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Heres something we can do. it is important to take this opportunity to talk about advances. assault weapons are already subject to greater background checks. lets dramatically increase it. if you are going to have an assault weapon you should have to go through the same security background checks that government employees getting a security clearance have. or make it higher. we can restrict storage and usage. we can have dramatic enforcement. i think a ban should be on the table. but lets not ma...

Clearance more than a year into this administration? how worried are you about that. >> i would be worried. in the white house in the executive branch and what we see in congress there is a lot of classified material, especially classified material that should only be reviewed by the people and how people are trained and have trusted backgrounds. obviously there are some things that can be handled by people that have some level of interim security background or security clearance but anything ab...

I think were coming up to speed with what this is. fully automatic rifles have been banned for a long time. this allows you to turn a semiautomatic into an automatic, so clearly thats something we need to look into. >> senator feinstein in her third term in 1983 or 1984 got the semiautomatic weapon ban passed and then after ten years, congress let is sit. then after sandy hook, they tried it again and got nowhere. but this could be one small step? >> its opening the door to effective legislation...

When he makes this decision will seek and consult with a lot of folks, seek the advice of and consult with a lot of folks who understand what it takes to do that job. we should not hear from the national security adviser all that much. >> we meaning the public. >> and thats one of the reasons why its not confirmable. somebody who reports directly to the president has to synthesize and make sense of a lot of different intelligence, not just on a daily basis but someone on an hourly basis. you wan...

Of 70,000 and it will go up again in 2017 when america will accept 100,000 refugees. >> its difficult that post 9/11 we have new laws, new requirements with respect to security background checks and vetting. so it takes longer than one would like and w cannot cut corners with respect to the security requirements. but this step that i am announcing today i believe is in keeping with the best tradition of america as a land of second chances and a beacon of hope. >> and this is developing. hungary ...

Background checks that have to go on for anybody who gets cleared to come and resettle in the united states. there are health screenings that have to go on. theres a lot of coordination that has to go on with the agencies here in the united states that actually, then, resettle them once they get here. and they all have to go through some sort of a cultural classes so that they can feel that they have a better chance of coming here. i can tell you i spent some time earlier this week with a family...

Media. standing in front of the limo, the beast. great, good for you. im really happy for her. she is having a great time. this is not a party. this is not a postcollege party. this is the president of the states and have danica patrick or somebody -- >> im a fan of that. >> she doesnt even know how to drive, gas brake, gas brake, apologizing to reporters in the van. i would like to see somebody with a security background or maybe ex-cops or something like that could step up to the plate in an e...

The system would have alerted the problem had mh-370 been near their air space. >> once it would be unidentified, its a possibility of security background for such an incident, security incident would be announced and start to be managed. >> reporter: managed by alerting the airline and air defense forces. informed by the data already scoured by the data matrix at the centers core. since flight mh-370 disappeared, checks here have become more rigorous. as they see a new threat emerging -- the ai...

Operation center staff are on heightened alert. from pilots calls to airport security, multiple information streams are mined for anomalies. in this room israels security hangs on minute by minute second by second decisions about approaching aircraft. in here the possibility of a rogue passenger jet is a permanent threat. their system would have alert ad problem had mh370 been near their airspace. >> once identified as a possibility for security background for such an incident, security incident...

Former general jack keen the former chief of the united states army. not a partisan bunch. people are impeccable security background. >> thank you, mike. >> now to a heartbreaking story from texas. the husband of his woman is suing a fort worth hospital to have her removed from live support. the 33-year-old is legally brain dead and also 22-weeks pregnant. how did we get here? how did this start?