terrorism task force could not pursue the case of an iraqi refugee who entered this country under a fake name? when it is believe heat fought against u.s. troops in iraq, national correspond it william la jeunesse has more on this breaking story. this makes you shake your head. you know, that admission claims the travel ban is necessary because of the inability to properly fit people from certain middle eastern countries, now comes this terrorism investigation that illustrates that point. the chairman of the senate homeland security committee ron johnson has written this letter to the attorney general asking about a man who entered the u.s. as an iraqi refugee who later became the subject of an investigation by the joint terrorism task force in san antonio. according to the letter, i am quoting opec with this individual allegedly fought against american troops as an insurgent in iraq and at some point entered the country as a refugee under a false alias. so the vetting did not work.
suggested the billions in funding won t be offset by spending cuts because the plan is a national security priority. we see this as something that is of crisis proportions with respect to opioids, drugs, with respect to the fact that we have a porous border. this is a national security issue. reporter: one of the reasons why that funding proposal has been held up is because mick mulvaney, donald trump s choice to be his budget director, has been held up under opposition by the senate. probably will get confirmed over the next couple of weeks. wolf, a number of donald trump s cabinet nominees are still waiting for final votes. but expect that next week when betsy devos will get confirmed as education secretary. and then afterwards, jeff sessions waiting for his job as attorney general, likely to get confirmed, as well, despite the stiff opposition from democrats. wolf? manu raju, thank you very much. there s breaking news coming in to the situation room from france where investi
breaking news coming in from france now. investigators opened a terrorism investigation after a machete-wielding man attacked a soldier outside the louvre museum. they ve just identified the suspect who was shot and wounded. i want to bring in our national security correspondent jim sciutto with the details. reporter: we re learning this is a 29-year-old egyptian. he s not been identified by name. we have other details. he was a resident of uae, the united arab emirates, where dubai is. he was issued a tourist visa to france in november. it was later in france he rented a vehicle, bought the machetes that were used in the attack. we know that in his passport, the egyptian passport, he had a visa to saudi arabia. these just initial details. nothing conclusive yet. one reason it s being investigated as a terror attack is that during the attack he shouted ala akbar, god is great. it s not definitive but you
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of terrorism investigations added to the confusion around this this morning by saying they really don t know who this guy is. that he was picked up on a minor criminal charge, declared himself to be a moroccan and gave a name and what not in the south of france a couple years ago. that s how they connected the first identity that came out. but now, they found on his person, on the body, there was a note describing him as a tu near tunisian. the people in the neighborhood thought he was algerian, a homeless guy. they are focusing on a cell phone yesterday which had a german sim card in it. there s something suspicious, shows sophistication. they re hoping they ll get information from the telephone. let s take a look at what we do know so far. a terrorism investigation under way in paris in the wake of yet