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In policy. the obama administration says the u.s. will accept at least 10,000 syrian refugees over the negs year. and while that is a significant increase, the u.s. has taken in about 1,600 syrian refugees in total since syrias civil war began. the effort still lags behind other countries. germany has said previously, it would accept about 800,000 refugees. and part of the reason for the lag in u.s. response is a lengthy screening process, designed to identify militants and prevent criminals fro...

Very reliable screening process. we have requested and the harris county institute of science has done tests through the standard used by forensic labs around the country and is accepted around the world and, again, being the gold standard for toxicological testing. that may be released tomorrow. there is a set protocol for in-custody death to look for certain substances in these types of investigations. mr. mathis has asked for additional testing on behalf of waller county. >> were listening he...

That is with their purview and within their capabilities. we certainly would endorse them whatever they want to do and we hope that they will be as publicly disclosing with their information as we have been with ours. the second information is in reference to toxicology findings. there have been some instances or claims about a substantial amount of marijuana found in her system. i can tell you that there has been a confirmation of those results. however, the results are preliminary and were don...

We are conducting an investigation. we met with high level security officials in turkey to insure the screening process will detect fighters going both into syria and also more importantly those leaving syria that may be outbound towards the united states that could pose a threat to the homeland. >> homeland security chairman michael mccaul at the airport last week. the largest transit for foreign fighters in and out of syria. he was there to assess the threat to homeland isis inspired threats. ...

Re-thinking who we let in the united states? joining me now, joining me the director of the accountability project. lets start with you, ryan i think most americans would be frankly if they knew that between 1990 and 1992 1.7 muslims entered the united states legally, and even after 9/11 since 2008 about 100,000 a year have come to the united states. now overwhelming the people come here to live peacefully and so forth but knowing what problems the fbi is having, tracking people going dark there...

Re-thinking who we let in the united states? joining me now, joining me the director of the accountability project. lets start with you, ryan i think most americans would be frankly shocked if they knew that between 1990 and 1992 1.7 muslims entered the united states legally, and even after 9/11 since 2008 about 100,000 a year have come to the united states. now overwhelming the people come here to live peacefully and so forth but knowing what problems the fbi is having, tracking people going da...

Arizona cop using his car to ram an armed suspect who allegedly went on a spree. hes seen firing at least one shot into the air with a stolen gun. our next guest is a frep sick psychologist and takes us inside the mind of a cop on the beat. he says its a miracle we dont see more of these incidents. welcome. i want to start with that. why arent we seeing more of this happen. >> within own level the screening process that officers undergo may be working to some degree. we are not getting a host of...

Do is we can go back and look at our own screening process for pilots. my particular airline is in the process of hiring pilots. we can go through and see if we can revise some aspects of the physical exam still keep it a self-disclose situation, but going through the whole process of e evaluation as it stands now, but lets reenforce and reenforce some of the avenues that are available for professional pilots to get help if indeed they need that kind of assistance. >> absolutely thank you very m...

Does it make this distinction in a criminal investigation, if the could pilot did it and he is dead does this remove any culpability from the airliner? how does this advance anything? >> well thats a great question fredricka. and i echo what will says with reference to this is just one phase of the investigation that is now complete. and i applaud the investigation team in the -- in the organized way they go about this. its an example. anyhow i think to your question the problem stems from the i...

That person was a little awkward and might have said the wrong thing at the wrong time and disturbed this flight attendant but he was perhaps vocalizing what other passengers were thinking. this is what disturbs me about this whole thing. if this man was indeed premeditating this whole situation, and i could speculate that he was probably making sure he knew the function of that door and how he could disable it. i dont think it was -- it may not have been that particular flight that he was looki...