grounding this executive order at least for the next few days that sally yates is in office as the acting attorney general. as you know, jeff session is the nominee by president trump and awaiting confirmation by the senate. i'll read you part of an order she issued to her lawyers today saying my responsibility is to ensure the position of the justice department is not only legally defensible but informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts. in addition i'm responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution's solemn obligation to seek justice and stand for what is right. at present i'm not convinced the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities nor am i convinced that the executive order is lawful. wolf, this is a big deal for the attorney general, the acting attorney general sally yates to make this instruction to the justice department lawyers who really are responsible for