which is why we need to be careful when we make moves towards north korea. we better make sure we re consulting with the south koreans. they don t want to be surprised and they don t want us thinking we can cut some deal over their heads with the chinese. ambassador, nice to see you, sir. thank you. so, is president trump serious about splitting up the u.s. court of appeals with the 9th circuit and could he do it? plus, remember this? signing executive orders is not the way our country was supposed to be run. candidate trump sounding very different from president trump. that s ahead. after becoming one of the largest broadband companies in the country. after expanding our fiber network coast to coast. these are the places we call home. we are centurylink. we believe in the power of the digital world. the power to connect. and that s what drives us everyday.
larger trend. the president and candidate trump butting heads with the judiciary. i think judge curiel should be ashamed of himself. i think it s a disgrace that he s doing this. and i look forward to going before a jury, not this judge. it is a political decision that circuit is in chaos and that circuit is frankly in turmoil. but we are appealing that and we are going further. i m never surprised by the 9th circuit. [ laughter ] as i said, we ll see them in the supreme court. jeffrey rosen is ceo of the national constitution center and law professor at the george washington university law school. and paul butler is a law professor at georgetown university and former federal prosecutor. paul, first to you. last night the remark coming out of the white house, the statement that the federal judge is unelected, the constitution gives the president power to appoint. they are not elected.
but this is the president of the united states speaking. do you agree with me that he s just he shouldn t be making these statements? no, absolutely not. it was great when judge gorsuch, now justice gorsuch said that the president s attacks on judges are disappointing and judicial independence is a fragile thing to attack judges by names. the word so-called, you re right, sort of almost questions their legitimacy in a profound sense like they re not actually entitled to do the job to which they are appointed. so, that s disappointing. the proposal to strike the 9th circuit is also very disappointing. chief judge alex kaszynski, the chief judge of the 9th circuit, a republican appointee, who suggested the travel ban might be constitutional has testified against the splitting of the 9th circuit. there were republican and democratic judges on the circuit who believe splitting it up would be a political move. it is incorrect this district judge was a member of the 9th
the trump administration at war with the courts? well, in a new interview today president trump telling the washington examiner he has absolutely considered proposals that would split up the 9th circuit court of appeals saying, quote, there are many people that want to break up the 9th circuit. it s outrageous. the 9th surk ut is the panel that could here an appeal on the blocked executive order of sanctuary cities and it is clearly in the white house cross hairs. do you think the unite the circuit has it in for the white house? i don t know they have it in for the white house. i think they have it in they have a horrible record of interpreting the law and that s just a fact. and the white house is also blasting the federal judge who blocked that executive order saying, quote, the rule of law suffered another blow as an unelected judge unilaterally rewrote immigration policy. this is all more evidence of a
interest expense every year. it s a big budget item in the annual budget. and this is going to cost this is going to raise interest rates and it s going to cost the federal government a lot more in interest payments to service this debt, let alone if we never pay it back. we are basically mortgaging our children s future which is a classic politician s move. donald trump has opened the candy store here. gentlemen, thank you both. that s true thank you. thank you. so, just how real is this revival of a gop health care bill? we ll talk to a member of the conservative freedom caucus who is not on board with the new plan. also does the trump administration have a strategy for the north korean threat in we ll hear from the former ambassador to the country that sits right in the north korea cross hairs. also the explosive new proposal attacking the judges that. ruled against the trump agenda. will he try to break up the 9th circuit court? and we re going to show you how the preside