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Here's something we can do. it is important to take this opportunity to talk about advances. assault weapons are already subject to greater background checks. let's dramatically increase it. if you are going to have an assault weapon you should have to go through the same security background checks that government employees getting a security clearance have. or make it higher. we can restrict storage and usage. we can have dramatic enforcement. i think a ban should be on the table. but let's not make the perfect the enemy of the good. let's look for in decremental changes right now. >> let's t...

Clearance more than a year into this administration? how worried are you about that. >> i would be worried. in the white house in the executive branch and what we see in congress there is a lot of classified material, especially classified material that should only be reviewed by the people and how people are trained and have trusted backgrounds. obviously there are some things that can be handled by people that have some level of interim security background or security clearance but anything above top secret is a problem let alone that the fact that you have situations where you could be expo...

I think we're coming up to speed with what this is. fully automatic rifles have been banned for a long time. this allows you to turn a semiautomatic into an automatic, so clearly that's something we need to look into. >> senator feinstein in her third term in 1983 or 1984 got the semiautomatic weapon ban passed and then after ten years, congress let is sit. then after sandy hook, they tried it again and got nowhere. but this could be one small step? >> it's opening the door to effective legislation, but let's look at the big picture here. we have 35 million americans dying each year from gun u...

When he makes this decision will seek and consult with a lot of folks, seek the advice of and consult with a lot of folks who understand what it takes to do that job. we should not hear from the national security adviser all that much. >> we meaning the public. >> and that's one of the reasons why it's not confirmable. somebody who reports directly to the president has to synthesize and make sense of a lot of different intelligence, not just on a daily basis but someone on an hourly basis. you want someone totalally free from distractions. general petraeus has a lot of ability and would be the...

Of 70,000 and it will go up again in 2017 when america will accept 100,000 refugees. >> it's difficult that post 9/11 we have new laws, new requirements with respect to security background checks and vetting. so it takes longer than one would like and w cannot cut corners with respect to the security requirements. but this step that i am announcing today i believe is in keeping with the best tradition of america as a land of second chances and a beacon of hope. >> and this is developing. hungary is opening up. others ak cementing thousands. pope francis met with cuba's former revolutionary lea...