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Task for the government to monitor these things. >> jon: the authorities learn something from every one of these attacks and perhaps this one will also provide some lessons for the future. >> i hope so. >> jon: the former chair of the anti-terror task force in new york. >> melissa: less than 24 hours after the attack in new york city president trump placing some blame on chuck schumer and democrats for immigration policies that he says led to the terror attack claiming the diversity visa lottery...

This happened when kids were getting out of school, wearing their trick or treat costumes. thats why they said, look, this was a cowardly act of terrorism and thats what made people really on edge after a culture like this is so random. thats what people are reacting to today. at 11:00 a.m., were expecting to hear from police again to get more details. but of course in the meantime, this has reigniting the dewitt. we know that suspect emgreat here from uzbekistan seven years ago in 2010. he, in ...

And control by isis or simply someone acting out on their own? its still far too early to say. >> congressman the president of the united states tweeted late last night that theyre going to uptick the extreme vetting, back get to that, more enhanced extreme vetting in his tweet, i just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program, he tweeted. as a member of the intelligence committee, having met with many members of the intelligence community in closed door sessions, ...

Notably those reform its never were passed. again, were reaching out to the white house to find out any more details about this. earlier today the president -- earlier, we should say, the president had mentioned this issue. he reached out broadly on twitter yesterday. heres the statement that the president said previously. he said i have just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program. being politically correct is fine, but not for this. its notable, craig, that the...

Also with us hassan hassan, a senior fellow at the tahrir institute for middle east policy. graeme, the president is saying i just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program. i thought he already did that. >> yes that has been the line consistently has been lets try to make sure that our ability to vet people who are coming in is stronger and stronger and stronger. of course, this suspect seems to have come in long before 2010. and i really doubt that anything would...

Statement on twitter, expressing his thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families. he offered his full support to the nypd with a joint investigation with the fbi. and he also thanked the first responders. he initially posted, quote, in nyc looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. law enforcement is following this closely. not in the usa. he also said, quote, we must not allow isis to return or enter our country. after defeating them in the middle east and elsewh...

Not in the usa. he also said, quote, we must not allow isis to return after defeating them in the middle east and elsewhere. enough. and then this tweet, quote, i have just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program. being politically correct is fine but not for this. yesterdays attack was just the latest in which the attacker has turned a vehicle into a deadly weapon. its something that isis and al qaeda have both called for in the past to employ such low-tech atta...

Killed after a truck went into crowds at a bastille day celebration, and attack in barcelona this summer where 14 people were killed. vehicle attacks are encouraged by isis now. here is what "new york times" reporter who covers islamic extremism told chris hayes tonight. >> just yesterday, isis put out a series of posters that were translated in four different languages that called for attacks on halloween. it was issued in french, in russian, in german, and in english. >> a few minutes ago, pre...

Right now. >> particularly, for this white house, which looks at -- they took great pride in the first week, being able to roll out executive orders. to be essentially halted on this, charles raised an interesting point earlier. it has gotten lost in the discussion. if you take trump at his word, the reason he instituted this band, he felt like a vetting from a lot of countries in the middle east was not tough enough. it is possible to tighten vetting without doing this order. i think this is a ...

Determine the constitutionality of the presidents extreme vetting program. whats at stake tonight is whether the president can keep that program in effect while the constitutional case goes forwar forward. talking line order with members of the sheriffs association this morning, president trump expressed frustration that he is in a legal battle at all. >> i actually cant believe we are having to fight to protect the security in a court system to protect the security of our nation. i cant believe...