peters, lon hi chen, kasie hunt, and joining us, a visiting fellow at the american enterprise institute, tim kearny. that s a long title. wait, there s more, peter baker and national political reporter for nbc news, carol lee. there s like 900,000 stars in the morning. who s the trap paez artist. the white house is cutting number of legal immigrants into the united states in half and reshape how people come to live in this country. the bill introduced by republican senators tom cotton and david perdue have replaced the current lottery system for issuing green cards with a merit-based system favoring those who speak english and who have higher level job skills. the number of green cards issued