he brought into the country -- he expanded the coury by 1/3, and brought in territory that represents the three states -- washington, oregon, idaho, parts of wyoming, ponce to montana -- parts of montana, and texas came into his watch. that whole swath of territory was not american when he took over the presidency. it was america's when he left the presidency, and he accomplished that in a single four-year term. >> what are the lessons that he left for today? >> there are a lot. one of the big lessons was if you take the country to war, make sure you do not do it under any pretext. we have seen that in our own time. a lot of people believe that george w. bush was not totally forthcoming withhe american people. lyndon johnson was not forthcoming about the gulf of tonkin incident, and james polk was not forthcoming. he maneuvered the country into war without telling america that his undlying aim was territorial expansion. when that became clear, it sapped his political standing significantly. >> was the unpopular when he left office? >> he was a president with a great deal of iron will

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>>oodruff: it's not just those 14 couries where the pls will change. >> it is primaly those 14 countries but you haveo bear in mind that very few of tse countries have flights had that come nostop into the u.s. they have to go someere else and change. places like frankfurt, plas li london, places like paris. >> woodruff: what is goingo be difrent though in terms each... is it going to be every single pasnger? we mtioned they were saying no exceptis. do you think they literally mean that? >> i think they literallmean that. i think onof the reasons why you're going to see increase securityt european gateways is just in case th don't do it. just in ca they don't keep their word on . every passenger. >> woodruff: todayt was report that some of these european countriesere not yet implementing these n procedures. what does that mea how much levere does the u.s. have on thesether cotries to do what we're asking them to do? >> the u.s. atutely has a lot of leverage but it not leverage we're willingo use because it hurtss more than it hts them. if we restrict the numr of flights coming in from fn

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passengers from 14 named countries all deemed state sponsors of terror or couries ever interest can expectks across the board. that includes yemen, the country where president obama said nigerian board umar farouk abdulmutallab was trained to carry out the christmas day bomb plot. >> al qaeda and the arabian peninsula trained him, equipped him with those explosives and directed him to attack that plane. >> reporter: now in custody investigators are questioning the accused bomber with al qaeda in yemen. >> theres an advantage in talking to us in terms ever plea agreements. >> reporter: critics say the case doesn't belong in civilian court. >> if we treated this christmas day bomber as a terrorist, he would have immediately been interrogated military style. >> reporter: in yemen today u.s. and british embassies remain closed citing threats by al qaeda. president obama leaves tomorrow with his -- meets tomorrow with his security team. in washington, brooke hart nbc news. >>> the attorney for five local men being accused of trying to plot terrorist attacks in pakistan said his clients did noth