now, these are not refugees, but christian syrians who according to family here will paid for and had earned their advice as. >> this was the day that they had been looking forward to since left syria, last saw his parent, siblings, uncle. >> i was excited going to meet my family after three years. really happy moment. now after what happened -- >> bound for allentown, and new life in the u.s., the six arrived at philadelphia international airport from syria by way of karat 7:40 a.m., their family got a call from customs respect officers? my sister said they're not letting them in, there is a misunderstanding, maybe they forgot a paper. but not paperwork issue. according to the family in allentown, their christian syrian relatives given choice to be detained for an amount of time or go back. >> no one i can talk to, no one can help me. i can't call donald trump and ask him to let my family in. >> but he remembered he won't school with republican cans em charlie dent's son. >> these are not refugees, visas, they paid thousands of dollars, christians, and i don't think this order was ev

christians, of course, as well, but how do you tell syrian and iraqi muslims and christians apart? >> well, again, this goes back to why the syrian refugee program needed to be put on hold in the first place. the safe act i introduced did that and what the president has done in this executive order has essentially suspended the refugee program for 120 days, and the syrian refugee program indefinitely until, again, as was spelled out in my bill, until the dni and fbi director and secretary of home land security can ensure the congress and the american people that they can be properly vetted before they come into the united states. >> because certainly if syrian muslim refugees know it's easier to come into the united states if they say they're christians, they could just pretend to be christians, right? >> well, exactly. i sent a letter to the dni just yesterday identifying the fact that several of these syrian refugees who have been brought in now, we found out do, in fact, have terror ties. this is precisely what i warned about a year ago when i introduced the safe act, is what the

arriving passengers being detaindz at the airport on -- detained at the airport on saturday, 6 christian syriansere turned away. governor tom wolf met with the allentown dennis, they had valid visas and apologized saying this is not who we are. pennsylvania is a place of peace not of oppression. >> so at this point, we do not know the current status of the 6 individuals from syria who returned took a flight out of the united states because of the ban of all the thousands of participants here over the weekend and blocked the roads. actual airport operations were not impacted at all. passengers had been advised to get here early at least an hour earlier than normal, most did, no serious problems as far as passengers not being able to make their flights. back to you all. >> our coverage on the controversial travel ban continues at 6abc.com. we'll bring you the latest updates from president trump's administration along with continued reaction from across the region. >>> in other news, president trump said he will announce the supreme court nominee tomorrow night. the president dropped a hint saying

, maybe a little bit more, if you're going to take a poll of christian syrians? w profound it do you think this would be for the assad regime? >> he said i'm here to help christians. the bottom line is what assad is done, he's taken every voice of opposition and extinguished it through the use of force. the arabs are out in the streets of damascus, more socially dressed. i don't want to live in a country where a few people get everything and everybody else get nothing. >> tucker: i'm asking about the largest christian populations in the middle east which have been destroyed by the civil war. no one in the united states has said much about it. they are very formally pro assad. he protected them.sa >> not uniformly. close. i met with him not long ago. p here's the deal. the best thing happened for syria when they decided the leaders are not the russians or iranians. the iranians have toppled four arab capitals. what does that mean to us?ll if you allow iran to develop and eco-weapon, i think he will do that. if you allow him to turn the middle east upside down, it w

population of any member in congress, and we have largely christian syrianshey were denied entrance, and they arrived at 7:45 a.m., and before 10:30 or 10:40, they were already on a flight back to qutar. they bought a home for their relatives, and they were planning a celebration last night. so it seems to me this order is just overly broad. it was not well thought out. i can't imagine the department of defense, state, justice and homeland security were consulted on this properly prior to implementation. so i felt the execution of this order or the enforcement of the order should be halted until we can take a closer look at it. >> i guess i understand what his intention is, but unfortunately the order appears to have been rushed through without full consideration. there are many, many nuances of immigration policy that can be life or death for many innocent and vulnerable people around the world. with that in context, your reaction to what you are seeing across the country are putting into affect for what you call a halt to this executive order. >> i am glad

christian syrians were turned back. der's unintended consequences or intended consequences is challenging concerns in the christian, muslim, jewish and interfaith communities. >> last night there was an attack on a mosque in quebec city, six people killed. we don't know much, don't know who the people are behind this or if this is terrorism. we know there's been a spike in anti-mosque activity since the san bernardino attacks. are muslims scared right now? >> most people are really scared. it's unfortunate. pretty much every muslim i know in the u.s. and canada. there's a feeling of being squeezed that there's this rise in anti muslim sentiment. now that it's coming from more senior levels of our society it's more out there. you have groups that smear muslims who justify their actions in the name of religion. me personally, i was overwhelmed this weekend when everything happened at jfk, when en the iraqi interpreters who worked with the u.s. military were detained. is this the first step to something darker? i will say,

the syrians in my community are over whelmingly christian and we have a support system. i want to say this family you were interviewing they bought a house and furnished it, the family was supposed to move in on saturday when they landed and so it's really tragic. bottom line is this order was rushed. it wasn't ready for prime time obviously. the implementation was very poor and i think they should simply halt enforcement until a more deliberate, thoughtful policy can be instated. >> a lot of people are anonymously saying steve bannon, steve miller and others in the white house are advising the president more than the national security team. from yourctive, is that part of the problem? >> i hope president trump will take a lot of advice from his defense secretary general mattis and secretary kelly at homeland and hopefully secretary tillerson at state. they're very good people. i hope these people get in place quickly, because those people will provide a lot of very good counsel and judgment and perspective to this president, more than i think people in the white house w

> reporter: this was not a paperwork issue accord according to the family in allentown their christian syrian relatives were given a choice for being detained for unclear amount of time or purchase flights back. they chose the ladder. >> everything is closed, it is saturday morning. no one to town to or no one to help me. i cannot call donald trum top let them my family in. >> reporter: he remembered he went to school with republican congressman charlie dent's son and got this touch. >> these are not refugees. they have visas, ready to get the their green card. they are christians. they paid thousands of dollars i don't think this order was intended to keep people like this out of the country. so, that is what i'm hoping for. but i need clarification from the administration. >> have you been in contact with the the white house. >> i have. >> reporter: congressman dent has been working with the the family as they work to obtain a lawyer. >> i cannot imagine, that they feel nothing but alone and helpless. >> reporter: for this family it was a painful tease for the first time in three years his

a cording to the family in allentown their christian syrian relatives were given a choice for being detainedlear amount of time or purchase flights back and they chose latter. >> everything closed, there thinks one to talk to, in one to to help me. i cannot call donald trump. >> reporter: joseph remembered he went to school republican congressman charlie dent's son and got in touch. >> refugees, we have visas, ready to get the their green card, they paid thousands of dollars, they are christians and i don't think this order was intended to keep people lick this out of the country. so that is what i'm hoping. i need clarification from the administration. >> reporter: have you been in contact with the white house. >> i have, twice today. >> reporter: congressman dent has been working with the family as they work to obtain a lawyer. >> i cannot imagine that they feel nothing but alone, and helpless. >> reporter: for this family it it was a painful feeling, for first time in three years his family was just a hour and a half away only to be sent back. >> they should be here. everything that they

you can imagine, say, coptic christians or syrian christians. what do you say to those who say this was crafted so it doesn't use islam or religion as a test? >> clearly those who are lawyers have gone through to find a foundation on which they can pass a constitutional test but understand this. this ban on folks coming from seven islamic countries, primarily islamic countries is going to be perceived much as the program was previously, as the previous program that didn't result in a single prosecution. it was terribly ineffective in terms of detecting anyone who wanted to do our country harm but what it did was offend the entire islamic world and feed it into the isis rhetoric in which they are saying the united states wants to conduct a war on islam so we'll conduct a war on them. so this really feeds those fires and endangers national security. >> there is a bunch of people noting today that today is holocaust memorial day. i saw the czech ambassador andy shapiroweeting his ielie mother's visa into this country that saved her from mass murder

many syrian christians have gone to lebanon where they've felt safe and been very strongly welcomed. while it's right to say those who are persecuted on religious ground should be able to claim refugee status, i don't think it would be right to say rush. >> and finally, mr. secretary, i want to be fair to the president. let put on the screen a portion of the executive order that he signed which pertains to some of the comments i made at the outset. reads: numerous foreign-born individuals have been convicted or implicated in terrorism related crimes since september 11. deteriorating conditions in certain countries increase the likelihood that terrorists will use any means possible to enter the united states. the u.s. must be vigilant during the visa process to be sure they do not intend to harm americans and they have no ties to terror. react to the executive order that he signed. >> i sat in a seating government where one has to take responsibility for national security. in the british system, the foreign secretary and foreign secretary, we're responsible for our international secur

christians to come in. the refugee program from syria is about half and half right now. syrian and muslim. christians who are persecuted should be the come here. we have never used a religious test as to who should be a refugee. >> since this is clearly not what to be solved today -- are your opinions of the president saying this is uncharted territory. where do you see this a week or a month? >> john mccain spoke out against it. we can only do it with republican support to at least undo this. this is unconstitutional. you don't need to be a legal scholar to know that. it will take ways to get it out. three and four courts not just here in new york, but temporary restraining orders. this is an example the people who aren't here, we could bring here. but they are people who have helped our military like in severe danger, many of whom who have relatives who are american citizens. there are people over there that >> i haveuch the same three dollars. she also had four kids. everything was ok in lebanon at a time. they want to take into the army, i said you can't serve by killing these people. t

among those gathered family members of the syrian christians detained at philadelphia international airport saturday. six people, two brothers, their wives and children were send back to syria by federal authorities complying with the ban. muslims say they were legal visa holders immigrating to the u.s. >> we were scrambling to be able to find the next -- >> people who saw me today, >> i'm thankful for something. >> reporter: by evening, the larger outdoor protests had given way to a small group of ralliers inside the terminal flanked by philadelphia police officers. syrian refuge from new jersey saw the protests on tv and said she was moved to come and show her gratitude >> i want to say thank you from my who are not. >> reporter: this protest was peaceful, there was one arrest, man taken into custody for not following orders from police. he was cited and later released >>> jim kenney is vocally opposing the ban. he released a statement which allowed for the release of two people at philadelphia international airport today. i am so grateful to all of those who worked to decide these two am

the asali family syrian christians and us citizens, their parents, and the, awning else, caring visas when turned away at the airport. lawyers for the family said their family would like to return to the u.s. as quickly as they can. >> a lot more to come here. stay with cbs-3 as we continue to follow developments on the travel ban. of course you can get the latest any time on line at cbsphilly.com. president trump also making dramatic changes to the national security council, adding chief strategist steve ban ton to the panel. chairman of the joint chief of staff and the national intelligence director will only attend meeting when their expertise and responsibilities are relevant. >> and president trump tweeted that he will announce his supreme court takes live tomorrow night 8:00 p.m. demonstration officials tell c. in. in that the president has narrowed it down to four candidates. federal circuit court injuries william pryor, diane sykes. in eilgorsuch, and judge thomas hardiman. >> delta airline still struggling to get flights back on schedule today after nationwide systems melt do

. >> why are we banning syrian refugees but making an exception for christian refugees. of course this is a muslim ban. >> because, quite obviously, syrian refugees, 198 of them landed on the greek island who went on to kill 130 people in paris. it's common sense. >> you're going to violate the constitution and make an exception for syrian christians but we're going to be so hard-hearted that we're not going to invite syrian refugees. these are seven muslim majority countries that he's labeled. zero foreign nationals from these countries have killed an american in a terrorist act on american soil. this is hateful, divisive. >> one of the countries on this list is yemen and just today an american soldier was killed in yemen. why was he killed? he wasn't killed because he was fighting fundamentalist baptists from liberty university. he was killed by radical islamists, in this case al qaeda, killed him. >> are you saying all citizens from these seven muslim majority countries are radical? >> common sense, common sense. these people are there. >> can i ask you a question abou

syrian population. and they are overwhelmingly christian.o i guess this ban, or this order, is redistricting in this case wri case are restricting christians. so i can't explain what the s order is doing. i heard there is a translator who arrived at jfk and is allowed to stay. but i can't imagine the defense department would sign off on an order that would he prvent translators to speenter the country. so i think we need to take a closer look. >> senator lindsey graham said i don't think it is unreasonable to have a time-out based on the threats that we face. i think most american support a time-out but a complete ban forever is not in our national interests. would you why he agree with your colleague? >> i think statement is fair. i think like lindsey graham, wh colleague? >> i think statement is fair. i think like lindsey graham, hy colleague? >> i think statement is fair. i think like lindsey graham, y colleague? >> i think statement is fair. i think like lindsey graham, h colleague? >> i think statement is fair. i think like lindsey grah

christians that's happening? >> in terms of the moratorium on syrian refugees, does that include syrian christians?y have been targeted. there is still a lot to be found out. >> it has to. it's a country of origin, not a religion. it should be called a not moratorium not a more moratorium. >> claiming millions of illegals voted. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. ♪ >> there's no question president trump was a clear winner of november's election but he still maintains millions of people voted illegally, costing him the popular vote. he wants the government to look into it. he says i will be asking for a major investigation into voter fraud including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal, and those registered to vote who are dead and many for a long time. depending on results we will strengthen voting procedures. democrats in the mainstream media are dismissing the president's concerns. >> seems

clearly the image of syrian christians being thrown back on a plane and being deported out of the country, a contractor from iraq who risked his life to help the united states military being put in handcuffs. that is not the message the white house wanted nor does it like the fact that a fair number of republicans in congress, national security experts who served in both republican and democratic administrations are saying this is almost a recruiting message for isis. like the abu graib prison scandal. but i think the other part of this is that to trump's core supporters what this signals is we are going to do what we promised you we were going to do. we're going to crack down very hard on all kinds of people seeking to come into this country. we want to protect you even if it means barring a student from coming home or separating families. so i think when you ask the politics of it, it is the difference between what the traditional political establishment, if you will, is hearing and what trump supporters are hearing. >> they have a departure from that tradition and the norms is this? >>

the constitution prohibits it , and so we want christians to , come, and in fact, be refugee program from syria is about half and half right now, syrian and muslim. christians who were persecuted should be able to come here and people of other religions should , islam and others should be , able to come here, too. we have never used a religious test to who should be able to come here and be a refugee. reporter: this is going to play out in the courts. what are your opinions? by now, folks are saying this is uncharted territory. he is pushing things that have not been pushed before, testing the waters. where do you see this and months? thatschumer: first i heard john mccain spoke out strongly against it. we should have other republicans speaking against it, and maybe we can pass something in congress. we can only do it with republican support to undo this or they it. -- stay it. secondly, this is unconstitutional. you do not need to be a scholar to know that this is not ok in america. have three ory four courts, not just in new york, but in other places, issue temporary restraining orders. senator, what does that mean for the alliance

the first syrian christian family from doha. they put their kids on a plane. they get to the airport and they get turned down. they have to take those little kids and put them back on the plane. that breaks my heart. but also seeing how we treated the u.s. interpreter. he was saying these hands have touched so many soldiers. charles: he was accepted, right? >> but that's so insulting. i think that's despicable. charles: with those sortf stories, are we risking getting too caught up in that and losing out on the big picture? the big politically correct picture that doomed parts of europe. >> and surprised the most important element of attacks. that's why you don't announce these things before hand np. these receive fn nations were already listed under the obama administration and singled out. there was a prevention travel band in 015 already in place. they come from the obama administration. he's taking it one step further. charles: what about the argument this is a muslim ban, a religious test. is that something that should be considered anyway? >> it is not i

he said syrians and others who are christians will come in. e muslims will not come in. it's from his own lips that he's pronouncing that this is a religious ban. >> i know your opinion that steve bannon is a white supremacist but we don't have anything that substantiates that claim. >> all you have to do is read breitbart where he was publisher of breitbart news and you'll see clearly from what is published there and his past statements in support of this suppose alt right movement. >> some religions may be favored over others in this executive order and it also talks about trying to expedite some protections for practicing christians in any number of these seven states. with the removal of some of that language, do you believe that that would weaken your claim? >> i think the courts have traditionally given presidents wide latitude to bar people from the united states, but you can't bar them. there's a law that says you can't bar them because of national origin, and there's a constitution that says you can't bar them because of faith and this

among the crowd loved ones of the syrian christian family were turned away from philadelphia international airport yesterday morning as they landed from the middle east, that family was sent back to syria man protesters we spoke with say they're spurred on to be here by that family's. again we spoke with relatives. here's what they told us in the protest today. >> people who saw me today, you know, my family and tried to help me out. >> they could be here today with media hug them, and it's i'm thankful for the big crowd for coming here. >> and back out here, those were relatives of the syrian family turned away yesterday. a lot of protesters said they were inspired by that story. protesters have moved inside of the airport, in fact, i just talked to some of the outdoor protesters who were leaving and they said that while they were leaving with their signs. a handful of their own crowd is inside right now and police blocking anybody if entering the terminal in here as that protest continues, lucy, back to you. >> you know, sabina, mayor kenney says in part, i'm grateful who worked to save

nephew, lovingly cooked for turned away at the philadelphia international airport sunday morning, syrian christians with legal immigration visas sent back hours after landing on us soil, as their family under president trump's orders, suspending immigration, from several majority muslim nations, including the the war torn homelands. >> they are asking me what should we do now. they don't know where to return, where to go at this point. i don't know what to tell them. >> they immigrated to the u.s. decades ago building happy life in allentown, the same american dream they wanted to share with two brother, their wives, and two children. the hardest part in a they were so close. >> already at the airport wait to go reunite with his family and bring them to the home he purchased to get them on their feet when federal officials toll him his brother, that the point, separate from the him, by just a walk at the airport, would be sent back immediately. he was blind side, family is christian, went through years of legal immigration proceedings before obtaining valid visas, has been raising his brother's son

under steam and blacks they are muslim majority and the president himself has said including syrian christians. >> i have said already bp did the i believe of measure to be divisive and discriminatory with up words of the honorable lady opposite. that is my view. or as it turns out to be counterproductive. >> mr. speaker does the foreign secretary except that this action is exactly what isis' ones because it plays into their narrative quick sense so what he has done is not just immoral but a threat to our national security. >> mr. secretary everybody and dusty and cisco band of the challenge of what we face. pushing people into a corner to make them feel more isolated. but with a huge coalition of muslim countries many to defeat that to extremism. >> if that any point in the conversation of the geneva convention or would not lead the chancellor could. >> get the risk of repeating myself several times already we have expressed our clear views of refugees from those seven named countries. >> mr. speaker my honorable friend it raised and important point did appears the prime minister that that wa

the two families are syrian christians with relatives in allentown who are u.s. citizens.were denied entrance saturday and returned to syria. today we learn u.s. customs and border rejected the request to bring them back in the country. their lawyer says he will file a legal action first thing tomorrow morning. much more on the travel ban coming up on nbc nightly news. lester holt with anchor tonight from the statue of liberty. >> nbc10 at six is next. >> next at six experiencing hate. a local woman burst into their meeting this weekend blaming them for the 9/11 attacks. the warning mosque leaders are giving now. >> plus we're live at the supreme court for a rally against the president's executive order is set to begin just seconds from now. >> plus i'm tracking more snow after some snow showers this morning and afternoon. expecting more for your morning mute in some areas. i'll time it out in our first neighborhood forecast the most accurate in philadelphia. >>> right now at six. division over president trump's immigration order. some say the ban is exactly what we need t

mostly syrian christian, but no, i have not had any conversations with the white house since saturday. >> i guess then where does this go from here? you say your constituents are filing suit? you hope it gets halted. it sounds like the only shot you have of this being halted -- i don't think this is a white house that would rescind an order without a federal court telling them to. do you plan on joining these lawsuits yourself? >> what i intend to do, i am working with customs and border protection, that's part of the homeland security department. i will speak with the state department momentarily. i would like to see these visas reissued to these six individuals. they were treated deplorably in philadelphia, in my view, they were really denied any asemblance of due process. i felt they were coerced to head back to syria. that should not have happened. so bottom line is we're going to keep working on this. i think we're going to get to a favorable resolution for the outcome of my constituents. but, there are 109 -- close to 200 people just like my constituents who were in transit, in

these two families are syrian christians with relatives in allentown who are u.s. citizens. they were denied entrance on saturday and returned to syria the family obtained their visa after a 13 year effort. >>> pat toomey weighing in on president trump's executive order on monday releasing a statement saying in part quote unfortunately, the initial executive order was flawed. it wases too broad and poorly explained. this apparently resulted in denied entry in the united states for lawful permanent residents and others who should have been allowed immediate entry. >>> out of office for just ten day former president barack obama is breaking his silence. spokesperson for mr. trump released this statement saying in part the president fund. ly disagrees with the notion of the discriminating against individual, because of their faith and or religion. >>> ceo of the world's larges companies are now taking a stand against president donald trump's temporary immigration ban. leaders from google, apple, april son says bad for business and they vowed to support their employees impact by

philadelphia international airport, when six family members all syrian christians got to phl yesterday, u.s. customs said they were not allowed this is country. allentown family is being held by u.s. congressman from pennsylvania. >> everything is closed, it is saturday morning n1 to talk to no one can help me. i cannot call donald trum top ask him to let me family in. >> these are not refugees. we have visas. they paid thousands of dollars they are christians. i don't think this order was ever intended to keep people like this out of the country. >> congressman dent has been working with the family, as they obtained a lawyer. >>> this morning a five-year old girl is recovering, after police say a woman grabbed her away from her mother, and threw her on to railroad track s as the train approached police arrested 20 year owed autumn mattsheera. she grabbed and threw a girl at burlington town station friday night as new jersey transit train approached. officers signalled conductor to stop and hotter's boyfriend pulled the girl off the track. she was taken to a medical center for a psychi

the muslim majority countries and the president himself has said the majority faith including syrian christians will be in the order. >> i don't think there's much to choose between us on this. i've said already repeatedly this afternoon that i believe the measure as discriminatory and wrong and the words that the honorable lady opposite. she parroted me. that is my view. as this measure may turn out to be counterproductive. that is also a point that we are making. >> thank you, mr. speaker. is the foreign secretary except the point that this sort of action is exactly what isis wants because it plays into the false narrative that the west is anti-muslim. it's not just immoral, it is a threat to our national security and that is why we cannot be seen to endorse it. >> everybody understands the scope and extent of the challenge that we face in the radical islamic extremism and the point the honorable gentleman makes about pushing people into a corner and making them feel more isolated. he's quite right to raise that. we are working with a huge coalition of muslim countries and completely unaffect

you were a christian in syria, it was impossible-- very, very, at least, very, very tough, to get into the united states. if you were a muslim, you could come in. >> reporter: 12,500 syrian refugees were admitted to the u.s. last year. according to the state department, almost all were muslim. christians made up around 1% of those seeking refuge. earlier today, president trump warmly welcomed his first foreign visitor, british prime minister theresa may. she pressed him on keeping sanctions against russia in place. >> as far as the sanctions, very early we'll be talking about that. but we look to have a great relationship with all countries, ideally. >> reporter: and president trump said he'll have his first phone call with vladimir putin tomorrow. it was his military intervention in ukraine that triggered those sanctions. and, scott, mr. trump will also speak with the leaders of france and germany, two u.s. allies ncite concerned about russia's aggression in europe. >> pelley: margaret brennan for us at the white house tonight. how does the immigration ban strike muslim americans? jericka duncan went to dearborn, michigan. >> reporter: you miss home. >> i do. every day.

refugee program and most egregiously, syrian refugees are beyond indefinitely unless they are christian. this is not what america is all about, mr. president. unnecessary.der is individuals from the seven targeted countries and 150 other nations are already thoroughly squeezed. they submit photographs that run through biometric data bases. their personal information is reviewed, including names, addresses, and date of birth. they are interviewed and a united states consulate. the process can take months to complete and eliminates the need for the travel ban. in addition, the move to ban no national security reason because these refugees undergo an even more thorough screening process that can take up to two years to complete. the vast majority of refugees are women and children who have experienced the absolute worst of humanity. let us not forget the heart-wrenching image of the small body of a three-year-old dad.ashed up on a beach, i will never forget -- washed up .n a beach, dead i will never forget that small boy in his shorts, socks, tennis shoes, watched -- washed up on that each

for him to say that christians are seeing more than syrian muslims, for example, who are being displacedthe millions, over 500,000 syrians have been massacred mostly by the assad regime. to claim one religion is more persecuted the the other, is more divisive and untrue. amy: "the times" says u.s. accepts tens of thousands of christian refugees come almost as many christian refugees, 37,521 were admitted as muslim refugees, about 38,000 in the 6 fiscal year. juan: i want to ask about another topic related to the recent attack in quebec, which initially the reports were that notas a moroccan muslim, only a white nationalist, but someone who is basically a supporter of donald trump and paris le pen, the right-wing leader in france. your reaction to this attack and how that was initially reported? >> is like the boston bombing when we had two in algerian book bags with no information on them. menwo on during young with book bags with no information on the. people see what the media reports. to know a white nationalist walked into a mosque and killed six innocent people, the fact that people

syrian relatives. six of them all christians traveled from qatar to philadelphia where they arrived on saturday. they were denied entry so flew back to qatar. an emotional odyssey. >> they're exhausted. they're angry. they're frustrated. they're upset. they're afraid. they have mixed feelings. they don't know what they have done wrong that -- to be treated that way. and to be sent back like this. >> her family members had visas in hand after a 13-year effort to obtain them. the home that's waiting for them is surrounded by syrian neighbors. it's unclear when the people it was bought for might move in. >> we're just hours away from finding out who president trump will nominate for the supreme court. the president tweeted he will announce his pick to replace the late justice antonin scalia at 8:00 p.m. tonight. sources tell abc news trump has narrowed down his nominees to two court of appeals judges. judge neal gorsuch is a 49-year-old colorado native and a harvard law grad. judge thomas hardiman sits on the same court as the president's sister. >>> this morning the six victims of the shooting at

i think there are christians who have been welcoming syrians into their homes. i was reading tweets yesterday about people who were so upset that the families they were sponsoring were not going to be able to come anymore, reports that people might be getting stopped at the airport. those are troubling to a lot of people. >> yeah. there are tons of christians in this country who have opened their homes, their hearts, their love and willingness to help these refugees for years. so this is a big shake-up for those people that have been working not only within their religious communities but just as americans in general trying to help other folks. but, mike, let's go to these domestic policies especially when it comes to the aca, the threat of the gop from that retreat -- the fret from the gop from that retreat and concerns about not just repeal bug replacing it. how much of an onus is on the gop to come wum a working plan that isn't going to have ripple effects of consequences that cost them power? >> well, you know, they're facing an enormous dilemma. they've had

two families have syrian christians with relatives in allentown who are u.s. citizens. they were denied entrance saturday and return to syria. the family has already raised already 15 you this dollars. >>> philadelphia's mayor jim kenney says he will continue to fight president trump's executive order. he is holding a news conference later today alongside legal team of families over weekend. mayor kenney said he will discuss events of the weekend and legal action, in response to the administration's actions. >>> another major announcement is slated for tonight at 8:00 for president trump. he will reveal his pick for the vacant seat on the supreme court, and a pennsylvania judge is in the running. from our area judge thomas hardiman at 51 years old hardiman is currently serving this is u.s. court of appeals, third circuit. he reeve justly served in pittsburgh, but is now serving the philadelphia area. >>> the second pick is likely to be neil gorsuch, the 49 year-old judge is serving in the fifth -- rather tenth circuit court of appeals, that is out in denver. >> a person

he wants priority to you syrian christian. >> it won't be so ceasey for them to come in any more. >>tate and local government should have a role determining where refer ugees set and he's calling for a tracking system for all 2r568ers to the u.s. >> the countries that produce the terrorists that attacked us on september 11 are not on the list. >> the record is already spar sparking protests and civil rightsing activists are condemning it as discriminatory. >> the impact of this scuff order will be immention both on immigrants and muslims. we fear you know that it will further marginalize communities. >> aclu is calling order unconstitutional. anda alipolis, fox nutz. >> prosecutors in new jersey say they will not pursue a criminal case against christie in the bridge scandle. the case stems from a complaint filed by former firefighter william brennan he claims christie violated the safe misconduct law when failed to reon the lanes closed in an alleged political revenge plot. christie's office rehe'sing a statement saying in part "the prosecutors's office is crystal clear. there is no

syrians are blocked and a priority given to christians.hey say donald trump closing nations border ordering of families fleeing the slaughtering syria be indefinitely blocked from entering the united states and temporarily suspending emigration from several predominantly muslim countries. the clearing the measure part of "an extreme betting plan to keep out radical islamic terrorism" he established a religious test from refugees from muslim nations and ordered that christians and others from minority religions be granted priority over muslims. it is being reported this morning in the new york times -- i mean the washington post whether headline, trump order halts on all refugee admissions for now and right that since the beginning of the syrian civil of the islamice state, many more muslims than christians killed or displaced because of violence, 82015 poll found that 78% of americans favored equal consideration for refugees regardless of religion, the order was called protecting the nation from foreign terrorists entering into the united

the latest suspension of all refugee admissions for 120 days, but for syrians indefinitely, and favoring christians. today, he is diving into foreign affairs after yesterday's meeting with the british prime minister. today, he has calls lined up with leaders of japan, germany, france, australia, and drum roll, please, russia's vladimir putin. yesterday, president trump suddenly remarked, quote, i don't say good, bad or indifferent, i don't know the gentleman. how will that chat go? first week controversy about the first lady, a head line in my home newspaper, the philadelphia enquirer, calling her sexy gets attacked. apologized for, rewritten twice. is that another case of pc gone wild? >>> new lawsuit alleges 52 rapes by baylor football players. are the statistics we hear about campus rape and the epidemic accurate? we will discuss. >>> plus with widespread fears about the future, the super rich are preparing for doomsday, building high tech bunkers. how would you like to live in a former missile silo? we will get to all of that. >>> first, last night i was given a real privilege at cnn. i was inv

to igive gve priority to syrian christians. . >> we're going to have extremeee vetting. >> not going people to come in.o come >> reporter: the executive the i order says state and localoca governments should have a rolesh in determining where refugees are allofwed to settle and theld president is calling for a expedited bio met particularparr tracking system for all system l travelers to the u.s.av >> the countries thaelt producec the terrorists that attackedattk us on september 11th are notnot on that list. tha >> reporter: the order is already sparking protests andspp civil rights activirosts arestsr condemning it as discriminatory. >> the impact of this executive order will be immense both on immigrants asmis well as we fear, you know, that itological further marginalizeai communities. >> reporter: the aclu isu i calling the order unconstitutional. fox news.x news >> well, we have some of sad w news to passe along.g. legendary stage and screendcr actor john hurt has died. ded. hurt was best known for hisnow roles in films such as thein f elephant man and of course the e harry pott

christians coming from syria. look, under the obama administration only one half of 1% of syrian refugees were christians. study, christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world today, 90,000 christians were slaughtered last year and another study said nine of the ten top nations persecuting christians were muslim-majority nations. so i think the president is exactly on target in righting this wrong creating under the obama administration of discriminating against christians. >> pastor jeffers, i think one thing to say is that christians are by doubt the most persecuted religious group in the world right now no. doubt i agree with you. but then to say therefore president trump is 100% right in this order i think is a mistake. let me tell you why. i'm in total agreement that there can be a time for a temporary ban in some countries. if those countries are unable to vet their people or if we're unable to vet them. the mistake i think was, and i hope it has changed, is to make an indefinite ban in syria for refugees. that was the mistake. and it was -- it's a mistake because all sorts of misinforma

christians -- >> carol, no. >> yes. >> unfortunately there are muslim minorities. i take the letter of it -- >> in those seven countries? >> i'm sorry. but my grandfather emigrated from what was syrian in 1914. he was an orthodox christian as am i. you can be an arab christian. as a matter of fact, if anything, there is a bit of a backlash that people aren't realizing that under the obama administration it did seem like christians were unfairly unable -- even though they were the targets of having their heads chopped off, they were finding it harder to get into the united states than were muslims. i think we have to be religious blind other than majorities are not refugees. minorities are refugees. that's an important one. when you look at syria, there are over 10 million displaced people in syria. regardless of their religion, they're going to be displaced. that's not the same as people being persecuted, people who fear for their lives because of their faith. i don't want to get into a religious discussion because i do think in the case of syria, it's not about religion, it's about whether we can verify these people. >> doesn't it all boil down to that? >> no, it doesn't. first of

population of any member of congress in the country, and in my community the syrians are largely and overwhelmingly christian, and i just wanted to point that out and they've been in our community for a very long time and others have been here for generations and others are more recent arrivals and there say support structure in my community for them, but the point is these people are being sent home. i'm not sure what the reason was in this case and these people had the proper legal documents and been working on this s 2003, paid a lot of money and e was house that family members here in the allentown area actually bought a house, furnished it and they were planning to move in last night. >> do you think some parts of this order will be found unconstitutional? >> well, i'm not an attorney or constitutional scholar, but i do have very serious concerns with it. i don't know how we could -- i don't know why this order would have been enforced as quickly as it was particularly for people who were in transit. clearly, if a person has legal documents to enter the country and they're in transit they should be admi

syrian refugees indefinitely and 50,000 in this year. gives entrance priority to religious minorities such as christians. green card holders will face secondary screening. this is a very aggressive solution to a problem critics say doesn't exist. >> that's correct. that is part of where a lot of the protests were coming from. that -- not as if it were clear and present danger, none of this would have stopped the administration as the reason for this new policy. we'll see this play out not just in the streets but in the courts. >> the idea of calling it a ban, the administration says that's not fair. let me play you a piece of sound that talks about preferencing christians. >> because it relates to persecuted christians do you see them as a priority here. >> yes. >> you do? >> yes, they have been horribly treated. if you were a christian in syria it was impossible, at least very, very tough to get into the united states. if you were a muslim you could come in and i thought it was very, very unfair. so we are going to help them. >> david as you know there's no question that christians are having a hard tim