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>> after two years of vetting -- >> reporter: even after they risked their lives in iraq and some were killed for it. its taken the state department a long time to approve their visas. now they are all on hold because of president trumps orders. >> american government invited me, gave me visa, told me come, you have helped us in the past. its unbelievable. >> reporter: 19-year-old benyad already knows he loves america. the state department invited him for an exchange program. one of his favorite...

Dismant dismantled, the idea is being discussed, at least withholding funds from the u.s. which is a big chunk of their budget. i want to play something that lindsey graham said yesterday. saying hes not only going to withhold the charge to withhold money to the u.n. and to you, palestinians. he talked about a u.s. citizen in his home state. take a listen. >> taylor force was a young man whose parents live in south carolina, west point graduate, went to israel on a visit as part of a graduate ex...

So it needs to be revisited. to take a congratulatory call from any leader, any leader, if it were putin he should take a call from anyone. >> yes, we are strategic partners with taiwan. we have strategic military alliances with them. at one point we were training air force pilots at luke air force base in arizona in an exchange program with taiwan. there are -- we have economic interests there. guess what, so does donald trump. his son went top taiwan to explore the possibility of building a ho...

Tears as fidel castro. i went on to ask him, you know, looking back as an adult how do you feel when you reflect on what happened to you as a child. you were just 6 years old when the boat capsized. he said we are talking about two strong cuban communities. one in cuba, one in miami. they shouldnt fight over economics or politics because they were all able in that moment to come together for one little boy. thats what he said he wants to see more of. hes 23 years old, an industrial engineer. he ...

In the paris terrorist attacks. this is live in long beach, cal state. theyre holding a vigil on that campus. it ended just a couple of minutes ago. nohemi gonzalez fatally shot at a restaurant. the 23-year-old senior was studying abroad as part of an exchange program. her family spoke earlier. watch. >> we are here because mimi is in our hearts. mimi is in our hearts today and tomorrow. >> officials at the french school notified long beach state of gonzalezs death and confirmed it with her pare...

1989, the same year some believe a flying saucer is shot down over the kalahari desert in south africa. legend has it two aliens survive the crash. no word on what happens to ebe number one, but ebe two is allegedly flown to area 51 for questioning. >> he said that they were interviewing the alien a certain number of times a week for a certain number of hours. >> the alien, victor says, is interviewed telepathically. of course, the universal language of human meets extraterrestrial. >> approxima...

Debate as we know is not limited to south carolina or that flag on the state house grounds. daytona beach, florida, nascar is holding a voluntary flag exchange program. fans can swap out their confederate flag or any flag of their choice for an american flag. friday confederate flags were waving high before a practice run at the daytona international speedway. >> the pope bringing his message to some of the poorest areas in south america. and ahead relief for the international space station. f...

>> well, this weekend i spoke with contributor bacari sellers. we spoke about this con goiongo effort to take down the confederate flag. >> this has become a very tense debate. many legislators including the governor herself have been receiving threats throughout the country, throughout the south. many of my colleagues are ready for this debate to come and this flag to come down. we anticipate a day where we can finally lower the flag and place it in a museum where it belongs. that flag coming d...

Over the kalahari desert in south africa. legend has it two aliens survive the crash. no word on what happens to ebe number one, but ebe two is allegedly flown to area 51 for questioning. >> he said that they were interviewing the alien a certain number of times a week for a certain number of hours. >> the alien, victor says, is interviewed telepathically. of course, the universal language of human meets extraterrestrial. >> approximately twice a month they sit it down for a session that general...

Counterintuitive because the instinct of so many people is to shield them from these kinds of things that essentially they will be terrorized by them. but youre saying in some way, it might actually give closure? >> i think it might. i think we cant assume that one size fits all when youre dealing with grieving and trauma. i agree, some families out there would not want to know what this is about. but i think we need to give them that choice. we cannot sit here and say, we know whats better for ...