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I want to bring in cnns bren jen grass. good evening. tonight the commissioner james oneill slamming the presidents budget proposal for cuts that will impact his force. he tweeted, under potus budget, virtually all fed funding to nypd eradicated. entire counterterrorism apparatus in nations top terror target hobbled. how much money are we talking about? >> lets break it down for you, don. were talking about $700 million that would be affected, all the states affected with that money. but if you ...

Different thing. these werent refugees, these were people coming in on different kinds of visas. the refugee system is actually incredibly rigorous. it takes two years. there is, like, a 20-step process that refugees have to go through. and the overwhelming majority of refugees are desperate people, many of them women and children, many have fought with or served as translators for our troops on the battlefield and are living in a enormous danger and some of these countries. so, no, i dont think...

Were people coming in on different kinds of visas. the refugee system is actually incredibly rigorous. it takes two years. there is, like, a 20-step process that refugees have to go through. and the overwhelming majority of refugees are desperate people, many of them women and children, many have fought with or served as translators for our troops on the battlefield and are living in a enormous danger and some of these countries. so, no, i dont think the pause makes sense. >> shannon: what do yo...

Very, very rarely commit crimes. people that come as immigrants commit crimes and lower numbers than citizens. so this is not a serious problem. >> shannon: we are almost out of time, want to make sure i give marc a quick final word here. >> sure. its not only refugees that are part of the pause. it is other people with visas. the fact is, we know people who have come here on visas and fooled our screening system and carried out terrorist attacks. the woman in the san bernardino shooting, she ca...

Very, very rarely commit crimes. people that come as immigrants commit crimes and lower numbers than citizens. so this is not a serious problem. >> shannon: we are almost out of time, want to make sure i give marc a quick final word here. >> sure. its not only refugees that are part of the pause. it is other people with visas. the fact is, we know people who have come here on visas and fooled our screening system and carried out terrorist attacks. the woman in the san bernardino shooting, she ca...

>> the effects have overwhelmingly come from citizens of these european countries. as is the case in the united states. its happened by u.s.-born and naturalized u.s. citizens. >> tucker: oh, naturalized. people from those countries. one example, there are -- >> dylann roof? >> tucker: those are tiny minority groups. >> no, that is not -- since 9/11, the most significant terrorist attacks since the united states -- you were saying that is not significant? >> tucker: all i am saying is western eu...

That were on the list. that was the point that was made again and again by the courts, by the ten senior terrorism and national security figures, two secretaries of state. that basically said we have seen up until seven days before the first executive order, we have seen all of the intelligence here. there is no specific threat whatsoever and there is nothing historically that shows a threat coming from the six countries. you have terrorist attacks that have come in the united states but they ha...

Study of this, western europe. it has been on the receiving end of massive immigration. >> the effects have overwhelmingly come from citizens of these european countries. as is the case in the united states. its happened by u.s.-born and naturalized u.s. citizens. >> tucker: oh, naturalized. people from those countries. one example, there are -- >> dylann roof? >> tucker: those are tiny minority groups. >> no, that is not -- since 9/11, the most significant terrorist attacks since the united sta...

Again and again by the courts, by the ten senior terrorism and national security figures, two secretaries of state. that basically said we have seen up until seven days before the first executive order, we have seen all of the intelligence here. there is no specific threat whatsoever and there is nothing historically that shows a threat coming from the six countries. you have terrorist attacks that have come in the united states but they have come from completely different countries. >> tucker: ...

Our collective teams will continue throughout the day to follow up with the congress, the media, and the stakeholders to answer your questions. i will now turn it over to the attorney general for his comments. >> thank you, mr. secretary. good morning to all of you. one of the justice departments top priorities is to protect the united states from threats to our national security. therefore i want to discuss two points. first the national security of this order. and second, the, the department o...