certain countries with terrorism. >> this story is a significant problem for the white house and the damage it could do to the president's reputation would be amplified if other outlets are able to confirm the reporting. my understanding is other major outlets have not yet confirmed what the new york times has found. that doesn't mean of course that the new york times story is incorrect. that said, look, these are st-- extraordinary narrative, happening about six months and again, if confirmed, just highlighting the extent to which the president's under view of immigrants is radically different from the way of bulk of americans view them. particularly the president's comments about nigerians are telling because they are so out of step with the type of nigerian immigrants who come to the u.s. the counsel on foreign relations that nigeria has a brain drain problem because the doctors are immigrating to the united states and to the u.k.