democrats. a final vote is expected tomorrow. also overnight, criticism from the top republican for the administration s chaotic rollout of the travel ban. the house homeland security chairman michael mccaul says the ban as written goes too far. his statement reads, we should not be turning away people who lawfully been approved to come to the united states. this could have been avoided through better coordination with the white house, congress and agencies on the frontlines. which is most important now than ever. despite all the opposition, the administration is standing by the order and trying to smooth things over. mike pence and john kelly will meet with republican leaders today. the white house correspondent sara murray has the latest for us. reporter: good morning, george and christine. donald trump beginning the week under fire by democrats and republicans for the rollout of the travel ban. members of his agencies who
for what is right. a statement issued yates for being weak on immigration. she defied the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the united states. the new ag is dana boente. he will remain in office until the senate confirms senator jeff sessions expected later this week. christine and george. thank you, evan. the new ag issued a statement overnight reversing the earlier directive. based upon the office of legal counsel analysis which found the order lawful and properly drafted, i hereby direct the men and women to defend the lawful orders of our president. reaction has been strong from both sides. lawmakers statements highlighting different interpretations of the ban and the widening political gulf.
virginia dana boente took the oath and rescinded the order. we will have more on that in a moment. cnn s evan perez has the latest. reporter: george and christine. an extraordinary move of events as president trump fired sally yates because she ordered the justice department not to defend the executive order on immigration and refugees. the president s order rolled out chaotically over the weekend, banned travel to the united states of people from seven countries deemed to be security risks. yates is an obama appointee and a 30-year career lawyer in the just tiice department. she said i am responsibility for ensuring that positions we take in court remain consistent and this institution obligation to always seek justice and stand
democrats. they are calling for delay until they can question him about the travel ban. the final vote is expected tomorrow. new criticism from a top republican from the chaotic rollout of the travel ban. the chairman michael mccaul says it goes too far. his statement, we should not turn away people who have lawfully approved to come to the united states. this could have been avoided with better coordination and white house and people on the frontlines which is more important than ever. the administration standing bit order trying to both things over. mike pence and john kelly will meet with republican leaders today. sara murray has the latest. reporter: good morning, george and christine. donald trump beginning the week under fire by democrats and republicans for the rollout of the travel ban. members of his own government agencies who weren t sure how to implement this ban when it was
of it which i think we could have done differently. but intent is right. i walked that same street in nice where the truck ran over those people. i m aware we are a few steps from terrible things that could happen. i m okay with a temporary stop so we can reevaluate where we are. reporter: i pointed out the majority of 9/11 attackers came from saudi arabia which wasn t on the list. the list is not necessarily perfect. it is a start. they all only see it as temporary. george and christine. all right. thank you for that. canadian officials say the suspect in the shooting that left six people dead in the quebec city mosque was a lone wolf. alexandre bissonnette faces six counts of murder and attempted murder charges. the attack would be one difficult to prevent.