republicans may threaten another government shutdown over blocking refugees from coming in. this afternoon, mike huckabee tweeted house speaker paul ryan will not flee, he needs to step down and let someone else lead. our director of the arab american association of new york, linda, your response to this issue. as an american born an raised in brooklyn an runs an organization of immigrants in new york city, i m so disturbed what i m listening to. religion test. i want to understand what that looks like. we are trying to bar the very people running away from the same terrorism that we re talking about. the syrian refugees left tear country because of isis. because of the regime, that s why they flee to places like europe. our country is known to be welcoming refugees. our statue of liberty, i m disturbed by the people in our leadership and i m grateful for
people, i think, here say they believe the young people here have been brainwashed. they say that there is a strong criminal element in this community that is very poor. they say there is drug dealing and even gun running and some of the people have become radicalized, and they have got involved with isis, around 500 more per capita than any other european country have left here and gone to fight in iraq and syria including with isis. many of them have come back, and, brian, the lesson people are talking about is that the politicians here have turned away. they have closed their eyes. they have covered their ears to the problem and hope it would go away, and instead, isis has grown stronger in the heart of europe. this capital city. brian? thank you, reporting tonight for us from belgium, and let s get the mood of the streets in the city of light tonight, nbc s richard louis is there for us.
these are the people kept in american custody in a prison that one would later call the academy for the kinds of sort of radicalization that was happening there. that s right. this is where a lot of the former saddamists were indoctrinated, but it s worth knowing those rubbing shoulders was radicalized on his own before the american invasion. it s the invasion that gave him an opportunity to thrive. a lot of people talking about what isis wants out of this, and real debate about that. what s your sense of what they want out of an atrocity like the one committed in paris or beirut? well, they may want the same thing al qaeda wanted with the 9/11 attacks. al qaeda wanted its enemies in the west to leave it alone, but
con cluns of interest between the executive saying they felt they needed one and congress not voting on one. ultimately, the administration sent us to propose it, hfs rejected, and rather than producing something else, the speaker threw up the hands, we re not going to have a debate or vote on this. at a time when we are sending special operators very much in harm s way and already have troops in iraq, i think it is completely irresponsible, and we will root the day we did this because it means congress took itself out of a system of checks and balances when it comes to the executive s power to make war. are you satisfied the white house, does, in fact, have an achievable strategy in terms of defeating isis? the administration has a strategy to try to squaez isis t territorial and the social media campaign, but concerned, chris,
let them. reporter: so we were hearing from charlotte and her message about not wanting isis to win, making sure that people know that she is not going to settle for anything less than the life she had before, and we certainly hope for her and all for people that live here in paris they get it back. all right. robert, thank you. hopefully the commotion dies down bind you, appreciate it. up next, what the attacks signal about a changing strategy by isis and first defector after the break. it s more than a network and the cloud. it s reliable uptime. and multi-layered security. it s how you stay connected to each other and to your customers. with centurylink you get advanced technology solutions, including an industry leading broadband network, and cloud and hosting services - all with dedicated, responsive support. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you re free to focus on growing your business.