here s our congressional correspondent nancy cordes. save our schools, no to devos. reporter: the debate over betsy devos followed senators home this weekend, as protests popped up outside the state offices of several republicans. here in washington, the pressure is even more intense. good afternoon, senator susan collins office. reporter: the senate switchboard swamped by hundreds of thousands of calls. so he is not supportive of this nominee? reporter: some democratic senators took their own turns at the phones. so she s really way outside of the mainstream. reporter: and even turned to schoolkids to help make their case. we must oppose betsy devos as secretary of education. the future depends on it. reporter: president trump chose the 59-year-old billionaire because of her long- time support for school vouchers, a cause many republicans support. south carolina senator tim scott. the real debate is generations of kids that are stuck in underperf
ago, but mid-flight visas were canceled when president trump signed the executive order. after landing in philadelphia, the six syrian immigrants were forced to return home. inhuman what happened to us. reporter: 17-year-old matthew asaili had to wait even longer before joining his relatives. we did everything by the rules, everything what we done was right. we did not do anything illegal. reporter: why did your family leave? over there, it s like a war zone. it s not safe. reporter: in 2015, their immigration petition finally moved to the active processing stage, which involved multiple background checks and several interviews. welcome to america. reporter: local congressman republican charlie dent says the asailis are not refugees and spent years going through the proper channels. it s clear to me this proposal was not properly vetted. it was not processed. it was rushed, and it wasn t given the kind of consideration it should have been. reporter: this a
president trump tweeted yesterday that the suspension of his ban is now allowing people to pour into the u.s. we don t have a complete picture, but we can tell you that the number of refugees over the last three days is 27 families. who have gone through a vetting process that can take years. jericka duncan was at new york s jfk airport today when a family from syria arrived. hi. reporter: this is the moment dr. ghassan asaili and wife sarmad dreamed about for more than 13 years. i m happy. i m happy like i won the super bowl like yesterday. i m very happy. reporter: the reunion with asaili s two brothers wa canceled when president trump signed the executive order. after landing in philadelphia, the six syrian immigrants were forced to return home. inhuman what happened to us. reporter: 17-year-old matthew asaili had to wait even longer before joining his relatives. we did everything by the rules, everything what we done was right. we did not do anything ill
estimation item 112011.0671x at 1395 11 uped street and pennsylvania avenue, a local project authorization for continuance to november 12, 2015 and item 2 for case no. 20 11-006712pca requirement for cu requirement for residential mergers. proposed for continuace to december 10th, 2015. any public comment on the items proposed for continuance? not seeing any public comment is closed. and commissioner antonini. i think my mic is off. i could talk loudly. thank you. there we go. good. i make a motion to continue items 1 and 2 to the dates specified. second. very good, commissioners. thank you on that motion to continue items as proposed. commission antonini. aye. commissioner johnson? aye. commissioner richards? aye. commission wu? aye. and commission president fong. aye. so moved commissions, that motion passes unanimously 5-0 and places you under your consent calendar, all matters listed constitute a consent calendar. are considered to be routine
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