can people. es pesh especially the american people. she is talking about all of you. she is talking about your families. she is tauklking about those who we have lost. that's the difference and the legacy that you can be proud of. now even as our combat mission ends later this year, i want everybody to know in this country and across the e region that america's commitment to the people of afghanistan will endure. with our strategic partnership, we will continue to stand with afghans as they strengthen their institutions and build the economy and improve their lives, men and women and boys and girls, and i have made it clear that we are prepared to continue cooperating with the afghan partners on two security missions, training and equipping afghan force ss and targeting counter terrorism targets against al qaeda, and once afghanistan has sworn in the new

president, i am hopeful that we will sign a bilateral security agreement that lets us move forward and with that bilateral agreement s aassuming it is signed, we can plan for the limited military presence in afghan beyond 2014, because after all of the sacrifices that we have made, we want to preserve the gains that we have helped to win win. and we want to make sure that afghanistan can never ever again be used to launch an attack against our country. and so our combat mission will come to the end, but or obligations to you and your families have only just begun. the al qaeda leadership may be on the ropes sropes, but in other parts of the world, the al qaeda threats are posing a threat. we have to stay strong and vigilant, and fortunately, we have the best led, best trained, and best equipped military in human history. as commander in chief, i will keep it that way. we are going to be staying

strong by taking care of your families back home. and the first lady michelle and vice president joe biden's wife jill have made it their mission, because your families serve, too, and they are heroes on the home front, and we are going to keep joining forces to make sure that more americans are stepping up to support and honor those extraordinary families, and we will stay strong by taking care of the wounded warriors and veterans, because helping them heal is not just a promise, but a sacred obligation. as some of you come home you will return to civilian life, and we want to make shurure that you have the american dream that you helped to defend, and to help with the assistance that will help you stay strong and the krecredentialkre den shalls and--

kre den licenses that you need to keep your education earned to keep america strong. i keep saying to every company back home if you want somebody who knows how to get the job done, hire a vet. hire a vet. hire a vet! because like generations before you, we need you to help us ride the -- help us to write the next great chapter in the american story, and i know you will do that, because i have seen the character of the service and the strength of our country. going back to new york, and thinking about that tragedy 12 years ago in those awful moments after the twin towers fell as the wreckage was still burning, those at the scenes were

desperately looking for survivors and one of those searching was a detective at the nypd and as he climbed through the debris he spotted something in the rubble. it was a flag. it was torn up. parts of it were burned but it was still intact. and today that flag is at the 9/11 museum. it is dusty and it is torn and you can see the burn marks from the fires. that flag has been through a lot. but the thing that you notice is its broad stripes and bright stars still shine. it is red, white and blue still inspire. after all its been through, and after all america has been through, our flag is still there. and our flag is still there, because when our nation was attacked this generation, the

9/11 generation stepped up and said send me. and it is still there because you have served in dusty villages and rugged outposts in kandahar and helmand and pantika and all over this land, but your belief never waivered to believe that people should live free from fear over here and back home. our flag will always be there, because the freedom and the lib liberty it represents to the world will always be defended by patriots like you. so on behalf of myself and the american people, we are proud of you and god bless you and god bless the united states armed forces and god bless our united states of america. thank you very much, everybody.

president obama there at bagram air base and a surprise visit there with the president speaking to some of the 32,000 troops who are stationed in that country. good day to you, i'm craig melvin, and that unannounced trip to the afghanistan wrapping up as you see there, and shortly before the president took stage, we heard from brad paisley, the country music star perform for the troop ss for 45 minutes or an hour and kristen welker is watching from the live house. is the president still speaking? >> although, i can't take a selfie with everybody, i will shake every hand and it may take a little time so please, be patient. >> all right. there you have it. president obama will not be taking a selfie with everyone but he did promise to shake ever every hand in that room, and that is a lot of hands, patrick murphy, and kristen welker is standing by at the white house,

and patrick murphy is here, and also the contributor to the "taking the el hille ing theing the hill." and now he spent a lot of time talk g talking about the service, and the pride as commander in chief, but he did not spend a lot of time talk theing about the v.a. scandal, and maybe i missed it, but he did not talk about the national policy or foreign policy, and it was a rah-rah thank you speech. >> well craig, that is absolutely right. the speech was really aim eded at thanking the troops for the service. you heard him say multiple times that i am here to say thank you and we are proud of you. and he also reminded them of the importance of their sacrifice with that really poignant discussion that he had at the end there about 9/11 and the

9/11 memorial museum of course that just opened. he was just a part of that ceremony. and a remind foreer for the troops, but of course to, the folks watching back at home why that the sacrifice was made in the first place. the one headline craig, that i will point out to you, you did hear president obama say that once there is a new president in place in afghanistan, which we anticipate to come in the coming months and there are two front-runners here they will sign the bsa agreement, and you heard him say that is going to allow us to have a limited troop pres presence there in afghanistan, and that is the question on everybody's minds, how big is that troop presence? that is clearly what those serving in afghanistan are thinking, and that is the question they want answered and president obama indicating that there will be a limited troop presence, and how limited will that be -- 5,000?

10,000? that is the question that needs to be answered and now president obama was briefed right before he addressed the troops, and he said to reporters who participated in the small part of that briefing that he was close to making an announcement, and the white house follow ded up with that comment by saying that no announcement has been made, but we can expect that the announce announcement is coming in the near future. so that is something that we are going to be looking for here certainly at the white house and president obama of course will be addressing the u.s. military academy at west point on wednesday wednesday. we could learn a little bit more about what is going to happen in afghanistan during that speech apdnd i would not rule that out, but you will hear the president sort of defend the broader foreign policy when he speaks at west point. craig, as you point out, this is all coming against the backdrop of the v.a. scandal, and we did not hear president obama focus on that in the remarks, because instead, this is a moment to thank the troops for the sacrifice as we approach

memorial day, and by the way, in is the fourth visit to afghanistan, craig. >> and first time since may of 2012. patrick murphy you have a family member in the room with the president right now? >> yes, my cousin colonel geno rapone is there in bagram air force base and i know that his child and wife are back home watching and pretty proud. >> when you were in iraq, did you get a visit from the president? >> yes, in the second deployment deployment, yes, and president bush surprised us and came over to the then baghdad airfield for thanksgiving. and it was surprising although those of us on the ground knew it was coming to prep for it. >> and one of the lines that came out of the speeches there, and kristen noted the bilateral security agreement, and how large of a footprint should we have in that country moving forward? >> well, it is interesting, because president obama when he got into office tripled the size

of afghanistan and smoked out bin laden and then smoked him out out, and then he did start to drawback. the first comment in the speech was about the size, and then the bilateral security agreement -- >> well let's listen to what the president said and for the viewers just joining us, we have that on tape. let's listen. >> with the signing of the bsa, that will be complete. >> and you were saying? >> they just had the massive election in april, and when he came in he said that they will sign the agreement, and how many troops will be there, and it is a small point, but he said counter terrorism missions, and

we were operating count canner insurgency missions and now it is shifted to counter terrorism mission, and we will pop up and take out the top level al qaeda in support of the afghan forces but to make sure that we are still training the afghan forces, and it is nuanced comment, but it is important of the policy shift that he reinforced today. >> and kristen welker are you standing by there still today? >> absolutely. >> do we know if the president is go ging to be meeting with the president hamid karzai when he is there? >> it is important question but no no. however, karzai was made aware of the president's visit and the relationship of the u.s. and karzai's administration has been incredibly strained and the u.s. accuses his government of corruption, and generally not cooperating with the united states. for example, he would not sign the bsa, the security agreement, and so that is why the decision

about how many troops are going to remain has been put on hold un until there is a new leader of afghanistan. of reporters on the ground there of the president also asked if he would be meeting with the two top presidential candidates and the answer to that is no, because this trip is not about politic, and instead, it is about getting briefed in the situation on the ground in afghanistan, but mainly about thanking the troops stationed there, and the 32,000 troops who turned out to hear president obama speak, and hear brad paisley perform, but an important question craig, because it sends a strong signal that the obama administration has moved on from the karzai government and waiting for the next leader to get into power, before they move forward. >> as we speak here, the president appears to be trying to make good on that promise that he made to the folks in the room shaking just about every hand so far we have seen and he

does not appear to be leaving. kristen, quickly, before i let you go, the folks watching and listening right now may not appreciate how difficult it is for the president of the united states not just to surprise the troops but to also surprise the hundreds of folks who cover him on a daily basis. how are they able to pull this off? >> well, whenever the president travels to afghanistan or when for example a george bush traveled to iraq which patrick murphy just talked about, it has to be a secret because of the immense security concerns. it is incredibly difficult to pull off, and that is why a small group of reporters are briefed on this, and it was a complete surprise to me, to my colleagues here in washington, d.c., to you all in new york craig, as you know and i am of course here at the white house all weekend. so this is something that they have to keep a secret out of

necessity, and craig, as a part of that, if the secret gets out, it is also a trip that the white house is prepared to cancel at any minute, because they can't put the president in that level of harm by sending him into a war zone and having anyone have any advanced notice. craig? >> it is one of our understandings of why president obama is not leaving bagram airfield while he is there. and how surprised are you, patrick murphy that the president did not mention in any shape or form the scandal that continues to hang over his administration? there was not a direct mention of the v.a. scandal at all? >> well, i'm not surprised at all, craig, because he said i'm here to say thank you. he thanked the troops and importantly, he talked to the troops about the legacy. he said that the legacy is that for the first time little girls in afghanistan will now go to school and al qaeda's leadership is on the ropes, and also the fact that you know, when kersten welker just talked

about the level of security on the plane, and they didn't even have to do a corkscrew landing, because they are worried about rockets coming to them in and that plane did not have to do that for a long time to show that the security on the ground in afghanistan is much better than it has been in years past. what a difference 13 years makes, and the legacy of the troops othere on the ground. >> and president obama is there connecting what happened on 9/11 to the service there today, and we continue to watch president obama shake hands in the room, and this is of course memorial day weekend and he spent a fair amount of time there thanking the troops for their service, and reminding them and perhaps all of us about those who have fallen there in afghanistan saying that their memories an lives will live on as well. we will continue to watch this.

kristen welker do we know quickly here president obama is he back tomorrow? stateside? >> craig, i think that the president will be back by tomorrow if my math is accurate i think that he is coming back at some point tomorrow, but look, before he leaves, he is going to visit the hospital, and visit the wounded warriors and he is also going to hand out awards to the troops for their service. so he is not finished with the visit yet, but he did give the speech which is certainly the centerpiece, craig. >> thank you, chriskristen welker at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and patrick murphy here in the studio, and again, president obama at bagram airfield and we will continue to watch this, and he has done, patrick murphy, 2,000 or so hands so far. >> yes, it is unbelievable, and those folks, thank god they are saying i brought these cell phone and even though they can't call home with them thank god i can take a picture.

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and now for the latest on the deadly stabbing and shooting rampage in southern california, and this is what we know right now. seven people, including the shooter and the stabber, 22-year-old elliott rodger are dead. he did have 13 people shot by him are still recovering and two of them in serious condition. right now the sheriff's deputies are combing through 12 separate crime scene ss. before he started the ram page, he killed three people at the residence and looked like he stabbed all of them and then hopped in the black bmw and shot and killed women outside of the alpha phi sorority house, and two more were killed outside of a deli. we know the names of three of

them killed. 22-year-old, and 19-year-old and 20-year-old university of california santa barbara students. the father of christopher michael-martinez spoke late saturday. >> why did chris die? he died because of the craven irresponsible politicians and the nra. they talk about gun rights. what about chris's right to live? >> and the deputies are looking at a 140-page manifesto that he wrote as well as several individualvideos that he recorded as well. he sent the manifest itoemanifesto to many people whose parents searched for them frantically as they received them. and jennifer from isla vista, what more are we learning this afternoon? >> well, we got word from the sheriff department's spokesperson who walked out and

said that within the next hour they will give is the three names of the first three vicktims who were killed, stabbed to death in that apartment that was shared by the suspect. we are learning more about the welfare check that the deputies went on. the sheriff's department got a call from the family and they did a wellness check, and that was before this disturbing video was posted on youtube and the family was more concerned that he was depressed and would do harm to himself, craig. >> and what more are we hearing from the killer's family? >> it is difficult. we are hearing a little bit through the lawyer who is speaking on behalf of the family and offering condolences and we

are learning more about his father, his movie director with special thanks credit on the "hunger games" and we are learning that this young man led a privileged life and had a good lifestyle and no reason for them to think that anything like this could happen that he had been under the care of mental health professionals, and they were worried about him, but not so worried about him to come down to check on him themselves apparently. >> and jennifer bjorklund for us in isla vista, thank you so much. >> and now overseas politics and religion mixed. the pope took a historic visit and went to the region where christ was born. pal stin palestinians cheered as the pope arrived in bethlehem square. the pope extended a invitation for the palestinian and the

israeli leadership to meet with him in the vatican. claudio, let's talk about the significance of the pope's invitation. >> well, he is saying that he does not want to pray alone for peace and reconciliation, and we have witnessed an amazing moment when he was driving the pope mobile through bethlehem and he decided to stop in front of the wall erect and the wall erected right in front of israel in front of graffiti that said "free israel" and right after that, he said well let's all pray together let's all pray together to restart this peace process in a stalemate for a while now. and even though that meeting, of course it is a prayer and symbol eic, it does help to bring the

peace process back to the world's attention, craig. >> and what is next on the pope's trip? >> well, he will be going back to the vet can after he plays homage to the wailing wall and to the first pope to ever lay a wreath on the grave of theodore hertzle the founder of modern day zionism and this is a symbolism measure here craig. >> and the office in israel, that office is largely ceremonial, and the true power in israel lies in the office of the prime minister, and does that lessen in any way the importance over the significance of the pope's invitation?

>> well yes, shimon peres is 90 years old, and expected to step down in the summer, and does itless lessen the measure, it is more prayer and symbolic, and do not forget that shimon peres won the nobel peace prize laureate and a nobel peace prize winner and the holy father who better to pray for peace? >> thank you claudio vargas there in jerusalem. >> the white house has rolled out a new plan to allow vets to get the care they need. we will continue to follow the breaking news in afghanistan as president obama just wrapping up that surprise visit to the troops on this memorial day weekend. more on that straight ahead. mom! awesome!

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the president spending the bulk of the speech thank them for the service. >> i'm here on a single mission and that so thank you for the extraordinary service. i thank you as your commander in chief, because you inspire me. your willingness to serve, to step forward at a time of war and to say, send me is the reason that the united states stays strong and free. >> and president obama made news with regards to the bilateral security agreement, and we will spend time talking about that in a few moments, and right now, after what was a 20 minute speech, the president promised to shake the hand of every single service member in the room, and we are told that he is on the way to the hospital, and he is going to be visiting wounded troops there and handing out award s tos to the members of the military for their service to the country. we are continuing to follow

developing news overseas. one hour after the polls closed in ukraine's election, agencies are reporting that a billionaire businessman named petro poroshenko is the leader. the official tally is not complete yet. this is a race accompanied by a great deal of violence and intimidation, as well. you are looking at the footage from eastern ukraine where the masked insurgents blocked polling stations as well, and the european election monitors pulled out of the donetsk region. ballot election result s wills will be certified tomorrow. if there is not a clear winner, a runoff will happen next month but it looks like petro poroshenko is going to be the

next president of ukraine. back here in california, police are scouring a dozen crime scenes from the friday night mass shooting and stabbing which left seven people dead and 13 of those shot were still recovering and two of them in serious condition. i want to bring in jim cavenaugh, nbc law enforcement analyst, and retired atf agent. let's look at the new video from friday night which is surveillance video showing customers in a deli running for safety running for safety as the shots with were fired, and i believe we have this video. we may not have that video yet, but you have seen the video, jim. what is that going to tell you about the nature of what happened? there is the video by the way. >> yeah, what we should glean from this, all of us collectively in law enforcement, and mental health officials especially is when they say they are going to go on the rampages and kill everybody, never

discount that. that means they are going to do it. this guy laid out a plan, craig, that he did exactly what he was going to do. he said he was going to kill the roommates and go to the sorority to kill the young women there and he is a misogynous because he hated women because of perceived slights, and then go into the town to kill people, and he did that. so we have to understand when the people say they are going to do it they want to do it, and they are going to try to do it, and we have to interrupt it before. >> and jim, here is the thing that has been reported so far and what i have read, it sounds like the parents had notified the police, and he had been in therapy since the age of 8, and what more could have been done here and what more should have been done here? >> well what i call it craig s the tragedy triangle. it consists of three things. consists of the mental health issues, usually under a docktor's care or people close to the

person know he is having trouble and he is seeing a doctor or in the hospital in and out, and the second is contact with the police. often, it is multiple contacts with the police. that is two legs of the triangle a , and the third leg is the acquisition of the firearms and the explosives or the explosives that may be weapons or other weapons and when you have the tragedy triangle, mental health issues repeated contact s withs with the police or contacts with the police, and firearms and explosives, then you have to focus on the person. and we rare not setting up that mechanism to happen with the law enforce enforcement and the mental health professionals, and then what you are looking for is the threats of suicide or threats to kill. and so you know, the way we do bert on this better on this is with the police forces, and i think that the sheriff's department did what they could have done, and i have been on those myself, and

you put them in a better department with forensic psychologist s psychologists and you set it up to stop it. >> why not more in this case because apparently in the manifesto that the kid wrote, he said if the cops had searched my room i would have been found out, and they would have discovered my entire plan. >> right. well, if the patrol officers didn't have all of this information, and responded to a welfare check, and i never did when i responded to the welfare check, they didn't have all of the details and that is why you need a unit looking for the tragedy triangle and when this call comes in and he is nin the tragedy triangle, and contact with the police, and had mental health care and he has threats, and so that is how we can deal with these people because they fit the same criteria the shooter at virginia tech the and

over and over. >> yes, over and over, and what does it take to raise a red flag because if the aforementioned does not raise a red flag then what does? >> well, craig, you are right. you have been out on the stories, yourselves, and the flags are blow ing ining in the the breeze, but we are not taking the actions and collectively, with we are not forcing the political leaders to take the actions to support the police and the mental health professionals to do this. slight changes in the law they the help and procedural changes and we need restraining orders like the lawtenburg amendment which says you cannot have a firearm if you are under a domestic violence restraining order. well, maybe we need to restrain them if they are in a suicidal or homicidal mode. there are a lot of things that we can do, but we have to do it. >> thank you, jim cavenaugh, our law enforcement analyst. and now, the white house is announcing saturday that more veterans will be allowed to get treatment at private hospitals.

it is a push that the democrats and the republicans have been pushing for and general martin dempsey the joint chairman of the chiefs of staff commented this morn ging. >> and at some point the chief executive, the chairman and whoever it is, thaey have to take responsibility for the entire organization and the performance. >> jonathan, bloomberg news and david nakamura is with the white house, and how big of an idea is this that it is going to make a dent? >> well, this is a problem that has been going on and on for years, and whether it is going to make a dent is certainly more

focus on it and rob nabors the deputy white house chief of staff will get results just by training focus on this issue, and whether it is going to resolve all of the problems it re remains to be seen. obviously, we have a lot more veterans coming home as a result of afghan and iraq wars, and the years are only xausexacerbated by the new volume. >> and in is the president a few moments ago sort of talking about the veteran administration. >> we will help our wounded warriors and veterans, and to help them heal is not just a promise, it is a sacred obligation. >> that is president obama making a promise, and pledge to the folks in the room there of how much of a political problem is this going to continue to be for the white house and for the ad theed a ministration going into the midterms? >> well w think they johnathan

made the point that it is something that the president has to light a fire under the administration and for some people, it seems too little too late and there are calls already for general shinseki to resign, and shinseki, himself, has said that he does not want to, and if you look at the problems, the rollout, they let kathleen sebelius stay on the job, and ultimately fix them, and that is ultimately she left but that is maybe something that we will see with general shinseki. you will see the veterans continue to do that and you will hear him continue to talk about it and at west point where he going to address the cadets. he is going to continue to express his belief that it is important to take care of those serving the country at events like west point's graduation and trying to sort of create more of a sense of resolve in

the leadership. >> david nakamura and jonathan al allen, thank you so much, and a lot of breaking news this memorial day weekend. there is a new documentary out that takes a look at one of the most difficult moments for a service member's family.

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i told them no but my head was shaking yes, because i knew that i knew what they were going to tell me. >> i saw a car that they didn't recognize. so i looked to the side and i noticed that there were two uniformed officers on my door. >> it has to be the most difficult moment for a parent or spouse of a member of the military that knock on the door from the service members who are there to deliver the worst of news.

"bring g "bringing the fallen home" is a new documentary to tell about the family of the fallen and thor is vis members there to advice and counsel the families and diana is the mother of first lieutenant ryan raul who was killed in nearly two years ago while serving in afghanistan, and the producer of the documentary is a colonel in the air force and attached to the air force mortuary and so let's start with you, mrs. raul, and tell the us about your son. >> well he was -- he was a wonderful -- had great character. he was honest. he was athletic and he loved serving others, and he was the in the sheriff's department and the local sheriff's department and loved, and absolutely loved what he was doing. he was a great father. and a great son. and a great brother.

>> les, how did the time at dover and your service there, how did that lead to the production of this documentary? >> well, craig, i was there about four years ago and i did about 110 dignified transfers at dover, and then i just got on the phone and i called my friend, cliff springs, who is a fine filmmaker in his own right and i told him, hey, we have to have a chance of a great documentary and there is a great story to tell. and cliff and i got together when i got back from dover and laid the groundwork for the documentary documentary, and it took four years to finish it, but we have. >> and i want to play for you a clip from the film where we hear from one of the officers who escorted your son back home, mrs. rawl. >> to bring lieutenant rawl is one of the most honorable things that i have ever done. the procession from the church

to the funeral home was a mile or a mile and a haflf and the streets were shutdown in lexington and there were thousands of people lineing the streets. >> lexington, south carolina, my backyard there. and how important was it to have somebody like captain franzi there for you and your family diane? >> it meant everything. when i saw captain franzi at the funeral home, after he had escorted ryean's body, and tears were running down his face, and of course, i was crying, and we just, we just have an indelible bond now, and i have stayed in touch with him. it means so much to me to know that he loved my son, and took care of my son's body when i could not as a mother take the care of him. and it just means everything in the world to a mother to the let

someone know that they are dedicated and these people do this all of the time. >> les quickly here. i spent some time at dover a number of years ago and i saw the dignifyied transfer and it is a sight to behold and for folks not familiar with it how would you deskribcribe the dignified transfer. >> well, it is an event that you wish that you didn't have to be at, but this country is dedicated to taking care of the fall fallen service memberses and the dignified transfer is exactly that. it is dignified and the transfer, the literal and symbolic transfer and return of fallen service members to american soil. it is something that this country owes them to take care of our fallen service members and giving them the honor and the respect they deserve, and of course, the families are taken care of as well. when the families come to dover, they get taken care of. their eevery need is taken care of and that is important,

because it is the hardest thing that the family has to do, i'm sure. >> and diane rawl mother of fallen lieutenant daniel rawl and les carroll, the produce ore thf -- producer of this fascinating documentary. thank you, both.

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dumpster diving to give homes to the homeless. today's big idea and it may seem like a stretch, but one california artist takes anything that he can find basically and he builds small mobile homes whether sit whether it is a laundry machine or a palette for the home's foundation or a refrigerator door for the actual door, and gregory clone is a designer, and heads up the homeless homes project, and how did this come about, greg? >> well, the idea, itself, came about from the homeless, themselves. i was working on a book dox yuming the structures that the

homeless people around me built, and i noticed that they were taking illegally dumped garbage and pallets and constructing a crude shelter, and it hit me why don't i grab the same ma material and put it back at my studio to put it together with screws and glue and make a viable living structure for them and put it back out on the street. >> how do you make it weather proof? >> well, there is various ways. for me, it is a challenge to yuzuse the materials that i find and make it work and make it weather proof, and make it sturdy and lock. i will use anything. coffee bags and sometimes i find roofing material thes and plywood or a old jumpee or whatever i can can find. >> how many have you built? >> 16 and another six in various stages. >> how much does it cost?

>> i guesstimate each one of my cost is probably $30 to $40. that is me buying screws and buying nails and i will buy a little bit of the glue and the casters to go underneath it, and there is also other costs like the gas for driving around and the electricity and what we not for running the tools, but it is low cost. >> this is so -- it seems so fascinating because you would think that this is an idea that lots of municipalities would be looking at or would have heard of by now and say, we could do this, and this is a cost effective way to handle our homeless problem. >> well i would think so. i think that maybe why it is so not appealing is that no two homes are alike, and i'm working with the different materials and maybe it is hard for people to wrap their mind around maybe a futon frame or bed frame can be a home. >> i read somewhere that that one of the motivations was basically that you got sick of

having your expensive scum churs sitting in the rich people's homes collecting dust. is that accurate? >> well, i don't know -- i didn't sell too many expensive sculptures, but i like the functionality of the home ss and like to be creative and make creative thing, and i like the things that i create to make a difference in society and in someone's life, and not just be a static blob that sits somewhere and does not benefit people on a raw scale. >> gregory kloene doing some big things with a big ydidea. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> do you have a big idea? let us know about it on twitter, the hashtag is big id

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goodday once again. i'm craig melvin and the news we have been covering all afternoon is president obama's secret trip to bagram air force base. he met with regional commanderers for an update on the strategies there in afghanistan and then he met with the troop thes on what is a symbolic memorial day weekend. >> i am here on a single mission and that is to thank you for the extraordinary service. i thank you as your commander in chief, because you inspire me. your willingness to serve, to step forward at a time of war and say, send me is the reason that the united states stays strong and free. >> i want to bring in reuter's investigative reporter david roew, and very familiar with

afghanistan and let's talk about the president's speech. the only headline in addition to the president thanking the troops for their service is the bilateral security agreement, and for folks who are not fam familiar with wit, what is it and where does it stand? >> it is an agreement to allow the american troops to stay in afghanistan in a training role. at the end of this year the role will end, and they are talking about a