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Process. >> the protection of the nation from foreign terrorists entry into the united states. big stuff. >> and werent briefed on the details until the president was signing the executive order on friday. >> the people that needed to be kept in the loop were kept in the loop. >> the dhs officials were sent scrambling about what the executive order meant for newly banned passengers on u.s. bound planes and green card holders. dhs secretary john kelly released a statement clarifying green card ho...

Finding? >> i think the presidents made very clear with respect to energy policy that he wants to review all of the options that we have to use our natural resources to better the country in terms of wind, power, solar, clean coal. were in the process of reviewing all of our energy policies. id go back to note we dont have an energy secretary confirmed right now, because the senate hasnt yet moved forward with that. i hope once thats done well have further updates on energy. matt? >> saean, sall...

And were not saying that were never going to let them in. in fact the ban allows the secretary of state and the secretary of homeland security to allow people in despite the ban on a case by case basis if theres a need to do so. so theres a catch all, safety net for people who deserve to come to our country. people are talking about people help our country, fight terrorism, and interpret languages for our country arent going to be allowed in. theres a clause in the executive order that allows an...

With the history and precedent for these kind of battles between what a president said he can do and what the court and constitution says he cant do? >> the executive order of the president is about as clear a case of an order or presidential action that is clearly unconstitutional and clearly illegal on a separate basis that ive ever seen. >> its unconstitutional because its a violation of the -- discrimination on basis of religion. they can say all they want but thats clearly what theyre doing...

>> reporter: thats right. administration -- senior administration officials confirming of two iraqis obtained, one waived and the other in the process of being waived through. theyve also responded to the comments from iran about their plans to take reciprocal action and one said i assume that would mean to admit people on a case by case basis and were doing. most americans would support case by case admission and not en masse. i should mention these officials for the most part are praising the ...

This but vast preponderance, saudi arabia is not impacted by this ban. and the broader indefinite ban with syrian refugees and long looked for u.s. assistance and the fight against the assad regime and yet another slight against them too. and i think many reeling at this point from the broad confusion. the executive order has sewn with green cards and some allowed back in and some not allowed back in. many people worried to even try to fly to the united states in case, for example, they land and...

That make us proud to be a beacon of hope for the rest of the world. >> with that said, we realize that so many people, frankly maybe people watching right now, do share concerns about vetting. anpeople coming into this cotry. so can you talk about that? obviously, there are fears and problems with home-grown terrorism and what have you? is there a more effective way to keep the country secure? is it too difficult to do on a case by case basis, what are your thoughts? >> thats the irony of this....

Ones this transit. maybe they want to handle them on a case by case basis, but there has to be a better way. we only have four cabinet secretaries who have been confirmed. i think that is part of the problem. president obama had seven his first night he went to sleep in the white house. and one last thing, i think four years ago, president obama suspended refugee resettlement from iraq for six moonths. i dont remember chaos, so i do wonder if there is politics involved. there are seven countries...

People, it didnt escape we have muslim american serving overseas, he never defined -- well learn about it tomorrow what he wants. >> i think so. this ought to be on case by case basis driven by the fact. im not for blanket exclusion of anybody according to the religious. we owe them and country a duty to vet them appropriately. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. president trump shooting it down. >> i have commented on that. i have seen no evidence to that affect. i made that clear im b...

Lets go to raja ma nu. >> reporter: theyre not getting any word about what this plan is or exactly how he plans to cover it. or the fact points to have policy. republicans are dealing on their own with their part of repeal and place when it comes to obamacare, they want to deal with it on a case by case basis, they want to add some pieces in repeal legislation were going to see in the next up coming weeks and see pieces through the legislative process in the coming months but they have not gotte...