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Statement on twitter, expressing his thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families. he offered his full support to the nypd with a joint investigation with the fbi. and he also thanked the first responders. he initially posted, quote, in nyc looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. law enforcement is following this closely. not in the usa. he also said, quote, we must not allow isis to return or enter our country. after defeating them in the middle east and elsewhere. enough. then three hours later, around 9:30 last night came this tweet. quote, i have just orde...

Not in the usa. he also said, quote, we must not allow isis to return after defeating them in the middle east and elsewhere. enough. and then this tweet, quote, i have just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program. being politically correct is fine but not for this. yesterday's attack was just the latest in which the attacker has turned a vehicle into a deadly weapon. it's something that isis and al qaeda have both called for in the past to employ such low-tech attacks. nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: it's a growing terror tactic that's been used aroun...

Killed after a truck went into crowds at a bastille day celebration, and attack in barcelona this summer where 14 people were killed. vehicle attacks are encouraged by isis now. here is what "new york times" reporter who covers islamic extremism told chris hayes tonight. >> just yesterday, isis put out a series of posters that were translated in four different languages that called for attacks on halloween. it was issued in french, in russian, in german, and in english. >> a few minutes ago, president trump tweeted i have just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting pr...

Right now. >> particularly, for this white house, which looks at -- they took great pride in the first week, being able to roll out executive orders. to be essentially halted on this, charles raised an interesting point earlier. it has gotten lost in the discussion. if you take trump at his word, the reason he instituted this band, he felt like a vetting from a lot of countries in the middle east was not tough enough. it is possible to tighten vetting without doing this order. i think this is a really interesting question we need to put him on. if that is really our focus, will you walk away f...

Determine the constitutionality of the presidents extreme vetting program. what's at stake tonight is whether the president can keep that program in effect while the constitutional case goes forwar forward. talking line order with members of the sheriffs association this morning, president trump expressed frustration that he is in a legal battle at all. >> i actually can't believe we are having to fight to protect the security in a court system to protect the security of our nation. i can't believe it. >> a career attorney will argue there is no fight over the president's power to address nati...