. >> reporter: tareq and his brother and family of five were part of an estimated 60 to 100,000 whose valid visas were revoked when the president's executive order took effect. now at 5:00 this evening, tareq and his father and brother will get on another airplane they'll fly to flint michigan where they live. the father owns two g about going to college. back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> an appeals court could rule on president trump's immigration order as early as tonight. the justice has until 6:00 to file briefs and lawsuit against the travel plan. the federal appeals court denied the white house's request to immediately reinstate the travel ban. for now airports are operating as if the executive order never existed. this morning lawyers for minnesota and washington state argued the ban would quote, unleash chaos. >> we have a checks and balance system in our country. and the president does not have totally unfettered discretion to make executive orders as he chooses. >> president trump has been critical of the seattle district judge who overturned his order calling him a so

for the last year and a half, ammar aqel mohammed aziz and tareq aqel mohammed aziz have waited for this moment. the 19 and 21-year-olds were in president signs the second of action. two and a half hours after they landed, they were deported to a country they never visited. nobody told their father on the other side of customs. >> it was a horrible week -- i did not eat, did not sleep, did not answer my phone, only for emergency calls. world, thousands of refugees and immigrants are also racing to get to the u.s.. many fear it will be reinstated. administration has hours to file a brief here lawyers representing washington and minnesota, saith the ban is restored, -- say if the restored, it will unleash chaos. they are grateful to be out of the war zone and in america. >> i want to thank all the people that support us. this is a great country. >> a magic moment. i could not believe -- i think i am dreaming. i cannot believe we are here. sam: this immigration situation could change any time, many passengers in the air right now bound for the united states could be turned away once they la

some due to the weekend's court orders, others like brothers tareq and ammar aziz from yemen becausey are green card holders who had to reschedule after confusion over their status. >> reporter: all this, following friday's ruling by federal judge james robart in seattle that halted several key provisions, at least temporarily. that ruling drew a tweet-storm of criticism from the president. "if something happens"-- mr. trump wrote-- "blame him and the court system." he had more to say today, at macdill air force base in tampa, florida. >> we need strong programs so that people that love us and want to love our country and will end up loving our country are allowed in. not people that want to destroy us and destroy our country. >> reporter: it was his first visit to u.s. central command-- the military wing overseeing the middle east. as he spoke about "radical islamic terror" attacks, mr. trump's sharpest criticism was about the media. >> it's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported. in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. they have their