reconsider allowing some of the refugees to come to the united states, like we have in the past. as you pointed out, we took nearly 3,000 refugees in the years before president trump took office. now we're taking 11. there's no reason this president shouldn't allow more refugees. and what we should work towards is regional cease-fires and actually peace that is going to help the civilians in syria, not just to show a force for symb symbolic reasons. >> you talked about holding assad accountable and expecting refugees. assad doesn't necessarily do that, so what is the strategy there? >> well, i think he's a war criminal. i think we need to take it up to have him brought before the haag. i have no doubt he's, in the past, gassed his own people. he needs to use the full force of international law to hold him accountable. in the meantime, i think we need to involve russia, turkey, even