He apoyped dana boente to the acting attorney general. Angry accusations from the white house all this over President Trump immigration ban executive order. Take a look at statement from the white house last night saying that sally yates betrayed department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens ever the united states. Yates said in memo monday she was not convinced that trumps order temporary halting the refugees was lawful nor defense was consistent with obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right. Yaits was appointed as Deputy Attorney general in 20125 current attorney general nominee senator Jeff Sessions as whether attorney general says no if president wants to do something unlawful. If the president has views that want to execute are unlawful should attorney general or deputy general say no. I believe the attorney general or Deputy Attorney general has an obligation to follow law and constitution and give independent leg
Oscars was filled with a lot of political sentiment. Lets talk about something good over weekend did youe this nail biter down to the last second villanova looking for it but came with some drama, and we will celebrate. Yeah. Good game tonight. A little will drama. Exciting. Great to have you with us on this monday im thomas drayton. Im karen hepp. Whole gang back together. Everything is right with the world. It is monday. Exactly. Because of that we have School Closings and delays at the bottom of the screen. Just a shattering. We have to talk about the snow though. Even though you see some on radar there is not a lot happening just yet and this will be a close call for philadelphia but it is not a major storm, having said that it doesnt take much, to make a mess. As we can see with the Winter Weather advisory philadelphia and Delaware County are not even included anymore in the advisory. We have gloucester, camden, half of the burlington, atlantic, cape may, cumberland and new castle
Was it . Trump chose neil gorsuch over the Thomas Hardman the other finalist for the nomination. Neil gorsuch has a strong records of favoring religious freedom over other values. In two major cases he sided with the employers who did the want to provide coverage for religious grounds. He is 49 and as several degrees. He was a classmate of president obama at harvard, and hes on the 10th Circuit Court of appeals in denver. Judge gorsuch has outstanding legal skills, brilliant mind, tremendous discipline and has earned bipartisan support. We will see if the bipartisan support holds up. Tradition dictates he will be back in dc soon to make the rounds and meet with senators who he will need to vote to confirm him. Its for congress and not the courts its the law of judges to apply. The judge who likes every outcome he reaches is likely a bad judge. A little flattery for congress. If confirmed judge gorsuch can weigh in on cases important to our area over the next year. Heres garrett haake.
The senate. Seize power over immigration power. The answer to all of these questions is a resounding yes, he is and he is. Tonight within the hour we hope to know who we hill name Supreme Court. The political lead chaos in the wake of executive order of last fry, the president said to announ announce choice to fill vacancy at 8 00. That seat has been vacant for nearly a year. Its remained vacant since Senate Republican refused it consider nominee put forth by president president obama. Executive seen the other is Thomas Hardman u. S. Court of appeal for the third scircuit i pennsylvania. The guessing game is within the hour when he announce his pick. Tom, and let me start with mr. Goldstein. And this ger sten. Why are we have misuniverse competitor, kind of event. What does this do for the respectability of the appointee . Its unfortunate fort the court. The reason people follow the order is because of the respect they have for it. Its usual to have it be in this circus atmosphere maki
Back its borders. I just signed two executive orders that will save thousands of lives, millions of jobs and billions and billions of dollars. Paul lets bring in wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan henninger, columnist mary to grady, and washington columnist kim strassel. So whatever you think of the start of the Trump Administration, kim, you cant say its slow. [laughter] so starting with the wall, hes following through on a Campaign Promise, but is this going to Pass Congress . Look, he is following through on a Campaign Promise, and republicans at least for the moment seem to be behind him on this. I think there are some republicans in washington who even think, look, even if they dont agree with this idea, they dont think a wall is necessarily the fix to our immigration problem, they believe that if they were to get behind, put it up, maybe it would take some of the poison out of this debate, they could move on to other things, you know . But President Trump is maki