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In support of bashar al assad. they are pro assad. we had some tense moments here when there was an anti-assad demonstration a couple years ago and was met by a large pro assad rally. we had some incidents and i will tell you our syrian community is well established, in fact, the republican sheriff elected a good friend, a syrian american leader of that community. i had conversations with him. the syrian community, though, i think somewhat split on the refugee question. i believe we had about eight families resettled in our area by the lutherans. some of these, some of the local syrians feel i...

Hannah, but the community is largely split on the syrian refugee question. i think eight refugees have been resettled in the area by the lutherans. some syrians feel it's their obligation to open their hearts and their homes to their fellow syrians, whether they be muslim or different faith. others are very concerned because of the pro-assad, pro-government feelings of many local syrians. they're concerned that many of the people coming are islamic and are antiregime and that that can create some tension. >> where do you stand on the issue? where have you been voting? >> look, i supported the ...

American, parade him. >> do we not fight them just because that's what they want? >> well, it's of course confirming their narrative is not the worst thing we can do if it defeats them. we have to think after this as it's a fight that happens on the ground and happens over territory and i had logical territory and idea logically. the way they're doing it is by advancing the narrative. we want to show and done so successfully, the main opponents they face, the islamic state faces on the ground is muslim. these are kurds and iraqis and jordanians and others. i think being cautious about the way ...

Washington, about france and how goes the fight against terrorism? >> well, there is no known threat, actionable threat that we know about or that they knew about. a lot of what we discussed is the refugee question. you know, these refugees are vetted. they are mainly women and children, families headed by women. there are people who have medical issues. i argue today on the floor of the senate that it's in keeping with our values that we don't interrupt bringing in these vulnerable people. we are talking about 10,000 out of 4 million. the image that i can't get out of my head is of that 3-yea...

Welcome back to "hardball." the breaking news we are following is the release of a new isis video that suggests pretty dramatic terms that a terror target is now in new york city. a highly produced propaganda video does not contain details and there is no specific threat information yet. late today high level officials from the department of homeland security, fbi, pentagon and state department briefed u.s. senators on capitol hill on the latest development of the terror threat, the paris attacks and the refugee crisis and issue. i am joined by senator al franken, democrat from minnesota. sena...