The Justice Departments lawyers arguing the executive order is a lawful exercise of the president s authority over the entry of aliens into the United States and the admission of refugees. It also asserts that it is not a ban on muslims. And all eyes tonight are on the San Francisco ninth Circuit Court of appeals, three judges are holding a hearing on the travel ban, each side will get 30 minutes to argue its case. Now, trump signed the executive action just ten days ago, the ban targeting immigrants from 7 muslim majority nations, it was issued with little warning and not nearly enough explanation unleashing massive confusion at airports and protests across the country. The president is now on his 17th day in office has a full blown legal battle on his hands already. A battle that now, tonight is expected to go all the way to the Supreme Court. Pamela brown is outfront. This is a crucial brief we just got from the Justice Department. Reporter just moments ago, the Justice Department f
Entry to the u. S. And then there is saturday night live, lampooning the new Trump Administrations daily briefing. Yeah, its not a ban. Im sorry . Its not a ban the travel ban is not a ban, which makes it not a ban. But you just called it a ban. Because im using your words. You said ban you said ban. Now im saying it back to you. So, Melissa Mccarthy there taking on an imstation of sean spicer. Well have more on that in a moment. But the big news on day 16, an Appeals Court decision early this morning, they now denying the administrations request to immediately reinstate the travel ban. It happened just past 3 00 a. M. Eastern time, hours after the Justice Department filed an appeal to lift the temporary restraining order put in place by federal judge james roeb robn friday. The Trump Administration cited a decadesold immigration case and says the ruling conflicts with the principle that an alien seeking admission to the u. S. Has no Constitutional Rights regarding his application. In
The white house was saying, things that the press secretary, the deputy press secretary, the senior counsel or kellyanne conway, things they were saying about the firing of james comey, initially, they were not true. Reporter right, and the truth of it is to use that word that whenever you have the president of the United States and his staff saying completely Different Things on the same issue, it creates questions on the outside of credibility and on the inside it creates questions as to whether the people who work for the president and speak for the president actually are in the loop and have the president s ear and are understanding fully what is going on. One of the great examples of that comes into view when you talk about the Deputy Attorney general, Rod Rosenstein. He, of course, wrote this lengthy letter explaining reasons for the president to fire james comey. At first, the press shop said this is why the president fired comey, but when the president got into that interview w
Doesnt make any sense. Plus, we know President Trump wants a new chapter with Vladimir Putin, but his handpicked cia direct hear a message for the boss proceed with caution. A warmwater naval port and love to stick it to america. Exclusive cnn reporting special Counsel Robert Mueller asking the white house to save all records related to donald trump jr. s connections to the russia meetings. Whether improper coordination or collusion between team trump and the kremlin. Dana bash broke the story and is live with more. A big deal the special counsel puts it on the record. What is he asking . Right. Cnn learned special Counsel Robert Mueller sent a letter to white House Counsel asking that white house staff save all documents relating to the june 2016 meeting at trump tower with donald trump jr. , Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort as well as a russian lawyer. According to a source i spoke with who read the letter, the request pertains to any subjects discussed in the course of the meeting, a
United nations General Assembly. What will he say . We will talk about that. Lets go to south florida, first. Residents in floridas lower keys, you saw them there. Finally on their way home for the First Time Since irma hit. Key wests mayor says you better be ready for a shock when you o get back to that island. Nick valencia is live for us along the line of cars trying to make it back. What are they saying to you . How concerned are they about what we are going to find . Most of them know whether they have a home left . Reporter its been a week since Hurricane Irma hit and i think people are as helpless and hopeless as the day it made landfall. A lot of residents this morning know they are going back to absolutely nothing. Its an estimated onethird of these homes in monroe route are either uninhabitable or flatout destroys. This is one of the two checkpoints. The first checkpoint that residents going back into the keys will come across this morning. What the officials are doing is mak