decision very humorous. they were called fake clinics and retweeting article about today s ruling saying trump getting elected will start a revolution. it appears he did not mean that in a positive light. shannon: thank you very much. on the one hand the left claimed the highest court in the latest endorsing line to patients is acceptable healthcare practice and on the other hand that the travel ban ruling equates to the darkest days in american history so let s get reaction from the director of strategic communications, mercedes shellac. what is the mood at the white house tonight. the start with the travel ban? donald trump and the team feel victorious, this is a very important night for the safety and security of the american people. clearly what we have seen is the supreme court, this ruling affirmed the legality of what donald trump pushed forward in terms of his critical actions here.
henry has breaking news from capitol hill in the wake of the travel ban ruling. reporter: key house republicans telling us they are not likely to have the votes to pass major immigration reform legislation tomorrow so donald trump s best shot at cracking down on illegal immigration may be trying to build on the supreme court victory by taking on more executive action, the president signals he wants more aggressive action as declaring this is a moment of, quote, profound vindication over one of his signature policies and he said we must be tough about vetting who is coming into the country, the narrow decision may not open the door to vast new executive power in terms of crafting immigration policy since the court was ruling on whether the injunction can stand so now it is to go back to a lower court where they will decide on the merits but in his opinion on behalf of the majority john roberts did assert the president has significant legal authority to make immigration decisions to ke
one said trump getting elected will spark a revolution. he did not mean tt in positive light. shannon: all right. trace gallagher. on the west coast. thank you very much. on the one hand, the left claims the highest court is endorsing lying to patients and the travel ban ruling equates to the darkest days in american history. let s get reaction. mercedes, welcome. what is the mood of the white house. start with the travel ban. president trump and the team they feel victorrious. this is a very important night for the safety and security of the american people. what we have seen is that the extremist, this ruling affirmed the legality of what president trump pushed for in critical actions here. when you look at the fact that the travel restrictions emphasize the fact this is something that is focussed on
reporter: the administration argued it was crystal clear the travel ban did not target muslims, pointing to what the president himself told david. who are we talking about? is this the muslim ban? we re talking about no, it s not the muslim ban but it s countries that have tremendous terror. reporter: but the liberals on the court called that a sham. justice sonia sotomayor, her voice filled with fury in court today, declaring, this new window dressing cannot conceal an unassailable fact, the words of the president and his advisers create the strong perception that the ban is contaminated by impermissible bias against islam and its followers. but sew sotomayor was outnumber today, and president trump was handed his first major supreme court victory, which he clearly enjoyed. yeah, that s the final word. that s the supreme court. terry moran live from the supreme court tonight. and terry, after the decision today, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell tweeting out thi
the supreme court ruling was a tremendous victory for our country. the ruling shows that all of the attacks from the media and the democrat politicians are wrong, and they turned out to be very wrong. other countries, it s called, i m sorry. you can t come in. you have to leave. this one, we have judges, and we have to change it. it s so simple. it s called, i m sorry. you can t come in. now, what the justices upheld today is the third version of his travel ban, which largely impacts muslim majority countries, five of the seven countries affected here are in fact muslim majority. the vote was 5-4. the court s conservatives making up the majority. their reasoning affirming the president s broad power to act in the name of national security. they made this up to the executive, up to and including the power to keep certain people out of the country. the court also noted that power was not undermined by the president s previous and numerous statements about