washington. a busy week. we have the supreme court nomination now on the heels of the white house trying to move beyond the travel ban which they re not calling a ban. we will see how it plays out over the next few hours. let s see what s coming up on new day. alisyn camerota joins us. hi, guys. sometimes, things run late around here. by things i mean me. so, i m still getting ready. but i do know what s coming up on new day. we have a lot to talk about. is it a travel ban, is it not a travel ban. is it a muslim ban. obviously there hasn t a lot of messages coming out of the white house. the big question is who is steve bannon, some people have suggested that he is actually running the white house, and we have a longtime close friend of steve bannon who has had a bitter falling out with him who will tell us exactly what makes stephen bannon tick. we ll have that at the top of the hour. more information.
judiciary committee to attend that hearing. there were some questions submitted by two other senators. i don t think he s going to have the same experience this go-around. i think he s probably looking at significant questions and a lengthy confirmation process. he did say back then he didn t want to be pigeonholed into one group or another. didn t wand to be an ideologue. and i think that was good for judges to be ideologue, that they were gray areas that you need to consider. i think it will be interesting. all in all, the president put up a strong candidate and they ll have to decide, the democrats how much of a fight they want to put up to this seat as opposed to a seat in the future. michael moore, now on the early start hall of fame. after lawsuits protesters pushed back after that travel ban. the white house say it s it s not a ban, after all. hear why next. america s beverage companies have come together to
under control here, we ve got this. yeah it seems like kelly and department of homeland security are trying to help him out here. members of his own party are acknowledged this is a bungledout. it caused chaos at airports. and led to massive protests. and this all caught when the white house seems to be focused on whether or not we should even call it a ban our not. take a list ton sean spicer s exchange with reporters yesterday at the press briefing. you say it s not a been this was president trump s tweet yesterday if the ban were announced he says it s a ban, right? he s using the words that the media is using. we didn t hold on. john, thanks, i ll let kristin talk. it can t be a ban if you re letting 1 million people in. 325,000 people from another country can t come in, it s by nature, not a ban. it s extreme vetting. so you re confused?
called that tactic as pathetic and amazingly stupid. he called the democrats involved idiots. rules require at least one democrat could be present to be able to move forward. the nomination of senator jeff sessions to the attorney general has also been slowed down by democrats. they used a procedural move to delay the move on tuesday. that pick will happen later today. senator sessions coming under intense scrutiny in the wake of the president s travel and refugee ban. he denies that negotiations may have had a role in crafting. some former staffers seem to have been involved. and then also at the time, the nomination of rex tillerson, after the back and forth amid the controversy, it does seem that he will be confirmed even though it s narrow. stunning opposition to the president s travel and refugee ban from inside the state department. a member of dissent disclosing the executive order has been signed by 900 diplomats using
interesting, this was less than an hour. there was secrecy. they didn t officially know, it was clear that democrats were ready for this, ready for this particular pick to say as much as they possibly could about him. we ve already seen i think this is pretty remarkable we ve already seen democrats share ground and some others say theyological oppose him without even met with him. a lot of this i think is going to be carryover from merrick garland, president obama s pick who republicans filibustered essentially for a year and denied even a hearing and wouldn t meet with the guy. there might be sour grapes that carry over too. can we talk quickly about the talking points, with the white house, a ban is not really a ban, where do we go with that story line today? clearly, sean spicer is going to be asked again about that. absolutely, i think at some point, the word ban is going to become a semantic thing. there are people out there who