khan. what did you think when you heard of mr.n to ban people coming in from his so-called terror-prone countries. >> alisyn, i am saddened to hear of this. we were hoping this scexenophob rhetoric will end. it has continued because this administration has surrounded itself with the people that are utterly racist and xenophobic. let me explain briefly to you that the vetting process that is in place from refugees from war-torn syria. you ask any intelligence policy leader, they will tell you it has worked very well in favor of the united stats and for its safety and security. so to tell us that this vetting process needs to be changed now is misleading. banning muslims from certain countries is a pretext to muslim ban which is against the immigration policy of this country which says that no person will be banned entering this country because of their religious faith. in addition to that, millions of muslims that live in this country are so disheartened and feel alienated. we are the first defense. two previous administrations, pr

mr khan promised "bold action" to tackle the problem and said his office would continue to keep londonersks to their health. unemployment has fallen to its lowest level for more than a decade. official figures show the number of people out of work in the uk, in the three months to november, was down by 52,000 to 1.6 million. average earnings rose by 2.7% compared with the same period last year. but the figures also show that since july, the total number of people in work in the uk has stopped growing. before newsnight, let's have a quick look at some of the front pages of tomorrow morning's papers. the metro leads with the reaction from european leaders to boris johnson's comments, that france's president was behaving like a world war ii prison camp guard over brexit. the express quotes the brexit secretary, david davis, saying he would stand up to the eu if it threatened britain with retaliation over leaving. the telegraph says uk ministers and officials are already conducting informal trade talks with 12 countries, including china, india, australia and south korea. according to the time

. >> i was viciously attacked by mr. khanthe democratic convention. >> and his advisors thought this was not a good idea. he shouldn't have done it. but donald trump just can't help himself. >> mr. khan, who does not know me, viciously attacked me from the stage of the d.n.c. and is now all over tv doing the same. nice! >> the khan episode illustrates donald's major flaw, is he can't let something go and he can't notice that he's losing a fight until he's really lost it. >> now on "this week"... >> he went after khan's wife, gazal. >> if you look at his wife, she was standing there. she had nothing to say. she probably... maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. you tell me, but plenty of people have written that. >> amid mounting backlash over trump's comments, his campaign went into damage control mode. >> narrator: veterans groups were outraged. >> at least two new polls show hillary clinton with a widening lead over trump. >> narrator: and as trump's poll numbers collapsed... >> republicans in particular have bee

[applause] ♪ mr. khan: please be seated, please be seated. thank you. guests, thank you.ourtesy,for your thank you for making me part of this dignified event. have two parts of my comments before you. withf you is to update you , and wherend today we muslims stand today, because i have been traveling state to about 25together states that i have traveled, and i have met with muslims communities -- muslim communities and met with the children, elders, sat with them and asked them questions. what is it that bothers them? part is, in my humble opinion, what we could be doing and should be doing, and what we are doing that will make a difference. when we started this journey, it was not for ourselves. it was for the sake of small that we worry about the ugly political rhetoric and speech >> women were threatened, judges are threatened and whenever i would go to a home of muslim small children or friends in the thing community, -- or friends in the hispanic community, they would come to me and they, are we going to be thrown out of this country? go toen don't want to school wit

he talked about mr khan, a war hero, who talked about saving people in iraq.e. —— berated. donald trump asked his wife if she was gagged because of her religious faith. what do you expect from his presidency? it was very disheartening that such a rhetoric would have a place in the political discourse of this country. in this time, in this age. but he uttered those threats, not only to muslim americans, but hispanic americans. he disrespected women. he disrespected judges and their impartiality. all un—american rhetoric. donald trump singled you out for criticism, believing your silence was because of your religion your muslim religion. what was your response him? first, iwas your muslim religion. what was your response him? first, i was really surprised that he did not know anything about islam, about muslim women. they are as equal as their husbands or their fathers or their brothers. women are as equal as men. i was quiet, i told him, i was quiet of the situation. it is hard for me. so, i thought, of the situation. it is hard for me. so, ithought, if of the

mr. khan has etched himself into the hearts and minds of so many because of the words he has spoken on behalf of himself, his wife, and his done. -- son. i want to say a few things to you as you prepare for 2017. you are important. you are important for the things that you do together, but you are also important in ways that you would not recognize. you make it possible for many of us to not only be friend and colleague, but you also give us the talents of tomorrow. have anry fortunate to intern in my communication shop. she came from the work that impact does. i want to thank everyone who made it possible for me to have my staff. [applause] rep. becerra: and perhaps, most importantly, i want you to know, and i expect many of you can say this, i know you. i know you much better than you know. i know you because i suspect you work hard and you live by your values and you play by the rules. i know you because you build bridges, not walls. i know you because you believe and fight for our constitu

mr. khan joins me now. thank you for being here, sir. where do begin. it must not be lost on you, sir, that the first two refugees to be kept out of this country, to be kept out of the united states by trump's executive order are iraqis who helped u.s. troops during the war. that must n be lost on you, sir. i would love to hear your thoughts on this muslim ban. >> joy, i am so saddened for my country, for my nation, for the country and nation for which we have thought. we continue to defend. donald trump and his racist and his islamophobe, to go to the arlington cemetery and go to section 60, face all the tombstones there and if they have any shame, any shame they should refrain from this unamerican activity, unamerican banning muslims, patriotic muslims coming to the united states. we are equal citizens. we will remain equal citizens. we defend the values of this country. we defend the constitution of this country and we will remain standing on our side. the majority of this country is on our side. donald trump never got the majority votes of this coun

. >> give a shout out to mr. khan. great american, ultimate sacrifice for a parent. it's very unusual. the principled committee, the pc, is the highest level of wise men and women for the president of the united states. their interest is meant to be disinterested, not political. it's unprecedented to have a political officer as a permanent member of the nsc. that's not to say that they can't go to meetings, et cetera, but to displace the dni and the chairman of the joint chiefs for a political adviser is something which is unprecedented. >> you don't want politics involved in foreign policy, national security, why? >> because you want people to be making the best decision based on who they respect. the state department, the defense department, the justice department. you don't want people thinking about how is this going to play with the electorate and for my next election? >> stay with us. we'll be right back. american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american e

mr. khan in his letter spoke about his muslim faith, what it means to be an american and what it means to have real concerns about the attorney general nominee and his commit it to the enforcement of religious liberty and protection of civil liberties. >> we leave this hearing now as the senate dabbles and for what is expected to be the last day of debate on the republican plan for appealing and affordable care act. it is included in the budget resolution which makes it easier to send the measure to committees to write legislation to repeal a law and more legislation to replace it. more than 100 amendments have been offered at the start of today's session, but it's expected to be about a marathon on assignments and more amendments today is expected to begin this evening around 6:00 eastern time. voting could continue throughout the night. l spirit, our counselr and guide, give us the faith to believe in the ultimate triumph of truth and righteousness. today, teach our lawmakers to do things yo

mr. khanis letter spoke about his muslim faith, about what it means to be an american and what it means to have real concerns about the attorney general nominee and his commitment to the enforcement of religious liberties. of all the issues raised by the aclu, what concerns you the most? >> i think it is the pattern. the pattern of abuse when he exercised prosecutorial power, the pattern while he was senator, not just idealogical differences, some put it, blindness at best, hostility at worse, towards the interests and the rights that the attorney general of the united states is, has a responsibility to protect. when you say, you can vote against the hate crimes act, but when you say the reason i'm voting against the hate crimes act because i don't think gays and lesbians and women are victims of discrimination. that is blindness. when you say islam is a toxic ideology, that is hostility. when you defend the president when he proposed, president-elect, when he proposes a blatantly unconstituti

mr. khanin his letter spoke about his muslim faith, what it means to be an american and what it means to have real concerns about the attorney general nominee

khan: we looked -- mr. trump: we will see if that can get built. great construction jobs.eystone pipeline this is with respect to the construction of the dakota access pipeline. dakota access pipeline. again, subject to terms and conditions to be negotiated by us. ok. pres. trump: this is construction of pipelines in this country. we are, and i am very insistent that if we are going to build pipelines in the united states, the pipe should be made in the united states, so unless there is difficulty with that -- companies will have to gear up. much pipeline is bought from other countries. from now, we will start making pipelines in the united states. in the united states -- we built the pipelines. we want to build the pipe. it is going to put a lot of workers -- a lot of steelworkers back to work. ok. we will build our own pipeline. we will build our own pipes. that is what it has to do with. like we used to, in the old days. this is about streamlining the incredible -- incredibly cumbersome, long, horrible, permitting process, and reducing regulatory burdens for domestic ma

mrs may said it was up to the us to decide its own policy. her refusal to openly challenge the ban had prompted criticism from politicians, including conservative mps. sadiq khanresponded this morning with the statement. with me is our political correspondent, susana mendonca. it isa it is a strongly worded statement from sadiq khan. that is not surprising from sadiq khan, there is no love lost between donald trump and sadiq khan. during the presidential campaign donald trump made comments about how there are no go areas in london and brought him into conflict with sadiq khan. so he is no fan of the us president, but he has described this is shameful and cruel, it is tough language, but the results of criticism for theresa may us face lots of criticism in the last 2a hours. he says we cannot shrug shoulders and say it is not oui’ shrug shoulders and say it is not our problem. that is in reference to what theresa may said yesterday. she was asked about this issue at a press c0 nfe re nce was asked about this issue at a press conference in turkey and did not answer which he was asked what she thought about the travel ban on refugees. and the third time when she

mr. samuel allen, the vice chairman and chief scientific officer for global research and development of pepsico -- dr. mehmood khan, dr. michael m. crow, and coanchor of squawk on the street on cnbc, ms. sara eisen. >> hi, welcome, everyone. and thank you to our distinguished panel. i'm very pleased and honored to be here to kick off this exciting day. and to introduce the council's claire on-call, which is really a great way to frame the day and the conversation and is going to be their mission that will be sent districtly to president-elect donald trump. here to discuss what's going to go inside is our chairman. kick it off as far as the key priorities that you would like to mention in this claire on-call. >> well, i would start it off by saying the president-elect probably won't like his report card. so there is a lot of fs, ds, not too many as on there. i think the important thing that we're trying to highlight in the claire on-call, that there is -- clairion call call, that there is a way forward. when you look where the economy has been -- and this is really about accelerating gdp growth. and that really get

mr. samuel allen, the vice chairman and chief scientific officer for global research and development of pepsi coand u.s. council on competitiveness vice chairman for industry, dr. mahmoud khan. the president of arizona state university and u.s. council on competitiveness university vice chairman, dr. michael m. crow and co-anchor of "squawk on the street" on cnbc, ms. sarah eisen. >> welcome, everyone. thank you to our distinguished panel. i'm very pleased and honored to be here to kick off this exciting day and to introduce the council's clarion call which is really a great way to frame the day and the conversation and is going to be their mission that will be sent directly to president-elect donald trump. so here to discuss what's going to go inside, sam, if you would. as the chairman, please kick it off as far as the key priorities that you would like to mention in this clarion call. >> well, i would start it off by saying the president-elect probably won't like his report card. so there's a lot of fs and ds and not too many as on there. i think the important thing that we are trying to highlight in the clarion call, that there is a way forward. when you look at where th

mr. kizer khan and van jones who know the the hehef our community and use megaphone to amplify our voice. because of the alliances that we have built for the last 30 years, we are ready to continue the fight for all american muslims. there are a few really beautiful verses from the koran that capture what i'm saying tonight and i know many of us in the room are familiar with them. the koran teaches us and says, truly, with hardship comes ease. with hardship comes ease. and it's such a simple verse and yet so profound and i think it's profound because it's true for all of us. we all have personal hardship in our lives whether it's loss or sickness or difficulties in our fami family, ease does come but only when we've taken action and processed that loss and fought that disease or had a difficult conversation with a family member or a colleague. well, now, we are in a collective moment of hardship. and although we so desperately want that ease to come, the koran teaches us that we have to act for it. there's another verse in the koran that says, on those believers who do righteous deeds, th