to be resettled in the united states this year. but despite these new securityoncerns president obama says they will stick with that number, that 85,000. >>president obama: we do not close our hearts to these victims of such violence and somehow start equating thessue of refugees with the issue of terrorism. >>sabrina: but thursday the u.s. house overwhelmingly approved a bill that would tighten rules for processing syrian refugees who are trying to enter the u.s. that bill easily passed with a vote of 289 to 137. (crosstalk) >>sabrina: that means 47 democrats joined republicans creating a two-thirds majority that could override any presidential veto. it is unclear when the senate will take up that measure, but we can guess that exactly how iowa's senior republican senatat would vote if that were to happen. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>sabrina: chuck grassley telling us that the president is forgetting his number one duty.

>>chuck: i t(ink when the esident makes the statements as he's made saying that there's political motivations i say he's in denial and he's not assuming what the number one responsibility of the federal government is and that is to protect americans the, from, from international threats that, that we haveveonly the federal government can do that. >>amanda: freshman iowa senator joni ernst also speaking out this week. she says there needs to be a more scrutinized vetting process, but unlike some other republican politicians she has a different view when it comes to having a religious test. >>joni: that is not something i'm advocating. i, i think that we're a very welcomingg nation as long as we know that reregees want to be amererans and they want to prescribe to our ideals and our values recognizing that we are a nation that was built on judeo-christian principles, but i don't think we should have

that religious test. >>sabrina: well, around 30 state governors are also now on record opposing the obama administration's plan to resettle syrians in the u.s. next year. the list incles iowa's governor terry branstad. he's ordering all state agencies to halt any work on syrian refugee settlements immediately. >>terry: we need to be concerned about isis radics being embedded with these refugees. wedon't wanna become like europe where they let all these refugees in and now they're faced with sending their police out to try to find up and round up the dangegeus embedded isis militants that are part of it. >>amanda: so there are plenty of governors oud there who are saying this, but how much control do they really have? only the federal government actually has legal authority to limit or control immigration based on longstanding law and the u.s. constitution. but individual states can limit or deny services to refugee populations and that's what

for. so we wanna take a closer look at w all of this will play out as a state issue here. (music) >>sabrina: that's right. so our conversation is going to continue next.@some state lawmakers are joining us here in the studio to give their take on the governor's stance this

(music) >>sabrina: welcome back everyone. well, to recap if you're just now joining us. governor branstad this week announced he wanted all state agencies in iowa to halt work on refugee resettlement following the news about syrians being involved in the paris, france terror attacks. now this was the statement from the governor aftetehe decided to join o oer governors around the country opposing the president's decision to continue to allow syrian refugees to come to the u.s. quote we must continue to have compassion for others, but we must also maintain the safety of iowans and the security of our state. until a thorough and thoughtful review is conducted by the intelligence community and the safety of iowans can be assured, the federal government should not resettle any syrian

refugees in iowa end quote. so joining us now state representative marty anderson >>marty: hello. >>sabrina: a democrat from des moines, and state senator brad zaun, a republican from urbandale to discuss all of this. first of all, represent-, thank you very much for being here. representative anderson, you were surprised by the news from the governor this week, were you? >>marty: i was. um, not because iowans don't need, have this need to be safe. we do. but because the governor knows that before a refugee comes into the ununed states they go through a year to two years of vetting, first by the u.n. high commission on refugees a then by our homeland security, our fbi, our health and human services. there's a lot of, there's just a lot of vetting that gets done before they're even allowed in here. it's about a, a ane to two year ocess before they're allowed to come e d put any feet on american soil.

lot of people in the country and here in iowa including the governor are concerned about that vetting process that representative anderson just spoke about. do you think that it needs to be reevaluated? >>brad: i certainly do. i would, marty is correct, but there's so many people that are coming through our borders that are not ing tracked. we wantntverybody to be, you knono legal. rtainly we are a welcoming state. we've done a lot of great things in the past with governor ray. i just wanna make sure number one priority is safety of the citizens of the state of iowa. when president obama's head of fbi and homeland security says they don't have access to the records of some of these syrian refugees we, i think the governor did the right thing. i mean, he's only lookin' out because he earlier came out, of course this is before the paris bombing, and said that he was open minded to bringing refugees in the state of iowa as we have in the past. but we wanna make sure number one is the safety of

the citizens. and when they're, you have people in the obama administration saying that they are not sure and look what happened in paris. you had one refugee that was a terrorist. >>sabrina: so how do we fifiit? >ad: how we fix it is i think what the, what the congress has done is to put a pause, hit the pause button here. we have to have more information before we even consider somethin' like that. you know, the bottom line for me is we are a welcoming state. but we have so many veterans that are homeless and so many other homeless people that are from the state of iowa. we need to take care of them first before we have other refugees comin' in to the state. >>sabrina: representative anderson, you look like you wawaed to respond to thaha (chuckling) >>mamay: well i, you know, there is a differeree between immigrants and refugees. immigrants come into the, into the united states because they want to. refugees come into the united states because they're running for their lives. and these particular refugees are running for their lives from the

in france. they are, these, they have the same enemy. and 50% of the refugees from sysya are children. now if you're a child and you're with your mother or your father or both, probably mostly with moms, and you're running away from isis or from the civil war in syria, you're not gonna be as likely to be, be friendly to the, to the terrorist issue. now to be really clear we do have a vetting system. it's true that we can't get into syria and get some of the law enforcement, etcetera, records that we might be able to get if somebody was coming from, like when people came from bosnia or when people me from other nations, but,

before. we've brought people in from the sudan where there's basically no governuent. we've brought people in from vietnam and laos right after a war with them, with, with some of the people of their country. so i, i think the issue is do we have enough compassion to bring these folks into the united states? the, the amount t tt they're wanting usus to take, and take, and help them build a new life here as new american now yes, somebody got into france. the european union does not screen people like the united states does before we accept refugees. we only accept refugees after several interviews and medical examinations and uh, uh, i can't remember what t se it is, but it's a l l. (chuckling) >>mart: it's lots of, lots of >>sabrina: it's an extensive process. >>marty: extensive process. so anything that takes a year to two years, i mean, these kids

are gonna be a little older. they're gonna remember what happened to them and i think we need to be ready to accept them. >>brad: and (chuckling) >>sabrina: senator zaun? >>brad: respectfully (chuckling) >>brad: 'cause i think the world of you, marty, but you know, times have changed. when you were talking about the refugees we brought into the statof iowa in the past >>marty: mmhmm. >>brad: there was no such thing as isis. >>marty: mmhmm. >>brad: we have to be, do this right. anyone, i mean, follow the constitution. i mean, we have so many illegals in the united states. you know, i certainly think that what we need to do is to seal the border and i'm not here to give a political speech. >>marty: yeah. >>brad: but times have changed and with isis we don't know. and our responsibility, number one, is the safety of the citizens. i'd be terrible. i'd go to ththuniversity of ioio football games. theheve heightened security for this game this weekend. and certainly we have to do it right and we cannot afford to take a chance and havin' somethin' that happened in paris happen here in iowa. >>sabrina: definitely a conversation that we could

probably talk about all day. >>brad: yep. >>sabrina: thank you both of you so much for being here. >>marty: we could. >>brad: yes, we could. (chuckling) >>sabrina: we could and i, we will continue this discussion. thank you very much. >>brad: thank you. (music) >>sabrina: okay, up next, we've talked politics and policy, but now let's get personal. a a fugee who made a new life here in iowa shares h h

(music) >>amanda: welcome back tthis week in iowa. so we've talked politics, but now we wanna get more personal. >>sabrina: it's easy to talk about what to do with refugees as far as policy is concerned, but we wanted to know what it's like for the iowans who've already come here from war torn countries. katie ortiz sits down with one of those people. >>mone: that's our first christmas picture. >>katie: images full of love and smiling family membersang throughout mone aye's house. but something as simple as a photograph, a tangible memory, used to be a luxury for her. this picture was the only one she ever had growing up. she was born in a refugee camp in thailand and would spend summers worrying if she e uld be bombed. she saw that worry come true

when she was just 5 years old. >>mone: my a5nt just like pulled me by the hand and then we just like ran. we have to like climb up on the mountain, hiding by the cliff looking down the hill we still can see our house was like burning. >>katie: at the age of 19, mone and her family came to iowa. but it wasn't a quick getaway. i i took more than a year of interviews, paperwork, background and medical checks through the unitit nations to travel as a legal refugee. >>mone: i'like blessed. i'm lucky enough to like come here and now we, i have like a house that i can call my home. i can, i have my own car and have my career and my job that i can work. >>katie: now with nationwide backlash against syrian refugees coming to america, mone relates the violence the millions are trying to flee. >>monenei feel the same way y r syria where they trying to like look for a safe place, a better place for their future, for their kids, for a woman and for everybody. just because of one fear that somebody created, created for them, now

everybody's like turning them down. >>katie: she says the tactics of isis don't reflect what most refugees long for. and the refugees shouldn't be turned away as a whole. >>mone: i just feel like it's not right. i mean, anybody can do bad thing. and like anybody can like go to a church or blow everything up. >>katie: one year in the united states can change anybody's life, but 7 years of hard work and dedication to a better future led mone to the best achievement of all, citizenship. >>mone: i finally like have a home now. before i just feel like i'm like a ghost, like nobody knows me. nobody like recognize me as their citizen. >>katie:e:owa has given mone endless opportunities she didn't have before, opportunities she can give to her 4-year old daughter gabby who will be able to take as many pictures as she wants. in des moines, katie ortiz for local 5 news. we are iowa. little girl. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>sabrina: now mone also works in community outreach for the des moines public schools

serving as a connection between parents and teachers and an interpreter. (music) >>amanda: up next, who are the people that hehe these refugees once thehearrive in iowa? we'll have discussioiowith somebody who's job is just

(music) dear future, please help. the present is kind of a scary place. i have no money, no job, no clothes. i feel completely helpless. but i hear good things about you,u,uture.

and books and music. i can't wait to meet you. >>amanda: welcome back. we're going to take a historical look back now at iowa's relationship with refugees, really the thousands of refugees who call iowa home already can thank this man, former republican iowa governor robert ray. between 1975 and 1982 he helped 8,000 refugees escape southeast asia during the vietnam war. and joining us now is dr. judy conlin who's the executive director of the iowa international center. so we're gonna begin with talking with her about how things have changed since governor ray's leadership on this refugee issue. judy, thanks for being here. and why don't you just start by telling us what the iowa international c cter does. >>judy: sure. among the things that we're doing is specifically for refugees and immigrants. we provide esl classes on site where refugees

are living or where we can bring, we're also partnering with the des moines public schools where refugee parents are brought on saturday morning. our target population for the esl classes are the parents >>amanda: mmhmm. >>judy: because the children are learning english in school.. parents are so often isolated and they need to learn english. they wanna learn english. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>judy: we alshave a 24/7 free emergency interpretation line in 220 languages for people. and we have a second website, welcome to iowa, which is our tagline in 80 different languages with information on transportation, housing, esl classes, finances, etcetera, etcetera. so a lot of at we're doing is didicted to provide the kinds of resources that refugees and immigrants need. >>amanda: yeah, to make iowa feel like, like home. >>judy: exactly. >>amanda: what is your reaction to this national discussion that's happening right now about syrian refugees and second part of the question, will the governor's statement change the way that you do things at

the center? >>judy: well, fortunately we're privately funded and so we can respond to the needs of refugees whether they're syrian or iraqi or from afghanistan or congo or from wherevev >>amanda: mmhmm. >>judy: so it's not going to change what we do. i think what governor branstad wants to do is assure iowans that they will b sa and i certainly understand that. and i hope and trust that the next thing that the governor will do is do what governor ray did and that is educate, educate iowans about what it means to be a refugee and now specificicly what it means to be a refugee and the incredibly exhaustive procesthat refugees need to go througbefore they would arrive in the united states. >>amanda: mmhmm. public opinion against refugee resettlement is nothing new. there was even some backlash when governor ray was encouraging the resettlement here in iowa. does that make your job more difficult this sort of controversy around it?

>>judy: well, it makes it, it makes us more eager to do more actually. and, you know, under governor ray, he really inspired iowans. there was resistance. public opinion polls were against what governor ray was recommending. and again, he went back educating iowans. sometimes iowans are afraid well, someone's going to take my job. and he pointed out this is not a welfare program. this is a job's program. he had involved over 30 different towns, thousands of volunteers, hundreds of churches. and 78 of our 99 counties had esl classes and tutorials. it went on and on and on in terms of the ways in which iowans welcomed refugees from southeast asia and following bosnians, sudanese. >>amanda: and finally before we let you go, how have those sources since changege judy: there's been a a dramaticichange. it, it's just

is even hard to compare. they've dropped off precipitously. fewer agencies, the bureau of refugee services no longer resettles refugees. lutheran services no longer resettles refugees. if they're being resettled and even have a case manager, 90 days for your rent and then good luck. >>amanda: hmm. >>judy: you're on your own. i hope you learn english, get a job because you neededo start paying y yr rent. >>amanda: hmm. big diffefence. >>judy: big diffffence. >>amanda: alright. we're out of time, dr. conlin. thank you so much for being here. (music) >>judy: you're welcome.

(music) for this week in iowa this week. we hope to see you again next sunday. >>amanda: we sure do and we hope you enjoy your thanksgiving holiday week as well. we'll see you next weekend.

(dramatic music) b: hello, and welcome to ag phd. i'm brian hefty.

d: and i'm darren hefty. thanks for joining us today. all right, let's face it. there are a lot of weed issues in soybean fields across the country; and fortunately, liberty is still working on pretty much all of them. so, we're going to talk a little bit about libertylink soybeans and if that t y be the right decision for you. b: all fall, we've been talking about soil testing and how to read a soil test. well, one of the most important things you've got to look at is your phosphorus levels. there are a couple of different phosphorus tests you might see on the soil test. we'll talk about what those mean and how to read them today. d: well, we have a very difficult-to-control and important weed of the week. if you've got this one around your farm, you need to get rid of it. we'll talk about control methods foour weed of the week, but first here's

b: during our farm basics time today, we want to talk about herbicide modes of action, or as many people are now calling it, herbicide sites of action. what's the difference? d: well, when we see resistant weeds, a lot of times we'll say, "well, that's resistant to roundup, or that's resistant to als herbicides, or that's resistant to this or resistant to that," and when we think about it, we don't want to group everything together. that's like saying, "well, humans are resistant to chicken pox." no, some are and some aren't. and so, how do we break that down? so when we look at modes of action - okay, yes, there may be quite a few different herbicides with that same mode of action, same way that they kill weeds, but exactly at what site do they do those things within the plant? so, you may have two different herbicides with the same mode of action - hey, we're both growth regulalars - but they may affect that p pnt at different sitit. one may

affect that plant right at the