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Least 26 states have moved to suspend or restrict any syrian refugees from reset elling in their state. alabama to arkansas to massachusetts and maine. some of the states previously did not object to the presidents plans but that all changed after the terror attacks in paris. >> we are probably the best to find out what happened especially when you know the terrorist posed as a refugee. >> we received almost little or no security information about the refugees, on their backgrounds even possibly...

Arm armed is services committee. and now, earlier, senator mike mccaul said that there was a earlier conspiracy that was fought with as many as 20 people involved. what can you tell us about it? >> well, not much doubt about it. because what happens in paris does not happen in a vacuum. people have to be acquiring the passports, and the backgrounds that go into this, and i wont duck your question, wolf, but i am going into the briefing in 20 minutes with the fbi and other members of intelligence...

To avoid cat gore call judgments because im not a judge. if there is one bed rock tradition in the united states is that the government cannot draw lines between religions and say this ones okay and this one is not. so i think ted cruz proposal is, frankly, much more an appeal to conservative voters in iowa than a serious proposal that could ever get through congress, much less approved by the courts. you know, peoples backgrounds can and should be investigated. and thats entirely appropriate. b...

Secretary said that he has no doubt that there are other isis plots in the pipeline and right now red ti to go and presumably against american targets. do you have any reason to doubt what he says? >> no, i believe it is accurate. we know it. again, i know that there are isis people, and by the way, they are not syrian refugees or yemeni refugee, but people who are already here, and in various backgrounds that are waiting for the word. in fact, we have thwarted a number of the plots here, but th...

Ability to search a persons background is only as good as the database that you have access to. there are some limited databases, but for the most part, syria is such a mess, that theres an inadequate database in order to search the backgrounds of the people coming here. im not talking about their medical back grounds, but their political and legal back grounds. >> thats how it sounded this weekend, when the white house was in sharp disagreement with pete king how good the screening process is. ...

To if you ask the federal government can you guarantee youre not letting in terrorists, right now, they have to say no, dont they? >> i dont know how they would make that guarantee. and the president gives the impression has he has guaranteed a thorough background check. we do not want -- know what that background check is composed of. we dont know often the identities of the people coming in to our state, and we dont know the backgrounds of the people coming to our state, or where theyll be rel...

Thank you for your per spspectp. lets bring it back to brooke in new york. >> from the how to the who, we are on this investigation, the manhunt. what were learning about their backgrounds and the hunt for possible accomplices. stay with us. special live coverage continues after this. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare?

>> do we have a good understanding of what the breakdown is? is it the united nations? if you listen to people who are critical of open borders, very critical of the refugee process, they will tell you 70% of them are single males and present a threat as possible foreign fighters or disaffected people that will wreak havoc. and then you talk to people that work with refugees in the refugee camps and they said the majority are women and children, and displaced families. what do we know for sure? ...

That will wreak havoc. and then you talk to people that work with refugees in the refugee camps and they said the majority are women and children, and displaced families. what do we know for sure? >> the majority of people are as mentioned before, middle-class people from varying professional backgrounds. a lot of them are men because families cant afford to send the whole family at once. it is dangerous and the solution is to send a man that can make it there and they can bring the rest of the ...

They should have been. these jihadis are moving to syria and moving back in. while theyre aware theyre going to fight in syria, theres not enough awareness when they move back into belgium or france. the investigation is ongoing. there isnt a sense yet how deep this network extends, but everything were hearing, kate, brings the story back here to molenbeek and brussels. >> nima, as they look into the backgrounds of these men involved, theres also the most immediate and urgent focus right now in ...