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One year, they all said the same thing. we just want to go home. they are waiting to go back into syria. they want to go back be and rebuild syria, they want to take everything that they have done in these camps which is, is that right their own businesses and create their own schools, all those things. they want to take that back to syria. none of them said we want to come to the united states. >> on the development front, are you comfortable with the first drafts of the budget in terms of thes...

Below. so hawaii has an interest in making sure that its refugee programs, dollars spent are actually able to be used. a flat ban on all refugees, which is what that executive order is, would basically force those dollars to be wasted. with respect to dr. el shiek he, too, has standing with respect to the refugees. his mosque has a refugee in it. he is the imam of the largest mosque in hawaii. for all those reasons, there would be standing. >> does he have standing on u 1152? >> he does. >> if t...

Proceedings below. hawaii has an interest in making sure that its refugee programs and the dollars it spends are able to be used. a flat ban on all refugees which is what that executive order is would basically force those dollars to be wasted. he, too, has standing with respect to the refugees. his mosque has a refugee in it. he is the imam of the largest mosque in hawaii. i think for all of those reasons there would be standing. >> does he have standing on 1152? >> he does because -- >> if we ...

Investigations. by going dark, do we mean 100%? >> were headed towards 100%. 702 is our window into the really bad guys overseas and if we close that -- i dont know why on earth we would close that window. >> we have thousands of investigations of potential homeland security threats evenly split by either people who have self-radicalized or some influenced, some who have come over in refugee programs that we will basic pull the rug out from under you in terms of being able to actively investigat...

100%? >> were headed towards 100%. 702 is our window into the raeld bad guys overseas. and if we close that, i dont know why on earth we would close that window -- >> so we have thousands of investigations of potential home loond securi land security threats either by people who have self radicalized, some influenced, some who have come over in refugee programs that we will basically pull the rug out from under you in terms of being able to actively investigate them or i should say expeditiously...

Syrian refugee program and other refugee programs. what do you make of that? >> i think generally the vetting process for refugees is better than for a lot of people who come to the u.s. its a very long process and it takesate least 18 months to two years, but, look, the administration is entitled to kick the tires and satisfy itself that it doesnt want to make adjustments. i hope they go about that quickly and that we then are able to resume bringing in deserving people who are fleeing from a v...

Ones. i dont think we are looking at this from the perspective of, how do we secure syria for a free place per syrians, a place they can actualize their dreams and potentials. these conversations ive been having throughout the day are much more about moving ships around on the border. >> this is really important to me because i have been making this point over the last two days, if we have a humanitarian desire to help people, we can let is refugees, fully fund refugee programs, many of which ar...

This is a great win for religious freedom. judge watson now have a preliminary injunction. >> and also means the justice department can appeal this ruling to the 9th circuit so take us through what happens next with this. >> right. well, in all likelihood the u.s. government will be appealing this. think thats pretty much expected. i think whats significant about this order is that the federal judge here has also enjoined with whats known as exception 6 in the executive order thats the part that...

One, if the judges ruling is overturned not in the kangaroo court at the ninth circuit but the supreme court he should go through an impeachment trial and it should not be tolerate and nice to be considered for impeachment and president trump needs to direct all resources to make sure the blocked order of those six nations or the immigrants and refugee programs go to hawaii, no questions asked. >> shannon: well see if the president is watching or the white house or take up the plan. meanwhile we...

Very concerned, the tone of his comments have me concerned. we should be working together with our international partners. we already have extreme vetting for the refugee programs. we know self radicalization could be one of our greatest threats where people radicalized born here in america. we need to work together to keep americans safe. the rhetoric from mr. miller does not help bring our nation together. >> michael flynn, national security adviser, what do you believe is his future? >> clear...