ms. richard: no. >> ms. richard, you made the testimony that there is no relationship to political asylum and acts of terrorism in this country. true? address.rd: i didn't i said no refugee who came in through this process has carried out a successful terrorist attack. there have been some troublemakers. >> how many of those troublemakers, by the way? ms. richard: about a dozen. there is also an element of people who break the law, too. fbi.e to revert you to the >> i would like to get those numbers. what happens when they have a problem? ms. richard: the fbi has a program to track people that they are a flame -- that they are afraid -- a counterintelligence program to track people. two iraqs case was the is who were brought to bowling green, kentucky, and it was discovered they had been up to no good in iraq. >> we had a gentleman in arizona tried to to grow up -- blow up the social security building during my first term. there was a reason i asked you a question at the beginning about guidance over certain

ms. richard. you want assistant secretary bureau onlation refugees and migration for the state department, right? is it fair to say you are intimately familiar with the vetting process for the refugees coming into this country? would you turn your microphone on, please? >> i don't know the vetting process as intimately as leon rodriguez does because he overseas the people doing the vetting, but i am responsible for the overall program. >> that's what i'm interested in. the overall program. because i think what a lot of people don't realize -- and you correct me if i'm wrong about this, ms. richard -- if you're somebody applying to be a refugee and who will be resettled, relocated, you apply to the unhcr, united nations high commission on refugees, am i correct in that? >> yes. >> and when you apply, you know, you're in one of these migrant camps. you got your little kids with you. you don't know where you're going to turn next. you apply to the unhcr. you don't get to say what country you want to

ms. richard? >> no. >> earlier in testimony ms. richard you made the comment that you are not aware of -- you didn't say. that there is no relationship to a political ayslee for acts of terrorism in this country, is that true? >> no, i didn't address that. i said no refugee that came into this process has carried out a successful terrorist attack against americans in the united states. there have been some trouble makers that have come in through this process. >> how many? >> about a dozen. >> about a dozen? >> yeah. >> any in arizona? >> and then probably -- you know there's also an element of people who break the law that are probably bigger. >> i have to refer you to the fbi on specific cases. >> i'd like to get those numbers. what happens if they have a problem? >> the fbi has a program to track people that they're afraid will be their counterintelligence program to track people so i have to defer to them but is. the famous case was the two iraqis brought to bowling green, kentucky, and then it was discovered that they had been

ms. richard. ms. bond: when we come into the foreign service, we come in ina cone.imately 20% are consular service officers. rep. farentold: when we are admitting refugees into the united states from folks -- areas like syria, do we talk to the governors or anybody within the states? i know that governor added in in texas is none too pleased about some folks who are being resettled in texas. i. richard: every governor, think 49 of them have a state refugee coordinator that is making sure that the governor's office talked to the local groups that are helping to resettled refugees. rep. farentold: but they have no authority to stop it or any formal process for expressing concerns. they are basically just informed. ms. richard: we insist that our local partners consult with local government officials, including the state refugee coordinator. they should be consulted. rep. farentold: can you give me a definition of what consulted means? i am out of time. just give me an idea of what that means. ms. richard: who is coming, how many, where they are going. rep. farentold:

ms. richard, i'm done with that question. i'm moving on. ms.want you to get back to us with this question. ms. bond, you wrote in your testimony since 2001 the department has revoked approximately 122,000 visas for a variety of reasons including nearly 9500 for suspected links to terrorism. of the 122,000 revoked visas, how many of those people are still in the united states? >> i don't know. >> doesn't that scare you? >> of the people whose visas are revoked were not in the united states when we revoked the -- >> you have no idea how many of those people are in the united states. of the revoked visas, do you give those to the department of homeland security? >> exactly. >> so homeland security, how many revoked visas are is still in the united states of america? >> mr. chairman, i don't have that -- >> you don't have a clue, do you? be these are people that state department, state department who gave a visa thought about it, got more information and decided we better revoke that. 9500 were tied to terrorism. and you don't have a clue who they

ms. richard you are assistant secretary of the bureau of population refugees and immigration for the state department; right? is it fair to say you're intimately similar with the vetting process of the refugees coming to this country? >> [inaudible] >> would you turn your microphone on, please? >> i don't know the vetting process as intimately as mr. rodriguez because he oversees the people doing the vetting, but i am responsible for the overall programs. >> that's what i'm interested in. the overall program, because i think what a lot of people don't realize and you correct me if i am wrong about this, ms. richards, if you are someone off-line to be a refugee who will be resettled, relocated, you applied to the unhcr, the united nations high commission on refugees. am i correct on that? >> yes. >> and when you apply, you are in one of these migrant camps and you have your little kids with you and you don't know where you will turn a and you apply to the un h cr, you don't get to say what country you want to go to. am i correct in that? >> correct. e can express eight preference if you hav

(richard shipley/freddi e gray's stepfather) "we are hopeful that ms. mosby will retry officer porter as soon as possible, and that his next jury will reach a verdict." porter is the first of six officers facing charges in the case that brought standstill last spring. baltimore erupted in days of unrest back in april -- after gray was loaded into the back of a police van and later died from a spinal cord injury. prosecutors argued that even though porter did not make the arrest or drive the van, he failed to secure gray's seat belt and call a medic quickly enough. he faces charges of involuntary manslaughter, second degree assault, and reckless endangerment. baltimore prosecutor marilyn mosby's decision to try the officers was met with sharp criticism ---some saying the charges were too strong and hard to prove. frustration outside the courthouse for what this could mean for the other officers involved ... (resident) "i'm terrified, are we going to have 5 more mistrials?" in a city already on edge. (mayor stephanie rawlings-blake/(d) baltimore) "...i al

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richard. so if there is a due process way to look at social media of suspected terrorists, we should look at that. ms. swain: that is it for our time. we could have done in our show easily, so i would like to invite you to come back after the new year and tackle some of these issues with us again. mr. alexander: thank you, susan. ms. swain: thank you for being here. " guest, lamars alexander. our two questioners, alyson .lein and niels lesniewski he worked with senator patty murray and democrats to get it done. you talked with him about the education department essentially being reformatted under this . how do you see the rollout? -- under this new law. how do you see the rollout? ms. klein: obviously, the obama administration will only be in office for another year. they are eager to put as much of an imprint as they can on the law before they leave office. alexander andator senator patty murray will be watching that closely. that they are me going to hold three hearings. it sounds like senator alexander will certainly be watching to make sure the department of education follows the law, does not ov

stepfather richard shipley stepped right here and talked to us saying they don't blame the jury and they are asking baltimore state's attorney marilyn mosby to seek justice for them. >> we are hopeful that ms. mosby will retry officer porter as soon as possible and that his next jury will reach a verdict. once again, we ask the public to remain calm and patient because we are confident there will be another trial with a different jury. we are calm. you should be calm. >> reporter: and there, indeed, will be a retrial for officer william porter. discussions over the next couple of days with the administrative law judge. that's the latest live in baltimore. chris gordon. >> just after the mistrial news broke police started to form perimeters. we've seen officers take at least one person into custody. our team coverage continues now with news 4's jackie bensen in a neighborhood where things flared up back in the spring. jackie? >> yes. we're at pennsylvania avenue north and i'm going to show you what it looks like here. remember, this is a transit hub for baltimore so some of the people you see here are waiting for busses. other people are on their way home. many of them weary from the long d

ms. ramal was depude deputy attorney general in the united states department of justice. mr. smith's roster of democratic party clients has included hillary clinton, dianne feinstein, barbara boxer, jerry brown, chicago mayor richardaly and howard dean. in california, mr. smith successfully directed los angeles mayor antoniole villa rosa's campaign and was active in cam la harris's campaign. he also ran san francisco mayor ed lee's first campaign. he's been called lengthen dare eye. that sounds like the end of your career. [ laughter ] played a central role in the centr 2000 florida recount. he currently represents numerous political parties, individuals and corporations specializing in election law issues. mr. ginsberg also serves as counsel to the republican governor's association. he has been a guest lecturer at the stanford university law school, a fellow at harvard, before entering law school, mr. ginsburg spent five years as a journalist. please welcome all of our panelists. [ applause pla [ applause ] i will ask our panelists questions and then integrate your questions from the questions you write on cards. let me start by giving the audience more of a sense of who you are and what you do. mr. ravel what po

the kind of work that only richard holbrooke was capable of, and it was jawboning with the membership and the secretariat, working hard with the congress like ms power bringing the security council down to visit the senate, which i think was a very, very good idea. and i think it would be a good -- and i'm sure you imparted this message to them when you met with them. and that's -- those are the right people to pass that message to. i think it's just requires an intensive diplomatic effort with these countries to try and correct that situation. i'm pleased we have a 22% assessment for the general assessment for the u.n. holbrooke left that issue somewhat unresolved. if i remember correctly it was 26 point something or other and now it's gone up a percentage point or two since he reached his agreement. but i think we've just got to work that one really hard. what i'd hate to see happen is that the arrears become so large that then it becomes some kind of a crisis situation with regard to whether or not we're going to continue our support or -- which would undermine our support for the united nations. >> yeah. >> and that's the danger that i thi

richard holbrooke was capable of. jawboning with the membership with the secretariat, working hard with the congress, like ms.power bringing the security council down to visit the senate which i think was a very, very good idea and i'm sure you imparted this message to them when you met with them. those are the right people to pass that message to. i think it just requires an intensive diplomatic effort with these countries to try and correct that situation. i'm pleased we have a 22% assessment for the general assessment for the u.n. holbrooke left that issue somewhat unresolved. it's gone up a percentage point or two since he reached his agreement. but i think we have just got to work that one really hard. and what i'd hate to see happen is that the arrears become so large that then it becomes some kind of a crisis situation with regard to whether or not we're going to continue our support or -- which would undermine support for united nations and that's the danger that i think you're describing. >> absolutely. >> i don't have much to add. i would just add one point of context which is sort of ironical. we s

richard holbrooke was capable of. jawboning with the membership with the secretariat, working hard with the congress, like ms.wer bringing the security council down to visit the senate which i think was a very, very good idea and i'm sure you imparted this message to them when you met with them. those are the right people to pass that message to. i think it just requires an intensive diplomatic effort with these countries to try and correct that situation. i'm pleased we have a 22% assessment for the general assessment for the u.n. holbrooke left that issue somewhat unresolved. it's gone up a percentage point or two since he reached his agreement. but i think we have just got to work that one really hard. and what i'd hate to see happen is that the arrears become so large that then it becomes some kind of a crisis situation with regard to whether or not we're going to continue our support or -- which would undermine support for united nations and that's the danger that i think you're describing. >> absolutely. >> i don't have much to add. i would just add one point of context which is sort of ironical. we spe

ms. pelosi: no. members are concerned about how this all came together. we never really met. it was done at the staff level and thank god for our magnificent staff and particularly proud of richard on the omnibus side. but members are reviewing it. and there are people who have very serious concerns about what this does to working families and what it does to our investments for the future. and we are showing in the bill the good work that was done in a bipartisan way. subcommittee by subcommittee. and the fact that we had a victory actually bipartisan victory on the budget bill enabled to have billions of dollars more for investments. there are many good things that the propertyors negotiated in a bipartisan way that are in the bill. people have concerns about the export of oil. the export of oil came along we were on a path and that ingredient was harmful -- ingredient -- that assault on the discussions -- was a real assault on the other hand that enabled us to get many more things. and that's what some members who are particularly concerned about the climate issue and environment and health issues that are related to air pollution are studying right now and will be continuing

the kind of work that only richard holbrooke was capable of and it was jawboning with the membership, with the secretariat, working hard with the congress, like ms. power bring it is a good council down to visit the senate, which i think was a very, very good idea and i think it would come and i'm sure you imported this message to them when you met with him. and that's how those are the right people to ask that message to. i think it just requires an intensive diplomatic effort with these countries to try and correct that situation. i'm pleased we have a 22% assessment for the general assessment for the u.n. holbrooke that the issue somewhat resolved if our member correctly it was 26-point something an outcome of a percentage point or two since he reached his agreement. i think we'r we've just got to k that one really hard. and what i would hate to see happen is that the readers become so large that it becomes some kind of a crisis situation -- our readers -- with regards to whether or not we're going to continue our support or, which would undermine our spoke with united nations and i think i think you were describing. >> i don't have much to a