> are you any closer to a solicitor general who would speak on behalf of your government? > i'll be making the decision over the next week about the solicitor general. > and are you - > and by the way we won that decision in boston. > via the news, et cetera, the media? > it's a decision we'll win, in my opinion, very easily. president? > we saw it just like you did. > and have you confirmed with your new attorney general on this tonight? is he a part of it now? > no, i haven't, we just heard the decision. > no, this is just a decision that came down but we're going to win the case. > sir, do you think this has undercut the early days of your presidency? this is such a core issue. and it's a very, very serious situation so we look forward, as i just said, to seeing them in court. > so you believe the judges made a - > we have a situation where the security of our country is at stake. It's a political decision and we're going to see them in court and i look forward to doing it. we have a little excerpt, audio only, no camera, and this is our conversation with the president of the united states. president." he stopped, he was willing to take a few questions, other colleagues joined us and we had a back-and-forth with the president who was more than willing to talk about his views and they were, of course, confident, mirroring what he tweeted. much different, it was a tweet from the president of the united states as you just indicated and we - a couple of us were waiting around trying to see if there would be any additional information, i turned a corner, a door opened and the president of the united states came right out. kelly, what's the response like there? > chris, this was an unusual series of events because typically with a ruling of this magnitude, something that affects an administration, a new administration, there would be an official statement from the office. Joining me now from the white house briefing room, nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. we've already gotten response from the president himself posted on twitter in all caps "see you in court, the security of our nation is at stake." in other words, it blocks president trump's executive order nationwide and continues to block it as a lower court fund. instead, this decision keeps that restraining order in place. the trump administration asked the ninth circuit court of appeals to overturn a temporary restraining order on the ban put in place by a lower court last friday. a unanimous ruling by a federal appeals court against president donald trump's travel ban. the reason is that because tonight we have big, big breaking news. we were, of course, meant to air a town hall tonight exploring the challenges facing this city, we taped that town hall earlier today. bottom line by now, you have good evening from chicago, i'm chris hayes. that does it for this edition of "the 11th hour." brian will be back thankfully next week. Our thanks also to eugene robinson and bob costa of.
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