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Much tied with carson. hes way ahead in new hampshire and kasich argues for status. rubio as well. theyre all way down here. those making the case that the republican needs to change its ways and have a path to legal status, a lot of ground to make up against trump, especially when it comes to new hampshire. >> what do you make in order to win hispanic voters, which is necessary in order to win the white house, talking act depobo deporting and building a wall isnt going to get you there? >> i th...

Whether they are a genuine refugee or an isis fighter? >> thats exactly right, sean. theres no way to vet or screen these people coming out of the middle east. all we have to do is look at western europe and failures of their refugee program. then looking at ours, weve already taken 500,000 refugees in the last six years of president obamas administration. and less than 5% of those have been the most persecuted group of all and thats christians. and so i think its high time that we look at this ...

Whether they are a genuine refugee or an isis fighter? >> thats exactly right, sean. theres no way to vet or screen these people coming out of the middle east. all we have to do is look at western europe and failures of their refugee program. then looking at ours, weve already taken 500,000 refugees in the last six years of president obamas administration. and less than 5% of those have been the most persecuted group of all and thats christians. and so i think its high time that we look at this ...

The ideas, its not a pen. just the fact that we have welfare programs, people can come get free housing, health care, education. thats the issue. people should come here to work their you know whats off. if they need money, assistance, let it come from private charities, private individuals and let them sponsor the next generations of america. shouldnt be a drain on the public coffers. >> go ahead, wayne. >> i have heard this before. we debated it all before on this program. i have never heard a...

Stand for? >> i would say listen carefully because you need to get to hear what i have to say as opposed to what other people have said that i say. i find it pretty amazing, you know for instance there are people who say, carson thinks all welfare programs should be withdrawn and all safety nets. even though he perhaps benefited from those things. where do they get this crap from? at least people will have an opportunity to hear from me specifically what i think and how i think we ought to fix t...

Raise in april are asking the bosses to cut the number of hours they work. turns out the raise is pushing them over the income threshold and out of welfare programs like subsidized food child care and rent. >> if youre that single mom and all of a sudden you make $1,000 too much and youre no longer eligible for food assistance. why in the world would you want to continue those hours? >> participants of los angeles, san francisco and just recently the county of los angeles has followed the leap i...

Bill: a year after passion the highest minimum wage in the country, they are now grappling with the unintended consequences. >> reporter: it went to $11 an hour. some people figured out with the pay raise they will make too much money to stay on certain welfare programs. in the last few months some of them asked their bosses for fewer work hours because they are afraid of losing their benefits. this counters the argument that it will lift people out of poverty. >> you make $1,000 too much you ar...

>> its disheartening were seeing such an increase in violence especially when you think about the progress that weve made. weve come too far to have this type of setback. >> law enforcement, public safety and the community will persevere over this small number of bad guys carrying guns pulling triggers killing people in our community. >> so about three minutes to figure out the worlds ills here. i am disappointed that my side doesnt talk as much as i feel that we should. not just about police br...

Overall has on average about a 10th grade education and earningswise will probably be well below average. thats why most likely just as anybody with an average 10th grade education will probably not be high earner and will end up paying less in taxes than they receive in government services and benefits. >> reporter: one of those benefits of course is education. and that is an expense americans already pay for. the heritage institute also included means-tested welfare programs like food stamp 7s...

Other people. >> and you come up with these crazy ideas that people who do manual labor have to have an education. you dont need an education to do manual labor. >> thats right. 50% of the people are taking welfare programs, you know he it, everybody knows it, thats the stat. >> well, you know what? there are different people who come into this country for different reasons, el salvador for. a lot of those people were not refugees, fleeing a war. not the same thing economic refugees and they wer...