obama, that never happened on the democratic side. sandra: will leave it there. a high-stakes decision looming over president trump s temporary travel ban affecting seven majority muslim countries. a court could rule as early today to restore the ban. what can we expect? iran s supreme leader and now mocking president trump of the travel ban, tensions between iran and the u.s. appear to be rising. it could thus spark a fresh confrontation with the islamic public? and put stomach could have put the iran deal in jeopardy you don t let anything keep you sidelined.
bill: thank you, john. let s take a closer look right now at the argument. the state challenging the white house do not want the travel ban to be reinstated. dan springer has that part of the story tonight from seattle. with amazon and a hiring frenzy and tech giant microsoft here, the puget sound relies heavily on skilled foreign workers. filing its lawsuit against president trump s temporary travel ban from seven countries with majority muslim populations, the state of washington cited its impact on companies in the economy. the president is not adhering to the constitution when it comes to executive actions. it s my responsibility as attorney general to defend the rule of law. expedia, the world s largest online travel company, based in seattle, filed a declaration opposing the order. it claims 1,000 passport holders from the affected countries have flights booked to and from the u.s. the company wrote expedia
getting the court to reinstate it? stands right now before the ninth circuit court of appeals. that s the west coast appeals court. that s where the government went after the judge on friday issued the order, stopping the government from enforcing the travel restrictions. they say the court should lift that order and let the travel restrictions go back into effect. the states say, no, it would go before this three-judge panel that hears emergency applications on the ninth circuit. two of them one appointed by president carter, one by president obama, one by president george w. bush. once they get the government s brief, then they ll decide whether to keep the order in place or not. the government s brief is due at 6:00, as you noted, and the court could rule at any point after that. i think they ll act quickly, tonight or tomorrow morning. opponents are making the case that this is a religious-based ban. obviously, the administration is pushing back on that. they re saying, no, i
this hour the president is in florida where he he just wrapped up comments at centcom in tampa. it s his first visit there since becoming commander in chief. his visit, though, overshadowed by problems with his immigration ban, which was halted over the weekend by a seattle judge. trump s justice department now has only about four hours to argue why the courts need to immediately reinstate the executive action. but it doesn t look like it will be that easy. two more states filing their own suits against the ban, claiming trump overreached. joining the fight, a bipartisan group of former cia and state department officials who say trump s ban makes america less safe. joining us now from our washington news room is nbc justice correspondent pete williams. pete, i want to get you right off the top. where does this court case stand and what is the likelihood that the trump administration is going to be successful in
doors to the refugees who need to come here. how do you feel about the president calling the judge in seattle a so-called judge and really going after the court s decision to stay this ban and claiming that if anything does happen in this country that americans should blame the courts? well, you know, i believe the man s a judge. he was nominated. he was confirmed. he s a federal judge. and he was a confirmed nominated by george w. bush. yes. but judges are judges. they aren t so-called judges. they are judges. we have three co-equal branches of government. i don t agree with everything the courts do. americans don t agree with everything the courts do. but i show respect and for that branch of government, and we ll see how it all shakes out here in the future. have you reached out to the administration to ask them to respect the judicial system as well? i have not. i don t know if that s really my place to do it. i m busy working here in the united states senate. well,