[Harlow:] All right, this morning, time is running out for a mother who's blocked from seeing her dying two-year-old son in a California hospital. Why? Because of the White House, the Trump administration's travel ban. Here's a look at her son, two-year-old Abdullah Hassan, on life-support there. He is suffering from a genetic brain condition. Doctors say he may not have much longer to live.
[Sciutto:] So the issue is that Hassan's mother is a Yemeni national living in Egypt. She is not allowed to come to the U.S. because of the White House's travel ban. These things have real effects. Now the family is working with the State Department to get her an expedited humanitarian visa, at least for her. CNN correspondent Dan Simon is at the hospital in Oakland, California, with more details. Is there any evidence, Dan, that she had a security background that required her specifically to be banned from entering the U.S.?
[Dan Simon, Cnn Correspondent:] Not that we know of, Jim and Poppy. I can tell you, though, that things now appear to be moving in a positive direction for this family after CNN and other media began reporting out this story. I can tell you that as of last night the family had been in touch with the State Department so she could be granted this humanitarian visa so she could fly to the United States, come to this hospital in Oakland, California, and essentially say good-bye to her son. You know, the father, he is a U.S. citizen. He lives in Stockton, California. But the mother, she is from Yemen. So she was blocked from coming to the United States because of the Trump administration's travel ban. I want you to listen now to what the father told "NEW DAY" just a short time ago when asked what message he may have for President Trump. Take a look.
[Ali Hassan, Father Of Two-year-old Boy On Life Support:] All families, they're supposed to be together. Right now, my son's situation, he's facing death. And I'm going through losing my son. It's really hard for me and for my mother and for my family and my wife, too, just really hard.
[Simon:] Well, this boy, Abdullah Hassan, he's two years old. He has a rare brain condition. He's on life-support at the children's hospital in Oakland. And the hospital, they put out a statement last night saying that they empathize with this family, they're supportive of their desire, of course, to be together in the boy's final days. And they say right now they're just doing everything they can to keep him comfortable. I can tell you that right now the wife, she is in Cairo, Egypt, essentially waiting for the State Department to grant this visa, which could come, again, as early as today. And if it does, she plans to hop on the earliest flight available. Jim and Poppy.
[Harlow:] Yes.
[Sciutto:] Dan Simon, thanks.
[Harlow:] Yes.
[Sciutto:] You see this often, I mean one story will get attention and the administration will respond, take care of that one story. Does it change the broader policy?
[Harlow:] Yes, it doesn't.
[Sciutto:] You have to imagine there are others effected. That's the test.
[Harlow:] I hope that mom gets over here. All right, the White House just announced plans to overturn some school policies that were put in place under President Obama to make sure that minority students are disciplined fairly. The details, next.