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>> i can certainly imagine a nominee who has the qualifications and background on the merits who deserves our support. and there will be a 60-vote threshold, just as there was for president obamas nominees. speaking for myself im going to consider the individual intellect, integrity, backgrounds, record of anyone the president nominates and consider them on the merits. and i will support having a hearing, which our republican colleagues did not accord to merit garland. i will support having a he...

America safer and prevent terrorism? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: why? >> because there are so many of them here now its hard to keep track of them. they just keep coming and coming and coming. >> reporter: this pennsylvania farmer, a long-time registered democrat swic democrat switched parties to support trump. how do you feel about it? >> its not. she doing the right thing. those people have to be vetted. these people are coming off the street. we have no idea who they are. >> reporter: but the s...

There, that we dont know their backgrounds. we dont know where they came from. we dont know what theyre behind. >> reporter: you sound like donald trump when you say that. >> i kind of agree with him. >> reporter:a single trump supporter considered trumps executive order discriminatory. what do you say to those who call this discrimination and illegal? >> you cant call it discrimination when we have got so much violence with the bombings and attacks. its like he is just trying to keep us safe. >...

It might be certainly an accounting of what websites they visit. it might be telephone contact information so that we can see who theyre talking to, but, again, all of this is under development. those are the kind of things were looking at. social media. we have to be convinced that people that come here, theres a reasonable expectation that we dont know who they are and what theyre coming here for and what their backgrounds are. right now there are a number of countries on the planet that dont ...

Might be certainly an accounting of what websites they visit, it might be telephone contact information, so that we can see who theyre talking to, but again, all of this is under development but those are the kind of things were looking at. social media. we have to be convinced that people that come here, theres a reasonable expectation that we dont know who they are, and what theyre coming here for and what their backgrounds are, and right now, there are a number of countries on the planet that...

Campaigned on, this is what were doing. that always happens and theres legitimate authority that a new administration gets. what we also are seeing are signs of something much worse and scareyer aier and this is a rejection of the intelligent communitys finding and the picking of people with no ba backgrounds for their jobs for their positions. if this is going to continue, then its really scarey, because there are two parts to the executive order. its not just elevating bannon, it was knocking ...

Have marines, they have aid workers like myself. they have state department officials vouching for their service. you dont get to ride around in humvees with marines, unless youve been vetted. so when i hear president trump talk about how there hasnt been any vetting before, i dont know what world hes living in. >> kirk, so that our viewers can understand, im going to ask my team to bring up on the screen just some examples of how this vetting process works. right? you talk about iraqis who have...

Anti-muslim language that was on the margins of the united states entering the white house. theres a fear that this is the beginning of something far bigger and far more worrying. so the protests were moving to people, that all these americans, different backgrounds were coming out to say this is simply not acceptable. >> this divide in the republican party, mccain and graham coming out forcefully in their statement. how does the gop reconcile? >> i think well see a lot of gop officials speak ou...

National security adviser. he took advice from people who helped write arizona anti-immigration bill. its an example of that bigotry. its a look at the toll it will take on people in the world. >> brian, your reaction to that? >> i think it reflects why so many reasons why people voted for donald trump because theyre tired of being called bigots. theyre not willing to see their country change so fast. were not bringing in engineers and technology experts. were bringing in people who -- with low ...

Backgrounds. it talks about a delay initially for 30 days, 120 days for refugees, for everyone from these countries. muslim majority countries, until the executive order says there can be better measures, including asking questions about their religious beliefs which raises questions with many people including people in that room there as the president was signing that executive order. >> all right. jim sciutto, thank you so much. coming up next, a first for the march for life, vice-president mi...