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Should be gutted. we dont need a diversity visa program with 50,000 people a year coming in this country through a lottery system because we want diversity from different countries. because the diversity visa program was set up, you see, to make sure that under represented countries can send their people into this country, too. and he did that in 2010. the program started before 1990. but in 1990 is when the current program was put into law under the immigration act. do you know hot sponsor was?...

And the tyranny of progressivism. a rare appearance is hard to grab this guy out of his bunker, radio talk show host i call him the great one mark levin. i truly honestly in my heart of hearts wish we didnt have to talk about this again.n. the president is right about vetting. if you come from these countries with these really sick ideologies and oppression a of innocent people. what about people that are here that we never vetted? you cant even vet people that arent here without being called ra...

Do you know what that is, sean? a lottery program. its been existence for some time. 50,000 people a year come through the diversity visa program. it was set up to make sure that under represented countries can send their people into this country, too. and he did that in 2010. the program started before 1990, but in 1990 is when the current program was put into law under the immigration act. do you know who the sponsor was? chuck schumer, the senior senator of new york. >> sean: good grief. >> i...

Terrorism. this may have been a lone wolf. theyre the most difficult for us to deal with. we should pull together as a nation to make sure were as strong as possible. >> dana: i know theres frustration on republicans side. like the massacre in las vegas. politicizing that. then the question of the president bringing up the diversity visa program. youre saying there would be a willingness by democrats to look at the diversity visa program maybe within context of a comprehensive bill? >> we did. w...

>> we saw a picture of a cell phone at the scene this happened a month ago or around august time frame with an isis logo predicting this may happen and investigators looking at that photo to find out it was posted on site, the website of isis in august and that is something investigators are looking at in terms of other people involved. >> reporter: sayfullo habibullaevic saipov was shot and injured but he will survive. a lot of questions for him and his family. he has a wife and two kids in new...

Been no evidence thus far of a group association. >> saipov is from the former soviet republic of uzbekistan. not a u.s. citizen. he had a green card. came to the united states legally in 2010 using the diversity visa program. perhaps you have never heard of that. its known as the visa lottery. he lived in ohio, florida and most recently in new jersey and widely reported that a note that was left behind in that rented pickup truck written in arabic said that he had pledged allegiance to isis. th...

The investigation yes weve just been updated by the mare and the n.y.p.d. and it seems that the f.b.i. and the n.y.p.d. did not know about this they were very careful with their wording did not know about the suspect prior to the incident and it also seems that the white theyve been in communication with the wife and she was not aware that he was planning this attack but it is still you know very early were still learning a lot of the details but from what we know so far he did pledge allegiance...

On the federal governments radar in an unrelated investigation. it is unclear at this point whether or not it was through a friend or a family member or the mosque that he attended, which we do understand was being observed by the new york city police department starting back in 2005. and at 2:00 this morning, the police surrounded the mosque out in parterson, new jersey along with the apartment building which we are dispatching rob schmitt to very promptly. ainsley: somebody had to know somethi...

The diversity visa program as you put them up on a list here, nepal, egypt, iran, the republic of congo and uzbekistan where the sky came from, 2,378 of them, it seems like there may be a change of policy coming. >> if you look at where immigration policy has been, probably before this actually happens, you could see some kind of agreement on a funding issue, thats been something that you will see coming in the next couple of weeks. >> bret: some democrats pointing specifically to what they say ...

Need to know about this as we learn more about him? >> the diversity visa program is ripe for corruption. in 2007 the gao issued a report warning im quoting now, the diversity visa program creates an open door for terrorists to enter the united states with legal status. the state department stated the diversity visa program poses significant risks to national security agency. terrorists attempting to use the program to enter the united states as permanent residents. 10 years later we have a terr...