as we sit here, the united states does not know the facts if the turks shot at this airplane. >> the united states, as does nato, and several other of our , are trying to get as much information and we cannot conclude definitively, right now, as to where the aircraft was in the circumstances that played out. we hope to have that for you. we have reports from turkey, a .ato air lot -- a nato ally we are taking all of this into account. you heard from the secretary-general. now, on the attack against clear, youl that is are in the process of concluding a review of that. can you tell us anything about what you have found in this the humant has been and technical errors that have ?ed to this has the secretary or military been able to ensure this incident does not happen again? what have you done to make sure this does not happen again? >> a couple of things. first of all, the investigation you referred to has been conducted under general campbell . in afghanistan, i will leave it to release more information. it will be available tomorrow. i will leave that to general campbell. the secreta

has to lead in this effort because what we've learned a long time ago is that the united states does not lead nobody else will. so the united states has to provide stronger leadership in trying to unify the forces that are there. in addition to that i think it's very clear that we are going to have to commit additional resources to this effort. we've got to have -- we've got to speed up our air strikes. air strikes are great, we're hitting some targets, but air strikes alone are not going to win here. what isis has achieved is the ability to gain territory. and it's that territory, it's the caliphate where they're designing their ability to kind of now do outreach and attack other countries. we've got to take that territory away from them. the it's been a year. they're still mosul. they're still in ramadi. they're still in raqqah. those are the areas we have to go after in order to be able to defeat isis ultimately. we've got to take the territory back and we've got to make sure that other countries are part of the effort to try to deal with isis. all of those steps need to be taken.

and we are -- it is good to remember that the united states does not have a religious test and we are a nation of many people's of different which means that we show compassion to everybody and those are the and that's what my administration intends to stand for. thank you very much, everybody. >> daniel: listening to president obama live in istanbul, turkey speaking at g20 summit to a team of international reporters talking about a comprehensive strategy to attack isis. president's words saying isis is the face of evil. >> julie: we will have much more on the president's remark and continuing coverage of the attacks in paris tonight at five and six and always online at myfoxboston.com. deputies do expect to file charges against the man on the atv in this case. >>> time for some hugging, no, i'm not talking about mma. i'm being quite literal. this video was put up from the guys at 987 fm in singapore offering 50 bucks if you could win a hugging contest. you have to hold onto a heavy bag but you've got to beat your opponents. they got some guys from the singapore wrestling federation.

united states must do more. bringing 25- thousand refugees to the united states does nothing to solve this crisis." lukas pope francis may have a new ride during his current visit to uganda. one mechanic has built him a new popemobile. david mckenzie has more " " when ugandan mechanic moses kayiira got wi that pope francis was coming to town. there was only one thing to do. build the pontiff a popemobile for his trip to kampala. . it's a bit snug. (david mckenzie / kampala, uganda): "so he says the pope is smaller than me but also, they can pull the doors off while he drives his popemobile through the crowds of kampala so the pope can wave." moses sourced his parts locally and pulled images of the pope from the net. he says it will all appeal to the 'people's pope'. (moses kayiira, popemobile builder/reporter translates): "wherever the pope goes, he says, he is not a lavish person. he prefers to be down to earth and interacting with ordinary people." pope francis raised eyebrows when he arrived in the u.s. recently in a fiat 500.and his official popemobile was pretty basic too. but moses believes h

he even released a statement moments ago saying the united states must do more, bringing 25,000 refugees to the united states doesothing to solve the crisis. carson says in the coming days, he's going to release a plan to better address the refugee crisis. >>> meantime, donald trump just spoke to a packed crowd in florida addressing the new wave of controversy over his apparent mocking of a disabled "new york times" reporter. cnn correspondent athena jones joining me from what was the rally site in sarasota. so what was said? >> hi, fred. well, what wasn't said? it's hard to know where to begin when trump spent at least ten minutes talking about not just the "new york times" but also the media more broadly. he did spend most of his time, though, talking about the "new york times", calling it, again, a failing financial institution. and, again, demanding an apology from the paper and saying that he did not know this reporter kovaleski who has been drawing his ire all week, even though he reported on him for years back in the late '80s. take a listen to what else trump had to say. >> so i was very expressive in say

not screen people like the united states does before we accept refugees. we only accept refugees after several interviews and medical examinations and uh, uh, i can't remember what t se it is, but it's a l l. (chuckling) >>mart: it's lots of, lots of >>sabrina: it's an extensive process. >>marty: extensive process. so anything that takes a year to two years, i mean, these kids are gonna be a little older. they're gonna remember what happened to them and i think we need to be ready to accept them. >>brad: and (chuckling) >>sabrina: senator zaun? >>brad: respectfully (chuckling) >>brad: 'cause i think the world of you, marty, but you know, times have changed. when you were talking about the refugees we brought into the statof iowa in the past >>marty: mmhmm. >>brad: there was no such thing as isis. >>marty: mmhmm. >>brad: we have to be, do this right. anyone, i mean, follow the constitution. i mean, we have so many illegals in the united states. you know, i certainly think that what we need to do is to seal the border and i'm not here to give a political spe

now we're in an never-ending debate about everything the united states does at home and abroad.s a declaration of war call the congress to back the aims in a way that is hard to imagine in the current political atmosphere? is that part of why we don't do it anymore. anything to declare? it's the "inside story." >>it's crazy money that you can make here. it's a ticking time bomb. >>do you know what chemicals have been in that tank? >> my big brother didn't wake up the next day. al jazeera america's... >> today they will be arrested. >>they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> we have to get out of here. >> you are watching "inside story." i'm ray suarez. we're talking about declarations of war as american sentiment supporting further involvement in syria grows. president obama is currently operating in syria and iraq under the terms of a 2001 congressional authorization, so open-ended that here we are, 14 years later, fighting an entity that didn't even exist when the original vote was taken. some members of congress are insisting that congress has to preserve some of its war-mak

the united states is not one. the united states doesy believe in the need to apply a rule of law and international norms to the resolution of maritime disputes and acean has taken a common position on that. and we look forward to working with them to ensure that those pacific rules apply. >> the acean community has made it clear it will stick to the agenda and keep trade talks as a priority, but with president obama making reference to tensions in the south you china sea it's hard for leaders gathered here to ignore the issue. al jazeera, kuala lumpur. >> four people have been hurting in a stabbing in israel. they say a man attacked people in the street south of tel aviv. israeli security forces say they are searching for the person who carried out the attack. israel should down a radio station in the west bank, asking it of inciting forcing it off air. >> one of the most celebrated ballet dancers will be celebrated on friday but she died in may. >> her strong, expressive face, a supple boyted boyd. in an era where they were famous was

still, governor brown, like every governor in the united states, does not set immigration policy. that is a federal issue. but anti-immigration states still have a way of getting their message across. >> i will not roll the dice and take the risk on allowing a few refugees in simply to expose texans to that danger. >> from texas to maine and massachusetts to ir a air, governors are hanging out a not welcome sign for syrian refugees. while am gragz is mostly controlled by the federal government, states can cut funding for a few programs. >> job training, language skills, places to live, things like that. so those program res sometimes in part state funded. >> syrian passport found near one of the paris terrorists has sparked a trend iing hashtag. >> we have no idea who these people are. we are the worst when it comes to paperwork. this could be one of the great trojan horses. >> name checks, fingerprints, security clearances. the government can't necessarily release literally the details of every sympathy type of security check for obvious reasons. >> governor brown vowing that all

united states likes to refer to this coalition against isil as a 65-member coalition. that's technically true. each of those countries contribute something, but the united states does90% of the airstrikes in and there is a lot of heavy lifting. it would like to have a much broader coalition joining the fight against isil. i think one of the things that the president believes the pair riggs attacks will d--paris attacks will do is galvanize those who might be sitting on the fence of whether or not they want to get involved in the fights. they believe this is a threat no for everyone in the world. >> what should we think about the threats in video by isil. >> it has threaten washington. one of the things that these attacks show no matter where you are there is some soft targets that are vulnerable to attacks to the kind of mass shootings that took place in paris. i think the u.s. takes it very seriously. obviously it's been very successful so far in thwarting any terrorist attacks on the u.s. homeland, but determined adversary can carry out those kinds of attacks. i think the u.s. is taking it very seriously. that's why they have to disrupt and keep isil off balance

person is going to be reviewed for resettlement to the united states, then the united states becomes involved in many different areas. >> and then how does the u.s. vet them and how long does that process take? >> sure. the process is a lengthy one. and it starts with an intense review through the department of state oversight refugee resettlement support centers where refugees are interviewed, background information is carefully collected, and then that is reviewed by department of homeland security. they come and actually in person interview refugees. fingerprinting is taken through the fbi and other agencies. >> and it takes on average at least 18 to 24 months, is that right? >> absolutely. yes, at least 18 to 24 months. it is a long process. and carefully done. >> and do people fleeing syria face an extra layer of security? >> well, individuals throughout that process face extra levels of security at any time that there is going to be additional questions about security. >> many migrants flee their homelands with little if no documentation. they're fleeing war-torn countries. they leave with almost nothing. they often come from count

president obama did say that the united states does stand red i do help those in france with anything that they need. >> rich as he put it to go after any terrorist network. and next we will talk live about the film and then the loads of gunfire and then saw and then paris after this. can a business have a mind? a subconscious. a knack for predicting the future. reflexes faster than the speed of thought. can a business have a spirit? can a business have a soul? can a business be...alive? >>> there's breaking news now on fox news channel and we may have another link to the attacks in paris. this just in and from the associated press and a 51-year-old man arrested in germany last week with the weapons in his car maybe link today the paris attacks. that's according to the governor and said a short time ago. a spokesmen for the state and they were found when the police stopped the man near the german border on november 5th. luther confirmed reports that the public broadcast er say that is the man appeared to be in route to paris when he was arrested and going on to questions about the par

now we're in an never-ending debate about everything the united states does at home and abroad.a declaration of war call the congress to back the aims in a way that is hard to imagine in the current political atmosphere? is that part of why we don't do it anymore. anything to declare? it's the "inside story." >> you are watching "inside story." i'm ray suarez. we're talking about declarations of war as american sentiment supporting further involvement in syria grows. president obama is currently operating in syria and iraq under the terms of a 2001 congressional authorization, so open-ended that here we are, 14 years later, fighting an entity that didn't even exist when the original vote was taken. some members of congress are insisting that congress has to preserve some of its war-making authority by taking a greater role in the american decision to be there. others seem loathe to give this president permission to do anything. nothing to declare? this time on the program. my guests are still with me. is start of the problem, p.j., that congress doesn't want to have that same ki

now we're in an never-ending debate about everything the united states does at home and abroad.s a declaration of war call the congress to back the aims in a way that is hard to imagine in the current political atmosphere? is that part of why we don't do it anymore. anything to declare? it's the "inside story." >> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "reports from around the world". >> let's take a closer look. >> antonio mora gives you a global view. >> this is a human rights crisis. >> and at 11:00 - "news wrap-up". clear... concise... complete. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target. >> you are watching "inside story." i'm ray suarez. we're talking about declarations of war as american sentiment supporting further involvement in syria grows. president obama is curr

does the united states see what the cuban government does at this point as critical, or is it acting ally, rather than looking for gestures from the other side to encourage further progress? >> ray i see the united states governmengovernment sees this aa process that has to evolve. they know full well the situation on the ground, the dictatorship, economic situation is dismal. however there is also the feeling that americans are the best ambassadors for democracy. and that getting more americans into the country to share our values, now, it's a process. and it will take a long time. >> i want to thank my guests, john suarez, you can read his posts at notes from the cuban exile quarter. alejandro cial portes, and carmn lomaline. i'll be back with a final thought on people on the move and the difference he between them. stay with us. it's "inside story." ♪ ♪ >> people around the world are on the move. fleeing from failing reigns and dwindwindling harvests. just in recent years millions have left their home towns to be homeless in their own countries or cross the border to become refugee

some of the immigrants that we have seen flooding into europe, without the screening that the united states doestraight over here. >> i think we have an important opportunity to wholistically look at the european and u.s. connection on visas and how this process works. we can help them there. the other thing, joe, better intelligence on the ground. revitalizing our intelligence capabilities in the u.s. so abroad we can do better. >> we need democrats and republicans working together on figuring out a screening process. we need democrats and republicans working better together on everything. the president of the united states doesn't need to take the bait and when republicans throw up the bait, other republicans need to call him out. msnbc picks up live coverage right now live from paris. >> good morning, coming to you live from paris. here's the very latest. a northern paris neighborhood was transformed into a war zone this morning. police caught in a fierce gun battle as they tried to catch the man believed to be behind last friday's deadly attacks. [ gunfire ] >> police surrounded and stormed

united states must do more. bringing 25- thousand refugees to the united states does nothing to solve this crisis." carson's visit comes as many republican governors - including iowa governor terry branstad - have ordered a stop to resettling refugees in their states. investigators in colorado springs are releasing more details on yesterday's shootout at a planned parenthood office. police say 57-year-old robert dear killed 3 people - including a university of colorado police officer - friday afternoon. officials say dear made a comment saying quote "no more baby parts" after his arrest. planned parenthood says witnesses believed dear night, 9 other people, including 5 police officers, are still recovering in the hospital from gunshot more than 20 people during friday's hours-long shootout and standoff. hundreds of others took center. colorado governor john hickenlooper thanked the men and women who stepped in to help during the crisis. " it really is remarkable that we live in a country with that, those kinds of people are ready at a moment notice to put t tir lives on line. " " police identified

united states on that information. i think if they felt that hey, that, that guy is back in the united states, and we need to, sweep him up before he does damage. you give that to the fbi or similar, domestic law enforcement organization. i don't think it will be seal team six that seizes some guy at logan airport but, but if that guy goes back to morocco, let's say, and then you work possibly with, maybe you do sort of a special operations mission there, perhaps with or not perhaps with the local government knowledge, or more likely, with, if it is an allied country of any type or country that is friendly to the united states, you inform their security forces and their security forces they can -- >> host: during this period of time the united states also stands up the northern command, which is focus on the united states as well as canada. are you understanding jsoc had plans to operate under certain circumstances within the united states? >> guest: i think jsoc has always had part of its 0400 mission, which is sort of a counter proliferation mission focused on weapons of mass destruction, its always had certain responsibilities in the

and we are -- it is good to remember that the united states does not have a religious test, and we are a nation of many peoples of different faiths. which means that we show compassion to everybody. those with the universal values what my administration intends to stand for. all right? thank you very much. everybody. >> all right, so there you have it, the president making some comments there at the g20 and the united nations in turkey, talking about isil and the paris terror attacks, calling onmore notions to offer resources, and also closing out his remarks, by reminding americans that we should not be closing the door on the refugees, people coming across the border into france that he came across with the refugees, the president saying that this is not an excuse to close the borders to syrian refugees. >> he said at the end, that's not what his administration is goodabout, to keep that door open to be humanitarian, and closing the door is not the secret to success here. speaking for almost an hour, or almost an hour at the j20 summit in turkey. >> now we're going to do into an nbc

united states for any airline. >> reporter: united airlines does fly over the sinai, the only u.s. carrier to do so with flights to dubai and kuwait. the airline says it is diverting until further notice. crash investigators have both the plane's black boxes. they say there is good data on the flight recorder but the voice recorder was damaged and will take more work to decipher. another clue, a u.s. military satellite detected a heat flash around the russian jet as it broke up at nearly 30,000 feet. the question: does that indicate a bomb? former ntsb board member bob francis says the wreckage will reveal the answers. >> if it is enough to bring the aircraft down it is going to do a lot of wreckage to the frame, the airframe. >> reporter: one thing fairly certain at this point is that a missile did not take out this jet liner. rebel groups simply do not have the capability to hit a jet liner at cruising attitude and no evidence of a missile launch. antonio. >> lisa stark in washington. let's bring in neda bakos from seattle, a former cia analyst. egypt and russia haven't confirmed

at ways to streamline our intelligence here in the united states to allow a counterterrorism expert to route this out even in the united states. >> doesm as if we're in a whole new world to examine how we handle these cases. do they say you cannot do that? >> the opinion is mixed looking at rand paul he feels the government should never look at anything phone calls or emails or communication unless a warrant. but the of fighters accord to get the warranted we can do that here but the problem is that our laws have not kept up with the technological audiences. the terrorists are very sophisticated. and with the x box and beaming systems end technologically for this attack if they seem to be a dash. now looking at 10,000 refugees democratic senators will filibuster the idea. >> apparently they are scared of widows and orphans coming into the united states of america. >> but the vast majority that are applying and not widows and orphans but all sorts of people and many are seeking refuge from oppression. but the problem is if you just get one or two or three you have a big problem looking below the surface, researching a hunch... and maki

united states does not fly over this region. they already don't do it. is david cameron really doing that extreme of a move if he just airing on the side of safety for his own people? >> well, that's what he's saying here. we've been here bf. after the terror attacks in june, where holiday makers were killed and when you've got lots of unemployed young men wandering around with no jobs and no hopes of a job then they turn to groups like isis or isil. it's a bit of a catch 22 situation. >> i hear you. until we know for sure, we'll have to wait and see. always great to get your expertise. now, let's move onto politics. we have brand new numbers. donald trump leading the field still, 26% followed by ben carson at 23. a two way tie for third, ted cruz and marco rubio at 11. senator cruz telling hannity last night while he won't be launching attacks against rubio or any of he has republican rivals. >> thou shall not speak ill of other republicans. when you have debates when they're trying to get you into a food fight of insulting each other, i ain't going to

the united states does have important national security relationship with egypt. our ability to coordinate on those issues. that is a security relationship we value. at this point, i think it is too aboutto draw conclusions the effectiveness of the investigation, considering the difficult environment in which it is taking place. obviously, the details of this incident are difficult to assess, given the far-flung and thef the wreckage other questions raised. it is too early to assess at this point, the effect of this investigation. i would observe, as i did before, that is in the interest of the egyptian government to get to the bottom of this incident, friendly to be sure it does not happen again. our aviation officials are try to figure out what to do next. this is a part of the world where we know there have been problems for a long time? it sounds behind the curve to be in this position now to be trying to figure out what to do next. isn't there a-- sec. earnest: i think that's a fair assessment. there was an faa notice to airmen issued this year, march 2015, t

if not, does that not call into question the assessment there's no credible threat to the united states today. secondly, if i could ask you to address your critics who say you're reluctant to enter another middle east war and your preface of diplomacy preface of diplomacy to use our military. >> jim, every day we have threat streams coming through the as i said, every several weeks we sit down with all my national security intelligence and military teams to discuss various threat streams that may be generated. and the concerns about potential isil attacks in the west have been there for over a year now and come through periodically. there were no specific mentions of this particular attack that would give us a sense of something that we need, that we could provide sensitivity on or act on ourselves. but typically, the way the intelligence works is there will one source. how reliable is that source? perhaps some signal intelligence gets picked up. it's evaluated. some of it is extraordinarily vague and unspecific. there's no clear timetable. some of it maybe more specific and folks chase

the fear is, if the united states does nothing, if the united states refuses to put aircraft or tags or ships in the area, putin will view it as a green light to begin to wail against the ethnic russians in those three countries and just like hitler did in 1938, seek to cut them off from the rest of nato that would be a major crisis in europe. do i believe it will happen? no. nobody knows for sure. but then again, nobody knows what goes on between the ears of vladimir putin. >> there hasn't been much done to stop him so far. so you can forgive him if he thought he could do whatever he wanted right now. general scales, appreciate your time, sir. thank you. >> thank you, leland. >>> protesters were being detained in paris after a march for a climate change deal became violent. this as president obama is en route to france right now where he'll be joining the u.n. climate summit. kevin cork is waiting the president's arrival in paris. is this going to turn into a summit about isis instead of about climate? >> given what happened here in paris, back on friday the 13th in november, i don'

at love these countries like syria do not have the infrastructure that the united states does.et real passports that are actually forged because the government is so corrupt. what these guys are doing right now they are going to athrough turkey brazil, mexico and trying to cross the border here. they are trying to get in the united states. what do you think these military aged fighting males are doing? they're not coming here to be migrants. >> you are right about that rob o'neill thank you for need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over one hundred of the web's leading job boards with a single click. then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list. and now you can use zip recruiter for free. go to ziprecruiter.com. you're all set to book a flight using your airline credit card miles. and surprise! those seats sometimes cost a ridiculous number of miles, making it really hard to book the flight you want. luckily, there's a better way... with the capital one venture card. with venture, you'll earn unlimited double miles on every purcha

"well i would hope that in our democracy in the united states of does matter. the truth will matter, and trust me, if i run against donald trump, we will, he will, and the american people will learn the truth sanders went on to say quote: "americans can not destroy isis by undermining the constitution and our religious freedoms" jenna: gop presidentialhopeful marco rubio is spendinin his monday campaigning in the hawkeye state. rubio spent some time in carrol and council bluffs today, he also chimed in on the fight against isis, saying if he were president, he'd make an example out of terrorists in the middle east. (marco rubio/(r) candidate) be carrying out sunni leadershipnodes, whole thing and putting it up on whole world can see that these people are not invincible. i see how these isis babies when they're captured." rubio will also speak tonight at republican partyty event at the suites and convention center in la vista, nebraska. jenna: belgium remains warning tonight, for a third day in a row the capitol, brussels, is on lockdown for a third day and will

president obama did say that the united states does stand red i do help those in france with anything that they need. >> rich as he put it to go after any terrorist network. and next we will talk live about the film and then the loads of gunfire and then saw and then paris after this. can a business have a mind? a subconscious. a knack for predicting the future. reflexes faster than the speed of thought. can a business have a spirit? can a business have a soul? can a business be...alive? >>> there's breaking news now on fox news channel and we may have another link to the attacks in paris. this just in and from the associated press and a 51-year-old man arrested in germany last week with the weapons in his car maybe link today the paris attacks. that's according to the governor and said a short time ago. a spokesmen for the state and they were found when the police stopped the man near the german border on november 5th. luther confirmed report the public broadcast er say that is the man appeared to be in route to paris when he was arrested and going on to questions about the paris att

united states does not have the political will to do so. nor do i think we should. thing we want to do is put u.s. troops back into the middle of a syrian civil war, fate of horrific proportions and do that and try to do u.s. forces in the middle of it. no. but we can back the players upon whose land these atrocities are taking place. that's what we ought to be doing. >> a few moments ago we spoke to jennifer griffin. you know her quite well. her great contacts at the pentagon. she talked about military frustration. that many members of our military are frustrated because they are basically agreeing that air strikes alone will not cut it in terms of dealing with this evil called isis. >> yeah. air strikes alone won't do it. air power is a supporting element to ground forces. and we have a decided advantage in this. because isis does not have an air force. so what's needed, though, is to get isis to group up. look at that map right there. what you can see is they are following the roads. that's a road infrastructure that you are seeing. and they are trying move to, u

we are--it is good to remember that the united states does not have a religious test, and we are a nation of many peoples of different faiths. which means that we show compassion to everybody. those are the universal values that we stand for. that's what my administration intends to stand for. all right? thank you very much, everybody. >> president obama speaking in turkey, he has been there for the g-20 leaders summit. he said that the leaders are united against the threat posed by isil. i want to bring in mike viqueira, mike, the crux of the questions during the question and answer period from the journalists was basically questioning obama's strategy in syria, and whether the paris attacks should have changed that strategy. we did not hear president obama say that it would. >> you know, a fascinating defense of his policy from president obama. i thought he got very intense perhaps even emotional at the end when he was talking about the need to stay away from the anti-muslim and anti-islam inflammatory rhetoric that have been heard in the wake of strategic events in paris. a stout defen

the united states does not have a lottery. it's a scam. it's a complete scam. to sound official. >>> here, the state of california has a lottery commission. but here's the bolt toll line. you can't win if you haven't played. and the bad guys somehow take people in with this. we all just hope that we won somehow. nobody's ever going to call you to give you money. just assume it's a scam. >> that's a fact for your whole life. >> has your daughter called you from college and said dad, i want to give you money back? >> all right, well, gary asked when making an online purchase, why does it come on 10 different fed-ex trucks for one purchase of 10 items. >> it feels that way. you can tell them to group everything together flt wait until they have everything, group it together and send it to you. the reason they have that option is they have a whole bunch of different warehouses. sometimes they ship directly from the manufacturer. >> any hints on comparing airline costs. >> it is amazing, isn't it? it's really, really tough to keep track of. but there's one place, fi

united states. will talk about this. it is in his department to determine who comes and who does not come. work so closely with them, i want to say that they are , and if theyreful have any doubts, they will not allow anyone into the united states. no one has the right to settle in the united states, it is something that we offer based on our history, and humanitarian values. the vast majority of those who have been admitted to the united states, including from the most troubled regions of the world have proven to be hard-working residents. they pay taxes, said their children to school, and after five years, take the test to become citizens. some undertake forms of service serve our country. ,ur program is so well regarded british members of parliament -- richard harrington, who is responsible now forgetting refugees through process through the u.k. to one of our centers tomorrow. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have in my about anything in my testimony. in my testimony talks about assistance overseas, and a medic efforts. but i know that the american public wants to hear that ou

the united states does not go in search of enemies, but there are times when enemies come in search of us. and we know for a fact that daesh means what it says when it threatens to attack america and attack americans and attack america's interests. so the stakes could not be higher. under president obama's leadership, the united states has mobilized a 65-member coalition to take on daesh and defeat daesh. and notwithstanding whatever you read recently about people diverted with other interests -- yeah, there are other conflicts too, but they remain committed, deeply committed, and at the table in vienna helping to broker a solution. we have said from the beginning that this would be a multiyear effort, but as i will describe in a couple of minutes, we are on the right track and we are making gains, and we are clear about the road ahead. my friends, the syrian civil war has dragged on now for more than four and a half years. we recall with sadness that the civil war in neighboring lebanon lasted for 16. regrettably, this is not a part of the world where flames, once ignited, simply exti