Statue of liberty, there is a poem by m. Lazarus who says bring me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses wanting to breathe free. 12,000 refugees at displaced population of almost five million. Weve seen these heartbreaking pictures of children who are being killed. And think about i guess were talking about 400,000 syrians being killed in this. What about what our and b is as human beings what our obligation is to other human beings. These are people who are fleeing isis. These are people are fleeing an assad regime that uses poison gas against civilians. The u. N. G process is first, refugee, first vets people hands them to us. Average a over on year and a half before we vet them, is that correct . Yes, thats correct, senator. Senator franken and have we had any dulls that came over in syria engage in some sort of errorist plot . No, senator, not to my knowledge. Senator franken you know, my grandfather came from russia. He arrived and saw that on the statue of liberty. He was o
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good morning. another day, another investigation. this time, it s word that the s.e.c. is probing banks and muni bond sales. follow the money, weekly in-flows and out-flows painting a picture of just what global investors think of the markets right now. and a bumpy pass to the new normal. pimco s ceo, mohamed el-erian shares his outlook as squawk box begins right now. good morning, everybody. welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. i m becky quick along with joe kernen and carl quintanilla. in our headlines this morning, the s.e.c. is reportedly investigating whether wall street banks used their own money to bet against municipal bonds that they had sold without proper disclosure. the wall street journal says that the regulator is looking at trades of municipal credit default swaps. the fact-finding probe may not result in formal action, but it s one of many cases we ve heard about recently that result in another day, another investigation. the senate is passing f