opponents here because federal law on the one hand says you can t ban anybody, any class of aliens just from a single country from coming in. you can t discriminate like that. on the other hand a separate federal law says the president when acting in the interest of national security can restrict an entire class of aliens, i m using the word of federal law, aliens, from epterintering the count country. the government has a plausible legal argument here. that s what the courts are going to have to sort out. i must say, chris, that s not the question before this federal appeals court. the federal appeals court has an entirely different task and that is to decide right now which is best, who gets hurt more? the states say, well we get hurt more, if you let the government continue to enforce the travel restrictions, it hurts our universities, the faculty can t travel. i see. students are hung up. companies are hurt economically. they can t recruit the best tale talent. the government s
faculty can t travel, the 97 companies are basically adpreeg wi agreeing with the state s argument it hurts them economically. thank you so much. as the patriots are flying home this afternoon for a big reception, just in a few hours in boston, key moments are too many but here s a few. that coin toss by former president george h.w. bush joined by former first lady barbara bush just out of the hospital, so great to see them. atlanta s dominance going into the half with historically insurmountable super bowl lead 25 points. and lady gaga the showstopping halftime performance showing more athleticism than the patriots had in the first two quarters with an inclusive patriotic theme and the roof opening to feature 300 coordinated drones and of course the miraculous tom brady comeback in the fourth marked by especially miraculous fourth
of the the state of pennsylvania. i did not hear that. but obviously the passport can t travel internationally. he can go to his home. and he has one right in montgomery county right here in pennsylvania. and the next date is preliminarily january 14th at 9:30 in the morning for a preliminary hearing and that is either here or another court. they are routinely continued for another date. because of the preliminary hearing is an important legal procedure here. in the courtroom there were a lot of men in suites lining the back of the courtroom. so afterwards i went up to one, they were very nice, and they are montgomery county investigators. and they didn t say anything, but they are here. they are responsible for reopening this investigation at the forefront being the district attorney, lisa furman of montgomery county pennsylvania, who now has just been elected a judgeship in this county.
and broader. one of the things you wrote in april was the relationship will make it easy to open a dialogue about human rights and personal freedoms, two area where is the cuban government is richly deserving of criticism. have we seen any indication that dialogue has begun and any change on the ground that people who have been advocating for this openness in order to change cuba, any indications they might begin to respond? cuba remains a very reprissive state. i don t think that is going change overnight. i don t think the u.s. government expected that to change overnight. but something fundamental has changed. the cuban government can no longer credibly say that cubans can t have personal freedoms, can t have uncensored access to the internet, can t travel abroad. any number of things that were restricted in the past because the state is under a state of siege. because the u.s. is a constant threat. this has changed. so i think cubans are having new conversations about persona
many they kill they will keep coming unless the soldiers and the american public no longer have the will to fight. now the co-defendant and cousin jonas edmunds appeared in court with a long beard. he has a criminal record. and therefore, can t travel. therefore, he was the one who was going to stay behind and attack the base while his cousin went off to join and fight with isis and train with isis. according to the criminal complaint, he had predicted a body count at that base of 100 to 150. now, we have a statement from the illinois national guard. reading, in part, we will not let this incident detract us from fulfilling our mission as proud national guard soldiers. now, hasan edmunds allegedly told fbi agents that he was serving in the infidel army but he wanted to leave and this fight with the soldiers. he had been to afghanistan but they returned before he signed up with the guard. greta? mike, thank you. and straight ahead, senator