you. let s bring in chris stirewalt, editor of the halftime report. chris, let s start with the travel ban. seems like the administration goes away and they solve the problem that was raised or an attempt to solve that problem, dial it back again what was written in the last opinion. they just come up with a new reason why that s not gonna work. i feel like it s ground hog day. where am i going wrong? now we re not even fighting about a travel ban. or a refugee ban. we re really fighting about executive order. the original rational for the ban on refugees was that they needed time to they needed four months to put extreme vetting into place. now the amount of time they said they needed to have extreme vetting put into place has passed. we re not even fighting about that. we re fighting about, does the
appeals on the east coast, that caused a block of the travel ban that had been issued under the second executive order. our nooichinth circuit decision puts a block on the refugee ban, and it says it s doing so because it s violating the federal immigration laws that were put forward by congress. so in order to get this case resolved, the u.s. department of justice is not only going to have to get a ruling on the fourth circuit decision, they ll have to get a decision on the ninth circuit ruling as well. mr. spicer reacted to this a moment ago in the briefing room. let s take a listen. in my opinion, i think we can all attest that these are very dangerous times and be need every available tool at our disposal to prevent terrorists from entering the united states and committing bloodshed and violencement we continue to be confident that the president s order to protect this country is
boats even my modest crawft. sean: okay. in terms of the refugee ban and immigration and some of the division that has been force in this country i think donald trump really gets a c. he needs typically prove. he needs to have that moderate tone. north the anger, not the us against them. sean: i have got to roll. you are both fen nonal. have a great weekend. have great weekend. sean: coming up, free speech under assault in america. now the new york times is actually blaming conservatives for the brutal attacks from the left. we ll get reaction, an explanation from jay sekulow and michael cohen that s next. and later tonight: as your president, i will never ever infringe on the right of the peach to keep and bear arms. never ever. [applause] sean: president trump spoke to the nra earlier today. he is the first sitting president to do so since ronald wilson reagan. tonight ronald lapierre joins us
sean: okay. in terms of the refugee ban and immigration and some of the division that has been force in this country i think donald trump really gets a c. he needs typically prove. he needs to have that moderate tone. north the anger, not the us against them. sean: i have got to roll. you are both fen nonal. have a great weekend. have great weekend. sean: coming up, free speech under assault in america. now the new york times is actually blaming conservatives for the brutal attacks from the left. we ll get reaction, an explanation from jay sekulow and michael cohen that s next. and later tonight: as your president, i will never ever infringe on the right of the peach to keep and bear arms. never ever. [applause] sean: president trump spoke to the nra earlier today. he is the first sitting president to do so since ronald wilson reagan. tonight ronald lapierre joins us with reaction and more on this busy news night
succeed but the reality is, he is at historic lows for this period of his presidency since polling was invented. sean: he transcends them. when you are unpopular, you become unpopular because of missteps with obamacare or the refugee ban or whatever it is,s, you allow someone like chris matthews to strike and make obscene comparisons like this monkey with the cymbal. it is horrible. sean: let me ask mercedes. he is best when he is measured, the way he was with the syrian crisis, with the moab in afghanistan. this president can be a successful president and not the legs out from all these critics but have to be careful. sean: mercedes, i would