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Welcome back. democrats are still trying to figure out how to deal with president. and with me is hillary clintons former running mate, senator tim kaine. >> welcome back, sir. >> good to be with you. >> let me start with getting your reaction to this executive order and to reince priebuss defense of it. is there any part of the idea of pausing -- pausing the refugee program that you support, even if you dont support how president trump worded it in this order? >> well, chuck, ill just go right ...

Worldwide speak volumes to how angry the american pple are. not only are we turning our backs on a humanitarian crisis and it is against what this country is built on, all of our values and we cant pick and choose which refugees get to come in. as being a member of the united nations we have to give equal opportunity to all of the 17.2 million refugees worldwide that are waiting for a chance at a better life. >> danielle, what are you seeing regarding visa holders or even visa applicants. >> eve...

This executive order. so when you put that all together, if youre a lawyer from the aclu, you have that small victory. >> i think it is bigger than a small victory. there are people all around the country who may be subject to detention right now. and this is a very important step. youre right, it is not the whole deal. theyve already been vetted. some of which have risked their hives. i was there meeting with iraqis. i can only imagine how much more difficult our job just got in iraq. how can w...

United states, people serving as interpreters in iraq, being detained. some of them have been released apparently, but only because of public attention. how many others have been detained in the country, prevented from getting here, that have not gotten the benefit of publicity and are in detention, we dont know. the fact is that the orders would not have preventeded san bernardino or none of the 9/11 hijackers came from these countries. tells you that the example he is gives dont support the or...

If they are this religion or that religion or this ethnicity or that ethnicity and we really know that the most vetted group coming to the united states are our refugees. they go through a two year process and blocking out women and children and interpreters who have enhanced our national security abroad is a mistaken direction to go. it will throw into chaos the visa waiver program with europe. all these european nations. all by five of the european union come here under the visa waiver. they o...

Let in whats called special immigrant visas. these are for interpreters, people who risked their lives in afghanistan and have to wait a lot longer than a businessman from china to try to come into the u.s. and start a new life. >> dont they realize -- there are people who got on airplanes before the executive orders were issued and that there was also an argument that a lot of these people, all of these people were already vetted. >> exactly. so this, again, several years long process to get a ...

Or that ethnicity and we really know that the most vetted group coming to the united states are our refugees. they go through a two year process and blocking out women and children and interpreters who have enhanced our national security abroad is a mistaken direction to go. it will throw into chaos the visa waiver program with europe. all these european nations. all by five of the european union come here under the visa waiver. they only can come under that program with the highest passport req...

>> first of all, lets be very clear. both the bush administration and the obama administration when they set up the siv program, the special immigrant visa program, demanded that these precrecipie go through an extreme vetting process, many who went through almost two years by the department of homeland security. so these are already vetted people who have served this nation and for them to be stopped and held up byhis broad brush policy is in many ways outrageous. >> we have to go. how would yo...

Because they worked as interpreters for the u.s. military in iraq and afghanistan. husband its trying to reunite with wives who were given visas to the united states after extensive vet, put on a plane and promised refuge. and then landed and put in hand cuffs. the gentleman that was detained overnight spent years ago of his life in iraq serving the interest of the u.s. so when he got to the country last night on a visa, he was interrogated for hours. he was handcuffed. he was separated from his...

Ultimate betrayal after all they did for us. and you know, its not just about translators or interpreters, its also about refugees who are fleeing isis terror. thats what america is supposed to be about, were supposed to be the city on the hill, the location that people can go when they are oppressed. and right now this executive order from the president does not reflect that. >> we dont know exactly what the wording will be of this executive order that he is about to sign. we know the president...