. >> barack obama is going to be engaged to a degree in partisan politics that we have not seen in a long time. what i think he wants to do is make the country progressive or at least have a hold until the next democratic president comes in. >> one mandatory stop on the post presidential track will be the publication and promotion of a memoir by the former president of a former first lady. the former president should enjoy something of a leg up on his peers. he published memoirs before becoming president. >> bret: there may be more to a terror attack on a saudi arabian ship off the coast of yemen that first thought. and iran may be conducting more missile testing and we've been led to believe. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the specifics from the pentagon. >> a day after the u.n. security council called an emergency meeting to discuss ron's test of a medium-range ballistic missile sunday, fox news has learned of another secret missile launch from the same launchpad used previously by the tehran regime. a ballistic missile was fired based on north korean technolo

but going back to this article, it says, as for barack obama, he did indeed ban immigration from iraq for much longer than trump's order bans it from the seven listed nations. and none of the people melting down today uttered a peep of protest. richard granell summed up it -- summed it up perfectly in a tweet. quote, obama took six months to review screening for one country. trump will take three months for seven countries. this article goes on, number five, trump's refugee caps are comparable to obama's pre-2016 practices. david french, who was touted as a spoiler candidate to keep donald trump out of the white house, during the presidential campaign, in other words, not a big trump fan, wrote a lengthy and clear-headed analysis of the executive order for national review. he noted that after the andtorium ends in 120 days, that's one section, it ends in 120 days, the other section is 90 days, another part says they'll have 30 days to produce a report, but it goes on to say, trump caps refugee admissions at 50,000 per year. which is roughly the same as president obama's admissions in

. >>> burg ton county native facing federal charges accused of threatening former president barack obama. william peter man, jr. who grew up in medford lakes but was living in south carolina accused of posting on his facebook page that he would kill president obama back on january 10th. if convicted he'll face up to five years in prison as well as $250,000 fine. >>> patience at a virtue for delaware police who their lengthy investigation has paid off in the bust of a brothel of sorts. tonight two new castle women face prostitution charges. 20-year-old nicole cully and 36-year-old sarah behind ricks work together to run a prostitution service out of a home on washington street in new castle. police say they got complaints from neighbors about that house. they say cully was the prostitute and that she paid behind ricks to use her house as a place to run her business. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf is pushing a $10 million plan to fight heroin and opioid overdoses in the state. the governor came to norristown this morning to make that announcement. the money will be used to buy the drug

and so here we had barack obama stating, in no uncertain terms it's a red line and we won't accept it, but he did. now we have this refugee crisis across europe and the middle east because of his policies. all we have left is being able to claim no it's donald trump who is likely the killer of syrian refugees. and it's outrageous. liz: isis is all over that country right now. we just heard from security experts, you can't basically vet. women and children yes, of course. there is a civil war in syria has been an intractable problem. is it fair to go after donald trump with such harsh language? >> probably not. he's been on the job 11 days. but people will die in countries don't take refugees because america won't. it will be a problem. what we saw was an international agreement on chemical weapons and we took all the chemical weapons we were aware of at the time away from the syrian regime. russia is backing the assad regime. trump is talking about getting rid of those sanctions. what does that say about thousands and thousands of syrians. liz: the language and tone and rhetoric is in

they said then, senator george biden did it to bush, so they were going to do it to barack obama. i thought it was stupid them and i said so. you don't like this nominee? vote him down. >> it's not that simple. joe biden made it clear when he talked 1 1/2 years ago before the election that they shouldn't be putting people up during an election. >> neil: why? >> it's a toxic environment. it's demeans the court -- >> neil: it's all the politici e politicized. if they don't like him, don't vote for him. >> people say that something new is occurring. >> neil: i'm not. i see the dot on bought party's part. but maybe this is an opportunity for republicans saying we know what the democrats do. in the past we've done it. we're just going to stop this nonsense. you can send a powerful signal by saying, you know what? we're going to hold the hearings. we don't like him. we'll vote him done. we're not going to play these games. wouldn't it be a great opportunity to say let the process go forward? we don't like garland, we don't approve garland. end of story. >> i don't blame the president fo

obama's deputies. and madam speaker, for those in the mainstream media, i think it's important to repeat that line. president trump's executive rder that didn't ban muslims but that ordered a temporary pause on people from certain countries from whom we had no information or inadequate information to vet the people that are coming in, it was based on security reviews conducted by president barack obama's deputies. white house counselor kellyanne conaway pointed out, the seven countries named in president trump's executive order are drawn from the terrorist prevention act of 2015. the 2015, quote, visa waiver program improvement and terrorist travel prevention act of 2015 named iraq, iran, sudan, syria. while its 2016 update added lib are a, somalia and -- libya, somalia and yemen. quote, these are countries that have a history of training, harboring, exporting terrorists. we can't keep pretending and looking the other way, said conway. moratorium is largely temporary. citizens of the seven countries --

least one executive order signed by his predecessor barack obama. the white house says trump will maintain a 2014 executive order protecting federal employees from anti-lgbt q discrimination. the white house says trump is respectful and supportive of lgbt q rights. the 2014 order extends protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. >>> the new case parliament will debate whether or not to approve an official visit by president trump. the issue was prompted by an online petition that has nearly 2 million signatures now calling for the visit to be canceled. >>> if you haven't signed up for health insurance with covered california, now is the time. the deadline to apply is midnight tonight. so far about 327,000 people, roughly the same as a year ago, have signed up for new coverage, and 1.3 million others have renewed their existing plans. the open enrollment period ends at midnight. >>> we're learning more about the french canadian university student accused of killing and wounding worshipers inside a quebec mosqu

among the people on the senate that voted for hardiman include harry reid, barack obama and hillary clinton. sean spicer today said though, shep, either one of which of those people donald trump selects to be the nominee for the supreme court, they should get an easy confirmation in the senate. here is spicer again. >> they may not like the political background, but academia, background, time on the bench, the expert tease and criteria meets the intent of both republicans and democrats. >> all right. so where is the money ride something we're getting sources who are suggesting that gorsuch will be the pick. the caveat, nobody has actually confirmed it to us yet. i think white house officials are under threat of severe harmship should they disclose that information before 8:00 p.m. we'll leave it as a strong tilt towards gorsuch with the caveat that he could always pick hardiman. how about that for being confide confident? >> shepard: i can do that. very good, john roberts, thanks for clearing that up. the top democrat on senate judiciary committee says she will vote no on president trump's

and when members of barack obama's' own administration -- and i mentioned it before, cia, fbi, homeland security, they all said these people can't be vetted. so i asked over and over again why on earth are we bringing thousands of refugees from syria into this country knowing that isis wants to seed the population? to me, it seems like a common sense move, doesn't seem like it should be all that controversial, and yet you have the left at a fevered pitch of hysteria right now is that just because it's trump? all politics? >> i think that's exactly what it is. i mean, i think some of these people have simply lost their minds. i was talking to people about this last night and saying, look, are you going to argue to a machinist in michigan or a farmer in ohio that you want to have open borders with syria or with iran or with yemen? was that's, essentially, what you're saying. at the end of the day, you can protest and that's a great american way and i encourage if you want to, god bless you, go do that, but you've got to change voters' minds. i just don't think this is going to -- most of

don't they remember how they treated merrick garland, barack obama's choice for the supreme court. tit-for-tat. get over with it. deal with it. republicans saying this is very different. my point whether you're on the right or left. whether you're republican or democrat, this is not getting anything done. and this obestin nance is why why the markets are worried about anything ever getting done. a lot of that has to do with people communicating with each other, which seems to be alien concept intraand interparty. we'll get the latest from dhs secretary john kelly, many said was left out of the decision-making process on the travel ban, whatever you want to call it. he will clarify how his department will handle that. that it is not nearly as draconian as some said in the media. having said though, you would think, would think it is reemergence of the third reich how this was handled. this echoes the same security measures the prior administration took into effect and slow, not just freeze those trying to get into this country. dhs secretary john kelly, to spell it all out now. >> w

let us not forget that former president barack obama promised that he would bankrupt the coal industry. people are losing their jobs and dignity that comes with work. our communities are also suffering. fewer jobs means less economic investment and less hope. i encourage my colleagues to visit west virginia or appalachia and see firsthand what president obama's policies have done to our communities. it is heart breaking to hear the stoyrrs -- stories and see the faces of struggling families as they try to pay their bills. i stand today with those communities in rolling back the policies that have caused so much harm and pain. these new regulations would be catastrophic to the coal industry and all of the hardworking american families that depend on coal to keep heir energy costs low. and the shame of it all is that it's preventable. we must end this war on coal now. and that process begins today. i made a promise to my constituents of the second district of west virginia that i would fight for the coal industry and bring back jobs to my state. today is the first of many steps this cong

. >>> former president barack obama breaking his silence on president trump's immigration order. mr. obama released a statement through his spokesperson yesterday saying, "fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion." >>> france is honoring victims of the mass shooting in quebec, canada. this is the moment the eiffel tower went dark last night. earlier this week six people were killed inside a mosque in quebec city as they were praying. as of this morning, more than 1,000 people have visited a memorial in quebec to pay tribute to those victims. canadian prime minister justin trudeau was there last night. we now know a little more about the people who died. one was a businessman, another a university professor. a 27-year-old man was charged with killing them. he appeared in a hearing yesterday and will be back in court next month. the gunman's peers were described as a loner with anti-immigrant views. police say a second person detained after the shooting is no er >>> there is plenty more news ahead on midday, in

at this point, in barack obama's tenure as president in his first term, just in his first week, barack obama had 11 of his 15 cabinet secretaries already confirmed and working for the american people. today, donald trump only has two of his 15 cabinet secretaries approved by the senate. it's time for senate democrats to stop blocking the work the american people elected president trump to do. and let's get our economy going again like we're taking action in the house to do. >> our unified republican government is an opportunity for positive disruption from the status quo that we've seen the last few years under president obama. the status quo that puts bureaucrats before people. with their pages and pages of rules and regulations. so this week we're taking action on the explosion of regulations that we've seen hurting families and costing us jobs. all across the country. it's why we wanted representative tipton to join us because he's really been a leader hard at work on the congressional review act to help roll back some of the most damaging regulations of the last eight years. every

. >> hallie, you just said it took 11 days for barack obama to comment. i'm not surprised at all had he's an activist by trade, a community organizer. his disdain for the political process is well documented by republicans and democrats. president obama was vehemently opposed of donald trump. the problem was he lost and it didn't help hillary clinton whatsoever. so he runs the risk of becoming illegitimate if he continues to do this in the face of donald trump. if donald trump wins victories, then barack obama could be more insignificant than the executive orders that are now gone in his administration. >> i think we have to leave it there and bring in briefly -- very quickly, corine. >> i think my friend hogan needs to understand that donald trump did not win the popular vote. if anything 10 million people voted against him and not for him. he only got 25% of the eligible voters that voted. so this is about the peep. if you look what's. >> last word to corine this time. hogan, you'll get it next time. i want to go to brad blakeman, you have been inside t

obama. never, ever seen anything like that. in fact, the administration's unpredictability, extreme agenda casts a shadow over all the president's nominees and that includes senator sessions. now, i was a junior member in this committee 31 years ago when jeff sessions was nominated to a federal judgeship. this committee, republicans in the majority, was chaired by republican strom thurmond. but the committee on a bipartisan basis rejected his nomination. we're not confident that he would be a fair judge. i'm not basing my decisions on that case. that was then. we were talking about something different. today we're considering senator sessions for a different role. he's nominated to be the chief law enforcement officer of united states, not the chief law enforcement officer of the president, but the chief law enforcement officer of the united states, that includes every one of us. attorney general has to be independent, he must faithfully serve all americans. and i carefully view -- in fact,

former president barack obama is weighing in on president frump's controversial travel plan in hih first statements since leavingem the white house. presidentresint spokesperson says he doesn'toest agree with discrimination basedb on their faith or religion. mr. obama says it is expectedte that so many americans arericans exercising their constitutionala rights to assemble and to organize.organize. >>> all right. ime.ths the t happening today, president trump will reveal his supreme courtmec nominee in prime time. tim president had initially planneda to announce his selection on on thursday but instead will do soo tonight 8:00 p.m. from the whitt house. now sources have confirmed twowo finalists judge ne limit gorsucr of the tenth circuit appelate at court in denver and hardiman ofo the third circuit in philadelphia. staff writer at roll call todd ruger joined us and offed his perspective. >> they're going to get a fightt from the democrats. how hacked are they that the republicans didn't even set up e confirmation hearing garland president obama's pick?c >> they are -- they are very th

arou and in his mind it would be standing up to barack obama but it turned out it was donald trump. on the other hand, donald trump is within his rights to fire her. he is. it looks bad. it's symbolic. it shook a lot of people up. but it's his right to do that and she knew that. >> the right thing for her was to resign not to do this. >> i disagree. jeff sessions disagrees, too. >> it was embarrass the president. >> no, it wasn't. it was designed to uphold the law in her eyes. >> absolutely. nobody elected her. >> can i just say the pause in syrian refugees in 2011, what barack obama did with both iraq and syria was to tighten things up. there were -- there were leaks, there were holes. >> exactly the same thing you guys didn't say anything. you're playing politics with tithe issue. >> less is known. then they put in their own extreme vetting. >> let me go to the white house. i want to turn to the white house. nbc's kristen welker has been standing by for us. you have members of the state department who have been circulating a memo opposing this ban as well. let me play what preside

barack obama takes aim at president trump's immigration order saying he is heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities across the country. citizens exercising their constitutional right to assembly, organize and have voices heard by officials is what we expect to see what american values are at stake. ari fleischer my guest here. hello to you. "wall street journal." 11 days are over, laos t. mr. obama couldn't wait until he finished his post inaugural vacation. he is in the caribbean. you represented a guy who kept his mouth shut for years. >> president bush's point of view. not to have one president criticize the successor president's job, don't weigh in. what you have to ask here when president obama was at the peak of his power, an election on the line. hillary clinton running to succeed him he did everything he could and spoke on behalf of hillary and it didn't do enough good. why does he think now when his star is fading when he is out of office and doesn't have power it will do any good now? >> bill: that's the equation involved in this. when you are an ex-

it is nothing more than a executive agreement that president barack obama signed. iranians never signed on to it. stuart: allen, i have the ceo of merck speaking after his meeting at the white house. we'll listen please. >> that people will live longer and healthier lives. thank you very much. >> when the president talks about driving down costs, how are you guys going to achieve that. >> we talked about making the marketplace better for competition and patient choice. that will help patients and our companies. when you help our companies that helps create jobs in this country. >> regulatory reform. >> we also talked about regulatory reform also can stimulate innovation. >> does one go with the next in order to drive down costs do you need tax reform or regulatory reform or can they be separate? >> all these things come together to create a system good for innovation and good for jobs. most importantly it is good for patients in the long run. thank you. >> are you more hopeful now than you were when the lasted a administration maybe prices come down as the presiden

she was an appointee of democratic president barack obama. trump's order temporarily bans people from seven countries in the middle east and africa as well as all refugees from entering the united states. he defended the action on monday. >> actually, i had a very good day yesterday. in terms of homeland security and some day we had to make the move and we decided to make the move. >> some travelers were detained at airports across the country after they were denied entry into the country. he says computers were causing problems. he cited the secretary of homeland security saying all was going well. a spokesperson for obama says the former president supports the ongoing protest across the country. he says obama agrees with the notion -- he said obama disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion. the executive order has been met with intense reaction around the globe. but japanese officials are remaining silent. >> translator: i would like to decline from directly commenting on american int

former president barack obama stepping out of the post-presidency shadows and into the fray speaking to those protesters and also taking a jab at his successor and that immigration crackdown saying through a spokesman citizens exercising their constitutional right to assemble is exactly what we expect to see when american values are at stake. and also taking a jab at his successor and that executive order saying, he fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion. the white house playing defense. >> we had 109 people that were temporarily detained. they're all in. but they were temporarily detained to make sure that the safety of the other 324 million americans was put first. i don't see how that's a big problem. >> reporter: and overnight that fight landing right at the steps of the supreme court. [ chanting ] >> reporter: democratic lawmakers leading the charge in song. ♪ this land is your land this land is my land ♪ >> reporter: and tough talk. >> donald trump has issued an executive order that is illegal, that i

obama. back in 2015, current attorney e general nominees senator jeff sessions asked yates in heres in confirmation heari attorney general should be shoul independent of the president.nt >> the president wants tont execute are unlawful, should the attorney general or the deputy p attorney general say no? >> senator, i believe that the attorney general or theor, depp attorney general has an a obligation to follow the law anw the constitution and to givee their independent legal advice to the president.reside >> reporter: now 62-year-oldld dana boente will be the acting t attorney general he was sworn is last night.ig he pledged to up hold's president trump's travel ban saying it is legal and properlyy drafted in his opinion. opinion. he'll lead the justicele the department for a short time. up until jeff sessions the t attorney general nominee is confirmed by the senate todayatt there is a final vote in thehe senate judiciary committee andmd then his nomination goes on to t full senate confir

. >> reporter: as more protests swept across the country, former president barack obama broke his silence. in a statement, his spokesman says, the president fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their american-islamic relations and the attorney general of washington state. >> president trump may have his alternative facts. but alternative facts do not work in a courtroom. >> reporter: two brothers from yemen who arrived saturday at dulles airport were plaintiffs in another lawsuit. the men were allegedly hand cuffed and forced to sign papers revoking their visas to visit their father, a u.s. citizen. they were then put on a flight to ethiopia. in south carolina, supporters rallied for an industrial engineer who was not allowed to return to her family. >> a princeton university graduate. she's paying taxes. and she has a visa that will allow her to work here. and i'll find a way to fix this problem. >> some republican opposition to this executive order has softened now t green card holders won't be kept out. but it is still so controversia

fallout from donald trump's travel ban continued on monday barack obama injecting himself into the debate and the acting attorney general refusing to defend the order in court. thep and a day 11 by firing obama administration holdover, serving as the department of justice chief, and installing a new acting attorney general. on theknow your thoughts latest twist over the president's executive order on extreme the thing. democrats call-in at (202) 748-8000. republicans call in at (202) 748-8001. independent colors call-in at (202) 748-8002. and a special line this morning for recent immigrants -- (202) 748-8003. you can always catch up with us on social media on twitter and on facebook. good tuesday morning to you. the country waking up to a new head of the department of justice today. dana been taken appointed by donald trump as the acting attorney general after sally gates ordered her staff to refuse to enforce the president's temporary ban on entry to the united states for citizens of the seven muslim majority countries. the washington post story said that the white house said that " yat

these are the seven countries barack obama. >> four of them. >> barack obama selected four countries, along with congress in 2015 -- 2015, hold on, and three more were added in 2016. his administration did. yes. let's look at this. you just said -- >> i believe they all talked, which is good. >> you just said he didn't select them alone. my point isn't that donald trump implemented this correctly or it should be implemented, my point is people should keep their mouth shut and not be self-righteous when their policies led taos this stage. >> selection of these countries -- excuse me. >> you're fine. >> thank you. the selection of those countries under the obama administration was not accompanied by such nearly lethal language in an executive order that would lead you to believe, they are just edging around the fact. >> what's the word ari used, the boring word. >> again, i agree that this has been handled. >> intergovernmental review process. >> i agree completely. just barack obama doesn't need to be self-righteous about a policy if you just look at the policy is not that dramatically

steve: two days before the inauguration, president barack obama refused 91 refugees from cuba. sent them back to castro's regime. brian: went through mexico and spopsed to get in this country and they were sent back. steve: where is the liberal media on this. here is kellyanne conway weighing in on all of there. >> what i think is everybody should be reminded of, it was his list originally number one. when you as powerful as a expresident or current sitting senator and you say or do anything to mislead people to believe something have an impact on something that clearly does not, it's a dangerous game. steve: it is a dangerous game. the president, former president barack obama said he hadn't wanted to gift new administration space and looks as if the space was less than 10 days. ainsley: i was asking down in the control room about the show i was saying has other presidents done this? i know george w. bush never criticized he groble barack obama. steve: nor his father. ainsley: yes it has been done. brian: jimmy carter never stopped up until recently. ainsley: nine or 10 days in

whereas barack obama blamed george w. bush for every problem. >> reaction. >> i think both points are right, look, we got we got former president also have sally yates i referred to two hot dogs you showed both of them in the footage you had. yates was acting attorney general, her own office of legal council had reviewed the order, and commented on it signed off on it. so if she disagreed with that, she should have resigned hers for her to direct the department of justice not to defend the order first of all, she was being a hot dog second of all, her office of legal council short think tank. >> i justice department one political apointe he is not there yet all career people signed off on this have some swth the other who hot dog cory booker wearing his little cap talking about how people are attacking muslim americans, please tell me, please, mr. booker senator booker give me the name of the person who is attacking the muslin-american give me name of the muslin-american citizen who itself being attacked by the individual

sally yates, appointed us attorney general by barack obama, said in a letter to lawyers at the justice department that given her responsibility to ensure that the government stands for what is right... deeming that an act of betrayal, mr trump promptly sacked her, installing dana boente as the new attorney general. pending the swearing in of mr trump's preferred candidate, alabama senator jeff sessions, whose confirmation has been delayed by democrats in congress. sally yates is not alone in her misgivings, though. barack obama said in a statement that he fundamentally disagreed with the notion of discriminating against individuals on the basis of faith or religion. us diplomats have also registered their concerns, leading to this tongue lashing from the white house. if these career bureaucrats have a problem with it, i think that they should either get with the programme, or they can go. later today, mr trump is due to announce his pick for a place on the us supreme court. the choice, he said, was one that would appeal to evangelical christians. he may also be hoping it leads to some

>> after leaving the white house a week ago, former president barack obama returned to the political arena issuing a statement through his spokesperson saying he was encouraged by the demonstrations taking place around the country. he says in part, quote, citizens exercising their constitutional right to assemble, organize and have their voices heard by their elected officials is exactly what we expect to see when american values are at stake. and the former president also rejected president trump's claim that his travel ban is similar to what president obama did in 2011 regarding refugees from iraq. saying, quote, the president fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion. "the washington post" has pointed out that president obama's policy was in response to a specific threat after iraqi refugees had been found conspiring against u.s. troops. president obama also slowed the refugee process instead of halting it. >>> all right, louis, yesterday we showed you senate minority leader chuck schumer tearing up while discu

that barack obama was president for more than two years and that many previous presidents did visit this country in their duty. why on earth has teresa got in here with trump? order. the honorable gentleman will have a response to what he said but my immediate reaction is that the matter is one of taste rather than of order. -- don't needid any help from the honorable gentleman who has in the foggiest idea of where to start. guidance, may i say that i do find it distasteful, distasteful to make comparisons between the elected leader of a democracy, ande, 1930's tyrants. i think it is inappropriate. protocol -- as for the exact protocol of when the visit should take place, that is something the honorable gentleman cares very deeply about. i can't give guidance about that. that is a protocol matter. can i offer the foreign --retary my configuration commiseration on being back out on a sticky wicket. would he tell the house that inn he intervened washington, was it through the state department or the president's son-in-law? >> i am grateful for that ingenious question. i'm sure the house wi

sally yates, appointed us attorney general by barack obama, said in a letter to lawyers at the justice department that given her responsibility to ensure that the government stands for what is right... deeming that an act of betrayal, mr trump promptly sacked her, installing dana boente as the new attorney general. pending the swearing—in of mr trump's preferred candidate, alabama senator jeff sessions, whose confirmation has been delayed by democrats in congress. sally yates is not alone in her misgivings, though. barack obama said in a statement that he fundamentally disagreed with the notion of discriminating against individuals on the basis of faith or religion. us diplomats have also registered their concerns, leading to this tongue lashing from the white house. if these career bureaucrats have a problem with it, i think that they should either get with the programme, or they can go. later today, mr trump is due to announce his pick for a place on the us supreme court. the choice, he said, was one that would appeal to evangelical christians. he may also be hoping it leads to som

. >>> plus, barack obama weighs in on president trump's decisions for the first time. we're live in washington. >>> the big decision coming today. president trump will name his nomination for supreme court justice. who is on the short list? >>> the boy scouts are making a significant shift. the new policy that will allow transgender children to enroll. >>> choked up. tom brady gets emotional at the super bowl opening night. a question about family that nearly had him in tears. i'm diane macedo. >> i'm ryan smith in for kendis. firing the acting attorney general for defying his ban. sally yates has replaced hours after she refused to defend his executive order and questioned whether it was constitutional. >> he is facing growing opposition from protesters across the country like these demonstrators in ohio. pepper sprayed during a clash with police. abc's elizabeth hur has the latest from washington. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, diane and ryan, good morning to you. yes, just hours afzali yates directed the justice department attorneys not to defend that i

. >>> plus, barack obama weighs in on president trump's decisions for the first time. we're live in washington. >>> the big decision coming today. president trump will name his nomination for supreme court justice. who is on the short list? >>> the boy scouts are making a significant shift. the new policy that will allow transgender children to enroll. >>> choked up. tom brady gets emotional at the super bowl opening night. a question about family that nearly had him in tears.

so when barack obama came in you may remember that he promised he was going to close guantanamo bay and signed orders along those lines in his first week. and you saw president bush when he came in sign some executive orders to undo steps that had been taken by bill clinton. so that's not unusual. the only thing here that would have justified moving quickly is if there was an imminent threat from these seven nations. and since we know that there has been little to no terrorism we've had in the united states from immigrants to these nations and sean spicer said himself at the press briefing today that there had been no immediate actionable threat they were acting on, i think that would have been the only thing that would have justified taking an immediate step. so here i think they just rushed. and you know, like most things in life, if you rush it, you are going to make mistakes. particularly if you have never served in government, never gone through these procedures, and suddenly discovered that it's a little more complicated than it looks like when you are on the campaign trail. >> da

. >>> barack obama is speaking out on the ban just a week and a half after leaving office. through his spokesman he said "citizens exercising their constitutional right to the assemble, organize and have their voices heard by elected officials is exactly what we expect to see when american values are at stake." he disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion. >>> the outrage over that ban extends to britain, as well where the prime minister is defending the decision to give president trump a state visit. a million and a half people assigned a petition to stop that trip from happen. but theresa may >>> a growing number of american veterans who served in iraq and afghanistan are expressing outrage at the ban. it blocks visas for interpreters who helped american forces on battlefield. they had feel betrayed by the executive order because they promised to help the interpreters and their families get to the u.s. priz trump signed another executive order yesterday as small business leaders gathered at the white house aimed at

barack obama, 19 times. ron, to you, why is it so different now, why are there so many people protesting on the streets? why is this so sdmefrl. >> i think it's -- controversial? >> i think it's the sweeping magnitude and the sent to which both in his own -- the extent to come which both in his own words and executive order, it implies a religious test. his interview with a christian broadcast network over the weekend talking about the -- the president talking about priority to christians from these countries, and look, it is important, what we are seeing on the streets is truly unprecedented. to have the first weekend of the presidency, essentially one in every 100 americans in the streets protesting. following that up a week later over a group that is not inhere inherently, as you noted in the polling, the most sympathetic possible target in american public opinion. a travel -- travelers or immigrants from middle east countries again the backdrop of concern about terror. to have this many people again, it

bush, barack obama, donald trump, basically, those outside the same thing, with respect to the nsc. someone like steve bannon, faria cantor david axelrod for president obama, martha, he will come out and into the meetings. president trump took it and other stuff today. he restored or initiated putting his cia director, mike pompeo, into this meeting, as well. i believe when president bush was president, we did not have a dni director. that is a seminew office, former senator dan coats. he will be involved in that. we talk about t nsc, will people think of steve bannon being in those meetings, here and there, it would be like with david axelrod, his role. he was not there as a matter of course, but he was there. the joint chiefs of staff will be represented, as well. >> martha: thank you so much. >> stop by. i will have pictures on the wall. >> martha: still had tonight, tucker carlson will join us on the breaking news that the justice department is not goingp on his travel ban. plus, less than one day until the senate votes on the nomination for betsy devos for education secretary.

there have been plenty of times where she has shouted out during press conferences to get barack obama to answer a question. interviewer: carol, if you weren't recognized, would you shout out? what do you think of this as a colleague and president of the white house correspondents association question mark -- association? >> i think it is perfectly in bounds to shout at a question when they are not being called on. in a news conference. it is interesting to watch this president versus president obama. he would have a list of names, there would be a line, there were a few names he could choose to go to those people and it was very methodical and calculated. this president is a little different. even if you look at the briefings by sean spicer versus briefings, it is different. they are going here and there, it is rapid and moves. it creates an atmosphere in which it is -- its not only appropriate, that it is encouraged to be more aggressive and ask without being called on. interviewer: how to george w. bush do it? how did you do it when you were choreographing all of this question mark

four of those women, the presidency of barack obama lives on in them. me appointed them to their judgeships and deputy attorney general spot. one of them was appointed by bill clinton. a presidency is only four years or eight years. a federal judgeship is a livetime appointment. there are329 federal judges appointed by president obama, appointed for life. two of them on the supreme court. ann marie donnelly the first of them to stand up and say no to donald trump. she will not be the last. we don't know who will be next. the trump administration's legal recklessness will surely continue. been out of control since its first day of lying about crowd size at the inauguration. lying about millions of illegal voters in the presidential election and now dashing off what the acting attorney general thought was an unlawful order that has thrown the country into chaos. thrown our airports into chaos. and broke this country's word to people around the world who had been granted the legal right to enter and live in the united states. the good news tonight is that

the seven countries came from the barack 0bama seven countries came from the barack obama administration, because in 2011 he issued a very similar executive order banning all iraqi nationals from any visas or entering the united states. that is where that came from. the reason those seven nations were targeted or identified is because they cannot provide any of the vetting information that we need, which a nswe rs information that we need, which answers the unspoken question, why not saudi arabia or pakistan. those countries are willing to provide information on their citizens or their nationals which make it very easy for us to be able to issue visas. as far as this acting attorney general, i would have fired her as well. it is completely constitutional, it is insubordination, and the example i would give is, if you disagree with what your boss asked you to do in any work situation and publicly came out against it, they would not have theirjob by the end of the day either. but she is a legal adviser, she was talking about legal advice. from his point of view, if you don't disagree, that

yates is an appointee of barack obama. on monday evening she told justice department lawyers that, quote, i am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution's sullen obligation to always seek justice and stand for what's right. he said she didn't think the executive order is lawful. a few hours later the white house issued a statement attacking yates for being weak on illegal immigration. the statement said yates, quote, has betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the united states. the new acting attorney general is dana, benta. he will remain in office until the senate confirms senator jeff sessions expected later this week. evan perez, cnn, washington. >>> well, alley is a young university student in oregon. he asked us not to use his last name. he joins us on the line. you have dual citizenship with yemen and jordan. no how is this affecting you and your brother who is in a similar situation? >> hi

we had eight years of barack obama, who was always willing to take risk for american lives on behalf of people we've never met. anyone who wasn't an american somehow attracted obama's compassion in a way that americans didn't. you now have a president to really take seriously the tremendous threat of international terrorism and who is prepared to take steps that are very tough-minded and that will inconvenience some people. but the people in the orlando nightclub that were killed, they were inconvenienced. the san bernardino shooting, they were inconvenienced. the people in berlin, who were killed when a truck went into a christmas market, they were pretty inconvenienced. we have to recognize as a country, we have a right to protect our own citizens and that is precisely what this is aimed at. >> sean: everyone in the media keeps lying. they keep saying this is a muslim ban. 89% of muslims are not banned from other countries, 40 plus other countries, indonesia, turkey, egypt, i can run to the list, even dubai security chief said we completely support the ban of president trump which

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barack obama came in and he promised he was going to close guantanamo bay and find orders along those lines in his first week. and you saw president bush find executive orders to undo steps that had been taken by bill clinton. so that's not unusual. the only thing here that would have justified moving quickly is if there was an eminent threat from the seven nations. since we know that there's been little to no terrorism in the united states from immigrants to these nations and the trump place who said himself the press briefing today there's been no immediate threat they were acting on, if that would have been the only thing that would have justified taking an immediate step. so here, i think they just rushed. and like most things in life, if you rush it, you're going to make mistakes. particularly if you have never served in government and never gone through these e procedures and suddenly discovered it's a little more complicated than on the campaign trail. >> david sang r, chief washington correspondent for "the new york times," i appreciate your time tonight helping us with this.

former president barack obama today,zed trump's order saying he fundamentally agree -- disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals beca he also expressed support for community engagement. this is the first time prisoner obama has criticized the current president. it's also his first statement since leaving the white house. the fallout from the travel ban continuing to pour in tonight. this is an ongoing situation and we are covering all angles, so stay with abc 7 for continuing coverage on air and online at wjla.com. jonathan: developing now, the lights on the eiffel tower dark in a show of solidarity with survivors and victims of sunday's mosque attack in canada. in quÉbec are charging a man with six counts of murder. while the police have not talked about a motive, they say he often made derogatory, it's about immigrants and women on social media. a mosque in northwest washington is among those stepping up security. >> it's a big concern right now. we in the history of this country. jonathan: d.c. police and representatives from the mayor's office visited all ni

and it has been a day of damaging headlines, with barack obama breaking his silence afterjust ten days, to say that he doesn't approve of this travel ban, and various american diplomats around the world also expressing disquiet, mike. and two more thoughts, i guess, occurring to many of our viewers. first of all, will dana boente enforce the executive order? but before all that, can president trump do this? well, yes, i mean, there are a lot of questions here. of course, ultimately, what is going to happen with this executive order? it does appear that there are going to be legal challenges, there were more advanced today, and that ultimately the fate of that very controversial move to basically prohibit the arrival into the united states of refugees, syrian refugees, indefinitely, and other refugees for several months, could end up going all the way to the united states supreme court. and in the past few hours senior democratic politicians have gathered at a rally outside the supreme court. house minority leader nancy pelosi and senate leader chuck schumer called mr trump's executive