that through different facts and actions will consolidate the relation between mexico and the united states as adjoined work and reliable friendship and relationship. thank you very much. and welcome again to mexico. thank you mr. videgaray. i will invite secretary tillerson. thank you, secretary, and my good friend, lewis. as i ve shared with others since my arrival i m delighted to be in mexico city. and i m particularly pleased that second kelly travelled with me so we could have very comprehensive discussions of great importance between our two cups. as i shared with others, i am a native texan. i was born in texas and spent almost all my life living in texas. mexico for all of my life has been a very close neighbor. and i have a great affection for the mexican people.
provide necessary and appropriate assistance. moving on, the president was honored to announce that lieutenant general mcmaster will be his national security advisor. general mcmaster served his nation and the united states army for over three decades including during operation iraqi freedom, operation enduring freedom and desert storm. the president met with many distinguished and qualified candidates for the position and has said he will continue content consider many of them for many physicians within the initiation. he is especially pleased that lieutenant general kellogg will stay on as national security chief of staff. the president is proud to welcome general mcmaster to the team. he has full authority to structure the office to his desires to best serve its ultimate mission which is to protect the american interest at home and abroad. this morning, second kelly and the department of home insecurity released memos regarding the implementation of of the president s executive orde
and used that early time, instead to focus on the economy and jobs and on this right. the rush to get it out cost. jon: do you think that the extra time will allow them time to get something that will pass muster with federal judges and federal appeals courts? absolutely. if the first order was drafted on staffers on capitol hill who had to sign a nondisclosure agreement. they could not tell their bosses, the people who are paying their salaries, that they were working with the white house on this one. i m confident that this has gone with a fine tooth comb, and homeland security, by other officials. it is going to be done and done right. kelly has grabbed control and said i m not leaving this thing in the hands of a white house staffer. this is my area. the president has charge me to get it done. we are going to get it done right. jon: karl rove joining us on the presidents day. happy presidents day to you, jon. jon: a quick note, tomorrow on the first 100 days, martha
to you upon arrival. i also want to talk a little bit about refugees. the executive order calls for refugees that were ready to travel where it would cause undue hardship, that they should be considered for waivers, we have done that in concert with our department of state colleagues, 872 refugees will be arriving this week. and will be processing them for ravers through the end of the week, and that is fully coordinated. as second kelly noted, we are responding immediately to any court orders, we did so quickly on friday night with the eastern district of new york order, and those parties that were affected by that order were processed for a waiver and admitted into the united states. lastly, i just want to tell you that the increased communication and provided additional information to travelers, we are updating on our web site and it will be there as you login. a statement about the ample mentation, frequently asked questions giving information to travels, the public, and other stak
the new draft will no longer single out syrian refugees. more from south florida where the president spent his weekend. well, according to secretary john kelly, the new executive order will likely be tighter and more streamlined. a very similar to president trump s original travel ban. over the weekend president trump at this big rally in melbourne, he said that in terms of timing we can expect the new executive order to be rolled out sometime over the next couple of days. he told her supporters that they think they will be impressed with this. the goal stays the same. keeping america stay safe. they are trying to tweak it to uphold in court. by this time second kelly says that he will be more involved in the rollout to make sure that nobody gets caught in in the sm traveling overseas to u.s. airports. one other cabinet member is also offering some insurances and speaking out about the order. right now james mattis is in baghdad. it is his first trip to iraq as defense secretary.