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>> laura: okay, there might>> finally be a solution to one of the biggest problems plaguing u.s. immigration, which is visa overstays. they dont talk about it enough. in 2017, approximately 700,000 travelers to the united states overstayed their visas. that according to homeland security. but congressman steve king is introducing new legislation that would require nonimmigrants to post bond before visiting the united states.ig so would this help to finally get illegal immigration, these visa iss...

700,000 people is not a big problem? >> that is a reporting problem from the government. right now, the way that the government relates to people who leave through banned forces properly recorded, and sometimes in students change their statusy reported. i dont really trust the facts -- >> laura: you dont trust the numbers from homeland security plates because they have been other reports from robert warren, who used to work for the government and also works for the center for immigration studies...

To the flight or passengers. three large u.s. cities have filed a lawsuit against the department of defense. the suit filed by new york city, philadelphia, and san francisco alleges the pentagon failed to report many convictions in the military justice system to the fbi and its national gun background check database. the problem was exposed in november after devon kelly shot and killed 26 people at a texas church. kelly should not have been allowed to buy a gun, because he was convicted of an ...

less than one year ago on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. its friday, december 23rd. im deb feyerick an with alina cho on this "american morning." good morning to all of you out in. >> so glad youre with us. up first, an early christmas present for 160 million americans. the house is expected to vote today on extending the payroll tax cut that divided washington for weeks. house republicans caved yesterday after a lot of arm-twisting by ...

way. in the end house speaker john boehner, he caved in and he gave in to political pressure but still he defends the stand that he took. >> we have fought the fight, the good fight, but i talked to enough members over the last 24 hours who believe that, hey, listen, we dont like this two-month extension. we dont like this reporting problem in the senate bill and if you can get this fixed, why not do the right thing for the american people even though its not exactly what we want. >> i...

hes going to have some time to relax with his family. this is a good time for him to reflect in hawaii. it is not just where he grew up. lets not forget he was born, t.j., in hawaii. even though there was a controversy, a at least maybe some people still believe he wasnt born in hawaii. but he was born in hawaii. hes got a lot of old friends there. he deserves some time off. hes got a lot going on. but even as hes on vacation, every president is never completely on vacation. hell have ...

bill, if you can get this fixed, why not -- why not do the right thing for the american people even though its not exactly what we want. >> full details of the deal, the compromise and reaction. president obama said, for the past several weeks ive stated consistently it was critical congress not go home without preventing a tax increase on 160 mill americans. an agreement meet thats test. more reaction coming as well. latest on the details and the political fallout. dana bash is with u...

is the candidate still making money from layoffs? were checking the facts. im wolf blitzer. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com lets get right to the breaking news. a possible deal in the stalemate over extending the payroll tax cut for at least another two months, but potentially for the entire year. the year of 2012. we have all of our reporters standing by. lets go to our chief congressional correspondent, dana bash, hes up on capito...

With the bipartisan policy center. congressman, let me start about you and get your reaction to this suit, three cities filing suit against the pentagon naming the secretary of defense in that suit. whats your reaction to it? >> i think the department of defense needs to come into compliance with the law. clearly there are reporting gaps that ended up -- resulted at least in the instance in devin kelley in a mass shooting in a church in texas. but really this highlights the gaping hole and the g...