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Mccaul, homeland security chairman in the house, he said that isis has a plot to infiltrate that community. to me, if he would have explained it that way, i dont think it would have been as controversial. >> yeah, the security concern is entirely understandable. we should be tapping the brakes on these visa programs, especially associated with any of these countries that have a terrorism problem. and i think we need less muslim immigration and less legal immigration generally. i think the proble...

And well have congressman mccaul, homeland security chairman in the house, he said that isis has a plot to infiltrate that community. to me, if he would have explained it that way, i dont think it would have been as controversial. >> yeah, the security concern is entirely understandable. we should be tapping the brakes on these visa programs, especially associated with any of these countries that have a terrorism problem. and i think we need less muslim immigration and less legal immigration gen...

Naturalization process on all german, italian and japanese immigrants who were already in this country but who had emigrated from their respective countries. he put a stop to it on the spot. thats the kind of action i think we are looking for here. in the case of the wife here, who was involved, who came into this country on a pakistani passport, the question has to be, i think, at some point, why are we letting people like this in the country. it is bad enough we have to deal with people that a...

This is the third incident this year. in march it was a restaurant, five dead. in august, another hotel, 13 dead. that had, certainly, nothing to do with the recent incident in paris. i mean, geopolitically their objectives are, certainly, to set up an emirates in the state of mali and try to spread that to other countries. this is a step in that direction. and like all radical islamic groups, they take advantage of the local situation, local grievances, lack of political reform here, lack of so...

We are back now with lieutenant colonel rick francona and bob baer. 91% of suspected terrorists on the u.s. watch list who were trying to buy a gun were able to get one legally here in the united states. what needs to be done if we are going to close this loophole? >> we need much more rigorous enforcement of gun laws. terrorists need weapons. im not saying that more rigorous gun controls will solve the terrorism problem. if you can begin to tighten up their access to arms as we tighten up their...

Months if everyone forgets about this. some of that effect has been lost. nonetheless, i think youre right. i think the atmosphere has changed. i think you see it in the interactions between the presidents of russia, france and the united states, their demeanor has changed rally in the last few days. so well have to see whether or not that kind of change in emotion results in a change in action. there are no easy solutions. but look, if you want to fix the refugee problem, the terrorism problem,...

Jv team and declared them to be effectively contained in syria and iraq. >> some of them seem to think if i were just more bellicose in expressing what were doing, that that would make a difference, because that seems to be the only thing that theyre doing, is talking as if theyre tough. but i havent seen particular strategies that they would suggest that would make a real difference. >> the president also defended his use of the term violent extremist groups saying we should not define the terr...

Jv team and declared them to be effectively contained in syria and iraq. >> some of them seem to think if i were just more bellicose in expressing what were doing, that that would make a difference, because that seems to be the only thing that theyre doing, is talking as if theyre tough. but i havent seen particular strategies that they would suggest that would make a real difference. >> the president also defended his use of the term violent extremist groups saying we should not define the terr...

With a big immigrant and muslim community and recruiting militants to go and fight syria. belgium has a population of 11 million people. it has the dubious distinction of having more recruits per c capita that have gone to fight in syria and in the ranks of the islamic state in syria. the belgium interior minister has come out and said why is it this neighborhood always comes up in the terrorism investigations? he is sworn to personally be involved in the effort to try to cure whatever terrorism...

>> you were in the sinai just a few months ago. what can you tell us about the presence of extremists, of terrorists, of even isis affiliates in the sinai and their capabilities? >> well, there has been a terrorism presence there for quite some time. but it has become much more potent, much more numerous, the sophistication of the attacks largely on the egyptian military have been increasing in their intensity. and their scope. so there is a very substantial terrorism problem there. weve had an ...