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It. >> there is a facebook page with links to the taliban and al qaeda and the family says it's not the case. is it possible this was a real red flag and they were just doing their job and it worked out the way it was supposed to? >> if there is a credible evidence if they might be a threat, don't let them in the country. the fact is cnn found that facebook page from what i've seen. homeland security has not released information about why they are banning it. and the facebook page said i'm the supervisor at al qaeda and the family says that is not their son. if there was a link to a facebook p...

>> reporter: the religion, faith of spiritual belief of an international traveler are not determining factors. for flights in or out of the united states, passenger security checks have been long before travelers get to the airport and before the airline accepts payments, names are run against the government's in fly list. if there is a hit, the sale is denied. for those who bought a ticket, names are continuously checked against other government databases searching everything from past i ten rarelies to law enforcement. if there is a problem, the airlines deny boarding. not just terrorism. th...

Living in birmingham in london which is the equivalent of saying somebody living in pittsburgh versus somebody living in boston. so that ace question of whether it's just mistaken identity in terms of the page. >> right. and we don't know -- we have no idea whether it's related to this at all. >> absolutely not. and as for the idea of going to the embassy in london, there is a redress avenue that you can use when you're refused flight to the united states. depends on if they're on the no fly list. if they are on the no fly list, then it's a whole different ball of wax. it's a much more complic...

Loophole, whereby, people on the no fly list can buy guns. what are you trying to do? >> right. first, alisyn, it is the anniversary of sandy hook, and that should be a reminder to all of us how much damage and pain one person can cause with an assault rifle. it's not that nothing happened after sandy hook. this state passed, weeks after sandy hook, the most comprehensive gun control law in the nation. called the safe act. i'm very proud of that. sandy hook actually woke up people, especially in this part of the country. new york is very close to sandy hook. we took action. now, one state alon...

Sadly, i think you know the answer, no backbone. people do not want to go on the board and vote yes or no on this. >> talk about the no fly list. they add that to the people who cannot get weapons under the federal law. >> why can't that no fly list be tightened up to make sure people's due process is taken care of and then you make sure people can't buy guns. >> it's so simple. i don't know what the polling is but i bet it would be 95%. >> it's got to be. >> it's kind of a tug of war right now. i think we'll get to a place where we tighten up to no fly list. you've got to nra and a lot of