on building trust between communities and law enforcement agencies with no mention of illegal immigration because of its policy as a sanctuary city. i want to get to cnn white house reporter sarah westwood. this is a big win for the president. he hasn't had a lot of wins in the court. this one is a win for him. how's the white house reacting? >> reporter: that's right, and the trump administration is out toing this legal win, a rare -- out toing this legal win, a rare win in the court of appeals, a specific thing that the president complained about, that hasn't been friend three trump administration policies. the department of justice is taking a victory lap on this ruling from the ninth circuit court of appeals that basically says the justice department is within its rights to withhold money from there discretionary grant, the community policing grant, if cities are not meeting all of its requirements. it has a scoring system for disbursing this money. so essentially it can weigh different things that police jurisdictions are doing, score