joining me andrea mitchell, tavis smiley and danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute. it's "meet the press." >>> good morning and a happy super bowl sunday to everyone. saturdays are becoming protest saturdays under president trump. for the third weekend in a row thousands rallied in cities across the country. the trump administration moved to get the travel restrictions immediately reinstated. a federal appeals court denied that request calling for a full hearing on monday. here is what the president had to say at a red cross gala last night. president had a lot to say yesterday before that mainly on twitter. one example, when a country is no longer able to say who can and cannot come in and out especially for reasons of safety and security, big trouble. the president has taken great pains to deny his travel restrictions amount to a muslim ban. four times yesterday he did refer to his policy as ban in tweets. two weeks into the trump presidency we're learning the answer to the campaign riddle, should we take donald trump literally or seously? the answer appears to be

republican strategist alex castellanos and danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute. pence, ryan, pelosi, a packed house. welcome to super bowl sunday. it's "meet the press". >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history celebrating its 70th year. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good morning, and a happy super bowl sunday to everyone. saturdays are becoming protest saturdays under president trump. with a third weekend in a row thousands of people rallied in cities across the country. this week's issue, the travel ban, targeted mainly at muslims. the trump administration moved to get the travel restrictions immediately reinstated and overnight a federal appeals court temporarily denied that request instead calling for a full hearing on monday. here's what the president had to say at a red cross gala last night at mar-a-lago. >> the president had a lot to say yesterday before that, mainly on twitter. one example, when a country is no longer able to say who can and who cannot come in and out especially for reasons of safety

republican strategist alex castellanos and danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute. pence, ryan, pelosi, a packed house. welcome to super bowl sunday. it's "meet the press". >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history celebrating its 70th year. this is "meet e press" with chuck todd. >>> good morning, and a happy super bowl sunday to everyone. saturdays are becoming protest saturdays under president trump. with a third weekend in a row thousands of people rallied in cities across the country. this week's issue, the travel ban, targeted mainly at muslims. the trump administration moved to get the travel restrictions immediately reinstated and overnight a federal appeals court temporarily denied that request instead calling for a full hearing on monday. here's what the president had to say at a red cross gala last night at mar-a-lago. >> the president had a lot to say yesterday before that, mainly on twitter. one example, when a country is no longer able to say who can and who cannot come in and out especially for reasons of safety a

republican strategist alex castellanos and danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute. pence, ryan, pelosi, a packed house. welcome to super bowl sunday. it's "meet the press". >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history celebrating its 70th year. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good morning, and a happy super bowl sunday to everyone. saturdays are becoming protest saturdays under president trump. with a third weekend in a row thousands of people rallied in cities across the country. this week's issue, the travel ban, targeted mainly at muslims. to get the travel restrictions immediately reinstated and overnight a federal appeals court temporarily denied that request instead calling for a full hearing on monday. here's what the president had to say at a red cross gala last night at mar-a-lago. >> the president had a lot to say yesterday before that, mainly on twitter. one example, when a country is no longer able to say who can and who cannot come in and out especially for reasons of safety and security, big trouble. the

danielle pletka, andrea mitchell and republican strategist, all lest cast yan nose. where is this headed? >> possibly for a constitutional crisis. but overnight the state department and homeland agreed with lifting the ban as it applied to people who had been restricted and they are following the judge's order. this judge is likely, you know, the appeals court has to weigh in. this could end up in the supreme court. there is a long process. i think the problem ma donald trump is creating for himself is a political one by tweeting these so-called judge and by criticizing the judiciary, he is raising the bar and making it for difficult for a credible nominee to the supreme court. now you are going to have is another pretext, not just merit garland to challenge this nominee on every aspect of the separation of powers and whether or not he agrees with the president who has nominated him. >> should they cut bait here? should they do a do-over. >> i don't think this is the kind of administration that wants to do a do-over and to be fair i don't think barack obama would hav

panelists here, tavis smiley, host of "the tavis smiley show," danielle pletka and andrea mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent and alex castellanos. welcome, everybody. andrea, where does this stand? where is this headed? >> possibly for a constitutional crisis, but possibly not. overnight, the administration and state department, homeland agreed with lifting the ban as it applied to people who had been restricted and they are following the judge's order. this judge is likely, you know, the appeals court has to weigh in and this could end up in the supreme court and there's a long process. i think the problem that donald trump is creating for himself is a political one by tweeting the so-called judge and by criticizing the judiciary. he's raising the bart and making it more difficult for a very credible nominee to the supreme court in his confirmation hearings. now what you will have is another pretext, not just merrick garland who they believe is a real pretext for democrats to challenge this nominee on every aspect of the separation of powers and whether or not he agrees with t

panelists here, tavis smiley, host of "the tavis smiley show," danielle pletka and andrea mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent and alex castellanos. welcome, everybody. andrea, where does this stand? where is this headed? >> possibly for a constitutional crisis, but possibly not. overnight, the administration and state department, homeland agreed with lifting the ban as it applied to people who had been restricted and they are following the judge's order. this judge is likely, you know, the a process. i think the problem that donald trump is creating for himself is a political one by tweeting the so-called judge and by criticizing the judiciy. he's raising the bart and making it more difficult for a very credible nominee to the supreme court in his confirmation hearings. now what you will have is another pretext, not just merrick garland who they believe is a real pretext for democrats to challenge this nominee on every aspect of the separation of powers and whether or not he agrees with the president who has nominated him. >> danielle, should they be cut and bait here? isn't thi

republican strategist alex castellanos and danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute. pence, ryan, pelosi, a packed house. welcome to super bowl sunday. it's "meet the press". >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history celebrating its 70th year. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good morning, and a happy super bowl sunday to everyone. saturdays are becoming protest saturdays under president trump. with a third weekend in a row thousands of people rallied in cities across the country. this week's issue, the travel ban, targeted mainly at muslims. the trump administration moved to get the travel restrictions immediately reat court temporarily denied that request instead calling for a full hearing on monday. here's what the president had to say at a red cross gala last night at mar-a-lago. >> the president had a lot to say yesterday before that, mainly on twitter. one example, when a country is no longer able to say who can and who cannot come in and out especially for reasons of safety and security, big trouble. the presid

republican strategist alex castellanos and danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute. pence, ryan, pelosi, a packed house. welcome to super bowl sunday. it's "meet the press". >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history celebrating its 70th year. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good morning, and a happy super bowl sunday to everyone. saturdays are becoming protest saturdays under president trump. with a third weekend in a row thousands of people rallied in cities across the country. this week's issue, the travel ban, targeted mainly at muslims. the trump administration moved to get the travel restrictions immediately reinstated and overnight a federal appeals court temporarily denied that request instead calling for a full hearing on monday. here's what the president had to say at a red cross gala last night at mar-a-lago. >> the president had a lot to say yesterday before that, mainly on twitter. one example, when a country is no longer able to say who can and who cannot come in and out especially for reasons of safety