let go. well, we know her communication about the flynn matter came only a few days before he was fired over the travel ban issue. the travel ban issue was that she instructed her sub order nan na s subordinates not to enforce the travel ban, but there were already clearly tensions between her and the white house, she was a holdover from the obama administration until getting jeff sessions confirmed. this is one who trump has talked to more than anyone. candidate trump, now president trump, briefed the president daily by his side all the time. this is how the cnn contributor put all this on twitter. he said quote isn t it possible that trump told flynn to talk to
already aware for weeks. take a look how sean spicer explained the timeline today. the acting attorney general informed the white house counsel that they wanted to give quote a heads up to us on some comments that may have seemed in conflict with what he had sent the vice president out in particular. the white house counsel informed the president immediately. the president asked them to conduct a review whether there was a legal situation there, that was immediately determined there wasn t, that s what the president believed at the time what he had been told and proofed to be correct. the issue pure and simple came down to an issue of trust and the president concluded he no longer had the trust of his national security adviser. it was determined there was no legal issue there and that s a good indication that what s been hanging them up is not whether or not michael flynn discussed these with the russian
53% disapprove. there s no honeymoon here for donald trump. look at that 44% number through history. how it compares to all the previous presidents. look at these honeymoons they had. president trump no honeymoon whatsoever. and oppose the travel ban 47% in favor and 47% by party. 46% of independents. 88% of republicans where you sit is how you see the travel ban issue and then the supreme court. he nominated gorsuch last week. 49% of the country does believe gorsuch should be confirmed. this is about where they were
nervous. let me ask you about the other big story now. the president versus the nfl, just like north korea, escalating. another game tonight and trump has tweeted more attacks, all about the kneel, about whether or not players should be punished for not standing during the national anthem. what s the latest? reporter: let me read you two of his more recent tweets, chris, and then do some analysis on the other side. he tweeted, so proud of nascar nascar saying they weren t going to kneel and its supporters and fans. they won t put up with disrespecting our country or our flag. they said it loud and clear. the issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. it is about respect for our country, flag and national anthem. nfl must respect this. the president really on defense essentially saying, look, his comments, his attacks on those within the nfl are not about race, but of course that protest initially started to essentially speak out against or to show
their job. tells us whether they have to abide by the constitution. that s something very important. we have seen the supreme court struggle with how the constitution applies outside that physical border of the u.s., we saw it in the guantanamo case where they said it did apply. here i think there probably should be a strong rule that gives protection to people like this teenager who was killed in excessive use of deadly force. he should be given his fourth amendment rights and his family should be able to vindicate those. there s a lot of politics at play today as well. ari was talking about whether or not we hear on the travel ban issue. josh and erica, the political consequences here are significant. we know how the president reacted when the lower courts ruled against his travel ban. can we surmise if the supreme court decides to leave the same in place, the president will have a response obviously? the travel ban has been one of the most frustrating setbacks.