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>> bret: lisa. >> i dont know if we disagree with those assessments. regardless of what the administer ration dated, there was going to be backlash on and execute order like this. ultimately they were going to -- there were things they could have done whether it was get out in front on the issue or have carveouts and have it be a little more specific regarding the green card issue. changing evolutions and changing stories regarding that or even the carve out for special immigrant visas regarding...

Our best allies in the war against islamic terrorism are musli muslims. >> this comes as republicans want to shift the focus getting back to president trumps cabinet nominees confirmed. dont expect democrats to let this go, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel, thank you. our next guest is a man named kirk johnson. he worked on the ground in iraq as a u.s. aide coordinator to help with reconstruction efforts in fallujah in 2005. i was reading through his tweets this morning. 53-page tweet. in part of ...

Homeland security consulted on. mattis is coming out to say they ought to make sure interpreters are not covered by this. in the regular process has not been gone through. did they want to go et it down in the first week. they dont like the swatmp, he will waive you off. >> good evening. sir. >> why are you there? >> im here because the president has put forth a measure that discriminates against muslims and refugees trying get to safety and thats not what america is all about. i think that at t...

Worldwide ban on all muslims entering the united states. its not what he described on the campaign trail. i have to say, that campaign promise, he never renounced. he never said ive changed my mind. he never said forget it, and when i look at the protesters over the weekend, im thinking, boy, if they are reading too much into this, then is it actually there? hes given them reason to, hasnt he? >> no, not really, steve, because over the course of the campaign, it was also made abundantly clear he...

Helped out. that doesnt mean we give them a pass. the obama administration let two people through the iraqi program in. they came to the united states and tried to plan an attack in kentucky. people who have helped this country may not be citizens at the time to want come here, and we need to appreciate the service that theyve had, that doesnt mean we dont let them in without a certain degree of vetting. >> reporter: and it is our reporting from our pentagon team that the secretary of defense is...

Lev lance because nobody would think that elderly poo to ghau kind of experience. nobody would think theres any political upside to that. the reality is that the way that this was rolled out based on my reporting, on the ground, was -- had the effect of making the administration look incompetent, not capable of doing things correctly. and incredibly disorganized. remember, of course, were hearing right now that the pentagon is still trying to put about interpreters from iraq who risked their liv...

Would not be alive today. im sure i wouldnt be. if iraqis, afghans, interpreters and soldiers in the armies hadnt stood up and taken care of me. for standing with me, because i wore the american flag on my shoulder, and some day were going to put the names of every american soldier, sailor, airman, marine, coast guardsman we lost in the wars up in granite in washington, d.c. and if you ask me, her name belongs on that wall too. for donald trump to tell her she cant come to that country, for him ...

Left open over the weekend? and you had those stories, you know, from the airport, or if you had the issue of interpreters, translators being denied. was there a way to keep those republicans on board and what risk is donald trump at of losing them in if democrats pursue action in congress to try to overturn this? >> you know the two most damaging stories were the iraqi interpreters who put their lives on the line for u.s. troops acting on our -- with our government during the war there. and als...

Conflicts. five of the seven countries that were part of this ban have u.s. forces in them, in the last year. you know, i am really struggling to find some kind of historical precedent to this, and i cant. it seems to me that the -- that whoever wrote this, and i dont know if its steve bannon or someone else, it doesnt seem as though they even appeared to read the wikipedia page on how the u.s. refugee admissions program works. these interpreters that youre seeing is stranded at jfk, the ones th...

Thats the thing. iraq is included in this travel ban. >> better information, but not good information. >> one of the person served the u.s. government for ten years, protecting american soldiers as an interpreters. wajahat, to you, president trump says this is in no way a muslim ban. that is what the congressman is saying as well. what has the reaction been from your muslim american friends? >> lets just not waste our time here. of course its a muslim ban. and i actually agree with vice presiden...