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Argues that really measures like this are not done to address actual genuine risks to american security, but rather done to allay wildly overhyped fears with respect to what foreigners might be intending to do. some people argue that a lot of what you see in terms of airport screening consists of security theater because there is not necessarily a ton of evidence that tsa protocols necessarily caught a lot of actual terrorists trying to get into airplanes. but that is -- that makes a much more s...

To america at ellis island. now they come to america at airports. were stronger as a country because of immigrants around the world and were not safe by banning them but by embracing all the people who come to our america from around the world. >> joining me now, jim, you heard that gentleman from hartford saying the ban is make us less safe. the trump administration thinks its the opposite. >> strictly as a security studies matter in my view it makes us less safe. the risk that the refugee pose...

Refugees, except in the long-term, but not lower it to zero and it has gone up and down in americas history. what is your response to that? >> sure, well, the number of refugees who are displaced right now is at the highest number in history. the highest number since world war ii. and the number that this executive order proposes, which is 50,000, is the lowest in the history of the program, which was founded in 1980. so at a time when the need is the greatest, when we need refugee resettlement ...

Road. but also want to address the point about which countries were and were not included in the list. lets remember that the total number of terrorist attacks carried out by in america from these countries is zero. zero. in addition to the ones you mentioned, there was the christmas day bomber from nigeria. the orlando bomber from afghani descent and the san bernardino bomber who was pakistan and times square from pakistan. the arbitrary nature of choosing these countries is a huge problem. and...

Order the trump administration invoked september 11th on numerous occasions. they believe its necessary to keep us safe. it certainly will be debated not only on capitol hill here in washington but in the courts as well. >> thanks so much. we blurred the image on that tweet because it is such a disturbing image. i think most people recall it. and so thats the explanation for that. ryan noble, thank you so much. lets talk more about the eppim mentati -- implementation of this travel ban. i want t...

Though the top countries are entirely muslim. lets wring in panel. carl bernstein, kirsten powers, kayleigh mcenany, hilary rosen and matt lewis. kaylei kayleigh, interesting, today international holocaust remembrance day. the white house it put out a memo and the last line was together we will make love and tolerance prevalent throughout the world. some people have noted the irony when youre talking about love and tolerance throughout the world the same day youre iss issuing bans on certain peo...

A single terrorist attack in this country that was carried out by a syrian refugee? >> i think you could look at dhs records and see that refugees in general have often been the cloak under which terrorists do move from country to country. and we do not know whos coming in our country. >> congressman, i asked if you could point to an event that you think justifies this ban. thats endangered or killed american people. >> let me point to it. fort hood, orlando, san bernardino, terrorist attacks ar...

Another person is being held, also his wife worked with american forces. the least we can do is admit people whose lives are in danger back in iraq because they helped our forces, they helped our troops. and this whole idea that any muslim is the threat to the united states is absurd and is religious discrimination and its disgusting. but theres a second level. if you issue an order people who already had valid visas and were in the air when the order was issued, they should be admitted to this ...

The portion i pulled from the policy, the policy of the united states to protect the citizens from foreign nationals who intend to commit terrorist attacks in the united states and to prevent the admission of foreign nationals who intend to exploit for the purposes. that is the purpose? or the policy outlined? how do you believe its being executed? >> that certainly is a valid policy. we should not admit people who want to do harm to the country. however, all of these refugees, all of the refuge...

In city hall. >> i think these mayors are wrong. i think that they should follow the law. those of us who lived in 9/11 and all these other terrorist attacks realize the stakes are really high. bill oreilly has talked about kate steinle in san francisco who was murdered by someone who came five times back into the country and committed serious violent felonies. that cant happen anymore. you got to understand donald trump, he means what he says. what he said he was going to do during the campaign...