Entry to the u. S. And then there is saturday night live, lampooning the new Trump Administrations daily briefing. Yeah, its not a ban. Im sorry . Its not a ban the travel ban is not a ban, which makes it not a ban. But you just called it a ban. Because im using your words. You said ban you said ban. Now im saying it back to you. So, Melissa Mccarthy there taking on an imstation of sean spicer. Well have more on that in a moment. But the big news on day 16, an Appeals Court decision early this morning, they now denying the administrations request to immediately reinstate the travel ban. It happened just past 3 00 a. M. Eastern time, hours after the Justice Department filed an appeal to lift the temporary restraining order put in place by federal judge james roeb robn friday. The Trump Administration cited a decadesold immigration case and says the ruling conflicts with the principle that an alien seeking admission to the u. S. Has no Constitutional Rights regarding his application. In
Ali vitali is live but first we have scott. What is the general mood of the protesters out there . Reporter well, jacob, its about probably a thousand people, by our best estimate, which is a little less than they were billing this as initially. They are marching up broadway to city hall. Thats where the big program will be. One of the big unknowns is counterprotests. The police are praisibracing fo. The idea is similar to the 130 or so other marches for truth going on across the country demanding a full and transparent investigation of President Trumps ties to russia, demanding not only an independent special counsel but also a special commission and also demanding things like election reform and the Electoral College and superdelegates. When they get up to city hall, maxine waters, well known to those here in southern california, but also one of the major antitrump voices on capitol hill. The hope is that this kicks off a summer of protests but well see how that goes and how the coun
Sides. I dont have any doubt about it, and you dont have any doubt about it either. The Washington Post responded with a very, very tough tuesday was a great group for david duke and racists everywhere. The president of the United States all but declared he has their backs, close quote, two more ceos resigned from the president S Manufacturing council, that brings the total so far of resignations to eight. Lets bring in our senior white house correspondent. Jeff, a senior white house official says the president s impromptu News Conference yesterday was all him, those are direct quotes, all him. But others are encouraging surrogates to echo what the president actually said. What is the latest youre hearing from inside the Trump Administration . Reporter wolf, inside trump tower here and in fact back in washington at the white house, advisors there, they have been unusually silent. Theres been few defenders coming forward at least publicly to defend what the president said yesterday, and
Performance a day earlier. Clearly ignored. A Senate Report warns that Russian Hackers are still targeting u. S. Elections and that the u. S. Needs to boost its defenses. A key lawmaker says a u. S. President has never so clearly ignored such a grave threat to national security. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. President trump refuses to say if hes willing to be interviewed by the special counsel Robert Muellers team but says it seems unlikely that mueller would request the meeting, claiming over and over again that there was no collusion with russia. While taking questions over at the white house, the president called the russia probe a phony cloud hanging over his administration. Earlier, he called it the single greatest witchhunt in u. S. History and urged republicans to take control. There is a new warning tonight that russias hackers are still targeting american elections and a key lawmaker cautions that unless the United Stat
Sounds like reality tv, turns out to be fox news host sean hannity. One of the president s biggest supporters on cable tv and a fierce critic of the fbi raid on cohens properties. Before it came out in court, hannity had never disclosed that relationship. Also, going public overnight, james comeys book, this morning, the former fbi director in his first live interview gave this dire warning to the country. We wake up in the morning and see the president of the United States is accusing people of crimes without evidence, and pronouncing them guilty and saying they should be in jail. That should wake all of us up with a start, there has been so much of it were a little bit numb and thats dangerous. One thing i hope to do send courage people to think about that and focus on that rather than becoming sort of numb to it and trying to squeeze it out of your mind. All right, lets begin with that Extraordinary Court hearing here in new york, federal judge ruling that Michael Cohens legal team