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Expect us to account for who they are and that's the reason why you set up some form that has the vetting which the president has called extreme vetting. what's wrong with that when you consider the nature of the government in these countries in the first place? >> well, we put in place in our administration and the last administration is very extreme vetting. we -- these refugees go two to three years of buy -- biometrics of background checking and vetting you could want. we believe the system's in place and backed up by statistics nobody from these countries has killed an american in the u.s...

Who said, if you like your doctor, you can keep them. if you like your insurance company, you can keep them. now this like saying if you like your gun, you can keep it. i don't know if i completely trust that. this is something that needs to be worked out with congress, with the people who represent all of us. this is not something that needs to be done by executive order. >> someone who was a surgeon at john hopkins in baltimore certainly doesn't need me to talk about what gun violence can do and what gun violence does to young people and to innocent people. do you think that if one works wit...

Steps underway to combat terror. listen to the improved coordination domestically and internationally with our partners in france, and germany and the uk. and the need to undermine the evolving tactics in the way they collect funds and also screening. background checking is huge if you are going to protect the homeland and that is an area where some on capitol hill are saying they are missing the mark. >> the immigration screening process is a critical element in protecting the american people. reviewing the backgrounds of foreign nationals before they come to the united states is crucial in u...

Complicity with another individual the facts don't support that. we are looking to him and trying to peel back of layers of the onion to the extent that the end -- >> i appreciate you doing that. and we bring into focus what is going on. we appreciate it, pat brown isn't formerly with the nypd and as you do more background checking into the suspect we will bring it to our viewers. sandra is making me aware there is a news conference planned, coming up shortly, looks like it will be 2:00 p.m. eastern so fox news will have that. also we have heard from the general manager of the television stati...

Whether or not he had a criminal record? >> it is a difficult process, jake. from everything that we've been able to find out. we've talked to two attorneys who help people get these security clearances. the initial step is for a private contractor to do some background checking on behalf of the office of personnel management, that massive government agency that deals with all the government employees. >> that's part of the white house executive branch. >> exactly. they hire out a private contractor to look into the background of the person in question, find out anything in this person's backg...