But president trump seems to be more ambivalent and have a more open mind about it. obviously, every president comes to office thinking we re going to have a better relationship with russia. george w. bush did it, barack obama did it, but this seems to be something else. because he s never even said one critical word of vladimir putin as a candidate or a president. do you have any insight as to why that is? look, i just saw his statement earlier on your program, where he said i hope to have a better relationship with russia. it would be in our national interests, that may happen, it may not happen. that s the right attitude. we would like to have a better relationship with a country that has an arsenal of nuclear weapons, and we have common enemies including isis, but russia continues to take actions, whether it s on the eastern border of ukraine or crimea or syria or other things, in terms of human rights, that are not consistent with our national security. we need to stand up and w
The executive order says and it doesn t cover all the countries specifically. but it it mentions syria and iraq. and then it refers to congressional legislation that covers the other five that i mentioned including somalia. the previous homeland security secretary had named the countries because of a lack of information and the fact that either isis or al qaeda was present in those countries. but ending senator, you know this, ending the visa waiver program for those countries is not the same as ending admission of anybody from those countries. again, it is a temporary ban as i understand it. in my view, we ought to take a deep breath and come up with something that makes sense for our national security, and again, for this notion that america has always been a welcoming home for refugees and immigrants. we re more welcoming than any country in the world and we should continue to do so. do you want to undo what president trump did? at this point, there s a stay in effec
Our constitution and our civil liberties. they should be worried right now. and i m appreciating three republican senators have stepped up. a lot more republicans should be speaking out now. also part of his immigration policy, let s turn to new york s status as a sanctuary city. president trump said he would halt fundings to municipalities that do not cooperate with officials to enforce immigration law. you threatened to sue in response to the order. the question is, if your lawsuit fails, would new york city be willing to give up tens of millions of dollars in federal funding in order to maintainilities status as a sanctuary city? a couple quick points. the sanctuary city definition has been often misunderstood. simple number one reason we have a different approach to immigrants in this city, we have half a million people here who are undocumented, and our police department has felt for decades that it must have a working relationship with those folks, and if they feel that by ta
Against not working with congress. particularly on issues like immigration. and this week is important because it is precedent setting. it s setting a tone. and i think republicans in congress need to speak up so they are not run over by this trump administration. and so that the trump administration works with people who know what they are doing as opposed to people in the white house who have zero idea. they are either heartless or incompetent or both. okay, everybody, hold it right there. we ll come right back and hold that thought. president trump was quick to say his executive order was not a muslim ban, but the president also says he wants to give christian refugees priority. what is in the policy? that s next. at used car? i don t want one that s had a big wreck just say, show me cars with no accidents reported find the cars you want, avoid the ones you don t plus you get a free carfax® report with every listing i like it start your used car search at carfax.com gave us the p
Legislation to do that. proactive legislation to say let s make sure these are codified, not something the president could change. put them into law. codify. russia has clearly violated our international law. their dangerous acts including the taking of crimea and even on the border of ukraine today, are the reason for these sanctions. to relieve these sanctions would be a huge mistake. by the way, a huge mistake for american foreign policy, too. when sanctions are put in place, they can be relieved for other reasons. i would strongly urge the administration not to move forward with removing the sanctions until the reason the sanctions are put in place are resolved. on friday when british prime minister turea may was here in the united states, she said what you said, the sanctions can t be lifted until russia resolves what they have done in ukraine, not to mention other things they have done in other places. in georgia, syria, crimea. i m counting crimea as ukraine. thank you