KEILAR: Earlier this year, President Trump said he planned to bar transgender people from serving in the military, but, on Monday, the Pentagon is under court order to open up the ranks. The question is whether or not the Trump administration will try to stop it. I'm joined by CNN Supreme Court reporter, Ariane de Vogue. And the clock is ticking. How did we get to this point?</s>ARIANE DE VOGUE, CNN SUPREME COURT REPORTER: It is. It is. Barring court action, transgender people are going to be able to apply on January 1st. I talked to man from Ohio yesterday and he is excited, but nervous. He has reason to be nervous. This thing is still really tangled up in the courts. So for a little background. The Obama administration allowed transgender people to serve openly. They had put a future date for new recruits. And Trump came in and reversed the policies and he sent out the August memo saying he didn't want them to serve. But the court, so far, has frozen key parts of that memo and said, look, we will let that January 1st deadline stand. That's where we are now.</s>KEILAR: Do you think that the government is going to appeal this or are all indications no?</s>DE VOGUE: Right now, they are not saying if they will appeal. We are talking about next week. If they did, they would go to the Supreme Court. They've always said it's premature to bring these legal challenges. But the DOD is still looking into this. So far, they have not said they are going to appeal. So we could see this happening next week.</s>KEILAR: Very interesting. Ariane de Vogue, thank you so much. Really appreciate that. CNN is on the ground in Puerto Rico now as power is being restored in one town 100 days after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island. We'll tell you why many could still be without power for months, next.
DOJ Has Until Monday to Appeal Ruling on Transgender Recruits