i ask vice president allawi about the militia prisons. does the government know about the secret prisons run by the shia militias? >> definitely. but they don't want to confront these secret prisons because they are held and controlled by strong militias. >> navai: like jurf al sakhar prison? >> for example. >> navai: over 2,000 men and boys who were taken at razaza checkpoint? >> yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. so nobody knows why they are remaining in prison. the issue here which really is frightening, there is no attention being paid by the government to tackle this, this problem of the arrests, intimidation, and tortures of the, of people. >> navai: the government has not said anything publicly about the disappearances from razaza checkpoint or the prisons. but according to human rights groups, only 65 of the men have been seen again. they were held at a prison run by the hezbollah brigades in jurf al sakhar. >> one of the men released from jurf al sakhar has finally agreed to talk to us, but only on condition of anonymity. when he was relea

allawi sat down with a u.s.nd spoken openly and honestly about the obama years and what went wrong. he said two major factors. obama's disengagement from the reason that created the vacuum filled by iran. the general pivot to iran and here is what he had to say about iranian influence at the moment in the region. >> it is leading to blood shed, catastrophes and wars throughout. it has been a destabilizing factor, destabilizing in iraq, destabilizing syria and other places. >> he said that today iran, through its support of shia militias have control over parts of the iraqi military and state institutions. he spoke candidly about russia and their new role in the region. i asked if they were the new power and if the u.s. could work with them. >> we believe in the united states. the only super power. i don't think we should look at the competition here between russian and the united states but rather supplementing each other. i look forward to that. >> he is very much in favor of the u.s. working with russia in the

allawi very optimistic about the trump administration.leader and we did nothing in 2009 to help him. steve: great report. thank you so much for joining us from london today. brian: meanwhile, straight ahead, jesse watters hits the streets to see if he can do the impossible. find a democrat, any democrat who agrees with president trump. >> so you don't wa destroy isis? >> i ain't got nothing against them. i mean, they ain't doing nothing to me. brian: great point. jesse watters here live. ainsley: gosh. in on this day in history in 1931 the national anthem becomes the official anthem of the united states. steve: let's listen ♪ termites, feasting on homes twenty-four-seven. we're on the move. roger. hey rick, all good? oh ya, we're good! we're good. termites never stop trying to get in, we never stop working to keep them out. terminix. defenders of home. steve: this is going to be something different. let's have jesse watters actually read his intro. >> so i hit the streets to see if i could do the impossible. find democrats who agree with