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With no instruction. it did not deal with the nuances or the complexities of the visa process to the united states of america. it didnt take into account those who would be traveling by air prior to the issuance of the executive order and landing after the fact. there was so much chaos created and it really spoke to the incompetency of this agency, its leadership and by extension of course donald trump. >> a series of these executive orders are essentially campaign promises the president decided...

Denied entry. this is a preliminary idea being discussed. does the u.s. government have pan manpower to do something like that? >> certainly not at the irpt airports. in the visa applications, you can mandate the manpower necessary to do that. and there are clear questions. one of the san bernardino shooters, she had postings that were missed in her own visa process. so that is something that many in the counter terror community have raised questions about, how can we do this better you are goin...

>> certainly not at airports. you can imagine showing up at the airport, going through your phone. how would you go through all the social media websites, et cetera. in the visa applications, you could allocate the manpower necessary to do that. there are legitimate questions. one of the san bernardino shooters, she had had some postings of jihadist message, et cetera, which were missed in her own visa process. so that is something that many in the counter terror community have raised questions ...

Happened when the media interviewed the first refugee moments after his release? >> what do you think of donald trump? >> i like him but i dont know. >> he said he liked trump. fox and friends hour three starts right now. ♪ ♪ abby: a lot of news. if youre watching it well into the night last night, protests all around the country as executive orders put in place by president trump for increasing the visa process, the vetting process here in the united states. this is the quote coming in from...

>> well, indeed, this is not a total muslim ban. indeed, as i was parceling out the countries that were designated by the president, after all, almost every one of these countries except for iran, are hotbeds of islamic or al qaeda activity. yemen, sudan, somalia, libya, syria. so there is -- for those of us who work in the middle east and are combatting isis ideology and doing a great deal on social media, theres a certain validity to trying to engage in what the president is called extreme vet...

For gods sakes, at this time, let us find a solution to this broken immigration problem instead of like having these raids, deporting kids, deporting defenseless people. >> youing bring up the point that many are seeking asylum. also that many of them are minors. but there is no ignoring that a lot of people look at this and are very concerned about the security in this country. as a former governor of a border state, how does the security figure into a situation like this? >> well, look, thats ...

Welcome back to "the lead." following breaking news in our national lead on the san bernardino terrorist attack. cnn obtained a copy of maliks visa application, the female terrorist along with her husband slaughtered 14 people earlier this month. the pair met in 2013, granted entry into the u.s. in july of last year. farouk was a u.s. citizen, he was born in chicago. right to cnns kyung lah. what does the application reveal. >> reporter: it reveals the process of how she got into the united stat...

Gatherings, we have major celebrations that occur and these are, of course, are logical targets for would-be terrorists and actual terrorists. certainly no reason to be alarmed. at this point we see that the -- all the agencies that are -- to protect us are doing -- working at opt much levels and trying very hard to do that. >> but were now learning about tashfeen malik who slipped through a visa process, conceivably should have caught a lot more things. are there other unknown unknowns about ag...

That maliks social media trail was not reviewed during the visa process, her views on jihad would not have been found without a warrant, because they were expressed in private direct messages, not in public social media postings. >> we should be able to penetrate the internet. >> reporter: donald trump advocates shutting down parts of the internet to cut off isis access to the web. >> are you open to closing parts of the internet? >> i would certainly be open to closing areas where we are at war...

The young man who federal prosecutors say planned an earlier attack with syed farook but suddenly got spooked when he heard of unrelated terror arrest in the southern california area. thomas, something i just want to also update your viewers on who have been following this story is that the two shooters were very quietly on tuesday and they wont say exactly where theyve been buried, but sources tell nbc news that it actually took them a week to find a graveyard that would accept the bodies. lots...