A number of foreign nationals have been detained at airports in america. It comes after President Trump signed an Executive Order preventing people seeking Refugee Status in the United States. Well theres been a lot of reaction. These are the protests underway Atjfk Airport in new york, after it emerged 11 refugees were being detained there. Under the Executive Order, citizens from seven muslim majority countries will be denied visas for 90 days. The countries include syria, iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, and yemen. Specifically, the changes mean that the us will not take any refugees, from any country, for the next four months. The un and france have criticised the changes but President Trump says they are need to stop islamic terrorists from entering the country. One congresswoman has been voicing her concerns. Nydia velazquez serves in the house of representatives. She spoke to reporters outsidejfk. My friends, it is a sad day for the american people. This is not who we are. Thi
Recklessness. Saturday morning tweets beginning just after 6 30 a. M. The president accused barack obama of tapping his phones at trump tower. He said this is a new low. It is nixon watergate. He called obama a bad or ck guy. The source of his wiretapping claim appears to be a concerted radio hes. Host. We have a Prior Administration barack obama and his Sur Grats Who were supporting Hillary Clinton and their party using the Instrew Mentalities of the federal government shlgs intelligence activities to surveil members of the trump campaign. Thats a voice to be believed. A Spokesman Says neither President Obama or any white
house official ever ordered surveillance on any u. S. Official. If the fbi, for instance, had a court order would that be information you would know or not know . Yes. You would be told this . Yes. If there was a court order on Something Like this . Yes you cant confirm or deny whether it exists . There is no fisa court order . Not to my knowledge. Of anything at tru
And we know how that turned out. God, you may want to intervene here. I want to just pray for arnold, if we can, for those ratings. Im not worried about arnolds ratings. Im worried about what are we going to do about iran. Im in favor of additional sanctions against iran. Nothing is off the table. Reporter officials in the u. S. Military raising Major Concerns over President Trumps hastily approved Ground Strike in yemen. He doesnt make executions like that glibly. He did make the call at dinner, right . I cant reveal where he made the call. President trumps enemies within the administration continue an unprecedented level of leaking for a presidency that is not yet two weeks old. There are new leaks tonight about the president s role in launching a mission in yemen in which u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. William owens became the First American killed in yemen. Counsel of different people. There were other people around the Table Including his secretaries and generals. So he did make the call
North korean actions just reenforced for both leaders why this is the number one threat to both Prime Minister abe and to President Trump. I think the north korean actions were deliberately timed after what was a pretty good week in terms of u. S. Policy in asia, with regard to President Trumps call with xi jinping and secretary mattiss trip to the region, i think the Trump Administration said look, were here and were not going to be an easy issue to deal with. Right now the National Security advisor is said to have broke on the law and critics call for him to be fired, for him to step down. How much does that impact the advice that this group can give the president at this time . I think the precedent is going to get advise from a wide range of people, including the folks in the State Department,
particularly those commitments to china that would affect the finances that north korea has for building these missiles, there may be a statement that comes out of the u. N. Security council
This is what we do. We protest when we disagree and i dont think theres any reason for people to be told to come together and support this if they dont believe in it. Im not suggesting support tonights nominee but dont plan the protest before you know who the nominee is. And that is where we are. Were at the point of transparent obstruction on both sides, olivia nuzzi and david jolly, thank you. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, rachel. Good evening. Thanks, my friend. Thank you for joining us at this hour. This is a big important historic news day. Good to have you here. Thank you for watching the news on a night like this and thank you for watching it here. Antonin scalia, nino to his friends, he was beloved by his fellow Supreme Court justices. Even the justices who disagreed with h the most, perhaps escially the justices who disagreed with him the most in terms of their day jobs. They loved his company. Justice scalia and Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg they shared