well.it's important to note that it's unclear if the governors would actually be able to prevent refugege from being relocated to their states. on the campaign trail -- even with nearly 20 candidates in both major political parties still in the race -- ideas for the best way to protect the united states split mostly along party linene lineneformer demomoatic governor martin o'malley says he understands the need to make sure potential refugees aren't terrorists -- but that it would be unamerican *not to \- help a group of people in need. if a terror threre or fear of the "other" as are fanned in the immigration context, make us less than american, then we need to push back against that." that."push back against that." that."push back we need to push back against that." that.""we will not turn ourur backs ononhe refugees from syria and afghanistan." but we can't act as though we're shutting the doors to people in need without undermining who we are as americans and the values we have stood for. republicans generally sided with the majority of united states governor's in their party -- rejec

attacks, the u-s planned to accept 10 thousand syrian the u-s planned to accept 10 thousand syrian refugege this year. but goveveors in more than ha the country want to block them from entering. and it's becoming a hot topic among republican presidential candidates, president obama slammed the g-o-p while in manilla for suggesting the syrian refugees pose a security threat. republican ted cruz cled the president's comments unbefitting of obama's office. jessica rae: iowa senator chuck grassleyeys also joining in on the conversation. he told reporters the u-s nes to take a cautious approach. "and because we don't have a vetting process that would work for syrians, i've called for a hault until we get certification from the intelligence agencies and the fbi that we do have a vetting process to make sure no terrorists come in with other refugees." jessica rae: there are reports at least one of the isis terrorists in paris had recently registered as a syrian refugee in greece. jessica rae: we have an update on the explosion that occured in lytton iowa on tuesday. the sac county sheriff's office

refugege fleeing from wararavaged parts of the world are welcome e re. judy its not only welcoming refugees and doing the right thing, it's welcoming wonderful members of iowa's community. dr. judy conlin is the director of iowa's international center that helps refugees with language classes, housing, and transportation. she says iowa used to have abundant resources to help refugees, thanks to this man, governor robert ray. here he is being honored at an award ceremony a couple years ago. between 1975 and 1982 he helped 8-thousand refugees escape southeast asia during the vietnam war. som baccam (from old news c cp) - it just b bngs tears to my heart everytime i think abouhim, what he did for us as refugees back in 1975. 40 years later, the resources to help refugees have depleted. governor branstad says he will not hold up the welcome sign for any refugees from syria and ordered all state agencies to to halt any work on syrian refugee resettlements immediately. branstad i don't want people coming here without very careful vetting to make sure there's n

officials said the president will veto a republican bill that would make it even harder for syrian refugege to enter the u.s. and, scott, despite the uproar, there are no plans to changehe refugee policy. >> margaret brennan traveling wiwi the president in mamala tonight. margaret, thank you. now with the response from the republicans, here's major garrett. >>>i got to tell you, it is utterly unbefitting of thehe president to be engaging in those kinds of personal insults and attacks. >> reporter: texas senator ted cruz hit back at the president for suggesting those who do not want to accept syrian refugeeses are e american. >> i would encourage you, mr. president, come back and insult me to my face. >> reporter: a new poll shows more than half of americans want the u.s. to stop admitting syrian refugees, a sentiment echoed by most of the republican presidential field, including marco rubio and john kasich. >> it's not that we don't want to accept people, it's that we cannot, because we cannot nduct effective, reliable background checks. if you admit 10,000 people and 9,999 of them are good

. >> reporter: she argues republicans should welcome well- vetted syrian refugege to the u.s. for one key reason: >> these refugees who are fleeing isis who don't agree with them are a potential real treasure trove of intelligence. >> reporter: townsend said she's surprised president obama himself hasn't made that case. scott, our poll shows as of right now, half of americans agree with trump that the refugees should not be let in. >> nancy cordes, thanks. >>> iran hasasentenced "washington post" reporter jason rezaian to prison, but it did not say for how long. rezaian is a dual citizen of u.s. and iran. he was arrested in july of last year and charged with spying on iran's nuclear program. rezaian's family and the "post" have vehemently denied that alleletion. >>> todadaone of america's largest companies, pfizer pharmaceutical, said it will merge with a rival and move to ireland to beat u.s. taxes. the merger with allergan will form the world's biggest drug company if government regulators approve. the move will cut the corporate taxes by hundreds of millions of dollars. thi

them, which has sparked a lot of the backlash it it -- and the number of governors refusing syrian refugege refugees into their state has grown. we're hearing more and more about how this alleged attack was carried out and learning more about the details. there is a photo that has surfaced, as well. this is isis publishing in their own propaganda magazine. a soda can and a detonator. they claim it's this kind of device, this homemade bomb, that took down that russian plane last month, killing 224 people. it's impossible to validate the photo, but it appears it's a soda can, as tom costello reported earlier, that was cut in half, packed with plastic explosives, and put back together again. all security experts say, looking at that, those are the components, the detonator and the triggering mechanism, that would be components that could be capable of being a bomb. experts here at home say the tsa checkpoints, explosive detection systems, could have caught a similar device. you check your bags, scan them through. the scanners at the parptairports would be able to detect explosives. however, wh