thanks for joining us in this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead, donald trump s son eric due back on the stand minutes from now. what he and his older brother said in court today in the civil fraud trial. a senior hamas leader just reiterating his vow to repeat the horrific october 7th attack on israel again and again as fighting ramps up in gaza. what does it mean for the future of the conflict? plus, the long journey to escape. at least 79 americans and their family members have been allowed to exit gaza in the last two days, according to a senior biden administration official. but for palestinians, the only way out is having a significant injury, as the situation there worsens daily. and here at home, a vote to expel embattled republican congressman george santos fails in the house. but his legal and political troubles are far from over. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments in new york. we are waiting for eric trump to get b
i think taking isis at its word rent saying that they are hiding fighters in the refugees stream, whether it is greece into europe or through the system we have here in the united states. bill: marry anne, i don t think the donald trump cares about the demonstrations, and i think he believes it actually helps him because people are going to get fed up with it, everything he does, and here we come out to the streets again. that will draw may be nonpolitical people or middle people over to his camp. i think that is what he is thinking. you are probably right. but that is pretty shortsighted. too political. i think that is the problem. he is more interested in keeping a campaign promise that he has protect national security. in the haste from a poorly conceived, poorly executed plan, that did not have to be done this weekend. you combine it with this campaign rhetoric on race and especially, religion, specifically, the muslims, that is why everybody believes this ban is not temporary.
it even starts to happen. that is what i think is behind it. what say you? that is what sean spicer argued at the white house briefing today, as well.. donald trump wants to be on offense when it comes to dealing with these threats, not always on defense after these things happen. you had stephen miller this morning on fox & friends citing the attacks in europe that we have seen with the trucks running people over in the streets. yes, i think it comes from thate i think it also needs to be reiterated that the trump administration took these seven countries from the obama administration that identified these countries as hot spots of terror. could there be more countries on the list? sure. turkey has isis running around all over the place, pakistan is where the san bernardino problem came from. there are some things that can be changed. i i think he is seeing what has happened in europe, the challenges that angela merkel has been having in germany, the race epidemic in sweden, sayin