that is one that the national security advisor lisa monaco gave as the cap. -- as an example. karen: and we should point out immigrants and refugees is a federal program and that governors have no say so in terms of who can come into the state and who cannot. >> that is what is so bizarre about charlie baker' s statement and statement of republican governors. we are approaching this election season and you have a bunch of republican governors to a making a statement knowing they have no input into this conversation, creating, to my mind, a conversation about their own bigotry. i don' t think it is too strong to say that the republican party has a problem with how aggressively it talks about immigration, and therefore it can' t reach in many cases latino voters, muslim voters, black voters. there is a real problem the party has with custody going on with this shock jock type of statement that has no bearing on political outcomes we will see, and yet the party is responsible for what trump says, carson says, baker says him even when values. karen: currently less than 100 syrian

report scott, the president has just gotten a briefing from lisa monaco about this unfolding terrible incident in san bernardino. he's about to sit down with our norah o'donnell for a previously scheduled interview to discuss climate change, among other issues and, of course, you can be certain that this will be something that they discuss. we'll be hearing from norah at the end of that interview. scott, as we see now this scene, a.t.f., f.b.i., federal agents there on the ground assisting the san bernardino law enforcement authorities. our sources tell us that the local authorities will continue to lead this investigation at this moment, but they will be provided assistance by the a.t.f. and the f.b.i. now, about the golf course. that is kind of adjoining this complex, and, according to the "los angeles times" and other local sources there it has been put on lockdown. what that means is completely unclear. it could mean a golf course might be with a lot of open space a pretty good place for a gunman to run and hide. so that right now is on lockdown. that's why we're seeing some of th

. >> well, david, lisa monaco is homeland security adviser enveloped the president about the shooting earlier today. we are told he is getting regular updates and as we know, there are federal authorities involved. the fbi, the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms very involved in this investigation in san bernadino county and if it turns out that it is a terrorist attack of some sort, the fbi will then take the lead. as jonathan mentioned, the president spoke earlier today to cbs news this was an already-planned interview but when the shooting occurred he was asked about what happened in california and here is what the president had to say. >> my hope is, is that we are able to contain this particular shooting and we don't yet know what the motives of the shooters are. but what we do know is that there are steps that we can take to make americans safer. and that we should come together in a bipartisan basis at every level of government to, you know, make these rare as opposed to normal. we should never think that this is something that just happens in the ordinary course of events,

president obama has been briefed on the shooting by his counterterrorism advisor lisa monaco.king to secure the scene at the scene 30 miles east of los angeles. no arrest has been made. 23 suspects have been arrested and charged with smuggling thousands of migrants into europe. simultaneous police operations were held in greece, austria, sweden, and every. euro poll says the gang may have earned nearly $11 million by smuggling 100 migrants per day since operations started in 2013. the trial for one of the six police officers charged in the death of pretty great -- in the underwayfreddy gray is in maryland. they say they could have saved his life by putting dust by pushing a button on his uniform to: medic. -- to call a medic. details led to today's of writing and protested baltimore. sandy berger who helped craft clinton's foreign policy and later got in trouble for destroying classified document has died of cancer. president obama called mr. berger one of the nation's foremost national security leaders and credited him with strengthening u.s. leadership in a uncertain world.

white house hedged its bets by disclosing that president obama's top counterterrorism adviser, lisa monaco, had participated in his morning briefing on the shootings. critics see a pattern, where the obama administration has been slow to recognize terrorism or calling it that. in 2009, homeland security secretary janet napolitano famously labeled terrorist acts man-caused disasters. the pentagon termed the fort hood massacre an incidence of workplace violence. >> and in july the president declined to categorize mass casualty attacks at two military installations at chattanooga. leaving it to the fbi to call it terrorism. more broadly the president has refused to use the words radical islam, or islamist or jihad in describing the greater chat eng from terrorism. calling it violent extremism. >> the enemy is islamic jihad. >> the fact that our harshest kretic. the best criticism they can come up with is to criticize what the president says i think is a strong endorsement of all the actions the president has take ton keep the country safe. >> up to now the white house had wanted the attorney

president obama whose been getting regular updates from the white house counterterrorism advisor, lisa monaco, and handful of facts that have everyone's attention here. wearing of this assault-type clothing. the second is the use of assault weapons, rifles as well as handguns and the possible use of these improvised explode devices. all of this speaks to a certain level of premeditation. and then finally, as we heard at that news conference, the growing involvement of the fbi, one of our fbi contacts here in washington this evening was working to confirm if in fact the fbi was going to become the lead agency in this case. if that turns out to be true -- >> hey katherine, please forgive me. what we are seeing now is one of the assailants at the apartment, in which jonathan hunt was describing. you can see the robotic device going in, obviously the police saw something there that indicates that there might be some type of booby trap. some type of ied device, and out of caution, that is being sent in for the protection -- >> that's correct. >> prior to the investigation, but that is a live shot

got more information, we do know he was briefed on the situation by his homeland security advice, lisa monaco he pushed the discussion pretty quickly over to the issue of gun control. listen. >> there are steps we can take to make americans safer. and that we should come together in a bipartisan basis at every level of government to make these rare, as opposed to normal. >> the second time in a week that the white house has responded to a mass shooting. the other one was after the shooting in colorado. just a few days ago. now, some of the president's comments have been directed at members of congress. he may get a chance today to talk to them directly to express his concerns. he's supposed to meet with members of congress to talk about the issue of criminal justice reform. chris, back to you. >> all right, joe, obviously, the issue of guns is one that is often mentioned during these times. not enough after they're over. but just as much comes down to something that's similar in all of these cases. somebody with an inhumane main and deranged desire to kill, columbine, newtown, and now san ber