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Task for the government to monitor these things. >> jon: the authorities learn something from every one of these attacks and perhaps this one will also provide some lessons for the future. >> i hope so. >> jon: the former chair of the anti-terror task force in new york. >> melissa: less than 24 hours after the attack in new york city president trump placing some blame on chuck schumer and democrats for immigration policies that he says led to the terror attack claiming the diversity visa lottery program allowed the suspect to enter the united states. chief white house correspondent john robert...

This happened when kids were getting out of school, wearing their trick or treat costumes. that's why they said, look, this was a cowardly act of terrorism and that's what made people really on edge after a culture like this is so random. that's what people are reacting to today. at 11:00 a.m., we're expecting to hear from police again to get more details. but of course in the meantime, this has reigniting the dewitt. we know that suspect emgreat here from uzbekistan seven years ago in 2010. he, in fact, a resident living in patterson, new jersey, after moving from cincinnati and tampa. there ...

And control by isis or simply someone acting out on their own? it's still far too early to say. >> congressman the president of the united states tweeted late last night that they're going to uptick the extreme vetting, back get to that, more enhanced extreme vetting in his tweet, i just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program, he tweeted. as a member of the intelligence committee, having met with many members of the intelligence community in closed door sessions, is there any way that extreme vetting can get to someone who has been here seven years and vet the...

Notably those reform its never were passed. again, we're reaching out to the white house to find out any more details about this. earlier today the president -- earlier, we should say, the president had mentioned this issue. he reached out broadly on twitter yesterday. here's the statement that the president said previously. he said i have just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program. being politically correct is fine, but not for this. it's notable, craig, that the real difference inspect president trump's response to this attack compared to the mass shooting ...

Also with us hassan hassan, a senior fellow at the tahrir institute for middle east policy. graeme, the president is saying i just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program. i thought he already did that. >> yes that has been the line consistently has been let's try to make sure that our ability to vet people who are coming in is stronger and stronger and stronger. of course, this suspect seems to have come in long before 2010. and i really doubt that anything would have been found in 2010 that would have prevented his arrival. >> hassan hassan, is the president ...