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Undercut the rationale for such a ban. let's go to our senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny. what's the hold up, jeff? >> reporter: that is a great question. we're ending the 6th week of this administration here, and we have heard time and time again that the president will be signing a new travel ban. that simply is not happening as we are entering the close of business here yet on this friday. the white house initially said that they were going to hold back a day after that speech earlier this week to congress. he was scheduled to sign it on wednesday. they said they were going to ho...

For further context, we're joined by foreign correspondent richard engel who has the good luck to be watching this tonight from moscow. richard, thanks for joining us. good to have you here, my friend. >> reporter: absolutely. and i think it's very significant that if the a.p. report is accurate, that he's going to drop iraq. the u.s. has a lot of interests in iraq. the u.s. has soldiers in iraq. the iraqis had threatened to ban americans if iraq was kept on this list, which would mean banning american contractors who support the military mission and potentially banning the soldiers themselves...

Welcome back. the white house had planned to release take two of its controversial travel ban today, but that announcement was put on hold last night. look for it later in the week. put on hold because of the president's big speech. in that speech the president did make the case for the ban. part of an america first security focus that echoed his big campaign theme. >> it is not compassion, but reckless to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting can not occur. those given the high honor of admission to the united states should support this country and love its people and its ...

As president trump basked in the glow of his big speech to congress, the hard work of turning those promises into reality was the first order of business today at the white house with the president sitting down for lunch with republican congressional leaders. >> we're just here to start the process. it begins as of now and we think we're going to have tremendous >> reporter: yet tremendous success depends not only on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan, but on persuading the rank and file to pay for his agenda. he delayed the signing of a travel ban to replace th...

Out of the list of seven countries. for further context, we're joined by foreign correspondent richard engel who has the good luck to be watching this tonight from moscow. good to have you here, my friend. >> reporter: absolutely. and i think it's very significant that if the a.p. report is accurate, that he's going to drop iraq. the u.s. has a lot of interests in iraq. the iraqis had threatened to ban americans if iraq was kept on this list, which would mean banning american contractors who support the military mission and potentially banning the soldiers themselves the fact that you can just...