Us a call and let us know what you thought. Republicans can call 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media, on twitter come on facebook on twitter and on facebook. Good wednesday morning to you. The headline on the front page of the Washington Times this morning we will start on the west coast in the ninth Circuit Court where lawyersave willed trump grilledravel ban Trump Lawyers on the travel ban. On capitol hill, questions from members of congress as well. The new Homeland Security secretary john kelly appeared before the house Homeland Security committee. He took the blame for the shaky rollout of the president s executive order on vetting. [video clip] the desire was to get out so potentially people that might be coming here to harm us would not take advantage of some period of time they could jump on an airplane and get here. That was the thinking. In retrospect, i should have delayed it just a bit so i can talk to members of congress. Them for what was coming. But people would agree that this has been a topic of President Trump certainly during his campaign and during the transition process. As the great men and women of porter protection unfolded that Border Protection unfolded that, they came back to us with suggestions about how we could alter it. The order was signed or released at 6 00 p. M. On friday. Before midnight, we had made an adjustment. We did have to step back and recaulk in that first 24 hour period because of action by one of the federal courts that changed things a bit. Is an inconvenience, but what was done at many airports where people are coming into the United States come everyone was treated humanely. I read reports about people standing up for hours on end. Did not happen. The kind of men and women i serve with do not insult people. Theyre very businesslike. Going forward, i would have taken some time to inform the and certainly that is something i will certainly do in the future. Also secretary kelly calling the lack of a completed border fence a gaping wound in america. We will talk about the border fence with two members of border states. A republican and a democratic member from texas and new mexico. For the first half hour, we want to get your reaction to that hearing and to the arguments that happened in the ninth Circuit Court yesterday. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. D. C. Ublican in washington, good morning. Caller good morning. , in this nation, we chose President Trump. Becausethe president thatave stolen power is a simple and easy way. Congress has almost become inactive. With the president , it is. Ossible host marvin is up next in pennsylvania. A democrat. We are talking about yesterdays argument in the ninth Circuit Court and that hearing yesterday. Did you watch or listen to either . Caller yes, i did. I dont have no problem with the , i have trump commands a problem with the text. We go against the constitution because hes the one making all the choices. Vet histhink congress decisions. Host you think they should give the president some leeway to do that . Caller no, they should not. They should check and balance his decisions. That is the way the constitution was laid. When he did that stuff with the muslims, he acted without checks and balances. Indiana. Se in independent. Good morning. The constitution does layout that the president of the United States can actually this who is permitted into the country. As far as unsafe actors we dont want in the United States of the turnofthecentury come i was singledchists out as an ideology we did not want in the United States. There was a ban on anarchists at one point. People need to look at that and realize trump is not doing anything that hasnt been done before. Going to an extreme with anything thats been done before. People have a lot of hurt feelings because he was born of selection. On the left side of the aisle, they thought they were a lot what they felt the American People thought. Now, they are realizing that they were way off the mark. They are fighting tooth and nail to try to maintain some type of relevance. I think it is ridiculous to single trump out and have to go through the Court Process on a power that he obviously has. I also believe that he was correct in calling out the judge that put a stay on his immigration order and saying that there was a terrorist act committed by someone that comes into the country during this , that blood is on his hands. I think that is true. People need to take that into account when they start to make calls from the bench like that and take responsibility if it is there. Host you think tweets like that undermined the Judiciary Branch . Caller no, i dont. Thats what the separate branches of government are for. They are to keep one another in check. I have no problem in believing that if the legislative plant or Judicial Branch see something trump does, they will call him out. We have seen that time and time again. I dont know why people want to deny trump the right to call the Judicial Branch out when he sees something as blatant as this take place. The judge does need to think about that. Are families who have suffered through terrorist attacks here in the United States. That is something that cannot be healed. Host stephanie from indiana. Matthew in bradford, pennsylvania. Good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Say, i dont to necessarily agree with the courts getting involved with the whole vetting thing thats going on. Host why not . Caller firstly, i agree with everything hes doing with doing this travel ban. I know it is a temporary thing for the time being that hes doing. Everything weve been doing is not working and everything thats been going on in the has been kind of hectic and we need to do something to figure out what is going on. Until we can figure out what is going on, we have to take extreme measures until we can figure out what is going on. I personally dont feel it is right for the courts to be stepping in to stop this. You think it is a reasonable action . What he is trying to do . Caller i think it is reasonable. Its not like hes doing it permanently. Hes giving time to figure out a so weable vetting process can figure out what we are doing. For our own security. Obviously, what were doing right now is not working. Page, oneur facebook comment from sharon you can join the conversation there and on twitter. Mike in ashburn, virginia. Good morning. Caller good morning. Theomment will be on democrats, really, not the judge. The democrats need to be quiet and let mr. Trump have his ban. When something happens, they wont take the blame. They are taking the blame for something they should not take the blame for. Let trump have his day. Let him do his thing and we will see what happens after that. Host yesterday in that Homeland Security committee hearing, secretary kelly talked about the countries on the president s travel ban list. Seven countries named. It talked about other countries possibly being added. [video clip] going forward, we would like thats we would hope that there are countries that would come off the list. Came from the list from the lassa ministration. Last administration. There were an additional 12 countries being considered to be put on the list that is not true. And i saidmine asked its not true. We are contemplating no other countries. Even though some of these other countries are questionable in their internal organizations, we are satisfied that those other countries have enough they can provide the information we are looking for. We are looking at some additions. We may just focus on certain countries that not additional countries, but additional that will gosses further to satisfy the president that we know who we are dealing with, we know what their backgrounds are. If they dont want to cooperate now, dont come to the United States. Theres no right to come here. There are no other countries right now being contemplated. Some of those countries can be improved and we hope to work with them. So that we can open our doors to their citizens. About thate talking hearing in our first halfhour of the washington journal as well as those arguments in the ninth Circuit Court about the president s travel ban. Heres the headline from todays usa today. Judges slam travel ban defense. Jim is in pennsylvania. Republican. Good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Veteran. Year retired is othernd amazing president s have done the same thing. Wanted to raise immigration up to 110,000 year. Trump wants to do 50,000. When hundred 10 is like trying to fit a Silver Dollar into a 110,000 is like try to fit a Silver Dollar into a quarter slot. If you overwhelm the system, theres a better chance people can come in here. Host are you talking about refugees or immigration . Caller yes. Heres the thing with the syrian refugees. Im all for letting refugees and here. In here. However, we have to realize, right now, isis has a perfect 1 of they to stick people into that line coming into the United States. You hear all these people bashing trump. Wait until someone is at their front door holding their family hostage. I totally support what hes doing. Its unfair that people dont give him a chance. Its my military upbringing. So be it. Ive seen a lot of stuff. People need to go sign up if they have an issue. , sign upin that line and help fight the fight. The reason refugees want to pour in here is because this country is torn apart. To stay inld be able the country where they were born and raised. This dates back to when pulled thebama to troops out, creating that vacuum. Isis took over, refugees want to come in. Im all about it and keeping people safe, but the countries need to stand up and fight the fight. I thank you so much for taking my call. Host macon, georgia. Democrat. Caller good morning. I am in agreement with what the president is doing. Should think the courts be trying to take away the constitutional right for the president they are trying to set a precedent. We should not be trying to do that. Host christina in las vegas, nevada. Independen christina in las veg, nevada. Independent. Good morning. Caller i am a former u. S. Air force veteran, a disabled veteran. I am 100 for the whole vetting process. The improvement of the vetting process and putting this especially with these wartorn countries where theyve lost a lot of their infrastructure and documentation. If i wanted to get one of those for the statees approved for federal travel come i have to prove every name , everything, the yahoo. On of the yahooout how could we even have a clue how to prove who these people are . If theyre coming from a wartorn country where the government has completely fallen apart. If i have a hard time in a good country getting documentation, i am 100 with him on we can prove who these people are. Cant prove who these people are. Host you can much the hearing in its entirety on www. Cspan. Org. John kelly one of seven trump appointees who has been confirmed. There is an ongoing fight today by democrats in the senate to try to speak against the confirmation of another trump appointee, senator Jeff Sessions , who President Trump has names to be his attorney general. Democrats holding the floor ahead of that expected vote happening later today. A bit of drama in that effort last night happened when republicans passed a partyline warren,f senator striking down her words as impugning the alabama senators character. Mitch mcconnell interrupted speech last night. Here is the moment last night in the senate when that happened. [video clip] senator warren can i continue with the letter . The senator may continue. Senator warren thank you. In 2013, senator sessions did voted against th there is a that tells the story of how Sexual Violence impacts massachusetts. This is what it said. They are mothers, daughters, sisters, mothers, sons and brothers mr. President senators impugn the motives and the conduct of our colleague i call the senator to order under the provisions of rule 19. President the senator from massachusetts. Im surprised that the words of Corrina Scott king are not suitable for debate in the United States senate. I asked leave of the senate to continue my remark. Is there objection . Objection. Objection is heard. The senator will take her seat. I appeal the ruling of the chair and i suggest the absence of a quorum. The clerk will take the role. Host senator warren stood outside the Senate Chamber outside in the hallway and recorded herself reading the ter from karen escott king Corretta Scott king. Senator warren is no provision to speak during the remainder of the debate on the nomination of senator Jeff Sessions. Senator warren is now forbidden to speak. They are using the time that theyve been given, the 30 hour rule, to speak out against the nominee. We will continue to watch the senate floor for you. We will let you know if there are other members coming this morning. You minutes left to continue discussing yesterdays house home insecurity hearing and the court case in the ninth Circuit Court. Keep in west virginia. Republican. Good morning. Keith in west virginia. Republican. Good morning. Irregularfind it very that one judge in our country can speak out against the president when it is obvious that the president has people in the white house that know the law, no. Whens it that we complain i see people detained for 48 hours when our own veterans have to wait sometimes 30 days or more to see a doctor . Host derek in california. Democrat line. Caller good morning, america. Ive been watching the situation regarding the muslim ban as a christian. Truth, wely told the would not have this problem. Am teaches a radical way if your child doesnt believe what you believe, it gives you authority to kill them. That is what the koran teaches. , we teach compassion and mercy and forgiveness. America was created to be the city on the hill. Thats why the refugees and berybody is looking at us to this light, to be a difference to everybody else. The Trump Administration is using fear. As christians, we use piece. Thats we use peace. Start over. Not this year stuff he is teaching us. Fear stuff he is teaching us. Its called compassion and mercy. If we do compassion and mercy, the world will do compassion and mercy. Lets start over like it was 1776 and we will all get along. Host ken in alexandria, virginia. Independent. Caller good morning. Caller justdent about 1776. A lot of people come on here and say they are prior military, they are veterans, but so am i it doesnt make you more patriotic than the next person nor does it make you more knowledgeable. Say thatous person can libya is better off now than it was when qadhafi was in power. Cannot say it was better after Saddam Hussein with the Million People dead in iraq and over 3 million refugees. Nobody can say any of those things for the right things to do. Thats where the right things to do. Hes betting the people from countries that had nothing to do with the socalled attack on this country. Host would you be more ok with the president s actions if it included afghanistan, pakistan, saudi arabia . Caller to an extent, sure. The people on the plane were from those countries. Would think that would be the place you would want to target. For some reason, hes going after the countries that are not. Im not sure why people are afraid of something that has yet to happen. I dont know how many people have been killed in chicago, but people dont talk about that is terrorism. Because people live in a certain community, we will not provide them with assistance to help the community recover. I questioned people when they talk about terrorism. It is simply violence. It is politically motivated violence. None of them have an army nor an air force nor navy that can compete with the greatest military on earth. The last caller said something about on top of the hill. He read in his bible that when the devil looked over the hill, he looked upon the land and he told them that all this could be yours if you fall before me. What hill are you talking about . 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