third circuit court of appeals, originally from waltham, massachusetts, drove a taxi for his father s taxi cab company in the summer before going to, he withent to notre dame in georgetown, so if he were to be confirmed he d be the first supreme court nominee who did not go to an ivy league law school. neil gorsuch from denver, son of anne gorsuch-burpert, under ronald reagan. very controversial. should not visit the controversies of the mother on the son. she came here to take that job, he came along and was a page in the u.s. senate and in the same class as amy carter. there you go. everything that you d want to know we know. pete williams, peter alexander, thank you so much. let s take a deeper dive into the legal challenges potentially facing president trump s executive order with omar jagwad director of the aclu immigrants rights project. thanks for being with us. what do you see as the essential
religion or disfavor another and this is the whole package. omar, what he said to david brody on christian broadcasting the other day that drisians have been more discriminated coming from soeria than muslims. do you want to address that? i have not seen any evidence with respect to, you know, admissions of people with minority religious persecution claims that that s the case. i m not sure where he gets that idea and notably his order bans all syrian refugees and the exception i think runs to people from other countries with those claims. so i m not even sure if there s a connection between that false piece of information and the policy that he enacted. excuse me, i didn t mean to interrupt. they are also saying at the white house the president saying this is not a muslim ban.
period and we ve seen before that the government can, you know, progressively increase the number of countries that are subject to these sorts of rules. omar thank you very much, from the aclu. joining me california congressman adam schiff, top democrat on the house intelligence committee. congressman a number of things have been, you know, coming at us fast and furious. first of all, you have major universities, stanford and princeton and columbia and penn and others advising faculties and students foreign born, do not leave the country. you may not get back in, let us litigate this. we need to talk to immigration lawyers as well as major ceos concerned about their employees, their staff, certainly silicon valley but not only silicon valley. you represent california. what are you hearing from the business sector? people i think are just appalled at what s taking place. we re just in week one of this administration, and we have already alienated our allies. we ve alienated much of