information. the fail is, it s behind closed doors and the american public could not hear the refusal of a former white house staffer to the president refuse to answer the question about whether she lied to the special counsel. right. and that you lay it out pretty strong. maya wiley, paul butler, and julia epstein. two stories are breaking. donald trump looking at potentially retaliating against iran for the new footage you see on your screen, these reports of a u.s. drone shot down. prosecutors saying roger stone has violated his gag order again. they wand meetate hearing and possible jail time. and the trump administration saying it has the legal right to the deny so and toothbrushes despite a court order otherwise. then there s this. the pentagon briefing senators on ufo sightings after this navy video comes out. you re watching the beat on
court decision blocking his revised travel ban. let s bring in julia epstein the counsel for the judiciary committee and former staff director on the house reform committee. brad blakeman former deputy assistant to george w. bush, among many other things. welcome to both of you. thanks. jon: so you might have heard julian in that speech president trump said the law and the constitution give the president power to suspend immigration when he deems it necessary. so, if he has deemed it necessary, why did the court shoot this one down? that s an excellent question, jon. i agree with that the president has enormous power on immigration, particularly when it effects national security. but this administration has been so incompetent, so understaffed and so overheated in the rhetoric that it has managed to accomplish in the courts a roll back executive power
fronts. the plans represent a short pivot in the democratic strategy over weeks of bowing to work with trump and republicans in areas of agreement, and to allow noncontroversial nominees to be quickly confirmed. not so much anymore. for more on this, scott jennings, former special assistant to president bush and a former political advisor to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, also julia epstein, formal chief counsel for the house judiciary committee and former staff director for the house government reform s committee. thank you both for joining us on this busy day. let s get through some of this, i will start with you. public protest against the ban delaying cabinet positions already successful, without saying that they will reject president trump s supreme court pick before they even know who it will be. is this a wise move by democrats? i don t get so wise political move, because the voters spoke loud and clear on election day, they gave republicans unified control of govern
governors didn t seem to get the memo that president obama won re-election handily. this is getting to be a theme, isn t it? they remain petulant saying they will refuse obama care and opt out of exchange base insurance coverage. julia epstein is a democrat strategist. thanks for joining me, guys. robert happy thanksgiving. i m going to come to you first. earlier this week, secretary releasing guidelines on making sure people with preexisting conditions can t be denied coverage, but there seems to be a theme are republicans. democrats won, republicans lost, a key issue in the election. and here republicans are trying to block obama care. what gives? i think two things. first and foremost, clearly the president won for re-election. he won handily, no question about it. let s remind ourselves, karen,
0 there was no sabre rattling, no caustic words, no cheap shots. for that you needed to turn to the republicans. if this god forbid conflict escalates, again, it is a sign of american weakness throughout the region. before in crises henry kissinger or jim baker was there, somebody was there brokering the process and bringing about a halt to it. now the president makes phone calls from burma? really, senator? phone calls from burma? because here s what the israeli prime minister s office tweeted after one of those phone calls. prime minister netanyahu spoke with president obama and accepted his recommendation to give the egyptian proposal for a cease-fire a chance. that s right. the phone call, mocked by the senator, likely helped to end the blood shed in the middle east. the only other thing republicans could do was issue a statement. now, did they thank hillary then why is it that you think senators john mccain and lindsey graham cannot seem to give the president even the smallest