Job in restoring the reputation of the department of justice. Sessions confirmation comes over the objections of his democratic colleagues. I know his record on voting rights. Hes no champion of voting rights. Republicans silenced massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren on the senate floor tuesday night, which overshadowed the vote. I tried to read a letter from Coretta Scott king and Mitch Mcconnell came to the floor and shut me down. Mitch mcconnell says warren was damaging the reputation of her fellow colleague. A violation of a rarely enforced senate rule. The only speech being stifled is speech that republicans dont agree with. Some of her colleagues picked up where senator warren left off, reading the letter on the senate floor. Sincerely, Coretta Scott king. Others defended senator warren, arguing she should be allowed to speak. I owes senator warren an apology. Leader mcconnell says its sessions who deserves one. Its been tough to watch all this good man has been put through in
Could easily apply to many other immigrants. Youre saying it will push people into hiding . Undoubtedly. Who is going to show up . 14yearold jacqueline just wants her mom to return home. Do you think she will be back here some day . I hope so. In a Statement Immigration and Customs Enforcement says she had no legal basis to remain in the u. S. They say they will continue to focus on identifying felons like her and deport them. Carter, thanks. Today in the northeast a blizzards howled in from the west. 50 Million People were in its path. Some got up to a foot and a half of snow and thousands of flights were cancelled. Many schools closed and offices too. Anna warner is in massachusetts. Reporter people here have been in the thick of this blizzard for most of the day with heavy snow and high winds not only whipping up those waves but leaving many people here without power. Vehicles large and small were slipping and sliding on the snow covered roads in plymouth, massachusetts. It is snow
Stricken after a massive snowstorm slammed the northeast. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. It is unlikely the court battle over President TrumpS Immigration travel ban is over. Setback yesterday, though, when a federal court of appeals unanimously ruled against reinstating the ban. The Justice Department says its considering its options. Hena daniels is here in new york with the details. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. President trump is vowing to keep up the fight after suffering a major legal setback over hiS Immigration travel ban. Speaking just after the ruling the president said the courts decision was political. President trump is not backing down after a threejudge panel in San Francisco refused to reinstate his travel ban. We have a situation where the security of our country is at stake. The Justice Department had argued the Seattle Court that halted the order last week overstep
Number one fan. They finally meet. Im shaking. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley we have breaking news tonight. A federal Appeals Court in San Francisco has ruled against President Trump. Trumps ban on refugees and travel from seven predominantly muslim countries will remain on hold. Mr. Trump, who once vowed to ban all muslim immigration, says this limited ban is essential to americas security. Yesterday, before the decision, he ridiculed the Appeals Court judges, saying that a bad High School Student could understand the law better. Our chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford is following the case. Jan. Reporter well, scott, weve just gotten a copy of this opinion. Its 29 pages. It appears to be unanimous. Its unsigned. All three judges in agreement rejecting the administrations arguments that it should reinstate that travel ban while the courts considered whether or not it was in fact constitutional. Now, the Trump Administration had urged the Appeals Court to re
Number one fan. They finally meet. Im shaking. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Rejecting the administrations arguments that it should reinstate that travel ban while the courts considered whether or not it was in fact constitutional. Now, the Trump Administration had urged the Appeals Court to reinstate that ban, saying that courts typically give broad deference to the president on matters of national security. Thats a pretty powerful argument. But the Appeals Court in this decision said, yes, while courts do give denchance to president s, their decision are not unreviewable, and then it proceeded to review all the arguments against the travel ban that were being made by two states, washington and minnesota. And it looked at those arguments and the arguments were many constitutional arguments, including due process and in fact the religious ban amounted to rdiscrimination, and it concluded that there was no evidence that the government a strong likelihood that it would