Jud judges handling of the case of his executive order trying to impose the travel ban in the seven predominantly muslim countries. Judge gorsuch according to blumenthal said it was disheartening and demoralizing to make these remarks. It was over the weekend the president referred to the judge out of Washington State who issued the temporary restraining order as a quote socalled judge. Interesting to note the white house is not denying this. As a matter of fact, the white house a spokesperson handling the case on capitol hill, his movements up on capitol hill, says, no, those are the words that judge gorsuch used. Consider this, anderson. Senator chuck schumer, the Senate Minority leader, apparently also heard similar remarks from judge gorsuch but senator Schumers Office issued a statement sort of criticizing the judge for not going farther in condemning the president for his rashes. You sort of get the outlines of the political dynamics that may be emerging during judge gorsuchs confirmation hearing. He may be pressed further on this as to why hes not going further and condemning the president for going after the judges handling this case. We are expected to talk to senator Richard Blumenthal of connecticut at any minute. We want a firsthand account from him. But just be clear, youre saying the white house came out and confirmed that the judge in fact said this to senator blumenthal . Reporter thats right. The spokesperson who was handling judge gorsuchs confirmation hearing process on capitol hill when asked by cnn did the judge say it was demoralizing and disheartening to hear the president of the United States refer to the judges in this case in the way he has over the last several days, that is exactly what we were told is what he said. You are seeing chatter on social media from democratic aligned groups wondering whether this is a tactic from the white house to get this explanation out sooner as opposed to having it spill out for the first time during a. You might understand why it would be advantageous to say now. Some saying this may also be another way to look at it is the white house is confirming it quickly because it actually helps the white house in terms of the confirmation for this judge. Reporter thats right. I think at the same time it is stunning because you never really see a president send a Supreme Court nominee up on capitol hill who then turns around within a number of days and criticized the president for comments hes made about the judiciary. One of President Trumps siblings is a federal judge. Over the last several days and especially today when you heard the president say about those Appellate Court judges in the 9th circuit weve been talking about so much that it was disgrace to feel hear what they were saying in those oral arguments, that those are pretty scathing comments coming from the president aimed at the judiciary branch. This was a president in the private sector before becoming president of the United States so hes not used to dealing with two other coequal branches of government but to hear republicans, depths, now his own Supreme Court pick saying those comments are inappropriate, i think that is pretty stunning. Jim acosta, thanks very much. Join us is senator Richard Blumenthal of connecticut. Thanks for being with us. Tell us how this conversation when the with judge gorsuch today. Did you ask him about the president s comments or did he bring them up on his own . I said to judge gorsuch i find these attacks on the judiciary absolutely abhorrent and unacceptable, and i asked him to express his criticism and to condemn these kinds of public attacks on an independent judiciary. At that point, after some back and forth he did say that he found them to be disheartening and demoralizing. My view this is condemnation has to be public and express and deliberate because he has to show the American People hell be independent, more than just a rubber stamp for a president who has launched a series of blistering attacks on the American Court anticipating to blame them for any terrorist incident that may occur if his side of this case on the immigration ban is not upheld. Did the judge say he would make his views public . He was noncommittal and thats one reason i remain deeply concerned about this nomination. This combination of the president s attacks on the judiciary goes to the core, absolutely to a foundational principle of our constitutional system and this judge needs to show that he is willing to stand up to the president and stop his bullying. Did his comments give you confidence . Clearly you want him to go farther and make it public, but did it give you confidence if confirmed he would do his job independent of the president of the white house . No, because it was behind closed doors with me personally, not publicly, and the American People deserve that he not only go farther and be stronger and more explicit and direct but that he do it publicly. Were you surprised he went as far as he did to you privately . Not so much because hes already expressed those similar kinds of comments to at least one of my colleagues that he finds it to be disheartening but less directly than even he did to me. And i feel very strongly as one who has been a Supreme Court law clerk, state attorney general, as well as a federal prosecutor and having argued cases before this court, that he has to come to the defense of the american judiciary strongly and explicitly and unequivocally and thats really maybe hes moving in that direction but it has to be much stronger and more direct. You know, there are some in washington who believe this could be a deliberate strategy to gain support from Senate Democrats essentially kind of showing Senate Democrats, look, im willing to be independent, im not beholden to anybody. Do you think thats possible or isnt this exactly what you and your fellow democrats want to hear from the judge . Anderson, heres what donald trump has done. Hes not only attacked the american judiciary, hes set a litmus test, in fact, a set of litmus tests that his nominee has to be quote prolife end quote, quote very pro second amendme amendment, and quote a conservative. And having set those lit mutt tests now this nominee has a very unusual maybe unique obligation to show his independence and hes failed to do so so far. Senator, can i ask you a little about what you learned if anything about judge gorsuchs judicial philosophy . Is he prolife . Will he vote to overturn roe v. Wade . Does he believe theres a right to privacy in the constitution . He avoided explicit or direct answers to those questions as well, a important as his answers on the independence of the american judiciary and his coming to the defense, equally so are his commitment to privacy rights, which he did not explicitly state, his commitment to roe v. Wade, which is well established, long accepted precedent. He says he has a respect for precedent but is unwilling to commit to adhering to roe v. Wade. Thats important to me as well as border and consumer protection. Did he say he wants to be like any particular justice . Is there someone he would like to model himself after . I will let him talk about the details of who his heroes are on the court or in life, but i think whats important for the American People to know is that he will be open minded and fair. Were going to be open minded and fair with him. I have yet to reach a conclusion, ill wait for the Judiciary Committee here hearing but i can commit if we find him out of the mainstream, if we oppose him, well use every tool at our disposal and i will insist on a 60vote threshold for this vote. You just alluded to this, but based on what you heard today you say youre still going to keep an open mind to hear what he says publicly but would you say at this point you would not vote for his confirmation . I have serious and grave concerns. I am deeply troubled by his failure to commit to certain responses, his lack of an explicit response and commitment to condemn these comments by donald trump publicly. Were not talking about comments generally disagreeing with the result of an opinion the way president obama did. Were talking about a very personal attack on the integrity of our judicial system, on the personal integrity of our judges and i really think he has to publicly condemn to show hes independent. Senator blumenthal, appreciate your time. Well continue this conversation with our panel after a break. Also ahead, in his comments about the judiciary the president is raising fear and deflecting blame for any future terror attacks on the United States. Hes also accept with Nordstrom Department store. Why pause a spontaneous moment . Cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. Tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. Do not drink alcohol in excess. 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But my view is this condemnation has to be public, direct, explicit because he has to show the American People that he will be independent more than just a rubber stamp for a president who has launched a series of blistering and bullying attacks on the American Courts, anticipating in fact to blame them for any terrorist incident that may occur if his side of this case on the immigration ban is not upheld. Lot to talk about with our panel. Jeffrey toobin, keirsten powers, kayleigh mcenany, tara setmayer. Paul begala, and cam cuccinelli. You heard what senator Richard Blumenthal said, essentially the judge needs to go further and say it publicly. Likely to happen . I think judge gorsuch is nobodys fool and has walked a clever line here, demonstrated some independence from President Trump, but hes also not really rubbed the president s nose in it. I think its a good confirmation strategy for him but its also probably what he thinks. And thats, you know, a pretty good deal. Attorney general cuccinelli, do you think theres any reason for President Trump or his allies to push back on the comments or does it help the judge get confirmed and oh, god, no. What the white house wants . A lot of what you guys talk about in the media, does it make sense for him to tangle with this person or that person. The one person on earth that donald trump shouldnt be messing around with is judge gorsuch in part because hes his own selection to be the next Supreme Court justice. Judge gorsuch appropriately and in a dignified fashion if the senators comments are accurate, stated his beliefs. I agree with jeffrey toobin. I think that he believes what he said. I also think that the use of frays like calculated or clever really suggest that hes gaming this, that the judge is gaming this. Look, this is a guy with a doctorate in philosophy from oxford. He is not going to come out and use flamethrowertype language at anybody. You can read his ten years worth of opinions and youll find that. I think the words he used are the ones that he believes are appropriate and theyre fairly measured even in his criticism of the president. But iz dit demonstrate his willingness to be independent, something that should be of interest with respect to every judge no matter what judge selects them or nominates them, that independence is critically important. It does help, keirsten, democrats come around to the idea of perhaps voting for him. I guess so. I dont think that donald trump should be tweeting the things he tweeted about the judiciary. I also dont think that its quite the crisis that senator blumenthal was casting it as and i think maybe hes looking for some way to, i dont know, harm judge gorsuch, who i think is a pretty good selection for donald trump in terms of his temp ramt and qualifications. They have issues about where he stands on this. You have abortion, for example, but i dont think its quite president obama youll remember republicans were very upset when he criticized as the justices sat in the front row, citizens united. That from the republican standpoint was akin to whats happening here. Probably bad form but not quite the crisis. I think senator blumenthal is using do you agree with that, paul . No appetite among grassroots democrats to confirm this man. He seems to have temperament qualifications but so did judge merrick garland. Republicans would not even meet with him. Senator blumenthal has already met with judge gorsuch. Theres enormous pressure from democratic base. They see this judge, probably very qualified but as a stolen seat. The fact that republicans stalled for over a year the nomination of judge garland now to put someone who while highly qualified seems to be conservative, i also think the way the judge responded was very clever. Its all about point of view. Im not a hollywood big shot. Golden globe winner like toobin but my friends talk about pov, point of view, which way is the camera casting your eye. It was about the feelings of the federal judges, these precious snowflakes, how can they be demoralized . Its about the institution being independent to stand up to an autocratic president. He didnt talk about the independence of the judiciary just the feelings of these poor ch pampered judges. Poor grace. The judiciary independent. Thats why they have life tenure including the one who issued this bogus temporary restraining order. Socalled temporary. Just as he waerd senator blumenthal call the president s actions abhorrent, just as we saw a legislator criticize the executive just as we had a judge the nominee for the Supreme Court behind closed doors express discontent with the executive actions likewise the president of the United States can criticize a coequal branch of government. Senators criticize the president. The president can criticize a judge. Theyre insulated by life tenure but he can criticize a judge who issued a ruling no explanation for why the plaintiff would succeed on the merits, a legal standing for a temporary restraining order. I dont think anyone would argue judges are beyond approach. They are not. Its the way you do it. The fact donald trump has used Elementary School language, taunting language to talk about, you know, Circuit Court judges and federal judges in this way because hes not getting his way, because he wasnt happy with the way the hearing went the other day, thats the part thats concerning because what it does is it undermines the institution to pauls point. You can criticize the judge and say plus the ruling hasnt even happened yet so thats inappropriate to go after the judges asaing eve an bad High School Student can understand the statute. Perhaps but hes not doing himself any good by going after the judges in this way. Jeffrey lord was on the program last night or it all blends together and i said to him would you recommend politically donald trump go after these judges before theres a ruling and he said absolutely. Good for the base. Plays into hi base and continues his theme. As a conservative who believes there are a lot of activist federal judges out there, one of the issues conservatives have fought against for years, i get that, but hes pilots now and its irresponsible for him toll circle back to federal judiciary when its a coequal branch. It makes it look like he has no respect for that. Perhaps he needs to read the constitution again. Plenty to talk about with respect to President Trump. Thats not new. Whats new is the exchange between the senator and the judge today. Lets not fool ourselves to extend out paul begalas comment, blumenthal will never, ever, no matter what judge gorsuch says, vote for his confirmation. It is not going to happen. So its a lot of crocodile tears coming from the senator here naempt to try and get this judge to turn a flamethrower on the president and this judge is too reserved, too mild a temperament and too intelligent for that to ever, ever happen. Is this judge entitled to a vote . Of course. Why wasnt judge garland entitled to a vote . The biden rule. Live by sword, die by the sword. And this jumg was known to the public last year when the president ial race was going on. It was a brilliant tactic, and i dont mean that like it was sneaky, it was a great idea to put names on the table and say if you elect me, you get one of these too. This is one of the most publicly and involved selection of a Supreme Court justice in the history of the United States and it makes it very difficult to deny him a vote and vote independence him. This hasnt been done in decades for the nominee in the year of a president ial election to get a vote like that. 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Those two senators, amy klobucar and joe manchin of west virginia, the only democrat to vote for the nomination. This is unusual in the senate. Typically senators embrace one of their own, think john kerry when he was nominated to secretary of state and that vote was 943 in 2013. Not the case here. 5247 along party lines, just shows how divided both parties are over Donald Trumps nominees, even one of their own. Last night senator Elizabeth Warren criticized senator sessions qualifications on the senate floor. He spoke to her today. What did she say about his confirmation . Reporter she was very concerned. She made though comments yesterday that prompted an unusual move the the senate for the republicans to enforce a rule of decorum saying she was impugn a fellow senator. I asked why she continued knowing she could be in violation and she said she was just trying to present the facts, criticize his past record that Coretta Scott king, Martin Luther kings widow raised when he was nominated for a federal judgeship in t 86. I asked do you agree with what mrs. King said in that letter and that he could potentially diz enms. And intimidate elderly black voters and she said yes. So those are words too strong from a lot of republicans who believed it was out of line but it just shows how polarizing this debate has become. Manu, thanks very much. President trump not only attacking some judges verbally, his Supreme Court quick calls quote disheartening and demoralizing, hes raising the specter of a future terrorist attack saying if it happens dont blame him. Here is jim acosta. Reporter President Trump is making his case to the court of Public Opinion thundering if theres a terrorist attack the judges holding up his executive order imposing travel ban on seven nations will be to blame. So i think its sad. I think its a sad day. I think our security is at risk today. I listened to a bunch of stuff last night on television that was disgraceful. But courts seem to be so political. And it would be so great for our Justice System if they would be able to read a statement and do whats right. Reporter the president warns the legal delay could have consequences sweet 2013ing big increase in traffic into our country from certain areas while our people are far more vulnerable. But the president didnt offer any proof of his claims. A bad High School Student would understand this. Anybody would understand this. Snoorl what seemed like a response to the images of chaos and confusion at the nations airports the president also tried to argue he never wanted his ban i want plemted immediately. I said lets give a onemonth notice but the laft people said you cant give a notice because if you do youre going to be really tough in one month or one week from now, i suggested one month and i said what about a week . They said no you cant do that because people will pour in before the toughness goes in. Reporter but the president never mentioned his desire to wait until today. More than a week ago he tweeted a sentiment echoed by sean spicer. We dont know when the next bomb is going off. The last thing you want to do is to say, well, we could have done this saturday but we waited one more day. Reporter democrat s contend the white house is hissing the point. None of the terrorist attacks that have occurred since 9 11 have been undertaken by the refugees or immigrants from the seven countries named. Reporter the president maintains hes right about the Terror Threat because of the intelligence hes receiving as president of the United States. A tremendous threat, far greater than people in our country understand. Believe me, ive learned a lot in the last two weeks. And terrorism is a far greater threat than the people of our country understand. Reporter but shortly after the scheduled start of his daily intelligence briefing at 10 0 a. M. , the president was tweeting his daughter ivanka had been tweeted unfairly by nordstrom. The white house said the president was free at the time the tweet was posted. It drew this ferocious response from the white house. I think this was less of Family Business than an attack on his daughter. For someone to take out their concern with his policies on a Family Member of his is just not acceptable. Jim joins us again. Before we get to nordstroms, the white house put out a list today highlighting people who have come from the seven banned countries and later arrested. Reporter the white house did produce that list earlier this evening it features 24 people who came from the seven countries mentioned in the president s travel ban but we should point out these are individuals who were arrested on terrorismrelated charges, not these mass casualty events that have happened in this country since 9 11. Its also worth pointing out sean spicer was asked whether or not the country is facing an imminent threat to sort of back up the president s tough talk on terrorism. And he said no. Our country is not facing that kind of threat. Did sean spicer present any evidence that nordstroms is somehow attacking ivanka trump . They said this is a business decision, the brand isnt selling well so were not going to be selling it. Reporter thats right. They put out that statement. No, anderson, sean spicer did not say anything to that effect. He basically said that the president reserves the right to defend his daughter when shes attacked and white house obviously feels that she was attacked in this case. We should point out not only did the president tweet that on his personal twitter account, the white house official potus account that is usually reserved for government business, that retweeted the president s personal account when he tweeted that earlier today. So the white house was not only using the president s personal account to get this out there but also using that official potus account, which is a huge departure from what weve seen in the past, the priest president did not do that when he was in the oval office. Jim acosta, thanks very much. For a white house which, you know, theyre all sort of concerns about conflicts of interest, doesnt this revive that for the president on a day in which he was focusing on other things to then tweet about nordstroms, doesnt it restrive conflict of interest . Another way would be to let nordstroms stop selling ivanka trump products. I dont think so because as sean spicer said today this was not about business, it was defending his daughters. Defending what . From the product being released from the stores because of political reasons. They said it wasnt selling. Thats what theyre saying. They and i believe otherwise because when the executive order was released a few days ago nordstroms put out a letter say weerg professing our faith in immigrants basically at the same time they said they were letting to of her product. There were other stores that let go of her product after he became president. They can cite low sales but there is a Boycott Trump movement going on and a viral letter demanding nordstroms get rid of ivankas clothes so there could be a political element to this. I just dont think the president should be getting involved in it, right . Dont you think if you look at what anderson is talking about, the sort of conflict of sbris, the idea the president should be pressuring a Public Company whose stock, by the way, dropped after but then it went up. But the idea he can affect what happens to if were so concerned about that we should pass a law saying the president is subject to conflict of interest laws because hes not now. We need to change the law. Then you guys should be really happy theres not a law on the books already about that or else donald trump would not be president today. This is completely out of bounds for the president to be defending his grown daughter who is successful in her own right, who is being subject to capital ism and the free market. There is a boycott going on and there are several companies that they decided politically motivated or not, who cares, this is america and theyre free to do that. Then we as consumers are free to decide whether to shop in those stores and buy those products or not. For the president to come out and think this is the part he forgets this is a free and open society and markets should be determining what goes on. As republicans we should be okay with the fact that if people have the freedom to boycott and dont want to spend their dollars in an open and free society then they should do that. It wasnt only nordstrom. Its neimanmarcus, hsm, t. J. Maxx, marshalls, look, demand is down, we reserve our right to remove products. If its because of a boycott, welcome to america. Perhaps you misread the tweet. He expressed his discontent. Just like nordstroms is free to do, this the president of the United States but cl whether its appropriate or not sean spicer is saying the Department Store is attacking Donald Trumps daughter. Theres no evidence the Department Store is attacking her. They said weve had a nice relationship with her, been in Community Case with him, she was informed about this in january. Sean spicer doesnt work for the trump organization. He works for the American People. God knows hes had a rough go of it and seriously i feel for him. But it is the presidency and for him to weigh in, two problems. First off its appalling for him to use the power of the most powerful position on earth to try to bludgeon a corporation but almost worse as a political guy, it didnt work. You talked about the stock dropping. It went up 4 today. It could well be mr. Trump and his political ma sheep is a paper tiger. Now corporations and others are thinking maybe hes not so bad after pull too paper tiger. The president is above majority Approval Ratings with reuters. The media and commentators get so mad that went up . But as the media gets in a rage over conflict of interest, the American People voted for donald trump because they believed in his policies despite the fact they knew he had a multimillion dollar empire and a daughter who had a business as well. And the American People decided they dont want to buy ivanka trump products anymore. Hes free to say whatever he wants to and were free to criticize. Nt isnt it beneath the office of the president of the United States to be absolutely. I assume its the most important job in the world and has up thes of responsibilities. Im sure theres huge briefing books to read and stuff to do. To be focusing on nordstroms focused on terrorism today. I dont know the stock, history of the stock but most Department Stores in the country are kind of suffering and doing badly for a guy who wants to promote american businesses im not sure, you know its about nordstroms. Its about his daughter. Hes president of the United States first. Hes doing a great job. Really . As much as people dont want to accept the fact that the presidency comes before Everything Else including your family, thats a responsibility that he has chosen to put himself in and the American People voted him to do, not to defend his daughter in a free and open free market, fair market capitalist decision. When he made that comment, ive learned a lot about terrorism in the last couple weeks, my heart went out to him. I have seen president s briefed on terrorism and they become ashen. It should affect him. For a minute i thought hes growing into the job. Then acosta tells us 21 minutes into that briefing he was tweeting out about nordstroms. 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Uh, im actually focusing on my career right now, saving people nearly 600 when they switch, so. Wheres your belly button . [ sighs ] ive got to start booking better gigs. T. J. Maxx and marshallalso distancing themselves from the trump brand. This comes after nordstroms decision to drop the brand from its stores spashing a twitter attack from pump. More from kate bennett. Reporter attack President Trump and he hits back. We have this guy lying ted cruz. We know lying ted. Reporter attack the trump brand and he hits back harder. Dont shop at macys. Reporter attack the trump family and its brand, he takes to twitter. In a tweet this morning President Trump lashed out at nordstrom, the Department Store chain that last week announced it would not be carrying daughter ivanka trumps fashion brand this season as it has in the past, citing less than stellar sales. Im incredibly excited because i want to share with you today some of my favorite styles from fall. Reporter a spokeswoman for her label earlier this week challenged nordstroms decision saying its not sales that matter but integrity and principles. And nordstrom is pushing back against reports their move was politically motivated telling cnn today we made this decision based on performance. Over the past year and particularly in the last half of 2016 sales of the brand have steadily declined to the point it didnt make Good Business sense for us to continue with the line for now. For her part, ivanka trump has remained silent, keeping her social media feeds occupied with images of her family, the most recent yesterday evening, posing with 10monthold son theodore in the halls of the white houses east wing. President trumps ivanka defense today comes on the heels of tuesdays news that the first lady Melania Trump is also fighting back in defense of her own brand. Lawyers for mrs. Trump refiled a defamation suit against the daily mail online seeking 150 million in damages. Trumps lawyers charging that the august story about the first ladys past is inaccurate and it potentially harmed her earning potential as a spokeswoman and Brand Ambassador for her future potentially selling everything from Beauty Products to a jewelry line and put in peril her quote unique once in a lifetime opportunity to make millions off of business relationships. And while many question whether Melania Trump might attempt to profit from her status as the first lady, a spokeswoman for mrs. Trump told cnn saying the first lady has no intention of using her position for profit and will not do so. Any statements to the contrary are being misinterpreted. Kate bennett, cnn, washington. A lot to discuss. Michael dantonio, author of the truth about trump, and timot timothy, sued unsuccessfulfully by donald trump reporting he was worth far less than he claimed. Tim, sean spicer, the product, saying this was a direct attack on his policies, Donald Trumps, and ivankas name. Beyond how nordstroms is viewed by the white house as attacking ivanka trump. There ice two problems with this. One is they got rid of her merchandise because it wasnt selling. So sean spicer stand at the podium in the white house and fab ray kating a reason for why nordstroms stopped this relationship. Secondly ivanka said she distanced herself from that company, her own company, and has already distanced flers the trump organization, so presumably she had nothing to do with any of this so you wouldnt think the president had to rise to her defense if she were detached from the company, which i dont think she is. It gives the appearance donald trump, president of the United States, is still involved with the economic output of these companies. Whats fascinating is first of all everything is personal with him but also everything is about money. Its strange. Its as if the only value he has is cash. So if you attack his cash and crowd size. Right. Things that can be measured, not values like leadership, public service. Where is the idea that Donald Trumps been elected president , hes there to serve the United States of america, and his daughter has accepted a position advising him. Youre saying sean spicer saying this is they view it as an attack on donald trump and ivanka, the president may see it as an attack because if hes valuing money and he values, you know, crowd size or poll numbers or ratings or market share, whatever maybe he should try being president. That would be thrilling for those of us who want his leadership rather than to see him dwelling on these mundane matters. I actually talked to a Brand Consultant today about nordstroms. Talked to a Brand Consultant today about nordstroms, and he told me its a consumeroriented decision. And it was a strategic decision on their part. You would think someone who is as Business Savvy as trump says he is or appears to be would understand the idea of failing sales or lessening sales, whether its politically motivated because of a boycott or whatever it is, business is business. But i actually dont think he knew that. I dont think he had the df information at hand. They started dissolving the relationship befor and thats why it resurfaced. He was addressing an old issue. And, again, you know, people are constantly looking for this notion of strategy in Donald Trumps tweeting or strategy in his day to day operations. And the reality is, hes very emotionally driven. He makes decision, operates by the seat of his pants. And this white house has been plagued by this. And this is the latest example of that. Weve actually never seen into the heart or mind of a president or the insecurities of or the whatever it is, the personality of a president in such real time as we have with donald trump. Nobody has tweeted like this. President s are usually somewhat cut off or at least circumspect in what they say publicly. Hes authentic. He is the real donald trump. Right. You know, its pass natifascina see this pour out of him. Weve always thought, do we know what the president is thinking . I think we know what this president is thinking. We also saw, on saturday night live this weekend, Melissa Mccarthy did the impression of sean spicer. Politico reports it wasnt the content of the skit that bothered trump but the fact that a woman was playing sean spicer. Does that, i was stunned when i heard that. I dont know, again, its politico reporting. Did that surprise you . No, hes a man of the 1950s, not of the 2000 os. This is a man like many men in the past is appalled that a woman could imitate a man. Throughout time, its been okay for a man to go in drag and imstate a woman. But women are worthy of a mans derision, theyre worthy of making fun of. A man . How could a woman mock him by pretending to be an exaggeration of masculinity . This cuts someone like donald trump to the core. That sounds like a deep psychoanalysis. All the they made him look weak. You had a skit that made sean spicer look weeak. And during a week when theyve been made to look weak in other ways. And female equals weak. Hugs and happiness. Syrian refugees land in the u. S. It happens while an Appeals Court decide the whether or not it should be reinstated. Details ahead. Youre smart. You already knew that. But its also great for finding the perfect used car. Youll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. Now youre even smarter. This is truecar. Thats why a cutting edgeworld. University counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected. And why a Pro Football Team chose us to deliver fiberenabled broadband to more than 65,000 fans. And why a leading car brand counts on us to keep their Dealer Network streamlined and nimble. Businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink. Sometime tomorrow or later this week, a federal Appeals Court could uphold or overturn the restraining order on President Trumps travel ban. Tonight one such flight to a new life and one young girls dream come true. Heres the story from randi kaye. Reporter this 12 year old lives in eeririe, pennsylvania. She has for years prayed that hear fwramd parents would be able to join them. After the travel ban was announced she uploaded this video to facebook, her personal plea to ask the president to reconsider. So i ask, mr. President , please do not stop Refugee Resettlement and not destroy my dream and my brothers and sisters dream, because we love america. Thank you. Reporter her grandparents and her fathers side fled damascus syria and have been living in jordan. After years of vetting, they were finally supposed to arrive february 1st. But just days earlier, Syrian Refugees were banned indefinitely. When you hear people talk about refugees and what the white house is saying, how does that make you feel . That hurts me very much. And like i know that donald trump is trying to make a point, but its not a very good one. And its not true at all. The terrorists are not coming from those countries. Reporter after the travel ban was temporarily suspended by the courts, her grandparents rushed to set a new arrival date. Late tuesday night, we waited for them at eries airport. How much do you want to see your grandparents here in this country . Out of 100, 1 million. Reporter you love them so much. I love them so much. I cant wait till i hug them to death. Reporter just before 10 00 p. M. , lubna had her chance. What did you say to her . I said it means, i miss you so much and welcome back. Reporter when lubnas father came from syria to the u. S. , he waited five years to get his citizenship. Hes been working to get his parents here for two years now. So once they cleared customs in chicago you could breathe easy . Yes, now im very happy, very excited. I want to hug them. Reporter the family celebrated into the Early Morning hours then settled in at basams home. I wish for mr. President to see what our family are human beings. Doesnt matter. I have children or im american. Were still human. It is very important to let him know that were, we have feeling. They are victims of the war. We are not terrorists. Reporter do you consider are your self lucky that you have your family here now . Very lucky, very lucky. Reporter and what is the first very american thing you want to do with your parents . I want to take them to one of the buffet as in like try american food. Reporter big portions . Yes. Reporter that is very american. What are the next steps for the family . Reporter well, first of all, anderson, theyre going to need a bigger house. So theyre going to move so everyone can live together now that the grand parents are here. Theyll also get their green card and in five years theyll be able to apply for citizenship. The grandfather is retired, was an accountant in syria. The grandmother owned a Clothing Store and wants to do something. They need to learn english. The child there learned spanish and english and hopes to teach her grandparents as well. Up next, startling findings from a yearlong cnn investigation. How one country could actually be selling passports to the highest bidder in the middle east. Youll want to see this. Next. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com