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>> sandra: right about now, i need that white russian. is that allowed? >> marie: might get in trouble for that. >> sandra: its been a long couple of days. a president from calling for an end to the diversity visa program in the wake of the deadly truck attack in new york city. a lottery program that granted entry to the terror suspect in the first place. whether its time to get rid of it. or what ending it do only more harm than good? prudential asked these couples: how much money do you think ...

This lottery program as soon as possible. he came in through the diversity program, as you know. were going to stop that. were going to as quickly as possible get rid of migration and go to a merit-based system. >> sandra: whats the argument for the merit-based system the presidents calling for? >> i dont have an argument against it. im for it. it raise as a larger question. im a democrat but im not here to advance the argument of the democrats versus republicans i think were here to talk about ...

We have to get much tougher. we have to get much smarter and we have to get much less politically correct. were so politically correct that were afraid to do anything. were being stopped by democrats because theyre obstructionists and honestly they dont want to do whats right for our country. we need strength. we need resolve. we have to stop it. so were going to get rid of this lottery program as soon as possible. >> president trump was quick to react and attack his political opponents on polic...

>> im going to ask congress to immediate immediately initiate work to get rid of the program. diversity lottery. it sounds nice. its not nice. its not good. its not good. it hasnt been good. weve been against it. >> bill: president trump blaming the lottery system for admitting the terrorist from seven years ago. my next guest, host of the next revolution and former director of strategy for david cameron, good morning, welcome back here. >> good to see you, bill. great to be with you. >> bill: h...

Its too soon to politicize the event or to call for any sort of policy response. i think, look, what we know is that this is a president who is trying to meet a few key goals with respect to immigration. and really its to slash legal immigration as well as to try to limit immigration from muslim majority countries. so he thinks that this somehow reaffirms that objective, when in fact none of what he has proposed would have prevented this incident from taking place because uzbekistan was not on a...

Because theyre obstructionists. hone honestly, they dont want to do whats right for our country. we need strength. we need resolve. we have to stop it. well get rid of this lottery program as soon as possible. he came in through the diversity program as you know, and were going to stop that. were going to as quickly as possible get rid of chain migration and go to a merit based system. terrorists are constantly seeking to strike our nation, and it will require the unflinching devotion to our law...

Me if im wrong, my understanding is no matter how the person is picked, once the person is on his or her way coming here the vetting process is spoeszed to be the same across the board. sarah huckabee sanders made it sound like if you are in this lottery program you dont get v vetted. i dont imagine that being accurate. >> thats not right. there certainly is vetting. and in fact due to accusations of fraud the state department increased vetting back a few years ago on this program. but i think w...

This case. but i do think that the response that you heard from sarah huckabee sanders about something that you were bringing up earlier in the show, brooke, about the difference. >> two reactions. >> different reaction that the president had on legislation particularly, not proposing legislation after las vegas. and now, yes, she said this idea of getting away with this lottery program, the special immigration lottery program is something that the president was thinking about before. but, look,...

Theyre also going to be interviewing anyone else who may have known him, his wife, his family, his friends, associates, anyone who might have more information about how exactly he became radicalized. jake? >> all right, jason carroll in manhattan for us. thank you so much. today, president trump attacked the process through which the u.s. prosecutes suspected terrorists. he called it a joke and he called it a laughing stock. additionally, he said hed consider sending the new york terror suspec...

Attack that occurred yesterday in new york? >> well, uzbekistan wasnt on the travel ban list, so thats a very relevant point here. but most counterterrorism professionals believe the system that was in place before was e extremely rigorous, with extremely rigorous vetting of all sorts of people coming into the united states, and these additional measures havent made much difference. they may have made a political difference but not a security difference. there is concern that they could make a n...