hala had tickets and a u.s. visa.entering the u.s., she was worried. >> at first i was so sad when you want to visit somebody and he close the door in your face. >> reporter: president donald trump's order has left tens of thousands in flux if only for that. >> we haven't any problem with him. we want to speak to the people in u.s. i want to send message to the world that there is lot of family, a lot of children in syria have this. i want to look for this story as a fact, as a truth, what happened in syria, what happened to these people, to come here to europe. >> reporter: despite the daily shelling and gun battles, the family refused to leave for years, until their father, a rebel commander with the free syrian army, was captured by isis. >> reporter: the film shows the children offering tearful good-byes as they leave the destroyed streets of aleppo and how they keep their resolves in tented camps at the turkish border. the youngest, sarah, still running in fear from planes. the camera follows them to the cobblest

including mohammad ssala and hi wife hala, agricultural engineer, and their two kids. >> the one son'swere damaged by a bombing that happened near they are home. they're trying to get medical care for him. hala what she said to me was, we just want a chance to move forward, we just want a chance to live our lives. and she was crying when she was saying it. she was so passionate about it. >> what impressions were left with you? >> when we were there, they still didn't have electricity. they were just getting their solar grid panel up and running. no toilets, no running water. they showed me their bathroom, which is like a plastic cup with four toothbrushes in it. >> the other idea is, okay, fine, these people may be safe, but what if terrorists sneak across the lines with them? are we just letting in terrorists? >> well, we haven't done that yet. and there's an extreme vetting process that goes on. every refugee who comes into america has gone through multiple vettings by the fbi, homeland security, after they've been through the u.n. process. >> reporter: on january 27th, president tru

hala had tickets for a u.s.but when she heard that syrians would be banned from entering the u.s. she was worried. >> at first, i was so sad. as when you want to visit somebody and he closed the door. in your face. it's really, it's really bad and sad for me. >> reporter: president donald trump's executive order has left tens of thousands in flux, not sure if the united states will welcome them, even if only for a short visit like hala. >> i respect trump so much because he don't mince his words with us. we don't have any problem with him. but we want to speak to the people in the u.s. i want to send message to the world that there's a lot of family, a lot of children in syria, have this dangerous thing. but i want for us to look for this story as a fact, as the truth, what happened in syria, what happened to these people, to come here. >> reporter: despite the daily shelling and gun battles, the family refused to leave for years. until their father, a rebel commander with the free syrian army was captured by is

including mohammad ssala and hi wife hala, agricultural engineer, and their two kids. >> the one son's just want a chance to move forward, we just want a chance to live our lives. and she was crying when she was saying it. she was so passionate about it. >> what impressions were left with you? >> when we were there, they still didn't have electricity. they were just getting their solar grid panel up and running. no toilets, no running water. they showed me their bathroom, which is like a plastic cup with four toothbrushes in it. >> the other idea is, okay, fine, these people may be safe, but what if terrorists sneak across the lines with them? are we just letting in terrorists? >> well, we haven't done that yet. and there's an extreme vetting process that goes on. every refugee who comes into america has gone through multiple vettings by the fbi, homeland security, after they've been through the u.n. process. >> reporter: on january 27th, president trump's executive order suspending refugee entries for 120 days, blocking syrian refugees indefinitely, and barring citizens from seven mus

you almost get the sense that she knows after three and a hala years being one of the starheta attractionsveryone here, you know, one last show.t s i will tell you we walked overr at 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. the next pen her little brothero bei bei who's eight months old o and her mom is still here and the tian tian the dad. dad three giant panda bears here att the national zoo this one hasoo been special. she's heading home and she's gos a crowd here wishing her the the best as she heads to china for the first time her an says tour ya'll home we'll be here again a tomorrow morning as she makes her way back home to china andnd there she is. i partially obscured by the treetr but she's chilling out in thengi sun there.re it's so long to were boo, guys.. >> bob i know you'll talk more about how the journey will go wo and all that stuff.l tuff. earlier this morning you had yoh some folks who upstate new york and i mean i ma that's not exactly, you know,w, driving in from gaithersburg and now folks coming from new york city. ci have you found lot of people ppl that have just specifically com

hala lieuia. commissioners any discussion before i open for public comment? no. any member thofz public that would like to comment on adoption of this as a resolution? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners do we have discussion or motion to accept rules regulations and application with the amendment to the application as previously noted in item fivel. >> i move. >> yee riley. >> second. >> commissioner dooley, second. alright. commissioner adams, yes. dooley, esi. dwight yes. ortiz-cartagena, absent cht tour-sarkissian, yes. yee riley, yes. zouzounis, yes. the motion is approved unanimously 6 to 08, 1 absent. >> fantastic. alright. progress. next item, please. >> it is election day at the small business commission. >> must be why we had such a great turn out today. [laughter] >> to start off i am going to read the procedures from the rules of order. i have also brought copies for all of you in case you would like to have them in front of you. okay. here we go. i should probably read this into the record. should i read the procedures first so the a

so we have italian peppers, hala jalapeno.t will disappear. it adds a great flavor level. this is where all the vegetables are going in. >> little bit of garlic. don't let it brown. >> no, don't let it brown. we're going to put our peppers in. the anchovy adds -- >> block ri raab chopped up. bitter greens, the spicy peppers and -- >> the canoli on the back end. >> yes. >> we roast them and let them cook a little bit. >> let's show what it looks like over here. >> chicken stock. >> chicken broth or not. you know. you can use beef broth or even water if you wanted to. >> but you want to maintain the color of the peppers. you don't want to leave that on too long. >> exactly. here we have some butter. >> the guys are downstairs enjoying this. what's it taste like down there? >> it's terrific. >> good. >> delicious. >> good to hear. >> none of them want to speak. come up for air, someone. >> it's great! >> it's delicious. >> we like the hot peppers. i like the hot peppers. they're pickled. not too spicy. >> nothing is ever too spic