now, according to the washington post, leaders are voicing concern over trump s immigration order from the koch network. the travel ban is, quote, the wrong approach and will likely be counter productive. but others dismissed the attempt to ban the muslim ban. senator tom cotton wrote, it s simply wrong to call the president s executive order concerning immigration and refugees a religious test of any kind. i doubt many arkansans or americans more broadly object to taking a harder look at foreigners coming into our country from war-torn nations with known terror networks. i they they re wondering why we don t have that already. and justin trudeau has been an open supporter of those
religious factor behind the new order as former new york mayor rudy giuliani said this grew out of the president s legal way to keep his promise. when he first announced it, he said muslim ban. he called me up and said, put a commission together and show me the right way to do it legally. i put a commission together and what we did was focused on, instead of religion, danger. the areas of the world that create danger for us, which is a factual basis, not a religious basis. perfectly legal, perfectly sensible. and that s what the ban is based on. it s not based on religion. and the outrage over president trump s travel ban continues to boil over across the country. thousands of people spent a second day gathered at airports across the country protesting the move. as more of the travelers who found themselves caught in the legal limbo of the new rules upon their arrival, airports around the nation are being reunited with their loved ones. slowly but surely people
good morning, everyone. it is 5:00 a.m. on monday morning, i m alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. according to reports, there would have been 60 to 100 people at the center when the shooting broke out at a canada mosque at 8:00 p.m. it took place in the men s section of the facility. eight other people were hurt in the shooting. they have not said whether the shooting was motivated by anti-islamic sentiments. justin trudeau released a statement on the attack reading in part, quote, it is heart-wrenching to see such senseless violence. diversity is our strength, and religious tolerance is a value that we as canadians hold dear. these senseless acts have no
individuals but also houses of worship. 2015 we saw unprecedented number of u.s. mosques targeted and vandalized. this is correlated with the anti-islamic or anti-muslim rhetoric we see on the campaign trail. unfortunately even post election we see the rhetoric had a very real effect in shaping public perception of islam and muslims especially amongst mr. trump s supporters. he has an obligation to calm people and let them know, you know, muslims have a place in society. jewish-americans have a place in society. lgbtq members have a place in society. we cannot divide our country this way and think we are going to be able to move forward. we have to have voices that unite and heal our country. thank you both so much. coming up, pledge versus policy. trump signalling flexibility on some of his signature campaign promises. you re watching andrea mitchell
and locals alike to celebrate all kinds of events. so we ve already seen social media video of the area. it was chaotic. this were fireworks everywhere. it s clear police were under manned even though they had twice the number of police last new year s eve, it wasn t enough. what we re expecting today is protests, a number of them, on the steps. we re expecting to see a woman s protest happening at around noon. then later on, i expect to see a protest by the right wing anti-islamic movement. it will be happening on the other side of the station. we don t have a sense of numbers yet because that s happening later in the afternoon. we already know there have been daily protests gathering hundreds in anger against these apparent assaults against dozens of women. lynda? and as that anger grows,