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Plan to bring syria refugees to the United States. Over the last couple years close to 2,000 have been welcomed here but now they have to go when it comes to the president s move to bring an additional 10,000 here. Speaker ryan just announcing there will be a pause in that program to Connell Mcshane with the latest. Connell conservative pressure has been building for ryan to ask and to do something about this refugee issue and we may have legislation to address it by the end of this week. Some more on that in a moment but listen to the speaker of the house paul ryan and what he had to say earlier today in washington. This is a moment it is better to be safe than sorry. We think the prudent, the responsible thing is to take a pause in this particular aspect of this Refugee Program in order to verify that terrorists are not trying to infiltrate the refugee population. Connell he is pushing for a pause, the legislation that should make it to the house floor by thursday, three republicans
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President obama is in italy right now on the second leg of his six days trip. Todays highlight as officials pay visit. Full of pomp and circumstance you would expect, but as mike reports the president s audience with the pope wasnt all chipper. It was a day of ceremony, symbolism, and some substance as president obama traveled to the vatican to meet with the new pope francis for the first time. Im a great admirer, later they sat face to face in a simple wooden p desk. The popes working desk, 20 minutes overtime, the two men do share a focus, and is that was emphasize bedty white house, the growing gap between rich and poor, both spent much time in that topic, and when they parted company there was an exchange of gift. With two large medallions that are said to symbolize the need for peace between northern and southern hemispheres. That is served as a road map for the church and the new focus on the plight of the poor. The two also talked about the need for Immigration Reform in the Uni
And well be watching the last word like we do every night at 10 00 p. M. Eastern right here on msnbc. That does it for us this morning. Stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. Hi there. Im stephanie ruhle. Live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city, it is monday, december 21st. Lets get smarter. Today, congress will finally do something it should have done months ago. Vote on a relief bill to provide badly needed help to millions of struggling americans. It includes things like a 600 direct cash payment, extra Unemployment Insurance and help for Small Businesses. The big question, why did it take so long . Also this morning, the first shipments of Modernas Covid vaccines are on their way. Millions of doses headed to Distribution Sites at this very moment. More than half a Million Health care workers have already taken the vaccine with many more getting them this morning. Nursing homes and longterm care facilities is also set to kick off today. Weve known for a while thos