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October of 2017 and october of 2018. half were arrested at a legal point of entry. not 4,000. 12. if youre doing the math with me at home, the administration was off by about 3,988 suspected terrorists. and while were on the subject of numbers, again, i give you the vice president. >> but 3,000 special interest individuals, people with suspicious backgrounds that may suggest terrorist connections were apprehended at our southern border. >> special interest individuals. according to the departmen...

Individuals, people with suspicious backgrounds that may suggest terrorist connections were apprehended at our southern border. last year alone 17,000 individuals with criminal histories were apprehended at our southern border. >> lets bring in ryan nobles because this is an important fact check youre going to lead us through. tell us what was right and wrong about what the vice president said. >> its important to keep in mind, brianna, that they are very focused on the southern border. but they...

>> nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists were apprehended attempting to come in to the united states through various means in the last year -- >> normally at airports but not at the border. >> 3,000 special interests individuals, people with suspicious backgrounds that may suggest terrorists connections were apprehended at our southern border. last year alone, 17,000 individuals with criminal histories were apprehended at our southern borders. >> lets start right there. here he is ryan nobl...

Connection to terrorism whatsoever. in fact, the u.s. welcomes thousands of people from these countries each and every year in the form of visas and citizenship. so whats key here is the difference between using the phrase special interests individual, right, when you come from this hostile country and being on a terror watch list where youre a terrorist. and finally, the vice president mentioned this. >> last year alone, 17,000 individuals with criminal histories were apprehended at our souther...

Also economic issues, race, all kinds of areas. the field should reflect that. >> in fact, all the women i think -- all the women i mentioned, gillibrand, c klobuchar, lawyers. >> theyre just like the men running for office. they have similar backgrounds. >> perhaps a little bit better qualified? >> you also have a woman speaker of the house and that is unsurprising. so there are more examples of women in position, of authority and also what are the odds there will be two men on the democratic t...

That number is for all ports of entry including airports? >> thats what i was saying. it is from all ports of entry, but on the southern border last year alone, 3,000 special interest aliens were apprehended trying to come into our country. those are individuals whose travel patterns or backgrounds represent the need for additional screening and represent a potential security threat to the united states of america. theyre two different categories. they often get conflated. remember also that we ...

Everybody. whats that do? >> it depends, thats what jeb bush did in 2016, didnt work out well for him. he thought he could clear some of the field. >> he was low energy. >> well, look, elizabeth warren did well in iowa. it was a good first step but the democratic basis far broader, far more diverse than iowa. she still has a lot of work to do. i dont think the dna test was great, but she has to be able to resonate with a vast, diverse number of different democrats, people of color, people of dif...

To come in -- >> its a misleading claim. its been fact checked as i believe youre aware because that number is for all ports of entry, including airports. >> thats what i was saying, it is from all ports of entry. last year alone on the southern bored, 3,000 special interest aliens were apprehended trying to come into our country. those are individuals whose travel patterns or backgrounds represent the need for additional screening and represent a potential security threat to the united states o...

Medium to educate kids. ♪ would you be mine could you be mine wont you be my neighbor ♪ >> it was fred rogers who made it okay to speak to an audience of kids like they were human beings. >> there are some things that are very difficult to understand in a newspaper. >> every now and then i think back to mr. rogers and i think, he would say dont be scared, life is good, life is special. >> everybody is so special because everybody is different. >> just go and do the thing you love. that alway...

General and says this could be in a similar incident in 2017 in terms of somebody innocent being shot, same kind of truck he alleges, and there has been nobody found in that case back in 2017. will authorities -- help us understand what authorities are doing now as they look into the the backgrounds of the people they do -- this man they have in custody and any other people they may have been talking to. >> particularly with the individual in custody or other suspects that have been identified i...