the more troubling thing for the trump administration is that mr. flynn misled the vice president and administration officials. he had to go. the blackmail aspect of it sounds like something you would see in the movies. or read in the comics. eventually, the truth comes out. and flynn had to go. and he did. >> all right. ran bamieh, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> the brush government had rejected an online petition to cancel the donald trump visit. the statement from the foreign and commonwealth office posted online, says the government recognizes the strong views expressed by the many signatures of this petition, but does not support this petition. more than 1.8 million people have signed the petition, easily crossing the 100,000 signature-threshold required for it to be debated in parliament. that debate is scheduled for february 20th. no dates have been set yet for a trump visit. >>> asylum-seekers search for refuge in canada after being unable to find it in the u.s. the only thing standing in their way, bitter freezing temperatures.

first up, and other personnel casualty in the trump administration. the second in three days. this time it's the president's pick to run the labor department. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel's on capitol hill tonight with the breaking details. >> good evening very late today and a poster announced he was withdrawing from consideration to be the next secretary of labor, saying "i am honored to have been considered by resident donald trump to lead the department of labor and put america's workers and businesses back on a path to sustainable prosperity." the democrats alone could not stop the puzder nomination. a senior source says a dozen republican senators expressed reservations or concerns about puzder. this senior capitol hill sources majority leader mitch mcconnell conveyed the message of the white house but i'm told mcconnell did not push for withdrawal but noted in conversations with the white house that they had a serious numbers problem with the puzder nomination. four senate republicans initially expressed reservations this week. susan collins of maine,

support for kiev compared to the obama administration. >> stewart: how did the trump administration react, as compared to how u.s. ambassador nikki haley reacted? >> well, i think the trump administration is playing a two-level game here. they're trying to reassure congress that they will not give away the store in any negotiations with russia around ukraine. remember, congress is putting forward legislation that would prevent the president from lifting sanctions unilaterally without congressional approval. so i think part of nikki haley's statement was designed to reassure congress that the trump administration will not give away the store, and that there is no need for this legislation that would tie president trump's hands. >> stewart: what is it president petro poroshenko wants from the united states at this point? >> he wantaise stronger position at the bargaining table. there's been negotiations around minsk 2. this is an agreement whereby the ukrainian government would devolve some sovereignty to the two regions that are in conflict, and that there would be free and fair elections

trump administration. let's begin with joe johns live at the white house. joe. >> reporter: good morning. less than a month into the administration and back door communications with russia have already claimed the first casualty and there are a number of questions yet to be answered even though the general has already resigned. president trump's embattled national security adviser michael flynn stepping down monday night in a firestorm of criticism. after misleading vice president mike pence and others about conversations with the russian ambassador to the united states. an official telling cnn the justice department warned the white house month flynn in december. before trump was sworn in. despite repeated denials. a move that could broke the law. sally yates informed the trump administration prior to being fired that general flynn was vulnerable to potential blackmail. flynn conceded that he ined a verdict eventually briefed the vice president elect and others with incomplete information. despite reporting by the washington post that the sanctions were a

federal appeals court rules 3-0 against the trump administration. people from seven banned countries can now travel to the u.s. despite the executive order last month. fight likely to go to the supreme court. president tweeting see you in court, security of the nation is at stake. plus kellyanne conway is counseled for what she said was free commercial for ivanka trump's brand. and twitter attacks on richard blumenthal and john mccain. is white house running wild or is there a method to the madness? we'll discuss all of this. pamela brown, mark preston. laura coates. alan dershowitz, f. michael higgin both am at university of baltimore and constitutional attorn attorney paige potaaid joins as well. super uber panel. you've been digging into the court documents. complete repudiation of the travel ban. >> it certainly is. big blow to the trump administration and three judges repudiated the travel ban saying in 29-page opinion that the government failed to provide enough evidence to support why this travel ban was necessary for national security, the u

we have that within the trump administration. by all accounts, betsy devos, is more moderate on this, but the department of justice under jeff sessions was strongly in favor of the policy we see. throughout the campaign, we saw donald trump doing what he has done in this case which is take a controversial issue where in the past, he made statements that are not republican orthodox and take a states rights position as a way of getting himself out of it. that's the line we're hearing from the white house. they see this as an issue of states rights. not civil rights. >> it is not just devos. indications are that donald trump leans liberal with social issues. here is what he told abc during the issue during the campaign. >> there have been very few complaints. people go and use the bathroom they feel is appropriate. there has been so little trouble. >> if caitlyn jenner were to walk into trump tower, and use the bathroom, would be fine with her using any bathroom she chooses? >> that is correct. >> a noted departure from what the pre

his misleading statements, now his resignation from the trump administration. let me go into that just for a moment. because the first bill that i've introduced and want to talk about is a bill that was set-up by independent commission since similar to the 9/11 commission for us to have full-time people investigating what happened by russia's involvement in our elections. general flynn's contact raises concerns about that. we need to know more about this. we need to know whether there are deeper ties here. what was russia's motivation in trying to interfere with our election? that's information that the american people need to know about so we can protect ourselves against similar activities in the future and that can only in my view be done with the credibility of an independent commission and i filed legislation to do that so we can protect our country and take actions against those who have attempted to interfere with our free democratic system. i am supportive of congressional investigations. i think they complement each other. an independent commission wor

and the trump administration to the russians. when the president flirts with lifting the sanctions, and i'm glad steny hoyer, our distinguished whip, mr. hoyer, introduced a biron bill to say that before the president can lift any sanctions on russia, bless you, he has to confer with the congress, very important legislation. we have a president who is disdaining refugee children and embracing vladimir putin, to talk about not supporting the start treaty that protects us in terms of the nuclear threat to the planet. the list goes on and on. so again, the public is owed the truth. deserves the truth. we hope that the f.b.i. is pursuing the truth. all the evidence you've seen come forward, the corroboration of ideas that were out there before but not corroborated, there's enough reason for him to go forward. i hope he understands, it's of national significant interest, he said that's one of his standards that he would let us know if he was doing an investigation. if it was of national significant interest. it is. i do not know if it

, donald trump and the trump administration to the russians. when the president flirts with lifting the sanctions, and i'm glad steny hoyer, our distinguished whip, mr. hoyer, introduced a biron bill to say that before the president can lift any sanctions on russia, bless you, he has to confer with the congress, very important legislation. have a president who is disdaining refugee children and embracing vladimir putin, to talk about not supporting the start treaty that protects us in terms of the nuclear threat to the planet. the list goes on and on. again, the public -- in the public -- the public is owed the truth. deserves the truth. we hope that the f.b.i. is pursuing the truth. all the evidence you've seen come forward, the corroboration of ideas that were out there before but not corroborated, there's enough reason for him to go forward. of e he understands, it's national significant interest, he said that's one of his standards that he would let us doing an was investigation. >> all that briefing online. the house returns in about five

and the trump administration to the russians. when the president flirts with lifting the sanctions, and i'm glad steny hoyer, our distinguished whip, mr. hoyer, introduce a bipartisan bill to say that before the president can lift any sanctions on russia, bless you, he has to confer with the congress, very important legislation. we have a president who is disdaining refugee children and embracing vladimir putin, to talk about not supporting the start treaty that protects us in terms of the nuclear threat to the planet. the list goes on and on. so again, the public is owed the truth. deserves the truth. we hope that the f.b.i. is pursuing the truth. all the evidence you've seen come forward, the corroboration of ideas that were out there before but not corroborated, there's enough reason for him to go forward. i hope he understands, it's of national significant interest, he said that's one of his standards that he would let us know if he was doing an investigation. if it was of national significant interest. it is. i do not know i

quite a big setback here for the trump administration, betty. >> yes. widely expected that the trump administration is going to directly appeal this decision up to the supreme court. it is 6:30 p.m. thursday here in new york. and markets close on a brighter note. also on trump. based on his revelation that his tax reform plan is imminent in a few weeks. i'm betty lue here in new york. >> plenty of news here this morning. i'm yvonne man in hong kong. you're watching "daybreak asia." >> thanks so much, yvonne. as you and betty were just talking about a san francisco based appeals court has rejected the trump administration's request to reinstate the president's travel ban. it means the u.s. will remain open to refugees and visa holders from seven muslim majority countries. and the biggest legal setback yet for the new president. the ruling increases a likelihood that the administration will ask the supreme court to step into a case that is testing trump's executive power. japan's prime minister will meet with president trump on friday. shinzo abe landed i

what we heard was the trump administration wants to change or dismantle it. what does this mean >> there's give and take. on the one side, you're balancing these, you know, desire to have economic growth, banks play a really important role in that. if you put heavy them, you're going to necessarily have a negative impact on growth. on the other side of that, you're balancing that against the safety of the father system on the one hand and also the safety of the consumer. if you look at what the executive order today is kind of hinting that they're going to do, they're going to reduce the consumer protections. that's one part of it. but at the same time, that could have an impact of reducing the cost of the financial products. really, what it will come down to is how these things are actually put into place. which we just don't know about right now. because the executive order comes to the point that he just made was really general in nature. >> that's the thing. we're waiting for these specifics. do you think he's really going to have challenges? given, you k

administration or at least weaken the trump administration. and if you cannot trust the intelligence community to maintain classified information that's protected by law and facing with a potential ten-year sentence in the federal penitentia penitentiary, you've got to do something to clean up the intelligence community. congressman, does he have a point that classified info being leaked is the danger? >> look, i don't support an investigation by leak. i didn't like it when the clinton investigation was conducted that way, and i don't think this investigation should be conducted that way either. at the same time, i think this is a distraction, a sideshow, a gop effort, frankly, to put the leak issue front and center and ignore potential illegality in the white house. it's much less threatening to them, they don't have to contradict the president. they can still push for tax cuts and all the gimmes about where the evidence trail leads. that's not going to fly. the real gravamen of the issue is were there trump campaign people colluding in that

amy: the trump administration has rescinded president obama's landmark decision to order public schools to let transgender students use the bathroom matching their chosen gender identity. we will get response from the aclu. into standing rock. ofafter the deadline february 22, 2017 at 2:00 p.m., we are all at risk of facing arrest, police brutality, federal charges, and prison time. amy: 10 people are arrested as the main resistance cap set up by lakota water protectors fighting the dakota access pipeline has largely been vacated after they were ordered to leave the camp. we will go to north dakota for the latest. more evidence comes to light about the close ties between new epa had scott pruitt and the fossil fuel industry. >> why do you need an outside oil company to draft a letter when you have 250 people working for you? >> senator, as i have indicated, that was an effort protecting the interest and making sure we made the voices of all oklahomans heard on a very important industry to our state. amy: thousands of pages of newly released emails reveal how scott pruitt closely collabo

the mamma administration was just as frustrated as the trump administration is. —— the obama administration was just as frustrated. the trump administration clearly intends to make nato's european allies pay more of their fair share. time for outside source business concentrating on greece. this man on the right is the eu finance commissioner who has been in athens meeting the greek prime minister. the greek economy is still in deep trouble. it matters because there are economic and political consequences for europe, in particular those countries which use the euro, if it were to default on its debt. chris received a bailout worth 86 billion euros in 2015. the next debt payment some 7 billion euros is due injuly. the greeks can't afford to pay unless it accesses can't afford to pay unless it a ccesses m ore can't afford to pay unless it accesses more funds from the bailout. it's not going to happen u nless bailout. it's not going to happen unless greece's creditors including the imf and eu, get more austerity reforms in return. the argument of the greek prime minister is it is reasonable. t

i think the trump administration has compromise itself in this regard. i say that because it starts with what america stands for. mr. trump, in taking over the presidency and failing to release his tax returns, not doing what every other president has done, with his own personal wealth and business complex, no longer has the standing that torica would normally have question actions in other countries. so we already have i think compromised our ability and credibility on these issues in dealing with russia or dealing with other countries that commit corruption and failed to protect the rights of all of its citizens. so to me it was shocking when president trump continues to side with russia as we have seen over and over again. he criticizes every country, our allies, but for russia it seems like he will not say anything. he refuses to knowledge the atuation in the ukraine is result of russian aggression, even know there is no question about this fact. he questions our u.s. intelligence on russia's involvement in our own election. and he favors cooperation

administration. >> kingston, from the trump administration side, they could go to court this weekend, get this overturned possibly, and continue on. >> look, they can. as i understand it, the ruling is not public yet, so we don't know what's in it. certainly, the white house is looking at it and they're going to make a decision. but i think, you know, if you take a step back, what is the point here? the point is to keep the interior borders protected from people who are coming into the country that you don't know that much about. the ruling, as i understand it, and all this learned panel can correct me if i'm wrong, but it affects people with visas or with or without visas, so 60,000 people. you still have millions of people in these countries, these seven countries designated by the obama administration as countries of concern, and they're still going to be affected by this 90-day moratorium. and so, i think in the greater vision of national security, what the trump administration has done is still successful. they have done what they wanted to do. >> does it look good for the trump

only 25 days into the trump administration and chaotic

the trump administration will be that it is somewhat improvisational. there is a north star when he said he wants to be a president of america first. that is in fact his north star and he will challenge much of the international rules based order that the u.s. construct and led since world war ii. he said he could care less if the european union dissolves. he walked away from the transpacific partnership and the implementation of a day to day and week to week, we will see a lot of zigging and zagging. what he saw here was vladimir putin and ukraine and benjamin netanyahu with a settlement that took the statements as perhaps even more of a green light and now they are trying to dial it back, but the general direction he set out of embracing netanyahu and trying to melt the chill and be more accommodating, he will get back there. this shows there are limits. >> looking at america's closest neighbor, mexico. trump reported to send in troops. they carry a great deal of weight. >> he is clearly adjusting to the difference between being a candidate whose stoc

it is hard to believe, of the trump administration. i wonder how you feel about the state of things in the nation's capital. senator cardin: it is hard to believe that it has only been two weeks. it's been an incredible pace. every day there is a new breaking story from the white house. in many cases it is reckless comments that are made, whether it is our relationship with the prime minister of australia or building a wall with mexico. it is creating real challenges. i have met with many foreign leaders who are wondering what the basis of american foreign-policy is. what are our values. it has been a challenge. we are looking to make sure our nation stays strong. we will do everything we can to make sure that happens. susan: let's send it over to kristina peterson. kristina: i want to get your thoughts on the approach the president is taking to iran. i know you were skeptic of the nuclear deal. what do you think he should be doing in response to the missile launch this week? i know you sent a letter, but can you talk about the concern

day 16 of the trump administration, the white house striking back, but it was in the early-morning hours east coast time that a court denied a request to reinstate president trump's travel ban. meanwhile, in florida, the president is weighing in on what he thinks will happen in the end to his executive order. however, the immediate effect of friday's court ruling, which lifted the ban for travelers, is now reuniting family members who thought they would be denied entry to the u.s. and then there is "saturday night live," lampooning the new trump administration's daily briefing. >> yeah, it's not a ban. >> i'm sorry? >> it's not a ban! the travel ban is not a ban, which makes it not a ban. >> but you just called it a ban. >> because i'm using your words. you said ban! you said ban. now i'm saying it back to you. >> so, melissa mccarthy there taking on an imstation of sean spicer. we'll have more on that in a moment. but the big news on day 16, an appeals court decision early this morning, they now denying the administration's request to immediately reinstate the travel ban. it happened ju

administration, the trump administration is looking weaker, so a couple of republicans might be dropping off for those reasons and they are able to put a lot of money and energy into two fights, education and labor, an area where trump has been able to peel off votes so that's part of the energy behind this. >> i think that's right. but manu said so far it looks like 12 republicans could say no, four a firm no, jamie gangel, said now that flynn is out and there's this little bit of a black eye on the white house these republicans feel like they can now say no. >> yeah, and there are plenty of republicans who were critical and have sense have been critical and more now think they can voice this concern. and some that are skittish about. >> i'm told manu raju is chasing down lawmakers at capitol hill. as soon as he gets reaction, we'll have him on, but first, donald trump's news conference with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, russia came up, dominating issue as it should be part of the news of the day, the news really specifically th specifically that cnn confirmed -- fallou

that's brought on by some of the rhett riks of the trump campaign and trump administration, the doubt and concern that's out there, and then some anecdotal stories of sort of peaceful individuals being rounded up. contributed to a scary environment for some people. so as the questions get sorted out, fears are running high that there could be a new normal going forward with the trump administration but we're still waiting to find out from i.c.e. if those fears are valid. >>> let's turn to the republican town halls where tempers have been flaring over the concerns about the future of health care and what's going to happen with obama administration care. in wisconsin, representative jim sensenbrenner is holding a town hall there. we have some video from the reaction and interaction that took place in wisconsin moments ago. >> please respect miss baumann's ability to speak. >> everybody comes in here. they come with their signs. some people might not even live in the district. >> they all do. >> i'm glad to hear that everyone does. >> miss baumann has the floor. >> you might not like wha

so on balance, the trump administration las some good arguments that they can bring to a higher court to say that this lower court judge made a mistake. but the appellate court out on the west coast, the 9th circuit court is a liberal court and it's a court an might rule against the trump administration, and if that happened, it will all wind up in the united states supreme court. >> so what does it mean for people caught up in this, people from the seven banned country who have valid visas? can they now travel here? >> i think this is a ray of hope for them. this judge said this is clearly unconstitutional. and that the government can't defend it adequately, that the case is so strong against it. however, they would make a big mistake if they tried to board an airplane tomorrow just because this order has been issued. a higher court could overrule there tomorrow or the next day and they could be caught trapped in an airport again. so i would wait till next week to see how this thing plays out. >> no doubt, this may be a ray of hope for the refugees affected by this ruling. > no quest

> just like the first two saturdays of the new trump administration. some americans are hitting the streets in protest. good afternoon, i'm sheinelle jones at msnbc world headquarters in new york. 1:00 eastern time, 10:00 pacific. here's what's happening. planned protests happening nationwide and around the globe. this is in washington, d.c. protesters voicing their opposition on a number of issues, including the travel ban. a similar scene is expected to take place in new york in just about an hour from now. one of many rallies scheduled today. our countries are covering all of the developments. we begin with nbc's tom costello near the white house. tom, this protest just getting started. let's talk about the goal here. >> reporter: good afternoon, so we've got probably several hundred people at the moment. they are projecting they can see several thousand people within an hour or so. and if the issues, really, are no ban, in other words no ban on muslims and no wall. those are the predominant themes you've gotten from people who are really very vocal

at the same time i think the tough language that president trump and the trump administration are using are meant to signal both to iran and to their constituency here at home that they mean to take a different tact than the obama administration. what matters more ultimately than the words said, as jeff said, the new sheriff in town attitude, is what policy backs it up and what actions the administration might take. the forum for challenging the missile test is the un security council. i think moves have already been made to g there. what else will the trump administration do to set themselves apart from their predecessors. >> colonel rick francona is also joining me. i wonder from a military perspective what you thought of president trump's words at this prayer breakfast in light of all that's happened in just the last day. >> i wasn't too surprised. we heard the ever-modest donald trump saying he was going to fix things. i didn't really find anything he said today to be either surprising or particularly offensive. he is kind of doubling down on his recent phone call with the australia

cnn has learned the trump administration is planning to impose additional sanctions on iran. penalties already allowed under previous executive actions. iran launched another ballistic missile sunday. not violating the iran nuclear deal, but defying a u.n. resolution, trump laying out his hardline approach to world hotspots today at the national prayer breakfast. >> the world is in trouble. but we're going to straighten it out, okay? that's what i do. i fix things, we have to be tough, it's time we're going to be a little tough, folks. we're taken advantage of by every nation in the world virtually, it's not going to happen any more. >> those comments hours after these tweets. iran has been formally put on notice for firing a ballistic missile. should have been thankful for the terrible deal the u.s. made with them. iran is taking over more and more of iraq. tonight iran is firing back with its own tough response, vowing to vigorously continue its missile tests, saying they're purely for defense purposes. a senior advicer adding, that president interrupt should not "make a to

war in yemen, and that they wanted to defer to the incoming administration, the trump administration. let's take that with the grain of salt. the obama administration mercilessly pounded yemen with bombs since 2000 and they launched a cluster bomb attack that killed three dozen women and children, then repeatedly drone struck yemen, and more recently, provided the saudis with cluster bombs another munitions, aircraft, to engage in their total destruction scorched campaign inside of yemen, and also refueling the planes the saudis have in using to pummel yemen while samantha power, obama ambassador to the united nations, was condemning the excesses of the saudis in yemen, the u.s. was continuing to support the saudi campaign there. as it relates to the specific raid, we understand the official story is that the navy seals were being sent and to target senior al qaeda people, that they were going to snatch phones and computers and access the stable intel. -- valuable intel. we have to remember that almost always the initial official responses -- and you can go on for days or weeks or mon

trump and the administration. >>> the u.s. defense secretary says china has shredded the trust of other nations. >> james mattis left japan just a few hours ago. >> he reiterated u.s. support for japan's claim on dispute of islands which china also claims. >> todayed minister and i discussed the security situation and i made clear that our long standing policy on the islands stands. the united states will continue to recognize japanese administration of the i've lasl and as such article 5 of the u.s./japan security treaty applies. >> china's foreign ministry responded telling the u.s. to, quote, stop making wrong remarks and affirming that the islands are indeed theirs. >> and the u.s. military on friday released a terrorist training video recovered in last sunday's raid on an al qaeda compound in yemen. but then abruptly withdrew the video. >> it was nearly a decade old and already public. jim sciutto has our report and i should warn you that some of these images that you will see are disturbing. >> reporter: growing confusio

the trump administration has slapped these new sanctions on iran. president trump saying iran is quote not behaving and issuing a warning on twitter that iran is playing with fire. >> today, sanctioned 25 entities that support the ballistic program and missionary force, these are in response to iran's on goigoing ballistic testing, january 29, 2017 as well as tehran's support for terrorism. >> this is just the latest in the valve laavalanche, by the t administration, including israel's plans for potential settlements in the east bank and russia and interference with crimea, some notice these are notably similar to those made by the obama administration made before them. let's begin with michelle kosinski. first talk us through this missile test in trump administration response? >> reporter: so the trump administration has made that messaging very tough not only in statements but in person and of course in those tweets that you read, so they want the message to be out there as one member of the administration pointed, an advisor saying there's a new

threaten to undermine the trump administration overal overall. we have fox team coverage great amy kellogg is in milan, italy with how the russians are viewing the trump administration turmoil. catherine herridge in washington with what the intelligence community is saying about the leaks. we start off tonight with chief white house correspondent john roberts and an earlier than expected first casualty of this administration. good evening. >> only 25 days. the white house today said it's not the crime, it's the cover-up, acknowledging that the national security advisor did not come clean about telephone conversations he had with russia's ambassador to the united states. >> fantastic job. stick with the president had nothing to say today about firing his national steering advisor at his press secretary t general michael flynn was shown the door because sin had lost the president's trust. >> would been reviewing and evaluating the issue with respect to general flynn on a daily basis for a few weeks, trying to ascertain the truth. we got to a point,

david, week two of the trump administration. let's start with his pick for the supreme court, federal judge neil gorsuch. what do you make of him? >> clearly qualified, first-rate legal scholar, first-rate judge, first of rate mind, apparently a first-rate person. he's the best any republican president would have done. i thought a very good pick for donald trump. the democrats have a challenge. they can either behave the way the republicans did to mar rick garland, that would be disgraceful, but that would bloi up the system. i think they have a primary loyalty to the constitution and basically the norms of how we've done justice confirmations for the past many decades and that is, if the president picks someone who is basically qualified, basically a good person, then you confirm that person if you don't agree because your side lost the election. i understand the democratic thinking, the republicans didn't behave this way, but i guess my belief is that two terrible behaviors don't make a good behavior. >> woodruff: what's your

the details on the new round of sanctions imposed on iran by the trump administration. the sanctions are focused on 12 individuals and 13 entities. the treasury department announcing the action reflects the united states commitment to enforcing sanctions on iran with respect to its ballistic missile program and destabilizing activities. in a conference call moments ago officials tell us the missile test was the triger that provoked sanctions and more steps are being considered. this will not affect that nuclear deal. despite president trump's strong criticism of it throughout the campaign nor does it affect boeing sale to airplanes to iran. we'll get more from sean spicer later this hour. first we begin with kristen welker. big steps on iran and the promise of more to come. >> reporter: that's right, andrea, and look, these sanctions are similar to sanctions that were enacted under president obama. this is president trump taking a firm stance with iran in the wake of what they call provocations that ballistic missile tests that you mentioned which they say effectively w

, they have some very serious differences with the trump administration. the big question and possibilities that could it -- could exist in the future is that there will be a realignment where some of the more internationalist, free-trade republicans could find more alliances with democrats. at least if they move more toward the middle. host: tour the people who could be leading that effort? we are already seeing folks like marco rubio, john mccain, lindsey graham. the hawks who have been raising serious questions about trump us role in russia and overseas. sass,ve folks like ben's who has been an outspoken critic of the administration and on trade and the more traditional conservative issues. that is someone who is worth paying close attention to in the months ahead. "his executive orders are popular, including with working-class voters, and they fear alienating -- host: coalitions of convenience. your article. that doesn't mean fights over every member of the president's cabinet or opposing neil gorsuch for supreme court. guest: or going full bore agains

the trump administration is taking

he's not going rubber-stamp the trump administration. he's made that as clear as anything he's made clear in his decisions that he will not defer to the executive branch when the law is ambiguous. he's going to use his own, independent judgment of what the law means and that's going to be a change from scalia's philosophy and not a change that will be good, in my opinion, for the trump administration. >> so let's talk about senate republicans, who as you know, basically ran the clock out on president obama's pick merrick garland. do you think it's fair play if democrats try to do that with judge gorsuch. >> think it was crumby, and i wouldn't begrudge the democrats for being crumby back. they don't havehe votes to block gorsuch. in the end if they get rid of the fill buster and so what happens if gorsuch is defeated? who are they going to get next? no one on trump's list of 21 people is more thoughtful and more mild mannered than judge gorsuch. this is as good as it gets for the democrats and i just don't see what they gain by trying to

also, russia testing the trump administration again. we've learned about three new instances of russian aggression. a russian spy ship now patrolling off our east coast. russian military aircraft buzzing one of our navy advisory. and the kremlin has secretly deployed nuclear tip cruise missiles in russia. former un ambassador general jack keane among our guest tonight. and california officials are trying to prevent the failure of the lake orville dam. but struggling to shore up the dam's emergency spillway as the forecast calls for rain in the region tomorrow. >> just know that the government, the representatives are doing everything they can and will continue to do whatever it takes to make sure we have a safe dam up there and all the other places where we have these kinds of potential threats. >> but there is good news for the annual 200,000 residents who live below that dam. we'll have a full report on the crisis and the forecast. next. lou: good evening, everybody. white house sources tell fox news the leading candidate to replace g

the trump administration is leaking like a sinking ship. accusations come thick and fast after what could only be described asa after what could only be described as a difficult relationship between benjamin netanyahu and barack 0bama, he is meeting donald trump and israel is expecting great things from the new administration. reports coming from a white house official said that a two state solution, may not be the only option to achieve middle east peace. pursuing such a line would be a genetic departure from existing us policy, delighting right—wing ministers in israel who advocate settlement expansion. palestinian leaders would see any such move as a dangerous provocation and will be monitoring the president's every move and tweet. gary 0'donoghue who's in washington. the tweets targeted at his usual targets, the intelligence services and the media. i think it's extraordinary, accusing the fbi of political interference and leaking material. there is undoubtedly been a lot of leaking, some of it seems to have come from people who have l

administration, the trump white house, but the market couldn't seem to careless. why not? >> i think what you're looking at with the market it's not about donald trump, it's not even about the new administration. it's about the fauds. we're seeing earnings growth pick up. it's accelerating, in fact. something we haven't seen in quite a while. we're seeing consumers feel better and business feel better. it's not about the politics, it's about the fundamentals and that means the markets likely to keep going up. >> why are consumers and businesses feeling better? >> there's one big thing that's happened at the election, i think there was a lot of uncertainty coming in and coming out of the election which actually have clarity and that let people when they stop worrying about politics so much then they looked at the fundamentals of the economy. they saw employment at very high levels, wage growth accelerating. they saw the prospect of deregulation. in other words, the lack of uncertainty after the election and actually what they liked what they saw a lot. >> let's tal

trump and the administration. >>> and mr. trump has been quick to establish a new tone for american diplomacy to fit his personal style. we've seen much of the same at home in the u.s. our jim acosta reports on all the action out of the trump white house. >> reporter: president trump delivered a brief but stern message to iran from the oval office. >> they're not behaving. >> reporter: the trump administration is backing that warning with new sanctions on iran, hitting 25 individuals and companies connected to that country's ballistic missile program. punishment for tehran's missile launch from last weekend. while officials caution the sanctions won't impact the iran nuclear deal brokered by the obama administration, the white house is weighing its options. >> the president has been very clear. he doesn't take options off the table. >> he has a right to form a team. >> reporter: that tough rhetoric is competing with an embarrassing gaffe from a top spokesperson for the white house, counselor to the president, kellyanne conway

i believe the law'is on the trump administrations side. -- the law is on the trump administration's side. multiple presidents have taken advantage of this law to block immigrants from certain countries during certain times. right now, the political climate is very unpredictable. if you ask me a couple months ago if we would have students out burning up their campuses because they did not want conservative speakers come i would have laughed at you. the emotions are running so high right now, it may spill over into the judiciary. host: the executive order on extreme betting not the only order that is getting a lot of focus when it comes to border security. i want to ask you about the border wall as a member from a border state in texas, what are your feelings on that and where the money will come from to do that? president trump made a campaign promise that he was going to build a wall and he is living up to that campaign promise. mexico is going to pay for it. there is a wide variety of ways mexico can pay for it. there's a border adjustment tax that would apply in mexico. there may be an

now this is the trump administration in full force. as you noted, kellyanne conway here earlier, joking that cpac will turn into tpac because of all the trump administration officials here. that's clear what you hear when we talk to conservative activists here, and it's the image that trump administration is trying to pull off at this event today. >> phil, i don't know if you heard the interview, i had matt schlap on earlier, who organized all of this, and the pushback about inviting milo yiannopoulos to cpac only to disinvite him a few days ago, and then to steve bannon, who many see as promoting the alt-right. he said, i think you've got it wrong, steve bannon has nothing to do with the alt-right, how do you see it? >> reporter: it wasn't a great moment over the course of the last week for cpac, for matt schlap, for milo, what he brings to the table, people say he's not a conservative period. i think the interesting element here has been, no question about it, steve bannon. i'm on capitol hill most days, i talk to a lot of republican

hasthe trump administration opted to take a more broad approach. numerically a much higher number of people involved, and that is something that could be very intoicated for mexico to her and for the united states to actually enforce given the lack of containment facilities on both sides of the border and the fact that in recent memory we've not had anything similar to this of prosecution in the united states. is -- the mac mexicans are worried about refugee camps literally springing up along the border. not just mexicans, but anyone who passed through mexico to get to the united states being deported. it could be a very chaotic and risky situation for mexico, couldn't it? compounding the issue further is the fact that many haveumented immigrants come through mexico in the last 10 years or so are actually from , countries like honduras and el salvador. so there are other issues involved. my understanding is that the trump administration alike returnto be the point of who aret of immigrants not actually mexican citizens but who may have passed throu

war in yemen, and that they wanted to defer to the incoming administration, the trump administration. let's take that with the grain of salt. the obama administration mercilessly pounded yemen with bombs since 2000 and they launched a cluster bomb attack that killed three dozen women and children, then repeatedly drone struck yemen, and more recently, provided the saudis with cluster bombs another munitions, aircraft, to engage in their total destruction scorched campaign inside of yemen, and also refueling the planes the saudis have in using to pummel yemen while samantha power, obama ambassador to the ununited nationsns, was condemng the excesses of the saudis in yemen, the u.s. was continuing to support the saudi campaign there. as it relates to the specific raid, we understand the official storis that the navy seals were being sent anand to target senior al qaeda people, that they were going to snatch phones and computers and access the stable intel. -- valuable intel. we have to remember that almost always the initial official responses -- and you can go on for days or weeks or m

russia is quickly trying to adjust its view of the trump administration. the only people missing the story happen to be those who are in the national media. ambassadors size great to see you and we appreciate your insights as always. >> thank you so much lou, i was glad to do it. ambassador john bolton. there's a lot more to cover here and some of it has to do with that left-wing national media and a lot of areas we have to explore as well. stay with us, you don't want to miss it. the trump white house expanding its crackdown on illegal immigration. >> the message from this white house and from dhs is that those people who are in this country posing a threat to public safety or have committed a crime will be the first to go and we will be aggressive in making sure that occurs but that is what the priority is. lou: will talk about that with mike gallagher and gayle trotter here next. president trump denouncing recent attacks and threats against the jewish community. president trump called for an end to religious bigotry. we will take all of that up and much

it represents a major challenge this to the trump administration. variousjudges have issued orders of this kind before before but this is the first that is nationwide. the trump administration, of course, could now appeal but it has yet to do so. we are back to where we were before this executive order come down from donald trump just over a week ago. it produced of course chaos at airports across the country. people were detained, some were actually sent back and deported. there were protests at many airports here in the us. now it is down to airlines and border control to implement and enforce this new court ruling instead of the executive order so we could have all chaos this coming weekend. iran has condemned new sanctions imposed by donald trump's administration, and promised to reciprocate. the us says it's punishment for a recent ballistic missile test, and for what it calls tehran‘s continued support for terrorism. the sanctions will target twelve companies and thirteen individuals in iran and elsewhere. white house spokesman, sean spicer,

trump angrily denied reports that his administration is in chaos following monday's firing of national security advisor michael flynn. turn on the tv in ththe open the newspapers and i see stories of chaos, chaos. yet, it is the exact opposite could this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. c cannot the fact that i get my cabinet approved. amy: p president trump dismissea "newew york times"s" report that members of his presidential campaign hadad repeated contacts with senior russian intelligence officials in the lead-up to november's election. trump called the report a joke and falsely stated it has been discredited. he laterer about to o put a stoo leaks in his administration saying the leaks were real, but the news is fake. pres. trump: the leaks are real. you saw it. ththe leaks are absolulutely re. the newswss fake. because so much of the news is fake. amy: we will have more excerpts of president trump's white house news conference on headlines. across the country thursday, thousands of immigrarants closod their businesses, refused to go to work, and kept their chi