working as a uber driver and a professional truck driver. saipov grew up in tashkent, uzbekistan, living in this apartment building, and in 2010, came to america as part of what s called the u.s. diversity immigrant visa program, for citizens of countries who have not sent many immigrants to the u.s. today, president trump revealed saipov had helped bring many other uzbeks to the u.s. he was the point of contact, the primary point of contact for, and this is preliminarily, 23 people that came in or potentially came in with him. and that s not acceptable. reporter: u.s. officials tell abc news tonight that at least two of those 23 connected to saipov were suspected of possible terror ties. federal agents say saipov was asked about those two men in 2015, but that no case against him was ever opened. brian ross joins us live tonight. and brian, you re also learning that the alleged attacker told police he became radicalized in
recovered at the scene was some notes that further indicate that. he appears to have followed almost exactly to a t the instructions that isis has put out in social media channels before with instructions to their followers on how to carry out such an attack. the investigators say the suspect was not on the fbi s radar. but a source says he had been in contact with someone who was. the accused killer 29-year-old father of twi came to the united states from u back stan back in 2010. moments ago the president of the united states called for an end to the diversity visa program that allowed him to first come to this country. this man that came in, or whatever you want to call him, brought in with him other people, and he was the point of contact, the primary point of
the u.s. justice system a joke and a laughing stock during his comments? that s not what he said. he said that the system of justice in this country he said that process he said the process has people calling us a joke and calling us a laughing stock. reporter: noting the manhattan attack suspect came to the u.s. from uzbekistan, the president also called for swift changes to the nation s immigration laws. so we want to immediately work with congress on the diversity lottery program, on terminating it, getting rid of it. we want a merit-based program where people come into our country based on merit. and we want to get rid of chain migration. this man that came in, or whatever you want to call him, brought in with him other people. and he was a he was the point of contact, the primary point of contact for, and this is
before with instructions to their followers on how to carry out such a attack. investigators also say the suspect was not on the fbi radar but a source says he had been in contact with someone who was. this accused killer 29-year-old father of three came to the united states from uzbekistan back in 2010. we heard from the president calling for an end to allow this man to enter the u.s. in the first place. this man that came in, or whatever you want to call him, brought in with him other people. and he was the point of contact, the primary point of contact for, and this is preliminarily, 23 people that came in or potentially came in with him. and that s not acceptable. so we want to get rid of chain migration. our white house team is now trying to get more clarification