really want one? these are the kinds of social questions which the scientists say society should answer. . this is cnn breaking news. 3:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. following the breaking news this hour on cnn i'm george howell. >> and i'm cyril vernaire. a federal judge is putting on pause parts of donald trump's travel ban. the court grant add emergency stay for citizens who have already arrived in the u.s. and have valid visas. >> it also covers those in frans transit. the ruling came a day after protests at airports across the united states. >> a u.s. homeland security official says before the court ruling, the u.s. had denied entry to at least 109 people.

and abroad, nearly 200 others were told not to board their flights headed for the u.s. this all happening within 24 hours of president trump signing the executive order. >> there's been a great deal of confusion and limbo for so many people. the american civil liberties union better known as the aclu filed the lawsuit against the travel ban and released this statement saying "this ruling preserves the status quo and ensures that people who have been granted permission to be in this country are not illegally removed off u.s. soil." people across the united states were quick to speak out against this travel ban. >> protesters flooded major airports around the country including san francisco, new york and chicago. . >> on the west coast of the united states, one of those protests took over the airport in seattle, washington. that's where we find gabe cohen with our affiliate komotv at sea-tac airport. if you could set the scene

what's happening behind you there. >> reporter: george, this has become the story that i hear protesters blocking security checkpoints chance thing no one gets in till they get out. i want to bring you here for a second to show you protesters blocked off some of the exits here at sea tech. they've seen some of the most tense moments as arriving passengers tried to exit the airport only to have them block their way. police though have tried to stay ahead of the game as these hundreds of protesters have occupied the airport. they opened up a side entrance to the building. that's how they were trying to let arriving passengers out but the protesters formed lines outside and again, we saw some of those tense moments. police also trying to open up a checkpoint just behind where these protests are are standing here. they were carefully shuttling travelers through but protesters again forming lines trying to block those travelers from getting through. at this point we don't know of

any major delays tonight or tomorrow morning. but they vowed to stay here through the night, george. >> a lot of people there in a very busy part of that airport that i know well. the protests have they remained peaceful? >> as far as we can tell they have remained peaceful. we have seen some pushing and shoving again between arriving passengers even people trying to leave the airport trying to get their flights as well as officers, officers for the most part the police remained cool, calm and collected as they pushed up against them. police telling me tonight that they have no arrests. so as far as we can tell, it has remained peaceful, george. >> gabe, one other question. is there any indication whether the protests are will be able to stay there in the airport or will they be asked to leave at some point? there are so many people voicing their concerns about this travel ban. >> reporter: we don't know at this point. as of now, there hasn't been any

indication they're going to be escorted out. for the past hour or two, they've remained in a couple places around the airport. earlier in the night, they were moving throughout and police were trying to guide them a little bit. as of now from what we can tell, they'll let them stay right here in protest. >> gabe cohen at sea-tac airport inality, washington with komotv. thank you so much for the reporting. so what does that executive order that was ined on friday actually say? let's run you through it. it for bids people from seven countries from entering the u.s. for three months. those countries are all predominantly muslim, iran, iraq, syria, sudan, libya, yemen and somalia. >> the order also suspends the u.s. refugee admissions program for 120 days. until so-called extreme vetting procedures are put in place. syrian refugees, they are barred indefinitely. >> also, people holding certain visas will now have to undergo

an inperson interview in order to renew them. >> we're joined now by jonathan turley, law professor at george washington university. jonathan, i want to look at the legal side of this with you and examine where this may or may not conflict with american law and the american constitution. what do you think? >> well, first of all, the judge likely issued the stay because people were going to be put into an irreparable situation where they would be sent home. so often judges will freeze the action of a case, say all right, stop, let's take a look at this before anyone has anything done to them that won't be easy to reverse. so the stay has to be considered separately from the merits in a sense. ultimately -- >> so essentially they decided to put the whole situation regarding immigrants and refugees on pause until such time as they could rule on the merits of the case? is that what you're saying?

>> right, in order to get a preliminary injunction, the aclu will have to establish they're likely to prevail upon the merits. that's a very tough standard because what president trump is using here is a historic power by presidents. the president's power is at its zenith at the borders of the country. unfortunately, our history is replete with examples of immigration laws that have singled out particular countries or groups. these are now the producedest moments in our history. it's ironic today being the chinese new year, many of them deal with the exclusion of chinese individuals in our country. those laws were upheld. those actions by presidentses were allowed. even president obama just last year argued to the supreme court that courts should not be second-guessing a president's decision, decisions on immigration and national security. so it will be a tough call to

make for a court to reverse a president who is saying for national security reasons, i want to halt any immigration or entry from these countries. now, president obama, sorry, president trump has made this a little more difficult for his lawyers by giving an interview and saying that he wants to give priority or some type of favoritism towards christians who have been discriminated against. that's certainly going to add an argument for the aclu. but overall, presidents have been granted pretty wide authority in determining who can cross the border. >> on the grounds, if i follow you, that it's an issue of security, correct? >> it is. and courts generally don't second-guess a president's decision in that regard. i happen to think that this executive order is a terrible move and i believe it does contradict the values of our

country but that's separate for a court from the legal question of whether a president can do that. now, it's also important to remember that this stay reminds everyone that we are not a one-branch system. there are two other branches that can be heard on issues of this kind. >> that was jonathan turley law professor at george washington university. the department of homeland security has looked over the recent rulings and is now saying the following, that it will "comply with judicial orders faithfully enforce our immigration laws and implement the president's executive orders to ensure that those entering the united states do not pose a threat to our country or to the american people." the department says the travel ban affected less than 1% of the international air travel he evers who arrive in the united states. earlier saturday the u.s. president responded to the controversy before this stay was granted. >> stood behind his executive order saying it's already successful. >> it's not a muslim ban.

we are totally prepared to work it out very nicely. you see it at the airports, you see it all over working out very nicely. we're going to have a very, very strict ban and we're going to have extreme vetting which we should havhad in thi country for.years. okay. we're also getting reaction from britain's prime minister teresa may. just a day after she met with the u.s. president. she's now issued a sharp rebuke to his travel ban. >> just a short time ago she released this statement "immigration policy in the united states is a matter for the government of the united states just the same as immigration policy for this country should be set by our government. but we do not agree with this kind of approach. and it is not one we be taking. we are studying this new executive order to see what it means and what the legal effects are and in particular what the consequences are for uk nationals. if there is any impact on uk nationals, then clearly we will make representations to the u.s. government about that."

hillary clinton has also reaced in a tweet. i stand with the people gathered across the country tonight defending our values and our constitution. this is not who we are." >> the u.s. travel ban sent shock waves around the world. ji man na cure ra cha is following the story for us in amman, jordan with the reaction throughout the middle east. joumana? >> reporter: well, george, there's a lot of the confusion and chaos to an extent. i mean, yesterday as we were trying on saturday to reach out to various airports and airlines, it seemed that some had received this updated travel ban. others had not just a short time ago, i got off the phone to royal jordanian, jordan's national carrier and they said that they had just received this updated travel ban and they're going to be starting to implement this effective immediately. there's a lot of concern about what this means and, of course,

there's a lot of frustration, disappointment when you look at for example, syrians and iraqis who will be impacted by this. you know, over the years, we've spoken to so many syrian refugees, for example, in jordan. this is one country. one neighboring country that is hosting more than a million syrian refugees according to the country here. people we've spoken to over the years say they don't necessarily want to leave or travel far away from syria but feel forced to do this because life for them in neighboring countries like jordan, for example, is life in limbo. they want to try and get a better life in places like the united states and europe, for example, until things settle down and then they can see what happens to their future. and that's one group. then you have iraqis. i spent seven years in iraq during the war in iraq and have met so many iraqis who worked for american interests there. whether it was the iraqis who

were working with various american companies there or if it was iraqis thousands of them who worked as translators alongside u.s. troops out there in the battlefields of iraq. they really risked their lives working with americans. they risked their lives for america. they feel they're seen as traitors by so many. they're seen as collaborators by extremist groups like isis, for example. and even the shia militias emboldened in their country right now. they're really concerned. we're talking about people waiting for years to try and get resettled in the united states and now of course, their dreams have been dashed by this. >> at the same time, of these countries that have been named, the president of the united states united states donald trump has pointed out that this is to stop terrorism. he pointed to what happened in new york on september 11th, 2001. but it is important to point out that many of the people involved in that came from saudi arabia, a country that is not named in

this. the question is there a question about consistency throughout the middle east about this travel ban? >> reporter: of course, george, as people are seeing it right now, they say yes, some of the people that we've spoken to they say see it impacting these seven countries predominantly muslim countries. there's been no records of iraqi or syrian refugees carrying out terrorist attacks so far in the united states. and so there's a lot of concern about wa this actually means. people think it started now with these countries but this could expand, for example, to include other countries, people are really concerned about this, even jordanians jordan a close ally of the united states that is not impacted by this right now. there are some jordanian students in the united states. there are a lot of students from these countries and other arab and muslim country who are in the united states on student visas studying there. some of these jordanian students

are saying they really do not want to risk leaving the u.s. to come back, for example, to jordan on a holiday and then get stuck here and not be able to get back because of this unpredictability they see of this new u.s. administration. so there is a lot of concern that this is just the beginning, george. >> drawing on the expertise and the many years covering of this our correspondents like joumana living in jordan. thank you for your reporting today. >> and to her point, the white house has said that that list of seven countries is probably just a beginning. there might be more countries added to that list. coming up, more of course, on president trump'srable ban. we'll hear from a political commentator who says it was the right thing to do. >> also an iraqi woman's routine flight to the united states to join her husband sbuptded by president trump's travel ban. she she speaks to arwa damon about her suddenly desperate

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welcome back. our breaking news coverage continues. a federal judge is putting on pause parts of the travel ban signed friday by u.s. president donald trump. the emergency stay covers travelers with valid visas who are already in the u.s. or who are currently in transit. >> there have been many protests as the several airports across the united states against the president's executive order. that order bans people from seven muslim majority krupps

from entering the u.s. for the next 90 days. >> cnn political commentator jeffrey lord is with us, a supporter of donald trump. jeffrey, talk to me first about the efficiency argument behind this law. the premise, not this law, this executive order. premise is that it's there to protect americans. my question, what does it actually do to protect u.s. citizens? we, the idea, of course, is to make sure that nobody sneaks in under the guise of being a syrian refugee. and as you know, cyril, you're french, that is exactly what happened when 198 syrian refugees came ashore on the greek island of leros and two of them were four of them actually i think but two wound up participating in the attack on paris later that year. that's what this is designed to prevent. >> the french example although no one would call into doubt there are threats on both

western europe and the u.s. coming from the islamic state group and al qaeda groups, seems to me france and the u.s. are very different in that the u.s. already has vetting procedures that were not the case for france. and that there is an ocean between the middle east and the u.s. >> well, oceans sadly, which once protected us don't anymore. and as we all know, in america, we had this attack in san bernardino. the woman half of the team there of assassins if you will, came in here on what they call a k1 fiancee visa. she was not vetted properly. there were apparently all kinds of things on her social media that indicated she was coming here to commit jihad. she was not checked out. she came in here and 14 people who went to an office christmas party in california are dead because of that. that's unacceptable. i mean, you know, that's the most basic rule of society,

right? you have to protect your country. >> one of the motivations and the general context that is cited in this executive order are the 9/11 attacks. now, cnn's national security analyst peter bergen explains there's a misconception now that our view of security is tainted by the 9/11 attacks but citizens of the u.s. and legal u.s. residents have carried out all deadly radical islamist terror attacks in the u.s. since that date. so what does that executive order do for this threat? >> just because that's the case doesn't mean it can't happen. it did happen. it happened in france. i mean, the western world has won here. the objective is anyone who's a werner. it can happen. but t people who went to france and carried out the attacks infiltrated a large flux of migrants. that's not happening in the u.s. that's not in any danger of

happening in the u.s. >> here's what happens. as i mentioned earlier tonight, the bush administration did not check on these things. and pre9/11. and they were castigated for not doing so because 3,000 americans plus wound up dead after 9/11. i am suggesting to you that the president of the united states whomever that might be is going to be damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. if he does it george bush's way, he's going to be called negligent and incompetent and deaf to the facts. if he does it donald trump's way, he's going to be damned because he's taking all these precautions and all these inconveniences that are out there. president trump deserves the profile of courage award for standing up and doing this. he's going to get tremendous amount of criticism. i assure you i can totally tell you this, if in fact somebody came in here through one of these refugee situations and wound up killing americans, you would start seeing immediately things in the media saying he was incompetent.

he paid no attention. he ignored things. that's just the way human life is i guess and certainly that's the way it is in the media. so bravo to him for taking all this flack. >> political commentator jeffrey lord, thanks. >> thank you, cyril. so before the travel ban here's what syrian refugees went through to get into the united states. the average refugee application took 18 to 4 months to process. but syrian applications c take longer. applications are then screened by several government agencies including the state department, the fbi, and the department of homeland security. hope land security then conducts a detailed review of syrian cases. that involves eye scans, fingerprints and documents that are collected. then biographic security collection are carried out. more than 12,000 syrian refrgs were admitted to the united states through this process in 2016. the u.s. refugee ban has left countless people in limbo.

cnn spoke to onia ziti woman ready to board her flight from iraq to the u.s. >> but officials there told her she would not be allowed on the plane. arwa damon has the story. >> reporter: da lal and her had husband were in sinjar when i was stormed through the area on a killing and kidnapping rampage. they barely escaped. for them, that was the end of any notion that they could build a future in iraq. da lal is not her real name but she is afraid that by speaking out, she might ruin whatever chance remains to reach the united states. despite it being the land of free speech. >> translator: my dream was to go to america because it's the strongest country in the world. we feel that it's safe. it's the safest country. it has the strongest human rights. >> and this is the protection of the nation from foreign terrorist entities. >> reporter: but with one signature, that vision of

america shattered. da lal says her husband worked as a translator for the u.s. military for years. and applied for asylum under the special immigrant visa program. it was granted and he arrived in on saturday, da lal was on her way to finally reunite with him. >> translator: i was about to get on the plane and they called my name. i went and they said, you can't board. you can't travel. i was shocked. i cried, why, why me? >> da lal was given this document from homeland security at the airport that beak tells her how she can put in an inquiry and figure out why she was denied boarding although that's pretty clear at this stage. what isn't clear is when she can apply again and what she's supposed to do next. she and the others are beak in a state of limbo. the temporary travel ban on seven muslim majority nations to the u.s. and the indefinite ban

on syrian refugees has left countless people reel package wondering how it is that the new leader of the so-called free world can have so little compassion for their suffering. >> translator: my brain isn't working. i'm in shock. if i think of something, i start to cry. i'm not crying because i am weak. but because i had small dreams. and i thought if i bent to america, they would benefit from my small dreams. and i could make them come true there. and i could be safe. >> reporter: what's your message right now to president trump? >> translator: my message is that we don't hate president trump. we don't hate anyone. we love the american people. have mercy. we don't have mercy in our country. but mercy even for those that have suffered the most, does not seem to be on trump's america first agenda. arwa damon, cnn,er bill, iraq.

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here in the united states and around the world. i'm cyril vern yea. >> i'm george howell. the response and reaction to the president of the united states travel ban. >> part of the ban put in place by donald trump has been temporarily stopped. a federal judge granted an emergency stay for citizens of seven muslim majority countries. those who have a valid visa and already in the u.s. or in transit on their way to the u.s. will not be immediately deported. >> the responses coming into to this ban are coming in quickly. iran saying it's considering what action to take. also several colleges and universities in the united states have sent advisory e-mails to students and faculty because the ban could affect their travel in or out of the country. >> one day after meeting with president trump in washington, britons's prime minister theresa may is offering a dim view of the president's executive order. she says she does not agree with mr. trump's action. she added her government is reviewing the legality of the

ban as it might affect uk citizens. >> and more protests against the travel ban are planned to start acss the u.s. i just a few hours. hundreds of protesters took to a number of u.s. airports on sated. >> one of those protests as the jfk airport in new york where passengers can often see the statue of liberty as their planes land. rachel crane filed a report earlier from there. >> reporter: here at terpal 4 at jfk, we know 12 people were detained. we know two of them iraqi men, they were involved in a lawsuit that was filed today. both have been released. also, over at terminal 4, we know that about seven people were detained. we had the opportunity to speak to some of the family members of those who were detained. one was the son of a 6-year-old woman from yemen who was detained. she has diabetes. her son was incredibly worried about her health and well-being. he was unclear if she had her

medication and he said he wasn't able to speak to her. now, she was granted a green card. but yet, was detained. we spoke to another gentleman who was here on a student visa. getting a p.h.d. in bio-chem industry. his wife detained. she was has been granted an f2 visa. he told us she was set to get back on the plane to go to iran. >> she called me through the phone that it was not hers and told me that she will be deported. and she was cry. i don't think that i will stay in the u.s. anymore. because of this kind of treatment. i don't have any clear vision about the future about the treatments to the iranian and other nationalities. so i don't feel safe anymore to stay here in the u.s. >> but there has been an incredible protest unfolding all day and all night.

we've seen people actually pouring out of a garage that was behind us. and an incredibly peaceful protest. meme people making their voices heard despite the cold. we saw children, babies, even and projectorsrojectg on the side of the wall saying refugees we love you. back to you. >> rachel crane reporting earlier from new york at sxwr tk airport. tech giants in the u.s. are reacting to the president's travel ban. in an e-mail to employees, tim cook said, apple does not support the ban and he added this. apple is open, open to everyone. no matter where they come from, which language they speak, who they love or how they wore hip. >> microsoft is run by adele la who immigrated from the u.s. from inindia. he posted to his linked in. he said the company believes that immigration laws can and should protect the public without surprising people's freedom of expression or religion. it continues, and we believe in

the importance of protecting legitimate and law abiding refugees whose very lives may be at staking in immigration proceedings. >> facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg said this, we should also keep our doors open to refugees and those who need help. that's who beare, he says and refer together family of his wife pris silly, he added this, had we turned away refugees a few decades ago, priscilla's family wouldn't be here today. >> to reaction in australia. the country says president trump will offer the refugee settlement deal. this was discussed during a phone call between mr. trump and malcolm turp bull on sated. >> it says hundreds of asylum seekers held in offshore detention centers will be moved to the united states. mr. turnbull saying this plan is a one off agreement and that that will not be repeated. a major security breach took place at an event attended by president trump and his vice

president mike pence on thursday. an unauthorized person was able to infiltrate the republican congressional retreat in philadelphia, pennsylvania. >> in a letter obtained by cnn, the head of the events said the woman claimed to be the sfous of an elected official. she was eventually escorted out but not before she passed through multiple securit checkpoints. event organizer says it's working with authorities to determine her identity. switching now to weather. bitter cold temperatures continue to make life very hard for the thousands of refugees across europe. >> our meteorologist julie martin joins us with a look at weather conditions there and across the globe. >> very harsh winter in europe and really the cold is hanging on. at least for a few more days. we had the cold air in place. we do have some more rain working its way in from the atlantic making things wet in places like spain and the uk in the coming days. taking a look at radar, you see some of the rap making its way into ireland and into the uk over the next 24 hours.

eventually all of ha rain spreading off to the west and even producing a little bit of snow given the cold temperatures in place. taking a look at how much rain, not a whole lot for places like france, maybe 25 millimeters or so. a little bit of snow in the higher elevations but really not too much to add to those totals. you mentioned the refugees. this is a look at macedonia where the cold is still continuing to plague that area. keep in mind the temperatures here have been just above freezing for those high temperatures. we are looking at slightly warmer temperatures by the end of the week. but really across this region it has been bitterly cold with some of those low temperatures well below average making life very difficult there. the temperature trend though is looking up for you in europe. some more mild air will start to make its way into the area and that will begin about midweek into late week of this week. so we're looking at much more average-like temperatures in

places like budapest which have been so incredibly code. your high on monday 1 degree. by the time you hit friday and saturday up close to average around 6 to 8 degrees for you in budapest. another very cold spot in china as they are celebrating the lunar new year. very cold air. the coldest air of the season coming in to central and southern china today and in through the next couple days. we have another winter storm here setting up for japan. this is going to be arriving here in northern and central japan. by monday into tuesday. bringing some snow here in the higher elevations and even some heavier rains. there is some concern for flooding given they've had so much snow over the past couple of weeks. back to you. >> thank you very much, julie martin from the cnn international weather center. still ahead on cnn, donald trump phones several foreign leaders including russian president vladimir putin. >> the call that many people are watching closely wanted to know what came out of it. we'll talk about that as "cnn

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prove welcome back. following breaking news out of new york. a federal judge is temporarily stopping some of the effects of the travel ban put in police by esiden trump. the stay includes those alrdy in the u.s. or in transit on their way to the u.s. provided

they hold valid visas. there have been protests in a number of u.s. airports against the executive order. that order bans people from seven countries from entering the u.s. over the next three months. all of those countries are predominantly muslim. mr. trump made a number of phone calls to foreign leaders on saturday and that includes a phone call to russian president vladimir putin. >> all eyes on that conversation. for more on what they talked about, let's bring in ivan watson live with us in moscow. these leaders both said favorable things about each other in the leadup to the president's win. they finally got to speak by phone. what came out of the talk? >> reporter: i think it's pretty safe to say that we are starting to witness the beginning of warping of relations between moscow and washington. shortly after the outgoing obama administration expelled at least 35 russian diplomats amid allegation afc hacking. if you look at the statements

coming both from the kremlin and the white house, there are signs of that both of these leaders really want. >> tom: problem relations. look at a sentence from the white house statement "the positive call was a significant start to improving the relationship between the united states and russia that is in need of repair." the kremlin's statement described a need to stabilize and develop russian/u.s. cooperation on a constructive equitable and mutually beneficial basis. one of the grounds for moving now a detente in u.s./russian relations is in cooperation on the issue of terrorism. the u.s. president donald trump has made it clear repeatedly that he would like to work with russia in combating against isis. but in addition, the kremlin talked about partnership in working on the arab/israeli conflict in the middle east in

nuclear nonproliferation and the iranian nuclear program and in the korean peninsula. so there seem to be a whole host of areas where both governments both presidents see that they could work together instead of working at odds with each other. >> senior international correspondent i wan watson live for us in moscow following what seem to be warming relations. >> the u.s. president spoke on saturday with angela merkel and french parade francoise hollande. earlier this month he called mrs. merkel the most important leader in europe but was extremely critical of her refugee policy. officials say the two the discussed nato and other topics during their call on saturday. >> he later spoke with mr. hollande who said nato is indispensable and the syrian crisis requires a political solution. the white house says president trump renewed his commitment to nato in both calls. the final round of primary

voting started this hour in france to decide the socialist party candidate in the upcoming presidential election. >> early indications are that the former education minister could beat the former prime minister. the third place candidate urged supporters to back -- the party has become deeply unpopular under the presidency of mr. hollande. ocean search and rescue operations under way in malaysia for a missing tourist boat. >> the catamaran left the saturday morning headed for a popular island in the south china sea. 31 people are said to have been on board including 28 chines tourists celebrating the lunar new year. one of the greatest rivalries in men's tennis is on the court at the australian open. roger federer of switzerland and

rafael nadal of spain are going led to head for the fourth time in their storied career as nadal has won the three previous championships. >> this is nadal's 21st grand slam final and his first since 2014 when he beat novak djokovic in the french open. for federer it's the 35th time he's faced nadal in a professional match. still ahead here on cnn newsroom, a syrian regular has made a new life for himself in the united states. but he might not have been able to do it without twitter. stay with us. when it comes to healthcare, seconds can mean the difference between life and death. for partners in health, time is life. we have 18,000 people around the world. the microsoft cloud helps our entire staff stay connected and work together in real time to help those that need it. the ability to collaborate

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. welcome back to our continuing breaking news coverage. a federal judge is putting on pause parts of the travel ban signed on friday by donald trump. the emergency stay covers travelers with valid visas who are already in the u.s. or in transit headed to the u.s. and here's the thing there have been several protests several at u.s. airports against this is travel ban. that order bans people i should say from seven muslim majority countries from entering the u.s. for the next 90 days. e>> universities across the u. ar trying to cope with the new

ban. >> we know jail, prince tron, stanford and mit issued advisely e-mails to their students and faculty how to deal with the order. >> the university of michigan refusing to disclose students immigration information. the statement says this in part. "in accordance with federal law, the enforcement of immigration laws rests with the immigration and customs enforce the and customs and border protection. campus police will not partner with federal, state or other local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration law except when required to do so by law. twitter founder jack dorsey voicing his concerns about the travel ban tweeting the executive order's impact is real and upsetting. we benefit from what refugees and immigrants bring to the u.s. laurie segall has the exclusive story of dorsey's visit to one of his newest customers, a

refugee who opened a restaurant in america after fleeing the syrian civil war. >> reporter: walk in the falafel house and you'll see the sign. a message of inclusiveness. >> we welcome everybody wherever you come from, whatever background. you are safe. >> yaseen understands how important it is to feel welcome. in 2011 he fled syria and came to the united states. here to knoxville, tennessee as a refugee. he struggled to find work and a sense of community. >> okay. so i have to create my own work, with very minimum cost. and there was like the idea to make sandwiches. so i decided to start making falafel sandwiches for our mosque and started froer sandwi popular at the mosque that it spurred a siness. but ss soon faced another hurdle, accepting credit cards. >> for someone like me who doesn't have perfect english to make contracts, working with square was very clear and easy. >> fast forward a few years and his business is growing. today is a big day for him.

friends, family, customers are all gathered to welcome a special guest. jack dorsey the founder of both twitter and square, the payment system used by yassin and lots of businesses like his. >> square also stood for inclusion. when we started the company almost eight years ago now, one of the things we found were that people were being blocked from participating in the economy because they couldn't accept credit cards because they couldn't go through a credit check or they were denied for whatever reason. >> yassin's story is part of a film series produced by square, profiling business owner who's use its platform. >> this last year has been hard on me and my family. it's like are we still welcome here? >> his story has never been more timely. >> donald trump essentially blocked syrian refugees from coming in to the united states. how do you feel when you see this? >> it's very sad. but at the same time, i think we have to think positivetively.

we have to change his ideas. we have to work more, show more love for this community and we are sure this community will get the love back to us. >> jack, you're a tech founder in silicon valley which is a place where emigration has helped pave the way for some of the biggest companies. you know, do you worry that some of the immigration policies put forward will impact innovation? >> we benefit from immigration. we benefit from diversity and we benefit in including mor people because we see different perspectives. you know, the goal of the companies that we build in san francisco and new york and anywhere within this country is to have global impact and to have global impact, you need to really understand the world. and to understand the world, you need to have people from all over the world inside your companies. >> yassin's success has provided jobs for three other refugees like him. >> is this, you know, your version of the american dream? >> oh, yeah, yes. >> you believe in the american dream. >> oh, yes, and i will keep believing. it's not only about business and economy. it's about freedom.

it's about respect. if he work smart, he will get his dream in the end. >> all right. thank you very much for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm cyril vernier. >> i'm george howell. >> our breaking news coverage continues right after the break. you're watching cnn.

. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world following breaking news on cnn. a judge is putting a an emergency stay for seven major countries who have already arrived in the u.s. and have visas. >> that basically means they will not be deported immediately. it came a day after protests. >> in the roughly 24 hours of the executive order being signed and the court ruling the u.s. had denied entry to at least 109 entry. >> the