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Decision. >> the mayor made plans to welcome up to 100 syrians in 2017 but in the wake of president trumps executive order placing a halt on refugees from the war-torn nation, he fears the two families that have arrived so far will be the last. over the weekend, activists rallied together in rutland, a volunteer organization rutland welcomes, has spent months preparing for the arrival of the refugees. >> its been hard, heartbreaking. to think of the 91 folks who might not be able to come to rutl...

Sessi have seattled in the united states, 80,000 about per year, one of those cities that does take in refugees is austin, texas. and joining me now is the mayor of austin. this as we look at the resettlement program that is now in question. tell us how ire reactiyoure re what you see. . >> i think i find it real scary. and disheartening. >> i think i find it real scary. and disheartening. i hope this kind of thing doesnt happen at our parent. in our community, immigrants are welcome. we have th...

On both the executive order piece and the legislation. -- >> resettlement program? >> i dont know, i will have to get back to you. or contact the department of state. yes, sir n the back. >> regarding access for american companies to the national markets, will the president try to improve access to the largest market? >> look, i think he is going to increase market access wherever he can. hes in the process of reviewing all of our current trade agreements and looking at potential bilateral optio...

Who he is here to serve. >> the weekend was messy for him. he got in the fight over crokrc sizes. that is not something voters care about. >> if he had just allowed that 30 seconds or that tweet to go by, that would have been the end of the story. he made it the news story of the weekend by being angry about it. >> he is president. he has an opportunity to make everyone forget what happened this weekend. he just has to do stuff that voters care about. and he will be signing executive action toda...

For an agency that is helping syrian refugees. the united nations high commissioner for refugees says that donald trumps remarks could jeopardize the entire resettlement program. the spokesman melissa flemming says, quote, we are concerned that the rhetoric that is being used in the election campaign is putting an incredibly important resettlement program at risk that is meant for the most vulnerable people, the victims of war that the world is unable to stop. strong words from her. despite the ...

Governors and say that the president should be pausing this resettlement program for refugees. is she right or wrong on that? >> well, the governor and i agree that its very important to keep new hampshire and the country safe and that weve got to be tough in going after isis. i think we have a very good system for vetting refugees who come into this country. we do very stringent background checks. most refugees wait from 18 to 24 months before they actually get to the country and they go to pla...

Tension. >> so where do you stand on the issue, where have you been voting? >> look, i supported the legislation the other day that would allow for a pause. a pause to allow us to better reinforce our existing programs on refugees and so by the way im on the committee to appropriations committee, that actually does provide the funding for refugee assistance and we provided over $3 billion in this fiscal year. 2.5 for the refugees overseas and not even counting the money we have for the uncompani...

Resettled in the area by the lutherans. some syrians feel its their obligation to open their hearts and their homes to their fellow syrians, whether they be muslim or different faith. others are very concerned because of the pro-assad, pro-government feelings of many local syrians. theyre concerned that many of the people coming are islamic and are antiregime and that that can create some tension. >> where do you stand on the issue? where have you been voting? >> look, i supported the legislatio...

Overseas, $500 million here and im not counting the monies for the unaccompanied children. i understand we have a responsibility, but lets get this resettlement program right. i also just want to be clear -- i dont believe the refugee issue is the major security threat. there is a threat. we have to take al qaeda at their word. they intend to penetrate or infiltrate some of the refugee communities. and so, but we should take them at their word, but i would also tell you, chris, that the bigger t...

Sources, that a u.s. official says at least one of the eight paris attackers likely would have been able to travel to the united states under the visa waiver program right now. so people are scared. >> well, two important points. right now, we need to do a better job of informing the public what the refugee program is. we have not done a good job. and some of the comments by some of the politicians that you showed are not helpful. second of all, talking about a potential terrorist coming through...