this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." it is monday, june 5th. 6:00 in new york. we begin with breaking news. prime minister theresa may says they know the identities of the attackers that carried out the london attack. police in london are carrying out a series of raids. 11 people are in custody at this hour. >> so we had the emergency there in london and now obviously the resulting investigation. there's been a parallel story. the political reaction by president trump to that attack. he took to twitter again. he started off with a tweet unverified from the drudge report of how many injuries. the president of the united states uses drudge report instead of intel resources to talk about the event. then the series of tweets that seem to play for his own band and attack the mayor of london.

cnn has every angle covered. let's start with senior internation international correspondent clarissa ward. this political undertone with the president and the mayor is there as well. >> reporter: absolutely. three attacks in three months. that certainly has an impact on a country, chris. we are here at the market. you can see there is still a large police presence. yesterday, authorities were giving the mess aage they did n believe a larger network beyond the three attackers killed. today, they have pulled that language back and working hard to investigate and ensure there is no larger network. they know who the attackers are, but so far police have not publicly identified the three an sail yalien salients. take a look. british authorities are scrambling to determine if the

three attackers are connected to a foreign terror network. london's metro police carrying out a number of raids and arrests as isis claims responsibility for saturday's atta attack. although no evidence currently exists to back up the claim. neighbors at this raided apartment complex stunned after recognizing one of the dead attackers who they describe as a quiet family man. >> the man i know is a wonderful guy. >> reporter: one woman however did have concerns which she claims she brought to police. >> all of a sudden, we saw this gentleman speaking to the kids for the last afternoon and speaking to them about islam. and showed them how to pray. >> reporter: locals showing cnn the mosque they believe one of the attackers attended. they have not confirmed his

identity. london police say the three attackers began the killing spree with a rented white van that sped across the london bridge saturday night plowing into pedestrians. >> knocked over several people. came within about 20 yards of where i was. it knocked somebody nearly 20 feet in the air. >> reporter: emergency vehicles rushed to the scene as police responded to more violence at bara market. where the attackers driven. before getting out of the van with knives and randomly attacking people in restaurants and caves. >> one standing there with a mache machete. >> he stepped outside the pub for a second. a man ran up and said this is for my family for islam. looked him straight in the face and stabbed him. >> reporter: these patrons hunkering down fearing for their lives as others fled the scene.

>> people running away. >> reporter: minutes after the first calls for help, london police say eight officers shot 50 rounds taking down all three attackers. one bystander shot in the hail of bullets. britain's prime minister con temperatures the attacks vowing a sweeping review of the laws. >> enough is enough. >> reporter: a lot of people here are hailing the heroism of the police partly because firstly several were injured trying to defend people from attackers. secondly, from the time the attack began, chris, to the time the police were successfully able to kill all three of them was just eight minutes. a really rapid response. part of the reason they were so quick to use lethal force is

because all of the taattackers were wearing fake suicide vests. at the time, police would not have realized they were fake vests and they were not taking chances about a much greater casualty toll. >> signaturedisplay. we heard about those who may have been victims fighting back rallying around the other victims. of course, that huge concert that showed the british people coming together to show that terror will not stop their ideas of how to live a good life. clarissa will be back. the investigation is intensifying into what happened saturday night in london. prime minister theresa may just made news for us. let's get to cnn's alex marquardt. what do we know now? >> reporter: there have been, chris. two new raids overnight here in

the neighborhood nearby. 11 people taken into custody. including seven women. so far it is unclear how they are connected to the attackers. we heard from the london metro police who said a huge amount of forensic material have been seized. we are getting a fuller picture of how the attack took place. few details about the attackers. a short time ago, prime minister may that the identities of the attackers have known. >> the police identified all three attackers. when progress in the investigation permits, metro police will release the names. >> reporter: so the bigger question going forward is going to be how to prevent these attacks. three major attacks in the uk in the past nine weeks. this morning on the bbc, the metropolitan police commissioner

said in the same timeframe, five have been foiled. the commissioner cressida dick said the threats they are facing are not overseas. they are home grown. >> thank you, alex. let's bring in our panel. we have clarissa ward and terrorism analysts paul cruickshank and juliet. we have been talking about the different approach. they know the names of the attackers and not releasing them to the press or public in the united states. they put out pictures of the suspects or attackers. they ask the public for help, but british are playing it closer to the vest. >> that is right. some of this may be reaction to the leaks in the manchester attack two weeks ago. a concern that loose lips sink ships. this is an ongoing

investigation. the round ups. and the hopes that may deter future terrorists. if you bring in the wife or mother or daughter, that will deter. we have seen these cases unfold. some of the arrests will go away. the big concern is is there an international tie to the conspiracy of the three men to kill on saturday night. that has to be key interest to the british to ensure others are not behind them planning similar attacks. >> paul cruickshank, let's talk about something that hasn't gotten a lot of notice, but should as the investigation is going forward and they know the identity of those responsible in london. a big difference with the u.s. and uk. the idea of an lissimilation of muslim population.

the u.s. has the political problems with the muslim community. how big a factor is that in the uk? the relationship with the authorities and government and the muslim community there? >> the police here have a phrase, chris, communities defeat terrorism. a lot of outreach with the metro police here in london and muslim community. they received a lot of tips over the years and the last few months which prevented the attacks on the streets of london. they believe the british authorities that outreach is key to countering this threat and they can do all sorts of covert intelligence. these tips and information coming from the muslim community is going to be critical to identify people who may be moving toward violent action. that being said, i think there are strong arguments that the british could be doing more to

empower the muslim community to take on the ideology. we reported on a number of muslim community groups. really bravely taking the fight to the isis ideology on the streets of london elsewhere in the uk. groups like that need more funding and need more support from the government. britain is widely seen as being one of the country's that does this the best and have the best engagement with the muslim community although much more needs to be done in the future. >> yet, clarissa, prime minister may words have been curious or begged the question. when she says time's up. enough is enough. she sounds very fed up as though there's more that could be done. as they are holding something in their back pocket and they will do more. when she says there is far too much tolerance of extremism in britain. what is she referring to?

>> reporter: well, i think it is a little disingenuous for prime minister theresa may to say that given she is the architect of the security policy. she was in charge of homeland security prior to prime minister. there is a sense she has been part of the process. i think it is easy in times of national grief and collective anger and inn ddignance and say that things have to change. the question is tough. how do you change it? one thing which is important which pertains to the toxic ideology which is the at the root is cyberspace. how do you police the cyber realm?

as the caliphate is cracked down on isis territory in iraq and syria, the caliphate is moving into a virtual realm. it is becoming online. i'm sorry, we have to move. >> go ahead. go to a safe spot. we see the big truck there. juliette kayyem. we have seen what the president has said with the tweets. from the policy perspective, we heard from the police chief, this seems to be home center. not thought from abroad. similarly, the president of the united states was using the london attack to justify his travel ban. as we saw recently in san bernardino and in orlando, we are dealing with the same situation here. it's not about who is coming from abroad, but who is inspired here at home. >> the tweet by president trump was not based in facts. it was cruel in some ways. in the immediate response of an

issue like this generally a country like ours would show sympathy and support which president trump ultimately did. the narrative president trump is trying to create is somehow the terror threat is them. it is over there. it is the other. if we only put up more walls or bans, that will make us safe. we will no longer fear terrorism. anyone knows that is not reality based. for one, the travel ban will not impact all of the people that could come to the country. more importantly, in the united states, as we have seen in particular in boston and orlando and san bernardino, these are people who either came here a long time ago or were born here. you know, that's a home grown problem that needs to be addressed by law enforcement efforts, but all of the other things that paul was talking about earlier. assimilation and limiting radicalization in our own country. >> the irony, of course, one of the strengths of the u.s. has

been the ties of muslim americans with the society. the argument is the president tearing at this with the anti-islamic rhetoric. thank you. clarissa got moved by the police. we will have her back soon. one you have the investigation in london. then you have those fighting for their lives. 21 people are in critical condition after the attacks in london. cnn's erin mclaughlin is live in kings hospital in london with more. what do we know about those people still dealing with what happened? >> reporter: chris, we are beginning to hear from the families of the victims who were killed in the attack. chrissy archibald traveled from canada to be with her fiancee . she was struck by the van and killed at the scene. her family releasing a statement

saying she was beautiful and loving and would have had no understanding of the callous cruelty which claimed her life. we are hearing incredible tales of heroism. journalist geoff ho was at market that night. he intervened to help a bouncer febd o fend off the attacker and he was stabbed in the neck. video shows him walking calmly away from the scene bleeding from his neck. we understand from his paper, he is going to be okay. we are also hearing appeals for help. marine is being treated at the hospital behind me. according to a statement from a woman's organization, she was badly injured at the market. she will require 6 to 12 months to recover. they are appealing for donations so her family can travel from france to be by her side.

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president trump was criticized this weekend for stoking fears with the initial response to the london terror attack. the president tweeted many things, including an attack on the mayor of london and seemed to be pushing his political agenda before showing compassion for the victims. we have cnn's joe johns live in washington. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. the first public comments after the london attacks striking a somber tone in the tradition of other statements from other commander in chief in the aftermath of such attacks. mr. donald trump included a bold promise which has surface here in the u.s. he will do all that is necessary to keep it from spreading to our shores. >> we renew our resolve stronger than ever before to protect the

united states and allies from the vile enemy that was waged war on life and has gone on too long. this bloodshed must end. this bloodshed will end. >> reporter: earlier over the weekend on twitter and reaction to the london attack, the president drew criticism in not being helpful in the circumstances. he seemed to use the attacks to promote the controversial travel ban. targeting travelers from six muslim countries which is stalled in the courts. he tweeted we need to be smart, vigilant and tough and we need the courts to give us back our rights and the travel ban as an extra level of security. he also mischaracterized a statement by the london mayor. at least 7 dead and 48 wounded in the terror attack. the mayor of london said there

is no reason to be alarmed. he was telling london residents not to be alarmed about the extra police presence. he was too busy to respond to the ill informed tweet. >> joe, a big difference of the comments the president said and what he said on his own. let's discuss right now with analyst david gregory and cnn political national security analyst david sanger. david gregory, there is nothing more helpful than making the points to the president about the facts. the tweets. the first one he went with. the man who has access to the best intelligence in the world, the president of the united states states, retweeted from the drudge report unverified accounting. it was in fact wrong. 20 people mowed down. he then immediately instead of addressing the catastrophe and sympathy which would be

presidential, he said we need to be smart, vigilant and tough and we need the travel ban as an extra level of safety. he said he would take 90 days and come up with better vetting. the police chief says this is home grown, not foreign actors. then whatever the u.s. can do to help out in london, god bless. he seemed to attack the mayor. he said we have to stop being pc. we have to get down to the business of securing our people. he said 7 dead and 48 injured. the mayor of london said no reason to be alarmed. that is factually untrue. you notice we are not having a gun debate because they used knives and a truck. the impact of the tweets from the president. >> it is not presidential level leadership. it is not mature leadership in the face of a global threat. we have been facing now in the

kind of intense way since 2001. i think what president trump needs to focus on is the level of cooperation with our government and government of great britain. not only in an act of solidarity and support our allies in the world, but with regard to intelligence sharing and with regard to best practices to deal with this outbreak of terrorist violence. it is different. the nature of the threat is different than it was when 9/11 occurred. you have attacks that are springing up where and when they can. more limited in scope and the master design of a say 9/11. that requires different responses from governments. not all of these responses are necessarily ever going to prevent this kind of threat. we do have to contextualize it. you hear the rhetoric from president trump. it is scattershod in the aftermath. we have to focus on what he will do to work with partners and

focus on the real issue. our rights are protected by the courts in the country. that is a branch of government that should not be derided as the president does. to allow that process to be finished and focus more broadly than the idea of banning people from our country and focusing on the nature of the problem and what, if anything, government can do about it. some of the steps that can be taken are still limited knowing there are people out there who are going to do harm in one and two and three attackers that is difficult to detect and stop. >> david sanger, david points out a great point. actions speak louder than words. in triems imes of crisis, it qu fear and tries to say we are actually not all under attack all the time. it feels like that with the rapid fire attacks.

i think president trump would say he is being a realist. he is pointing out to people that these things are happening too often and we need to do something about it. >> they are happening too often. what he doesn't do, of course, is compare to the loss of people by gun violence every day and every week. the question is not do you need to stop these things. of course, we need to bring them down. like everything else, bringing down the number of murders in new york and bringing down the gun violence in chicago. you need to talk about a strat g strategy to do that. the first thing you hear inside the government from people who have experience, it will hinge for these attacks on truly exquisite intelligence. you will get that intelligence in the muslim community. going out and attacking the first muslim mayor of a major western european country and

going out and repeating the talk of the travel ban, which, by the way, we were all warned in the white house press room by no uncertain terms is not a ban. somebody forgot to tell the president again. those are the things that don't necessarily help you actually get at the problem. you know, tweets are basically 140 character emotions. that's why you see so many of the president's lawyers saying we would be in better shape -- >> david, right now, the president is listening to you. he wants you to know he doesn't care about your advice. >> wouldn't be the first time. >> people, the lawyers and courts can call it whatever they want, but i am calling it what we need and what it is. a travel ban. he just tweeted that. >> paging sean spicer. >> i guess that frees up the reporters in the press room to go do the same. >> now, look, assuming sanity,

right? why does he say this? david gregory, i'll suggest this to you why he says it. politically in his gut he believes this is what people want him to say. this is what they want. the law, reasonableness be dammed. what night it mean when it goes before the supreme court? >> that's a legal question that we'll see. he may prevail in the supreme court. he has not prevailed so far. anybody who spends time in our judicial branch of government is in an unprecedented argument or seldom seen arguments at the d.c. court of appeals. will be impressed with the seriousness with which they approach it. we need a sophisticated approach about the legal and good leadership. we'll talk more about that. >> just remember, he keeps

saying, they keep telling us, stop calling it a ban. it is more reasonable than that. it is more selective. it is not about faith. it is about threat. he just said in all caps it is a travel ban. the president in his own words. >> david, david, thank you very much. up next, there were tens of thousands of people who turned out to see ariana grande with her message of defiance and love in the incredible tribute concert for the victims of the manchester attack. we show you the emotional pictures and performances next. >> he just tweeted again.

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if you are just waking up, here is the latest on the london terror attack. british prime minister theresa may confirming the police know the yidentity of the three terrorists that pulled off the deadly london after on attack saturday. >> he we could never have predicted the tragic turn the he vepts wou events would take. we could never have imagined the killer to target innocent men,

women and children, in the way we saw in manchester two weeks ago. nor could we have envisivenvisie attack on the streets of london saturday. >> isis is now taking responsibility for the attack that killed seven people and injured 48 others. this is president trump who is under fire for criticizing the london mayor for stoking fear for political gain after the london attack. >> defiance breaking through the clouds of uncertainty in manchester. ariana grande is back. she returned to the place where she was attacked during her concert and everybody who was there. had a star studded tribute concert for the victims of the attack to show life goes on. cnn's phil black live in manchester with more. the british resolve is well known and on beautiful display in the midst of crisis. >> reporter: indeed, chris. it made for an extraordinary

atmosphere. emotional night for the artists. katy perry and coldplay and miley cyrus. all moved, but none more than ariana grande. her fans were targeted in the bomb blast p tweeks ago. many had been at the original ariana grande concert and felt the panic and chaos. sadness and overwhelmingly a sense of joy. so many special moments. here are some of the highlights. >> had the pleasure of meeting olivia's mommy a few days ago and as soon as i met her, i started crying and gave her a big hug. she said stop crying because olivia would not wanted me to cry. then, she told me that olivia would have wanted to hear the hits. thank you so much for coming

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whatever you are doing, please take a moment and pay attention. we have a breakthrough on an important question. the debate of president trump's

executive order on travel is over. the president just said it is a ban and the original ban that was rejected by the courts is what he really wants. his press people scolded the media not to call it a ban. supporters dismissed those calling it a ban as fake and biassed. here are the facts. from the president. not scripted. not being told what to say. what is in his head and heart. people, the lawyers and courts can call it whatever they want, but i am calling it what we need and what it is. a travel ban. remember, extreme vetting. not a ban. remember that? all a lie. the justice department should have stayed with the original travel ban. not the watered down politically correct version they submitted to sc. supreme court. the justice department should ask for an expedited hearing of

the watered down travel ban before the supreme court and seek the must tougher version. those are the facts. from the president of the united states. it is a ban. it has always been a ban and it targets muslims. that's what the president wants. let that debate be over. joining us now is general michael hayden. security analyst and former director of the cia and the nsa. i want your perspective. general, on the nature of the threat from the countries focused on in the ban and reality of security in america. first, have you ever seen anything like this? this kind of contradiction in the white house? they yelled at us. you fake news people. calling this a ban when it is vetting. now the president and in his own words says we were right all

along. this is a ban. it targets muslims and he likes that. >> chris, there is so much to be said about that. number one, i think david sanger suggested a while ago this will increase the odds the supreme court will read intent into the current executive order. intent that might be unconstitutional. chris, i joined a friend of the court briefing opposing kpo executive order one and executive order two. in my heart, i believe the president has this kind of authority. i think it is misapplied here. this is a really bad policy step for us to take. now i think these tweets will allow the court to read back through the tweets into the intent of the ban itself. chris, can i add one more thing? we're talking about the ban because the president is talking about the ban. anyone who has done this

counterterrorism thing for a living is not drawing any connections with what happened in london and what it is this ban thinks it will prevent. >> there's no question about the president's right and authority when it comes to the constitution. it is about whether or not this is right to do. as you layout. you have two different bases of analysis. first is context of what he saw in the uk of why you need a ban. he says it doesn't match. you look at the u.s. security landscape. what the ban wants to do is is that what is necessary to keep america safe? is that the main threat. people coming overseas and attacking us? the stats don't seem to support that, general. >> it is interesting, chris, as you form your last sense, i'm forming an answer that says statistically you cannot form a connection with the ban and kinds of threats we are facing now. the threats we are facing now

are home grown threats that grow out of pre-existing islamic community here in the united states. chris, i'm telling you as a surveillance guy and counter terrorism guy, the only way we can increase our odds that we detect that kind of threat is through powerful healthy relationships with our islamic community. the ban, one, doesn't help against the current threat, but two, actually will very likely make it more difficult because it will alienate the community on which we have to rely to actually deal with the current threat. >> is seems the position fails in terms of sensitivity and in making sense. now there's another layer. another tweet. right now in realtime. we know the president is watching the show. he must be because we are discussing this in earnest right now. in any event, we are extreme vetting people coming into the u.s. in order to help keep our

country safe. the courts are slow and political. interesting issue erahe raises one of fact and interesting. general, we are told extreme vetting would take place. a 90-day review. that's what this is all about. do we know of any new vetting procedures for the president to say that they are extreme vetting right now? has anything changed that we are told about? >> i don't know, chris, that it has taken place. it is interesting you bring up the 90 day vetting. i think we have it within our ability to tighten up our vetting. i always thought it was extreme so far. if the president wants to make it tighter, he has full authority to do that. if the president is now claiming we have extreme vetting and he still wants the ban, that suggests, chris, this is not a temporary 90-day thing. he wants to stop people coming into the country from those six

or seven countries he identified. >> so everybody understands why this matters. nobody wants bad guys to come from frother places. nobody wants it to be easy. this shows the vetting wasn't terrible to begin with. in the climate, general, in the nature of leaks let alone of disclosure from the white house, what are the chances if they had significantly changed vetting procedures as they said they would, we wouldn't know about it? >> chris, as i said, i just don't know and these may be tight, small minute administrative takts thacts tak this front end at the visa offices at the embassies. chris, this is a really serious problem. we have to deal with this. we are disagreeing with approaching with the president and the administration. we all have the same goal in mind. so i would hope that this opens

up some space for some recent debate with the professionals in our security communities and the folks in the white house. we are not doing these kinds of things just to meet some sort of political requirement. that we are doing it to meet operationalgeography, is it true that the u.s. has places like france and uk, other than geography, is the nature of american society in assimilation with the muslim-american community? we have over 3 million muslim-americans in the country. is it dangerous to tear at the fabric and create division? >> of course it is. when we do enjoy advantages. one is the intelligence advantages. distance does matter. the third is history of assimilation which is different from the european friends.

it is strategic to prove our worth as a people. >> general, thank you. i like the original better than what is there now and we are already extreme vetting. that's the word from the white house. alisyn. chris, coming up, we have senator ben cardin here. he will give the democrats reaction to the president's statements. to arent company with car insurance, and i was not happy with the customer service. we have switched back over and we feel like we're back home now. the process through usaa is so effortless, that you feel like you're a part of the family. i love that i can pass the membership to my children, and that they can be protected. we're the williams family, and we're usaa members for life. call usaa today to talk about your insurance needs.

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all right. president trump firing off one tweet after another this morning. admitting his immigration order is indeed a travel ban. he also suggests that the revised ban is a sanitized version of the original one that was halted by a federal court and one he doesn't like as much. how will these tweets rank in the supreme court? we have senator ben cardin with us to talk about it. >> good morning, alisyn. >> in case you have not read them yet. the tweet at 6:25 a.m. the people, lawyers and courts can call it whatever they want. i'm calling it what we need and what it is. a travel ban. that was the first. the next followed four minutes later. the justice department should have stayed with the original travel ban. not the watered down political correct version. they should have submitted to the supreme court. the justice department should

ask for a hearing for the watered down travel ban and seek much tougher version. then the fourth one is interesting. senator, it says ain any event, we are extreme vetting people coming into the u.s. the fourth tweet, problem solved. we are extreme vetting people. senator, this obviously all seems to be in the aftermath of the london terror attack. how do you interpret the president's message this morning? >> the president's message is just the wrong message. it does not make us more safe. travel ban puts us more at risk. it targets americans traveling abroad. it does nothing about self radicalizati radicalization. it is not in keeping with american values. it exceeds the president's authority. it adds for a recruitment tool. for all those reasons, the president is wrong. as we see the tragedy in the uk,

our thoughts should be with the uk and not look at something to make america less safe. >> we don't have enough information. the brits have not released the name of the attackers or country of origin. if they come from one of these six countries where the president wants the travel ban, doesn't that help bolster his case? >> not at all. a travel ban will not make us more safe. the travel ban will target americans traveling abroad for terrorists. it had as an recruitment tool overseas. they will use that to attract more people to the extreme agenda. lastly, we know that the terrorist groups operating around the world target locals to assist them. this adds as an effort for self radicalization. for all those reasons, a travel ban particularly one designed by president trump, which was a religious test against muslims,

is just not going to keep america safe or keep the global community safer. in fact, it makes us more at risk. >> do you think his tweets where he is admitting he doesn't like what had been called the new and improved version. he doesn't like it because it is a lesser version than the original one. he is calling it a travel ban. some of his press communications department said it is not a travel ban, but better vetting. what do you think this does when the case goes before the supreme court? >> it clearly shows his intent. of course, the president doesn't believe in the other branches of government. he doesn't believe the courts should have the power to stop him from doing what he is doing. the courts have ruled. the courts said this abused the executive powers. his lawyers try to justify it by saying it wasn't a travel ban, but it was extreme vetting. the president made that clear. it is a travel ban. >> do you think the vetting is

successful enough in the u.s.? there are all sorts of statistics that show refugees coming in from other countries have a lower crime rate than natural born americans. obviously in the wake of san bernardino, et cetera, et cetera, there is a feeling more can be done. your thoughts? >> that is clear. if you look at the refugee population, they are less likely to commit terrorist activities than the general population. does that mean we can't do a better job of vetting? no. we can do a better job of vetting those who come to the country. we have to rely on intelligence and information and we need to deal with people in our community. we need to have a comprehensive plan to keep americans safe against terrorist activities. to say that let's block refugees from coming into the country or visitors from coming here. that will not make america safer. it is not targeting the real problem. >> as a member of the foreign relations committee. what do you think of president's

feud with london's mayor that we have seen play out on twitter? >> it is somewhat bizarre the way the president went after the mayor. the mayor was basically commenting about the fact that there will be a lot of police activity in london and citizens should not be concerned about it. the president interpreted it differently at a time when everybody is sensitive of what happened in london. it seemed like the wrong response by the president. >> quickly in just a few seconds, senator. do you think the new travel ban will make it through the supreme court? >> no, i don't think it will. i think the travel ban as the president indicated is a clear effort at a ban that is targeted to muslims. that is not what america stands for. it will not make us safer. >> senator ben cardin, thank you

for joining us this morning. >> good to be with you. we are following a lot of news. president trump's tweets and the terror investigation. let's get to it. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we welcome viewers in the united states and around the wo world. this is "new day." we begin with president trump doubling down and making something clear. executive order on travel has always been a ban and that's what he wants it to be. he has gone on a twitter tirade this morning making that 100% clear. >> this comes as the president is being criticized for stoking fears with the initial response to the london terror attack and he went after the mayor of london suggesting the mayor somehow soft on terror. all of this as the investigation into the terror attack intensifies. >> here are the facts. this is a statement of policy. yes, they are tweets. we can't get any real clarification from the press office. they are often at odds with the president because he has his