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Enough vetting system right now in place to handle thousands potentially, lets say of syrian and iraqi refugees? >> yes, i do and i received extensive briefs on that system this past week and its worth pointing out the republican bill to hit pause really does nothing substantive to improve the process, to improve the screening. we already have the most intensive screening process for any traveler coming into the united states reserved for these refugees. its totally unlike what happens in europe...

People are. when the syrian refugees are going to start pouring into this country we dont know if theyre isis, a trojan horse and i want a database and other checks and balances. we want to go with watch lists, databases. >> joining me now nbc news political editor kerry dann. despite criticism of people who think these are misstatements, he seems to be continuing to gain traction among his followers. >> well, thats right, kate. it is not entirely clear what donald trump is proposing and traces ...

Followed closely by terrorism. among republicans polled, most important attribute they want in a candidate is someone who can change washington. and thats a measure where trump dominates. at trump rally in alabama on sunday at least a half a dozen white attendees shov zrks shove and kicked a black protester. on sunday trump suggested the violence was justified. >> maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing. >> reporter: police told cnn three peopl...

On ongoing military commitments. he is suing congressman gowdy personally, alleging chairman gowdy violated a d.c. defamation law for making false and defamatory statements about the plaintiff in reference to the nbc interview we just played. based upon the fact his comprehensive and objective investigation was pointing at other agencies not just the state department and secretary clinton. other allegations of political note people are talking about, he alleges rep gowdy thought his own staff le...

>> thats right. >> father, great to see you this morning. >> god bless you guys. thank you. >> all right coming up here on the show, terror at home and around the world, now, how would president mike huckabee respond? hes going to join us at the top of the hour. >> and the president said gop rhetoric is helping isis recruit. >> -- thing that christians are more worthy of protection than muslims are, in a war-torn land, that feeds the isil narrative. >> and the finger pointing continues. how the ...

Counter-terrorism official cold me just a little while ago that information came into 47 and belgium investigators. theyre developing this information and thats suggested that there were some priority targets at this residence in sontene, including possibly and i must stret stress possibly, abdelhamid abaaoud, a hypothesis. when the french police went in, they did not know for sure he was there. >> that is the extent of the information, cnn has confirmed through one of the top investigators in b...

Been toward in pointing out the fact face here. we had a lot of briefings from the state department and white house on how many interviews by homeland on fbi. they go into the refugee camps and it takes a minimum of 18 months and 24 months. that said, governors and political figures and maggie running for senate now. democratic governor is clearly shifting direction. >> we have senator cons here saying that we have to get the process figured out first. >> president hollande is speaking. lets lis...

Expand smaller caliphates elsewhere and hope for attacks in the west. who you might see, by the way, this is what the evidence is pointing to right now, you have some french nationals, one french national, somebody who was -- somebody a french citizen, who joined perhaps with people from syria who had been there and you had in the immigrant flow, training, expertise, training, knowledge, meeting up with somebody on the ground knowledge inside of france. thats a possibility based on what weve see...

Here and as authorities in paris are emphasizing to us, they are not confident that this is over. >> they are not confident that this is over. and the coordination of it, it will happen in very quickly and i think all of that pointing towards this being an attack by an established terrorist group, by a group that would have planned this, would have trained the people involved at several places in the middle east where the training could take place but all eyes will be on syria and iraq which has...

Sitting here, everyone couches their words and measures their words. we have to come to a place where we dont have to do. thats the concern about free speech and safe spaces. >> thats right. and a broader issue on american campuses that they have a leftward tilt. >> lets talk more about this. they have separate places for -- were seeing separate spaces for black and white students. this is from concerned students 1950 dividing into seven groups. they are asking white allies to leave. and black-o...