the plan -- a charter plane to fly the refugees from erbil to the slovakian city of kosice. house them in this reception center temporarily, and then settle them permanently here in the city of nitra. the mission to save these refugees had just gotten under way when terrorist attacks in paris set off anti-immigrant paranoia around the world. >> the french president called >> reporter: in the end, slovakia agreed to provide safe but to prevent terrorists from slipping past their borders, the assads, experts in counterterrorism, begin an intensive security investigation iraq? we asked for everything about them and their families. their former jobs. whether they've ever worked for a military or intelligence before. >> i have your citizenship certificates. >> reporter: 149 cleared the security check for group one. so, you're 100% confident that you're not rescuing anybody who could be a terrorist. >> very confident of that. yes. >> reporter: once the refugees pass their background interviews, they get fingerprinted at the embassy for visas. >> more than half is finished. i think

. >> alison kosic. donald trump taking political fire from all sides this morning, rival candidates, the white house, democratic and republican leaders all blasting trump's proposal for a complete and total ban on all muslims entering the u.s. the billionaire defending the plan on television. also on twitter, late into the fight, writing our country is facing a major threat for radical islamic terrorism. we better get very smart, and very tough, fast, before it is too late. trump also defending against accusations that he, himself, is a racist. >> are you a bigot? >> not at all. probably the least of anybody you've ever met. >> because? >> because i'm not. i'm a person that has common sense. i'm a smart person. i know how to run things. i know how to make america great again. this is about making america great again. >> senior washington corporate jeff zellaney has the backlash on trump's latest plans. >> in the face of unrelenting backlash, donald trump is defiant and defending his proposal to block pu

. >> i'm allisison kosic. 15 people have been killed in weather-related accidents in the past week.le the storms are over, the flooding downstream is about to get worse. more than 18 million americans in 13 states now living under flood warnings and for some, it's already too late. a newspaper reporter catching this cabin on video here floating down the merrimac river in rural missouri >>> across the state, residents have been warned to -- warned of major to historic flooding over the next few days. that can go into early next week. they are preparing for the worse. one place where the worse is expected is west alton, missouri, north of st. louis. cnn's alina machado is there with the latest. >> reporter: allison and christine, high water is already blocking several roads in and around west alton, missouri. the situation is expected to get much worse before things improve. just 70 miles from here, there are several homes and businesses already under water in union, missouri. authorities there telling cnn they had to rescue at least two people who got caught up in the rising flood wa