[inaudible question] jon: president trump in the roosevelt room at the white house doing a little arm twisting, some democratic senators present, he wants wilbur ross confirmed as his commerce second, endured some of the other points there, the ukraine and nafta as well, we will keep an eye on it all. jenna: now for a little good news on a community coming together during quite a challenging time. a devastating fire destroyed a texas mosque over the weekend. of the fire broke out early last saturday at the victoria islamic center, burning it to the ground. but the community in texas has rallied around this group, and one synagogue, and at least four co-churches, have offered space where their muslim neighbors can worship until the mosque can be rebuilt. and, get this, i ll go fund me page has already raised more than a million dollars of an $850,000 goal to help the mosque rebuild. joining us by phone is the president of the victoria islamic center in victoria,
question about judge neil gorsuch, because the big news over the last 24 hours is at donald trump said if mitch mcconnell has to go nuclear, which means lower the bar for a boat to get judge gorsuch through, he should. and the reason why mitch mcconnell can do that is because harry reid, a democrat, changed the precedent in the center senate. the reason why harry reid did that is because harry reid said the republicans were obstructionist, so we are going around in a circle here, and because you have so much experience as a governor and a senator and of course has attorney general, i m wondering just what are your observations about how this is working, and what would be the right leadership here? in this particular case, it is very, very difficult to explain obstructionism, because this is not an individual who has never appeared before the senate, who hasn t served in public life before. he was confirmed by a unanimous vote ten years ago, and all the
really have unsafe spaces to hear any of these ideas. so, you know, look, it s all just really bad. the violence is obviously over the top. i guess the real question is whether president trump can actually make good on the threat he issued in that tweet, whether he can withdraw federal funding. you know, schools are required to uphold a lot of different criteria, and they can lose federal funds. you would think that the first amendment would be on top of that, but it s not there right now. jon: the senior counselor to the president, kellyanne conway, had a reaction this morning on fox & friends, sort of express the administration s point of view. is it free-speech? having somebody may be on your campus who has a dissenting point of view or wants to present an alternative point of view? and look, in the real world when these kids grow up and go to try to find jobs, which they will in the trump economy, life doesn t
people who appear to be making objections have been silent for ten years, literally by their silence have endorsed the excellent character of his service to the country. so this becomes a clear statement, of political obstructionism. and yes, that s been a vice on both sides of the aisle, but those people who -left-curly-bracket obstructionism is a way of life are going to pay a price from the american people. so it may well done on some of the democrats, particularly those who have to run for office in the next couple of years, and have to run in states that were carried by the president by double digits, and that means that a lot of voters who are concerned about the supreme court may want to think again about whether or not they want to be s obstructionists. jenna: it s interesting you say that, because it may have worked for democrats in the short term when it came to passing legislation, but in the long term of course we saw the results of the election this time around. what adv
it s something that i think americans expect to happen, they don t want an understaffed court, they expect the court to operate fully, and this is an opportunity for them to make good on the direction that the american people have indicated they want the country to go. jenna: it s a good reminder to us that although we are watching this from the outside looking in, we actually do have a role, and the people do have power in our government, and it s a good reminder of that. great to have you on the program, thank you so much. it s my honor, thank you. jon: a new legal blow to the president s executive orders on immigration and travel, but this federal ruling seems to go farther than others. what the emergency action means, and will it hold up?