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Im establishing new vetting measures to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the United States of america. We dont want them here. We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love, deeply, our people. Reporter candidate trump repeatedly called for extreme vetting of those from countries with ties to terrorism. He first introduced the idea as a ban on all muslims. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States, until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on reporter last year, former president barack obama welcomed nearly 85,000 refugees, including more than 12,000 syrians, and he increased the limit for this year to 110,000. The president also signed documents today calling for a dramatic expansion of the armed services. And, he attended a ceremonial swearingin for defense secretary james mattis. Earlier, after meeting with british Prime Minister theresa may, the president said mattis, who believes torture does not work, will have the last word on using waterboarding or other severe interrogation methods. Im going to rely on him. I happen to feel that it does work. Ive been open about it for a long period of time. But i am going with our leaders. Reporter on relations with russia, Prime Minister may said she firmly believes in continued sanctions against moscow, for its actions in ukraine. But the president demurred. As far as the sanctions, its very early to be talking about that. But we look to have a great relationship with all countries. But if we can have a great relationship with russia and with china and with all countries, im all for that. Reporter mr. Trump will speak with russian president putin by phone tomorrow. Today, he held an hourlong phone call with mexican president enrique pena nieto, who had canceled a visit to washington over the president s executive order to build a border wall. President trump said todays it was a very good call, but he also renewed his complaint that mexico is taking advantage of the u. S. On trade. The United States cannot continue to lose vast amounts of business, vast amounts of companies and millions and millions of people losing their jobs. That wont happen with me. Reporter the Mexican Government issued its own statement, saying the two leaders have agreed not to talk publicly about the border wall dispute for now. Woodruff and lisa joins usn. So, lisa, you reported that the president left it open whether he is going to lift the sanctions that now exist against russia, economic and other sanctions, but we saw today republican congressional leaders quickly weighed in. Thats right. Not so open on the other end of pennsylvania avenue. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell told politico tonight that he does not want to lift these sanctions. In fact, he went even further and said if theres any regime in the world that does not deserve sanction relief, its russia. In addition, House Speaker paul ryan said he thought these sanctions were overdue. It seems to me, judy, as much as the president may be leaving an open door to sanction relief for russia, the congressmen and leaders there see an opportunity to try and close that door tonight. Woodruff so, lisa, now on a domestic issue question, healthcare reform, there was an audiotape of some of the republican congressional retreat in philadelphia this week, and it leaked. Some interesting material on there. What do we learn from that . This is just unprecedented. These are private meetings where members sort of let loose, if you will, and say things they do not say in public and here the Washington Post and others have received an anonymous tape from this and confirmed it from several others in the room. In that tape it shows many members of the house and republican conference are nervous about whats ahead and how exactly they thread several needles, such as how they make sure premiums dont go up and no one loses healthcare coverage and make sure they dont have political backflow from this. For others who dont want to use their names they say its becoming theres no silver bull it forethe House Republicans and this will be messy with tough votes ahead for republicans. Woodruff fascinating. Quickly, this has been a very busy week. Youve already get a sons of whats coming up next week. Ged retie. Next week, off the confirmation fights ongoing and a Supreme Court nominee we expect plus the beginnings of Committee Debate over how to repeal obamacare, so buckle up. Woodruff we are buckling up. Lisa desjardins at the white house, thank you. Mora in the days other news, the National ParkService ConfirmsPresident Trump ordered it to put out more photos of his inauguration crowd. That came in a phone call to the agencys acting head, on saturday. The Washington Post reports the president was angry over images that showed his crowd was dwarfed by president obamas in 2009. A white house spokesman said today, President Trump is someone who takes action and gets things done. Woodruff the new American Ambassador to the United Nations, nikki haley, is starting her tenure with a warning. This was nikki haleys first day on the job at the u. N. , and she pledged support for u. S. Allies. But the former South Carolina governor also made it known, for those that dont have our back were taking names. Mora 72 years ago today, soviet troops liberated the nazi death camp at auschwitz, poland. Today, elderly survivors gathered there to mark the event on International Holocaust remembrance day. Along with the polish Prime Minister, they laid candles at a monument for more than six million jews murdered by the nazis, including more than one million at auschwitz. translated i dont feel like a guest of honor here. I always feel either a former prisoner, or a prisoner. Because when i walk down this corridor, the one we just entered through, i still walk naked, just like then. Because this is in my memory, and not only mine i speak with friends we are all branded for life with these horrible experiences. Mora at the United Nations today, secretary general Antonio Guterres warned that antisemitism and antimuslim hatred are on the rise. He said, irrationality and intolerance are back. Woodruff the u. S. Economys growth in 2016 was the weakest in five years. The Commerce Department reports the rate of expansion was just 1. 6 from the year before. President trump has set a goal of doubling the growth rate to 4 a year through tax cuts, public works spending and deregulation. Mora and, wall street finished this friday with a lackluster showing, thanks in part to the disappointing data on growth. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost seven points to close at 20,093. The nasdaq rose five points, and the s p 500 slipped two. For the week, the dow and the s p rose 1 or more. The nasdaq was up nearly 2 . Woodruff still to come on the newshour more on the president s order to limit the number of refugees coming to the u. S. ; the first visit of britains Prime Minister to the white house; tens of thousands march against abortion with the Vice President s support, and much more. Mora President Trumps executive order to limit refugees, immigrants and visitors to the United States aims to reduce the possibility of terrorist attacks here at home. But, will it be effective . We get two views. Daniel benjamin was ambassador atlarge and coordinator for counterterrorism at the u. S. State department during the obama administration. Hes now at dartmouth college. And Reuel Marc Gerecht is a former c. I. A. Case officer. Hes now a senior fellow with the foundation for the defense of democracies. It is very good to have you both with us. Dan, i want to start with you. We believe the order calls for the suspension of entry to the u. S. , people from seven mostly muslim countries. Do you think that will fulfill the orders intent of protecting americans from terrorism . No, i dont think it will do anything to make us safer. Since 9 11, there hasnt been a single case of terrorists coming in from outside the country to carry out an attack, so its really hard to believe this executive order is going to improve on the very, very good job that our immigration system does right now. That system has been improved dramatically since 9 11. Applicants for visas or to immigrate here are streamed many times against many databases with all kinds of information that might tell us something about them, and i dont think that this is going to in any way help and if anything will send the wrong signal and might undermine our security by further disturbing muslim communities here at home about their feeling and increase their feeling of isolation and embattlement. Mora to dans point, most terrorism in the United States has been homegrown but 9 11 was carried out by people from foreign countries. Do you think going after these seven countries makes sense . Well, we have to wait to see the details, but im skeptical. I think they need to know what the bush and the obama administrations have done wrong, and as dan said, i think the process has gotten pretty rigorous. Now, if they can find some area of improvement, go ahead and show us, but well, they are calling for tighter visa screening around the world and saying that countries who dont help will end up being penalized and wont get visas. That will great a tremendous yeah, but where this scares counterterrorism officers most will be european muslims coming to the naissments they may end the Visa Waiver Program for all europeans, but i guarantee you, i once upon a time did a lot of visa around other interviews, and i am skeptical how this mechanically works, that somehow the officers are going to penetrate into this situation more than they have already done, that theyre going to be somehow more rigorous than they have already been. On the other hand the female attacker in San Bernardino had come in and very quickly, after her name was known, it was pretty obvious that she had extremist ties. So can tighter immigration screening help . So, look, there is always room for innovation in human designed systems, and one area thats of great concern but that will be extremely expensive to do a better job on is social media. So you are correct that she is, in some ways, the one outlier in this period, but, you know, we should improve where we can as long as its cost effective, but we should also keep in mind, though, that more than a third of this terroristrelated crimes that are being carried out by muslims in this country are being carried out by converts and that, really, the largest amount of radicalization is going on within our borders. So i think we need to spend a lot more money on, you know, increasing our connectivity with those communities so that we can give them the tools to identify people who are radicalizing and give them offramps, keep them from going to distance and taking to violence. But it has been somewhat different in europe, where a lot of the european terrorism has been homegrown, you have tunisians, algerians, moroccans, is it maybe were a few steps removed from that and we need to take action now to avoid whats thats a good question. The europeans are under a good situation a different situation where they had giant refugee waves where there was no security procedures set up, essentially nothing, they just came over, so, in that type of situation, of course, a group like the Islamic State or al quaida could implant people into those waves and use them. Now, the american system is much more laborious, much more time consuming. Theres a reason why there hasnt been a sleeper sell in any of the refugee programs in the United States because youre not guaranteed. Why would you deploy a young holy warrior into a system that could take years and probably he might not even get status . Right, and this order, we believe, also calls for the suspension of all refugees from syria indefinitely and for a suspension of refugees from any country for the next four months. Given what reuel just said, dan, do you agree . Is there any point to that . No, actually i find this deeply disturbing. Its holocaust remembrance day. Whats going on is the worst humanitarian crisis since world war ii and we are punishing those who are suffering most in this condition. We vet refugees from syria for a period of 18 to 24 months before theyre allowed to come to the United States, and, you know, if you will permit me, i think we know more about them by the time they get here than we know about the president s finances. And, you know, its really a remarkable fact that we are punishing these people. We should be taking in more of them. There hasnt been a single case of terrorist activity on the part of a syrian refugees. And, of course, one of the criticisms of all this is this smacks of antimuslim bigotry and there is a provision in what we believe will be the order that says, once the refugee suspension is lifted, that priority will be given to people who are members of religious minorities in countries, who are persecuted in those countries. At protecting christians. I suspect thats the intent. I mean, i dont have a problem with the United States giving, you know, an open door to people being persecuted abroad, and if that happens to be christians, fine, let the christians come in. I really dont have the problem with that. You know, i do think they need to think this through a bit more, and i think they also need to pay particular attention to what theyd do with the europeans because the real truth is we dont talk about it. When it comes to counterterrorism, the europeans are not free loaders, all right . The british and the french, in particular, are the vanguard of americas protection. It is their Security Services which are now overwhelmed by the refugee issues that have done the lions share of protecting u. S. Shores. So whatever we do, we should coordinate that pretty closely with the europeans and we should try not to do things that are going to make the europeans really upset. Well see how this plays out. Reuel marc gerecht and daniel benjamin, good to have both your insights. Thanks. Hi, dan. Woodruff in stark contrast to the ban on refugees, the white house opened its doors today to the United States most trusted ally. As Margaret Warner reports, in the face of uncharted waters, there was an appreciation of a shared history. It is a great honor to have Winston Churchill back. Reporter President Trump had a warm Oval Office Welcome for Prime Minister may, as the two posed beside a bust of britains greatest wartime leader. And both are now trying to steer their countries in new directions amid great uncertainty. May is charting britains withdrawal from the European Union after the public voted for brexit, which triggered her predecessor David Camerons resignation. May didnt support leaving the e. U. Either, but shes now pledged to see it through, insisting it will be a clean break. Brexit means brexit, and were going to make a success of it reporter last april in london, thenpresident obama warned that a vote to leave the e. U. Would jeopardize a future u. S. U. K. Trade agreement. Because our focus is in negotiating with a big bloc, the European Union, to get a trade agreement done. And the u. K. Is going to be in the back of the queue. Reporter mr. Trump, however, was a vocal brexit supporter. People want to take their country back. Reporter nigel farage, the man who led the brexit movement, campaigned with mr. Trump, and visited him in new york just days after his election. Atop mays agenda now is to get President Trump to commit to negotiate a bilateral trade deal as soon as britain leaves the e. U. Yet President Trump vows to put america first, and has already issued some protectionist orders, like insisting new Oil Pipelines be built with american steel. Britains ambassador to the u. S. , sir kim darroch, said what may needs now is a pledge to negotiate a