ADMINISTRATION TO HALT PLANS TO
ACCEPT 10,000 SYRIAN REFUGEES
NEXT YEAR.
JOINs US TO TALK ABOUT THE
CRISIS IN FRANCE IS SENATOR AL.
YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
IN PARIS, TELL US ABOUT THAT.
WELL, MY BROTHER AND HIS
FAMILY LIVE THERE SO OF COURSE
MY FIRST REACTION WAS TO TEXT MY
BROTHER, IS EVERYBODY OKAY?
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS-- YOU SAW
THE FAMILY THE AMERICAN YOUNG
LADY KILLED THE AND OUR HEARTS
JUST BLEED, GO OUT TO THE PEOPLE
IN FRANCE AND THE VICTIMS AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
WAS THIS A MASSIVE
INTELLIGENCE FAILURE, NOT ONLY
BY FRANCE BUT BY THE U.S.
CONSIDERING BY ARE ALLYS AND
SHARE INFORMATION?
WE HAVE, CLEARLY, THIS, WHAT
ISIS IS STEPPING UP IS KIND OF
TERROR THAT WE ASSOCIATE MORE
WITH AL QAEDA.
THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ISIS
EVENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN MORE
OF THIS IN EUROPE BECAUSE IT IS
CLOSER TO SYRIA.
ALSO, THERE HAVE BEEN GRIEVANCES
AMONG EUROPEAN MUSLIMS THAT GO
BACK 50 YEARS TO 60 YEARS TO
ALGERIA AND FRANCE AND THAT
RELATIONSHIP.
SO, WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF
TERRORIST EVENTS IN EUROPE OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
ON FRIDAY THE PRESIDENT GAVE
AN INTERVIEW BEFORE THESE
ATTACKS HAPPENED THAT SAID ISIS
WAS CONTAINED.
JUST HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACKS.
DOES THE ADMINISTRATION GET IT?
IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON TOP
OF THIS?
WELL, I THINK IT WAS
UNFORTUNATE HE USED THOSE WORDS,
ESPECIALLY THE TIMING OF IT.
I THINK WHAT HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT IS IN TERMS OF THE
TERRITORY ISIS CONTROLS IN SYRIA
AND IRAQ, WHICH WE STOPPED THEIR
EXPANSION AND REDUCED THE SIZE
OF THE CALIPHATE, IF YOU WILL.
WHAT WE DO SEE EXPANDING IS
THEIR TERROR FOOT PRINT AND THIS
IS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING AND
WILL MEAN THAT OUR INTELLIGENCE
FOLKS WILL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW,
CONTINUE TO BE VIGILANT.
WHAT ABOUT THE SITUATION HERE
IN MINNESOTA?
NO OTHER STATE HAS HAD AS MANY
YOUNG PEOPLE, EITHER TRY OR
ACTUALLY GO OVER AND FIGHT FOR
ISIS.
ARE WE SAFE HERE?
ARE YOU ASSURED THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS DOING AS MUCH AS
THEY CAN TO PROTECT US IN
MINNESOTA?
THIS RECRUITMENT OF SUMOLLY
MINNESOTANS IS SOMETHING I HAVE
BEEN DEALING WITH SINCE I FIRST
GOT TO THE SENATE WHEN THEY WERE
BEING RECRUITED TO GO TO SOMALIA
SOMALIA.
EACH ONE IS A TRAGEDY FOR THEIR
FAMILY.
IT IS DANGEROUS FOR, YOU KNOW,
FOR US, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE
ALLOWED TO RETURN WHICH WE DON'T
ALLOW UNLESS WE ARE TRACKING
THEM.
BUT THE LARGE, VAST MAJORITY OF
SOMALIA MINNESOTANS ARE AS
AGAINST THIS AS EVERY OTHER
AMERICAN.
WHAT SHOULD THE U.S. RESPONSE
BE?
WELL, THE PRESIDENT NOW IS IN
TURKEY, AND TURKEY SHOULD BE A
KEY ALLY IN THIS.
I THINK WHAT YOU JUST SUPPORTED
ABOUT THE DEBATE LAST NIGHT IS
EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO BE A LEADER IN THIS
BUT CAN ONLY DO IT WITH OTHER
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING MUSLIM
NATIONS LIKE TURKEY, SAUDI
ARABIA IS AT THE G-20 NOW IN
TURKEY.
WE HAVE THE EUROPEAN ALLIES
THERE .
THIS HAS TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL
EFFORT AND WE HAVE TO-- WE ALSO
HAVE TO NOT DO A KNEE-JERK
REACTION AND GET OURSELVES MIRED
IN BY SENDING A LARGE FOOT PRINT
OF TROOPS THERE.
I HAVE BEEN A SENATOR OVER 6
YEARS AND BEEN TO A LOT OF
FUNERALS, I VISIT VETS
RECOVERING FROM THE WAR, MANY
DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE TALKS WITH RUSSIA
AND IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA, AND
TURKEY, ON GOING.
WE DID THOSE IN VIENNA.
WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO END
THAT WAR IN A DIPLOMATIC WAY.
LET ME ASK YOU QUICKLY,
THOUGH, HOW ABOUT THE REFUGEES?
DO WE NOT TAKE IN ANY?
YOU HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR
TAKING IN REFUGEES FROM SYRIA.
YES, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO VET
PEOPLE COME IN.
THESE ARE FAMILIES.
THESE ARE, I THINK THE ICONIC
PICTURE FROM THIS REFUGEE CRISIS
IS LARGEST SINCE WORLD WAR II IS
THE 3-YEAR-OLD BOY ON THAT
BEACH.
ALL I CAN THINK OF WAS MY
GRANDSON.
WE ARE-- PART OF THE REASON WE
ARE A GREAT COUNTRY IS WE
REPRESENT WHAT THE STATUE OF
LIBERTY REPRESENTS, BRING THE
TIRED AND POOR.
OF COURSE WE HAVE TO VET PEOPLE
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN DO PREVENT
TERRORISM REPORTED IN HERE.
BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING
AND WE NEED TO DO PART OF OUR