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If you put saudi arabia on that list which will never happen, a lot of republicans, jeffrey, where im at in d.c. will lose their mortgages because theyre subsidized by that country for lobbying. we have the most extreme vetting of any country of refugees. it takes up to two to three years, a 20-step process. intelligence agencies vet them. zero refugees have killed americans and terrorist attacks. this is so hateful. this is so closed-hearted. we are betraying american values here. people come t...

Extraordinary statement of concern from career u.s. diplomats. bringing in elise labott. whats the diplomatic fallout? >> career foreign services officers and civil service serve both administrations. we have here a rare show of opposition to president trumps visa and refugee policy from a group of u.s. diplomats. what started as dozens is now hundreds. and cnn has obtained a draft of that memo, this dissent memo. and it warns that not only will this policy not keep the u.s. safe, but it will pr...

Tell muslims around the world that america is shutting their doors to them. the only people celebrating this gift are isis and al-qaeda, who for whom this plays into their corialty of a clash of civilization. >> james, weve heard republicans raise this issue, too, that this is something that will ostracize muslims, that could make them more sympathetic to terrorists and their message and this could be a great recruitment tool for isis and al-qaeda. is there a point there? >> no. ive heard that s...

The most sweeping actions to ban people from entering into this country, not only do they denigrate american values, but theyre going to make us less secure, not more secure. and his actions would not have stopped 9/11. the terrorist attacks in san bernardino, in boston, in my home state of orlando. >> and so when you think about that, what is the working theory here as we were talking earlier in the show, members of congress coming back to work on monday and tuesday of this week, you have this ...

And people from these countries have caused terrorist attacks in other nations and what were doing is not going back and readdressing 911 type threats. were looking at what happened. terrorism you know evolves. >> terrorism is also provoked by actions. what youre going to see how you evolve on this as well. i predict that you are going to see a primary challenge. somebody on the republican side that wants to make america safe again because what he is doing is provoking and that is not who we are...

Given approval to do so, this & they stopped him after flying across the atlantic. thats just inhumane. and this is just fear operating in our country. right now im getting on the ferry to go to bainbridge island. bainbridge island was the first place where japanese-american citizens were interned in world war ii because our country succumbed to fear. we should not allow that happening again. were seeing fear in action. it is going to damage our economy. it will damage our security. weve had 750...

This. the question is there a question about consistency throughout the middle east about this travel ban? >> reporter: of course, george, as people are seeing it right now, they say yes, some of the people that weve spoken to they say see it impacting these seven countries predominantly muslim countries. theres been no records of iraqi or syrian refugees carrying out terrorist attacks so far in the united states. and so theres a lot of concern about wa this actually means. people think it start...

Discussed mainly from north africa who are not under the same threat as people in syria obviously are and i dont want to call it the wave but we have seen too many terrorist attacks to keep this level of support sustainable, so people are asking was it -- enough, did it put enough emphasis on track of the people who have come to germany and the pop lar answer to many is no. so theres support for the empathy for this, for the values, but not for the political execution and not the detailed work t...

Extremist ideology, dividing americans along religious and ethnic lines. now, about keeping us safe, its both ineffective and counterproductive. why is it ineffective? because its called the measure to protect americans from terrorist attack by foreign nationals. kato institute, a conservative institute, did a study. in the past 40 years, poppy, do you know how many foreign national from these seven muslim majority national countries have killed americans in terrorist attacks in america? zero. s...

Take this morning where were seeing this challenge certainly from a federal judge from brooklyn temporarily blocking the trump administration from deporting u.s. referee gees and visa holders from -- refugees and visa holders from those seven muslim countries? >> the bulk of the orders still gone forward, and i think the most important point is president trump ran on this. this is something he said he would do to protect america to keep america safe from countries that cannot be vetted when they...