Trump administration on defense today in the wake of massive protests over the weekend opposing the president s moratorium on immigration from some muslim majority countries. Trumps opponents calling this the first step toward a muslim ban. And trump hitting back on social media. Also, on the agenda today, the inner circle. The Administration Just added steve bannon, with his sties to a News Organization that traffics an antisemitism and White Supremacy to the National Security council. One of the most controversial figures inside the Trump Administration now taking on a big role with the National Security council. While some Senior Intelligence officials move to the sidelines. At least thats what trumps critics are saying. Administration officials are defending the shakeup. We will take you through what both sides are saying. And, zeroing in on a Supreme Court pick. A person who is unbelievably highly respected and i think you will very impressed with this person. Trump says the annou
too much power and that is music to conservative s ears. so they would like it if gorsuch got the nomination. hardiman as you say has a little more of a mixed background. he s from massachusetts, he drove a cab for his father s cab company. went to notre dame in georgetown, not a harvard law school graduate. gorsuch knows washington. his mother was the administrator r if the environmental protection agency under reagan. first woman to have that job. and he was a senate page while she came back here. he also clerked for justice byron white who was another coloradan like neil gorsuch and anthony kennedy. hardiman has not been a clerk. one has trial judge experience, the other doesn t. so there are differences between the two, but i would say of the two on balance scores gorsuch is slightly more conservative. the city to watch. i grew up around there. i like getting that one in there. pete williams in washington, thank you for that. take a quick break he. up next, the opposition amid
he was the attorney general of alabama. close to jeff sessions, but our own pete williams reporting now, pryor may be out of the mix. more on that in just a second, who else would be in the mix though? if that s true, it may be down to these two. neil gorsuch, federal judge, this is somebody who like antonin scalia in terms of philosophy, but not in terms a personality. low key antonin scalia. another option, another federal judge, this is thames hardiman, the biography might be comp compelling. blue collar background, did not go to the ivy leagues, drove a taxi in college, he may be under consideration. you know who knows more than i do? nbc justice correspondent pete williams. take us through, it sounds like your reporting may be down to the last two i mentioned. that s what we ve been told the last couple of day us. it s hardiman or gorsuch, people who are talking to us don t