question out into the census and in anticipation of an executive order the aclu asked federal judge to permanently block the commerce department from adding citizenship question with group s director saying, quote, the trump administration repeatedly argued the census forms cannot be altered after june 30th, they ve now changed their tune because the supreme court ruled against them. they can t have it both ways, trump s lawlessness will not go unanswered. there is no official deadline for when the trump administration needs to provide the court with its new reasoning for the citizenship question, but the census forms are already being printed and the closer we get to january, the harder it would be to change plans once forms start going out, arthel. let s bring in legal panel, criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor and jenna ellis, trump 2020 advisory board, great to have you both. thanks for having us. thanks so much, mike.
you need it for many reasons. reporter: opponents of the question say they will challenge any effort by the administration to have it added to the census, and in anticipation of an executive order, the aclu asked a federal judge in new york friday to permanently block the commerce department from adding the question with the group s director saying in a statement the trump administration repeatedly argued the census forms could not be altered after june 30th. they ve now changed their tune because the supreme court ruled against them. they can t have it both ways. the administration s facing several other challenges to citizenship question in federal court, in california and one in maryland which claims the question discriminates against minorities. it s important to note there is no deadline or timeline for when the administration needs to come up with and provide a new justification for the question, but with one and a half billion census forms going out, the clock is certainly tic
doubling down and redeploying missile defense system in poland and at home doing what dhs is doing which is hardening election systems and as i mentioned in the beginning nsa director saying, we have the capability and kind tore punch them in the nose and be a lot more aggressive. we haven t done it, let s send that signal. leland: one called say that we mess with the russian elections, it may not make a big difference over there. yeah. all right, chad, sweet, great to have you. eboni. eboni: coming up after days on the run, illegal immigrant wanted by ice following a deadly hit and run turns himself in. plus political panel takes a closer look at fallout of andrew mccain s firing and what it means to the mueller investigation and it s a great day for the irish, city as cross the country celebrate st. patrick s day, we will show you all the highlights.
tweets he put out. let s move on to something else you are following closely. this is according to what the white house is saying versus what the cfpb is saying that again the former director saying who should lead next. where are we at with that. reporter: well the law that created the consumer financial protection bureau did provide for succession and richard cordray named his deputy to fill in and that should have been a sufficient response. except this is a politically charged issue. the white house which has not liked this entity and republicans have been quite critical of the consumer financial protection bureau which began during the obama years. it is only about six years old. the president instead nominated his office of management and budget director nick mulvaney to be an interim chief until there is a permanent person named and confirmed about the senate. so this is an internal trugle over power over an agency that from its inception has been
income tax. those are two new things there, shep. also a new tactic by the president to tie tax reform to hurricane relief. in order to stimulate jobs in the areas hardest hit, we need to reform taxes. shepard: also the matter of the corporate income taxes. he s back to talking 15%. a couple weeks ago republicans seemed to suggest might be off the table. the white house has been all over the place on this in the last 24 hours. sarah huckabee sanders suggesting the president will get the best deal he can. the treasury secretary steve mnuchin saying maybe we can t get to 15%. the omb director saying i talked to the president 15 minutes ago. he s insisting 15%. republicans in the house are talking 20%. talk among democrats of 22%. what you re seeing here, shep, is an attempt by the president, talking about no tax cut for the rich and maybe people that make