based on the president who selected them. the shocking thing is that the president not in any way bowed by the fact that john roberts is the he head of the judiciary and so this back and forth is notable. perhaps the president heard some of the criticism. he was careful in the q & a. he was more careful. he likes and respects john roberts. on this thanksgiving day, we re certainly grateful that the president took so many questions, only wish we were there to add a few of our own. but that was remarkable to see from historical critique of john roberts to this unique situation where john roberts weighs in. and from twitter to kind of live tweeting in the president speaking out in the way he just did. harry lichtman, let me turn to you now. at the root of this is the fact that the ninth circuit blocked the president s attempts to deny asylum to those who are crossing the border.