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Some of the events that played out, pete, in their day. but what -- as far as his wife being able to get into the country, his fiancee, under this visa you know the conversation thats existed regarding refugees, syrian and iraqi, and many people have said that some of these soft spots, if you will, in allowing people in our country is not the refugee programs but the visa programs, and a conversation we had after 9/11 as well. >> right. well, of course, the refugee question, those people that ar...

Allow them to free flow in the country. n? paris, there was a lot of things in the refugee programs. and if you are a french national, you can come in fairly easily. and does it seem from what you are hearing, and coming toward us, this will impact to make be america more safe? >> many of these individuals from paris travelled to syria and come back to france and were trying to get to other places. yes, it would catch that situation. but youxd will not get all of them. and you need to know how t...

Way to afghanistan, pakistan, and then work closely with our nato allies with what appears to be a command and control structure that isis created successfully in europe. >> congresswoman said the u.s. needs to temporarily suspend the visa waiver program between the u.s. and europe that allows europeans just to come into this country without applying for visas. given the attackers, the terrorists were largely europeans not refugees does that make more sense in some ways than what the house passe...

Make sense? >> well, what the house passed is definitely needed. from the information i see and if i was in the shoes of isis or al qaeda, i would definitely try to get people into these types of refugee programs. the house legislation is needed. i agree there needs to be a longer look at what needs to happen in the long run with the visa waiver program and who is allowed to get into the united states. thats going take more time. but in the short term we can put in so that the fbi and other inte...

Ref uuge refugees. very few that have come through the refugee resettlement program, out of 785,000 since 2011, only 10 or less have been arrested for terrorist plots. none have actually carried out terrorist plots. there are much easier ways for terrorists to get here, like the visa waver program, and none of the 19 came as refugees. the politicians who are talking about this should not only look at the statistics, they have to look at other things that benefit the united states from these refu...

Help people settle here in the united states to stop helping syrian refugees. let me play a little bit of that for you. >> as the supreme court of texas as well as being the governor of texas i can tell you what the law says and it says that these refugee programs need to cooperate with the states in order for them to cooperate with the states, they have to follow the instructions that i have provided. >> do you think, mr. mayor, that governor abbott has a point that there is legal standing here...

Morning about why. >> well, i have been told by my law enforcement agency, by homeland security, that there have been some major threats against the united states after 9/11 and all of those individuals came out of refugee programs. >> you have been told that all of the people who would wanted to harm the united states have come from refugee programs, is that what youre saying? >> major threats that have occurred since 9/11, not necessarily all, but the major threats that have been stopped, thos...

>> reporter: the facts do not bear that out. since the war started u.s. government data shows 2200 syrian refugees allowed into america, majority children or elderly. the white house says 10,000 will be taken in next year, all will be subjected to more rigorous screenings than any other migrants, a process that could take two years or considerably more per refugee. thats enough to calm many democratic governors. >> no ones taking a raft from turkey to the united states. its a very different proc...

Sponsored refugee programs like in canada. that would be helpful. >> there are several points and i will pick purpose open them but i want to go back to you senator murphy, one could argue that vietnam was our problem, we broke it, if you will. is this our problem? the syrian refugee crisis? >> why thing you can say the syrian war wouldnt have happened if not for the invasion of iraq. but we certainly contributed to the ongoing mess in the region and inside syria because of our occupation and in...

Fully vet the individuals we would take in. i also like these privately sponsored refugee programs like they have in canada. that would also be very helpful. all right. >> there are several points you make there, and i want to pick up on them. but before i do i want go back to you, senator murphy, not to be cold hearted about it, but one could argue vietnam was our problem. we broke it, if you will. is this our problem, the syrian refugee crisis? >> so, i dont think that you can say that the syr...