> let's talk smoke and let's talk fire. the russia/trump links are smoke and serious smoke that i think will continue for some time to come. the fire really comes to the question of

it should be quite different. >> one of the things that's been plaguing donald trump's administration is this idea of leaks. there was a washington post the other day saying there were 17 sources within the administration that this was based on. its's obviously leaking all over the place. this idea of a deep state of some sort of forces in action against donald trump within his administrati administration, just explain, what this deep state might be. >> it's very curious term, usually the term deep state has been used to refer to countries like egypt, not the united states. it's when you think about the united states and this term being adopted on more than center right. and the idea is that there are forces within the government and bureaucracy, especially within the intelligence communities that are opposed to the president and leaks in the washington, d.c., this was the way the game is played. there's a sense that there's a deep bureaucracy within the united states government, this is the claim, right, that's really fighting against the president, the current president of the unite

the trump administration believes they have found the first seven and now six countries. they believe this will deny terrorist activities to the united states. this from another memo. the same department, homeland security. under president trump, the office of intelligence analysis, most foreign-born u.s. based, radicalizedemists, several years after entry to the united states. limiting the ability of screening officials to prevent entry because of national security concerns. the point was it wasn't like a terrorist would stand in line for two years to become a refugee to the united states and go through all the background checks and live in a refugee camp. those who were committing terrorist activities had arrived in the united states. included in the ranks were many who had borne in the united states -- had been born in the united states. most people don't know, mr. president, we hav enoe not precluded or stoppped. we should focus on individuals who are engaged in suspicious behavior. not target entire muslim countries for the entire refugee population. it makes no sense

we're now in day 68 of the trump administration. each day more and more information emerges about ties between putin's regime and trump's inner circle and campaign officials. each day the white house scrambles to contain the damage. it's time for the president to come clean with the american

♪so long ♪i've got to be lou: a few thoughts on the left wing national media's war on the trump administrationn election outcomes. then came donald trump. on election day silver gave trump a 29% chance of winning. now he has been taking a deep look within. his latest article, entitled, there really was a liberal media bubble. yes, nate. there certainly was. silver just now waking up to the bias. of course, that bubble also extended to the 538's owner of espn who leads disney. he wrote there is a feeling among many staffers both liberal and conservative that the company's perceived move left ward has had a stifling effect on discourse inside the company. consumers have sensed that same left ward movement, alienating some. the word should not be some, but many. the sports network lost about 12 million subscriber since 2011. you would think disney would look at espnen see sports and money, their audience. instead they seem to see only another platform on which to publish their left-wing drifl. -drifl. -- drivel. it has been inseason waited into espnd it has been insinuated into the athletes and t

involving the trump administration today. stay with us for continuing coverage. >>> wall street is buzzing after the federal reserve went ahead with its anticipated hike in interest rates today. here is the effect on the announce on the stock market. >> reporter: the dow gained 112 points, the s&p was up 19 points all climbing after the federal reserves announced a quarter point increase in rates and signaled more rates may be coming later this year. the stock market soord today after an interest rate hike announcement from the federal reserve. >> we expect the economy will expand at a moderate pace over the next few years. >> reporter: showing a bit of confidence that the economy is stable. and it reaffirmed its forecast for two more quarter point rate hikes for this year if economic data continues to support it. >> it's time to get us back it normal rates. what you are seeing is they are doing that in a very slow, deliberate and steady way. >> reporter: so why a rate hike now, almost eight years after the great recession, t

but every week we're faced with mounting evidence that the trump administration and the trump campaign have ties to russia and are working to cover up their interactions with russian officials. earlier this week in testimony before the house intelligence committee, f.b.i. director comey announced that the f.b.i. was, and i quote, investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts, end of quote. this bears repeating. the f.b.i. director has confirmed that there is an active investigation into coordination between a presidential campaign and a foreign adversary. this is just the latest development in a long string of disturbing revelations about president trump's associates. out offed campaign chairman paul manafort has a deep web of business and political connections to russian interests. other campaign advisors have backed off previous claims that they never spoke with russian officials. in fact, the cover-up of these interactions has alr

innately against the trump administration. that is not new news. >> eric: thank you, david. k you, ric. when this special edition of "the o'reilly factor" continues, billll clinton coming out of seclusion to take a shot at president trump, and later, we'll have much more with counselor to the president, kellyanne conway. don't miss it. it. >> announcer: "the o'reilly factor." the number one cable news show for 16 years and >> announcer: "the o'reilly factor." the number one cable news show for 16 years and counting. >> eric: thanks for staying with us for this special edition of "the o'reilly factor."g the trump agenda, i am eric bolling filling in for bill o'reilly. in the "personal story" segment, bill and hillary clinton have been largely m.i.a. since the election, but bill clinton made a rare public appearance yesterday and taking what sounds like a not-so-thinly veiled shot at president trump. >> people who claim to want the nation-state are actually trying to have a pan-national movement to institutionalize separatism and division within the world. it's like we are all

being used by the trump administration. the computer world, it's the same as looking up somebody's phone number, over and over again, while there is not necessarily a phone call it usually indicates an intention to communicate, according to several scientists we spoke to. now a group we spoke to talked about the leaked records, they were puzzled as to why the russian bank was doing this. now, last summer during the presidential campaign, the russian bank looked up the address to this trump corporate server multiple times, more than any other source. the only group looking into it, was the chain regarding betsy devos, those two entities made 900 lookups. the investigators we spoke to found it weird. all the people we spoke to said they never had communications with the russians, and they don't have proof and don't agree what the explanation is, the russian bank believes it received trump hotel information last summer, meanwhile, the american marketing company that would have been sending trump e-mails said it was not doing i

trump. pretty devious. >> let's take the second one first. the report ares that the obama administrationfficials took information about the context between trump campaign supporters or trump campaign officials and russian and disseminated it throughout the government in order that the trump administration would not be able to suppress the information, strikes me as paranoia and that is over the top lunatics saying we so distrust our successor and if he found information damaging to america's security risk that might reflect badly on someone who is on the campaign. that is how they view the current president of the united states. that is inappropriate and paranoid. and i have a general sense that the fbi, particularly when they go to get the fisa. national security warrant to tape conversations and intercept conversations. i have a sense they are acting on the basis of need and the judges who grant those requests would not act without a sense that something needed to be listened to. i don't think that was political at all. i don't think so. >> if this happened with george wbush. you are g

for weeks during the time in which this russian issue and the contacts with the trump administration were discussed thoroughly. for weeks i have been calling on senator sessions, now attorney general sessions, to recuse himself from any investigations into russia. there are clear department of justice guidelines about conflicts of interest. and as i have said for weeks, when you read those rules, there is a clear conflict of interest. today attorney general sessions agreed to a partial recusal. he recused himself on the part of the investigation that relates to the presidential campaign. well, guess what? the american people deserve a full recusal. think about it. the meeting between general flynn and the russian ambassador took place after the campaign ended. the meeting that we've just learned about today between the president's son-in-law and russian officials happened after the campaign ended. we need a full recusal and an independent counsel to manage the investigation of contacts between the russian government, the trump campaign and the trump administration. i believe, as i've

if you parse through all the denials that came through this weekend, nobody -- one of the trump administration officials told me last night, everybody's mincing their words. they're not saying the trump campaign was not surveilled. they are saying that president obama never issued an order. legally he is not empowered to issue an order, so the question is, did he know or not know about it? the fbi has given a very narrow -- not an official denial. a narrow denial through an anonymous source in "the new york times." you wonder why they have not come out and officially denied it altogether. i can tell you that, having been knowledgeable about the trump campaign and the election period, there is basically 100% consensus among trump campaign people that they were surveilled during the campaign. katty: just to be clear, mr. ruddy, president trump didn't just say it once. he said it in 4 separate tweets that it was president obama that tapped him. he said it in different ways but in 4 separate tweets. what evidence did he give you in the conversations you had with him over the course of the weekend

that's the bill we're working on with the trump administration. we're all working off the same piece a of paper, the same plan. so we're in sync. the house, the senate, and the trump administration, because this law is collapsing. and you can't just repeal. it you have to repeal it and replace it with a system that actually works and that is exactly what we're doing. i'm perfectly confident that when it's all said and done, we're going to unify. because we all, every republican, ran on repealing and replacing and we're going to keep our promises. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2017] >> the u.s. house finished up legislative work for the week. the

and looming over it all is the trump administration. over the weekend, i had an exclusive interview with the chinese vice minister and he tells me the biggest source of uncertainty this year is u.s. policy. >> internationally, i think the big challenge is -- so uncertainty with the trump administration economic policy as well as what impact that has for the u.s. economy and the global economy. and most challenge situation is trade. >> the vice manager told me beijing wants and needs to have better communication with the trump white house and i specifically asked him if beijing is concerned about being labeled a currently manipulato >> three conditions. we have our judgment. we keep very close communications. >> anoth big concern among trump advisers and foreign visitors is the lack of american access. many american companies here feel the environment has many much more hostile. i asked the vice manager under there and he said under the leadership of president xi jinping that china would continue to embrace concerns and investors would s

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>> the trump administration took some steps.issued a regulation a few weeks ago to promote stability in the market. it's a step in the right direction. there's a been cite in congress about whether to eliminate federal requirements for the kind of benefits insurers have to provide. the administration can't just repeal those requirements but offer more flexibility and make the market more attractive. >> what do you think about that, michael? would you get on board with that? >> the obama administration did repeal regulations unilaterally. i'm glad larry thinks that the trump administration can't. but if the trump administration is to -- their first job is to enforce the law and abide by the law. interestingly in the trump administration does that, they can force congress back to the negotiation table. they have a court order saying to stop issuing the cost sharing subsidies, the nonpartisan government accountability office says money was deverted from the treasury. the trump administration can ask for the money back. if the trump

fired for apparently lying about his russia contacts now creating more controversy for the trump administration. the white house bombarded with questions about michael flynn. and his work as a registered foreign agent representing turkish's agent even as he was advising then-candidate trump last year. sean spicer confirming that the president was in the dark about this and dismissing allegations that flynn's foreign lobbying work should have raised red flags. also following the investigation of president trump's claim that his phones were wiretapped by the obama administration. top lawmakers say they have not seen any evidence to support mr. trump's claim even offer the closed door meeting with comey. adam schiff telling cnn that comey is ready to answer questions about the president's allegation and might welcome the opportunity who he testifies before congress this month. >>> on the jobs front, the president says the unemployment numbers he dismissed during the campaign may have been phony then, but real now. the white house passing along mr. trump's take on the new numbers showing the econom

heather: judicial watch claims it was leaked to undermine the trump administration. clayton: iran flexing its muscles testfired ballistic missiles destroying a floating barge, 150 miles away. iranian forces sending fast attack vessels within 600 yards of a navy ship. sailors were forced to change course. north korea provoking the united states, the country now says the recent missile launches were tests to see if they could strike american bases in japan. the security council holding an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the launches. and a win in the war on terror, former guantÁnamo bay detainee once considered the worst of the worst killed in a us airstrike in yemen, just taken out on an al qaeda base, released by the obama administration in 2009 even the department of defense recommended he stay behind bars, 122 prisoners were released from gitmo have returned to the battlefield. jenna: the first ever muslim chairman to lead the state's democratic party, also taking a pair of shots at the trump administration. >> problems with immigrants -- heather: rallying su

laura: and a new legal battle is looming, the trump administration appealing a judge's decision blockingsident trump's revised travel ban affecting six mostly-muslim countries. garrett tenney live with us in washington today with the very latest on this. hi, garrett. >> reporter: hey, laura. the white house is facing a legal battle on at least three fronts. federal judges in three states, washington, maryland and hawaii, heard arguments this week about the travel ban. one of the judges, judge james probard in washington, he's -- probard, he's to holding off on making a ruling because the other two judges have placed a block on major portions of the executive order. late yesterday the justice department filed a notice that it plans to appeal to the 4th circuit u.s. court of appeals and filed a separate motion with derrick watson in hawaii asking him to reconsider his decision to block the travel ban as a whole and to allow some portions to remain in effect such as the temporary halt on the u.s. refugee system. both judges repeatedly cited some of president trump's own statements on the ca

that the 0bama administration also made sure it wasn't going to cross but the trump administration is—first into this islam versus the west narrative that isis has propagated. and yet the administration clearly has listened, or at least its lawyers have listened. it has removed iraq from the list, because iraq had agreed extra vetting for visas, exempted green card holders, people with valid visas already. and there will be this 10—day grace period. do you have a sense that people in the administration will listen to you further on this? well, i think what they did in narrowing the scope a lot is make sure that the ban is more out of sight of the public eye. you know, you're going to have less chaos at airports because there's a delay on implementation. you're going to have fewer people caught up at airports, as a result of the fact that they're allowing people with current visas to enter into the country. so, you know, i think the ban is still going to happen, and a lot of people are going to feel the effects of the ban. families are going to be unable to see each other, students are

second on weapons of of mass destruction, there are two key priorities for the trump administration. first with respect to iran and its support for international terrorism and its nuclear weapons program, candidate trump described everything that was wrong with barack obama's nuclear deal with iran. he was very firm on the subject and he should ab ro gate that deal cze deal, end that deal as soon as possible. [ applause ] we need a clear statement of leadership by the united states that this was a strategic debackle by our country and we don't intend to let it persist. and on korea, the other major nuclear proliferation threat, we need to educate china to eliminate the regime in north korea and to apply it's unique power to stop kim jong-un from nuclear terrorism around the world. on the broader subject of china itself, which will be the strategic issue for the united states in the 21st century, we need as soon as possible to say to china in no uncertain terms, you are to back off in the south china sea and back off in the east china sea. [ applause ] we should not tolerate china maki

-- >> lights like their scripts were written for them by the trump administration. ndent, brian stelter is here. >> no donald trump impersonat n impersonation, but putin did play a big role, at least the show's impression of putin. let's go back to the bench. here's that clip. >> you have ever been in it? >> no, never. >> you meet so many nice people. like this, this is my best good friend, kellyanne. she ain't got no legs. we're about as close as peas and carrots. she's the best talker you ever heard. they said she can sell stink to a stunk, and they don't let her talk anymore. i miss you, kelly. i always say life is like a box of chocolates. there are a sure lot of browns ones in there. >> all right. that's kate mckinnon, by the way, playing jeff sessions. and later in the show, guys, there was a movie trailer, a new movie trailer parody from "snl," this one targeting the gop. take a look. >> it was a country in chaos. >> bomb threats. >> anti-saw met kwreubgz. >> a nation divided. >> absolutely no illegal immigration. >> led by a president with unchecked power. >>

this is hardly unique, we should stress, to the trump administration. it is a time only hadded tradition in politics. but because this white house came to power accompanied by at least the whiff of scandal, because this is legitimately our first tv star president with 100% name recognition before being elected, and as media savvy as they come, it has been employed early and often. today one could argue the new health care bill was that shiny object, because no one expects it to emerge to survive in this same form. because the white house is attention to change the narrative. and that is because the current president has accused his predecessor of wiretapping while offering no evidence. so even though the health secretary came into the briefing room today accompanied by papers stookd a table. even though this is about obamacare, a trump and gop rallying cry, reporters he in that press corps weren't having it. wanting to know what right the president has of accusing the former president of a felony. >> is there any evidence whatsoever? >> i addressed this

we should put that to rest. >> netanyahu has urged caution and expressed optimism with the trump administrationfirst time netanyahu has ever worked with a republican president. an opportunity too great for netanyahu to risk. even if it means overlooking criticism trump faces in his handling of a wave of anti-semitism. or lynn lieberman, jerusalem. >> orrin, thank you so much. here in the united states police are investigating another violent incident as a possible hate crime. a gunman allegedly said "go back to your country." then shot a sikh man outside of his home near seattle, washington on friday. the victim is a u.s. citizen originally though from india. he's recovered from his injury and police are now hunting for his attacker. >>> cnn's new delhi bureau chief joins us live this hour. it's good to have you. what more are you hearing from reaction there in india, the reaction in india is oh, no, not again. this happened just a week ago, a very similar incident where two indian engineers were at a bar in kansas and an american walked in and questioned them about their immigration status and

the trump administration releasing its budget proposal. the white house is seeking a $54 billion increase in military and security spending. it's cutting spending for the epa and the state department. the proposal calls for $1.5 billion for construction of the border wall. it facings significant revisions from the republican-led congress. >> mark ruu terks s was re-elected. election in france and later in germany where right-wing candidates are hoping for upset victories. president trump and angela merkel met at the white house. but they made nice in front of the world at a joint news conference friday. our chief management strategy and equity strategists are here. here we are approaching the end of the first quarter. >> things are looking good. the economy is improving and we are seeing that in terms of corporate profits. now we are heading into the third quarter in which we are emerging from this earnings recession, and expectations are we'll see earnings up 10% in the first quarter of 2017. maria: was that better than you expected in te

the statement the trump administration has made so far have been their fault. >> eric: who is leakingis leaking the alleged trump dossier, the cia leaks to wikileaks, the wiretap to the trump tower. who is our old leaks that have occurred. >> came from a british former intelligence agent, didn't come from the u.s. government. there are leaks in every administration. >> eric: not like this. >> wikileaks has been a provocateur and agent of russia which the trump administration, who is communicating with, releasing information that was intended to interfere with the election. what i think we should all take a deep breath, there have been some mistakes by the trump administration, but the mistakes are at their own for instance -- >> eric: david, let me -- >> that's not true at all. no one should be surprised that the bureaucracy is liberal. i have never heard anyone argue that the washington, d.c., federal government bureaucracy is not liberal. david would be the first person who has ever argued in front of favor of that. but all political appointees is quite another issue. if you are a p