united states and to also really look at the court s ruling because the court was very concerned that the national security justification that the president used really wasn t backed up in facts. i m not a lawyer here, but let me just give you the counter point to that, which is the argument made that the court did not decide the merits of the travel ban. they had to do more with the procedures of it and whether or not the president had that authority. there is still a debate to be had on the merits of the executive order, or do you see it differently? . they ordered on a temporary restraining order, and then it was also a preliminary injunction. the ruling essentially says that the government is not likely to prevail in its claim, and that s significant. it s not the final decision, but that is very the cards are already sort of laid in this case. we know what the ninth circuit thinks about the legal justification for the order, and it doesn t believe him. let me ask you this
that s right, the msnbc legal unit talked t officers families, law enforcement experts to probe what has been a deadly year for police. tonight, breaking news. dallas police ambush. five killed, seven injured by sniper fire. when it came on the news that officers had been shot, i froze. reporter: valerie s 32-year-old son, patrick, was a dallas police officer on duty that night. a job he had dreamed of since he was a little boy. did you worry about him when he was on the job? of course, you know, as a family, we all worried about our loved ones, especially with everything that s been going on. reporter: patrick was a three-time veteran of the iraq war, the middle child of a tight-knit ft. worth family and the father of a 3-year-old little girl. tell me about patrick. who was he? patrick was a sweet, caring, lovable person.