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Fear there would be 9 days to conduct an interview and 6 more to make the determination. breaking tonight, a naturalized american citizen who traveled to syria became and isis sniper and conducted weapons training for fellow terrorists charged with providing material support to the islamic state. trace gallagher is on the case. >> reporter: a federal courtroom today prosecutors said this person who was born in keswick senate lived in brooklyn was a top isis sniper who trained other isis fighters meaning he was and isis leader who teaches other isis members how to use weapons. us customs and im...

Muslim. >> absolutely. they would be using it for political gain. donald trump has done that before. we don't have to go what if. we saw when there was a terror attack in new york last year. trump wanted to end the diversity visa program and chien migration. here he calls for no policies at all. i want to say that as i put in my article, if donald trump was an islamic cleric who committed violence from 2015 when they beat up a voter in boston to what we're seeing now, donald trump would be arrested if he was a muss lick cleric. instead, donald trump is silent about what is radicalizing them. i...

That from the president who last week said congress is wasting their t phil, what's going to happen? >> reporter: that will vote and the vote will fail. i think the interesting element of this, you think about the house republican conference in years of going at one another on this extremely divisive issue that it is immigration, they're going to have a vote on the floor, on a bill that ovs the u.s. immigration system, one that includes a solution and a pathway to citizenship for daca eligible, one that cuts the diversity visa program, one that cuts family visas down, like the president reques...

Eight republicans. it accomplished two objectives that the president said he wanted, permanent protection for 1.million dreamers and $25 billion over ten years for border security. we put strings on border security money so it couldn't be used for a vanity project like a wall where a wall wasn't necessary. we did a deal and came to the president and said both of these match what you've asked for. can you take yes for an answer. you know what happened. the president's political advisers got to him and told him no, you've got to be tough on these immigrants. he did a 1 0, powder cold water on it...

A little bit more palatable? >> ats republit is a republican and we've seen sarah sanders repeatedly blame the democrats for not having a negotiation, and today he's said he's not going to support it. >> let me put it up so people at home understand what it is. this is the compromised border wall, one of two bills. $24 million support of the wall. cuts to legal immigration, including family-based visas. end to the diversity visa program. path to citizenship for daca recipients, those eligible and other immigrants alike, expansion of immigration enforcement powers. what's to work out? >> the to...