Policy. Washington post reports that the president became frustrated, and according to several people briefed on the meeting, he asked, quote, why are we having all these people from blank hole countries come here, trump said, according to these people, referring to african countries and haiti. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries like norway. The post continues, why do we need more haitians, trump said, according to people familiar with the meeting. Take them out. Our nbc news colleagues kasie hunt and ali vatali briefed on the meeting confirm the president s remarks. Heres how the white house responded to the reporting tonight, without a denial notefully. Quote, certain washington politicians choose to fight for foreign countries, but President Trump will always fight for the American People. The president will only accept an immigration deal that adequately addresses the visa lottery system and chain migration, two programs that hu
in the senate. rand paul says he s going to filibuster anything that doesn t have strict protections. we have to see how that s going to play out. i think it s going to pass. people believe it s going to pass. the president said he s going to sign it. the question becomes how will the fbi actually implement this new tweak in the law that says they have to get a warrant in certain very certain cases in communications. deb, you are setting up our next conversation for when we revisit this entire conversation. for now our thanks to chuck rosenberg, jeremy bash and deb for joining us tonight on this important topic after this wild day. coming up for us for the second time this week, president trump appeared to contradict his own white house policy. that when the 11th hour continues.
using the authority of 702 to monitor a real bad guy, someone affiliated with al qaeda overseas which led us to a man in denver, fella named zasi whose intent was to blow up the new york city subway system. so, not only is it a source of information for the president in his daily briefing when he takes that, but it s also occasionally a source of information for the fbi and for law enforcement to save american lives. deb, at the other end of this story, the other consumer end where it affects your beat, how crazy did it get this morning? in effect, what did the president do with his cell phone in hand? well, covering surveillance law is a pretty tedious job in most days, but not so today. the intel community, the fbi director, the head of the nsa, the cia director, they have all been out in public on a full core press trying to push this bill through.
pentagon who helped draft the original section 702. he s also an msnbc national security analyst. we also welcome to the broadcast tonight deb reitman, national security reporter for the associated press. so, jeremy, because you were present at the creation of this and one of the drafters, explain what a 702 is and make the case for it. it s an authority to conduct surveillance against foreigners outside the united states, take, for example, a terrorist in pakistan whose communications happen to traverse the united states. and when the fbi and the department of justice want to read that person s e-mail or understand what they re plotting against the united states, they can essentially conduct the surveillance without going to the judges of the fisa court each time to get an individualized warrant, which is what you would need to get against an american. so, when the president stood up today and woke up this morning and tweeted, hey, this was an authority used against me to surveil me