Very happy to have you here. The capital of Vermont is the beautiful city of Montpelier.

This was yesterday at the state capital in Montpelier. Protesters outside rallying on the steps

of the state capital. They also marched outside. They ended up protesting inside, including with

some state legislators, among them, all to show support for Mosen Madawi, a Vermonter and one of the

international students, also a legal permanent resident, who Donald Trump has arrested, even though he's

not accused of any crime. This was yesterday at the state capital in Montpelier. This was early this

morning in Burlington, Vermont.

People turning out about an hour away from Montpelier in Burlington because Burlington is where the

federal courthouse is. And they turned out there early this morning. After rallying at the state

house yesterday, they turned out there early this morning while a federal judge held a hearing on Mr.

Madawi's case. And at that hearing, the judge ruled that Mosan Madawi cannot be moved out of Vermont.

The Trump administration cannot move him to some immigration prison in Louisiana or somewhere else all the way across the country.

The judge says he needs to stay where he is. His lawyers say they are going to be back

before this same judge next week, and they will be seeking Mr. Madawi's immediate release.

Today, two of the law firms that are fighting in court against Trump's efforts to target them

had federal court hearings. The judges in both of those hearings appeared to favor the arguments from the law firms against the Trump administration, as they have in every hearing thus far involving these cases.

But I will tell you, there was a little bit of a logistical complication in trying to get that reporting from those two court hearings today, because in both of those court hearings today,

the courtrooms were packed to the rafters, every seat full and then some, which made it hard

for some reporters to get in. Stakes are very high. People want to be there to witness it. People are

showing up. Last night, as the car company Tesla held its earnings

call to discuss that company's catastrophic decline in fortune this year. Folks in Seattle

held a party at a local bar to listen to the sound of the call and to cheer their guts out

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