they were shipped off to guantanamo. every arab turned in was shipped off to guantanamo.air hearing to see whether there was a basis for it. that's 17 years ago. and they still haven't gotten a fair hearing. we went to the courts here in d.c. the courts first said, well, look, because they are aliens, foreigners, without property or presence in the sovereign territory of the united states, they have no rights under the law, no rights under the constitution, and no access to our courts. the supreme court reversed in the rasul case and said we may not have sovereign de jure, legal sovereignty in guantanamo, but we have de facto sovereignty in the territorial jurisdiction and they have the right to habeas corpus, under the first statute passed by the first congress in the united states. congress then revoked that. can you believe that? corpus ford habeas the people at guantanamo. we went back to court and said you can't do that, it's constitutionally guaranteed. i think this is interesting. the d.c. circuit then, same judges, said you don't have constitutional rights because

military prison at guantanamo bay cuba. c-span hosted a panel talking about legal proceedings and the 40 people still being held in the prison. this is one hour and 25 minutes. >>> welcome all. i am david sterman a senior policy analyst with international security program. we are here to talk about the 17th anniversary of guantanamo bay's use in its war on terror. i believe, pretty much every year, it is one of the most important events we do marking critical decisions that the u.s. made in the war on terror that still shapes us today. there are 40 people still left and detained in guantanamo bay. when trump took over a couple of years ago, there were i believe 41. during that time, one person was transferred out as part of an ongoing court case. he was then i believe extradited and no one else has left. in fact, i believe the office and charged of relocation and tracking those who were already gone was closed. other than that no one has been put in quane, no sense the bush administration. even so we still have discussions

that didn't happen at guantanamo. the only countries that would do this kind of thing to people, normally, are countries that don't claim to respect the rule of law and we call dictatorships. so, while i'm delighted you are all here and thankful that you still care, you know, where i'm staying across town in d.c., i got up and looked at the cover of the new york times which has been delivered, no mention of it. how can it not be front page news, the 17th anniversary is today of this terrible, lawless place? so, we, you know, we need to keep working to get to a position where one day we can have this place shut down. obviously, the circumstances that we are under now, that's difficult to imagine. we have eight years of president obama who promised to close the prison and fundamentally lacked the political will to do that in the face of opposition. then we got donald trump. not just in the field of guantanamo, but many of the things obama had done or not undone carried on from the bush administration. nobody was really

that didn't happen at guantanamo. and the only countries that would do this kind of thing to people normally are countries that don't claim to respect the rule of law, and that we would call, quite rightly, dictatorships. so while i'm delighted that you're all here, and, you know, so thankful that you still care, i -- you know, where i'm staying across town in d.c., i got up this morning and looked at the front cover of the "new york times," which had been delivered. nothing. no mention of it. how could it not be front page news that for the 17th anniversary is today of this terrible lawless place? and so we -- you know, we need to keep working to get to a position where one day we can have this place shut down. obviously, the circumstances that we're under now, that's very difficult to imagine. we had eight years of president obama, who promised to close the prison, and then fundamentally lacked the political will to do that in the face of opposition from republicans. and then we got donald trump. and in -- not just

probably not because of the associations of guantanamo now as americans come to terms with the war on terror and the role played by guantanamo bay they should remember the actions of william bar in one thousand nine hundred one and those human rights violations that he would back once again as he prepares to take the attorney general hot seat. r.t. new york. and trying to a new year many lying to reflect on the previous twelve months but facebook has started a trend which has got people looking back over a decade is the latest hash tag on social media ranging from haircuts to heads of state. and. the ten years ago probably would have played along with the profile picture age imeem going around on facebook and instagram me now ponders how all these data could be mined to train facial recognition algorithms on age progression and age recognition. the president has responded in sort of a childish ways a perfect trump era crossover between i need to take a shower and i can't believe i have to read this for work no matter how many human fingers and up in your cans of tuna i will keep you s

testimony revealed that the haitians were told that they could be a guantanamo for ten to twenty years or possibly into a cure for aids found after each i.v. was discovered more than two hundred patients were moved to a separate camp they were. held there for over two years the conditions were rather shocking a federal judge who oversaw the case saw it as almost in a prison camp they live in camps surrounded by razor barbed wire the type plastic garbage bags to the sides of the building to keep the rain out they sleep on constant hang sheets to create some semblance of privacy the other guarded by the military and are not permitted to leave the camp except under military escort but even decades later william barr still feels this was the appropriate action when asked if he would do it again well would you again house asylum seekers in guantanamo. well the clinton administration. doubled they doubled and they started putting other nationalities in there too. probably not because of the associations of going tandem oh now as americans come to terms with the war on terror and the role pla

probably not because of the associations of guantanamo now. >> would you segregate asylum seekers in some other way, then? >> well, i think it's always -- given the abuses of the asylum system right now, i would always prefer to process asylum seekers outside the united states. >> and don't you think we should do a better job with asylum seekers in this country in terms of the kinds of facilities that we provide, particularly for women, children, family? >> oh, absolutely. yes. i think we -- if we're going to detain families, i think those have to be facilities that are safe and appropriate for young children. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator lee. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thanks again to you, mr. barr, for being willing to answer all these questions today. i want to continue on some of the same theme that mr. blumenthal raised a moment ago. he raised a couple of questions regarding immigration, regarding our asylum process. i think it's significant to note here that we have some in our political discourse today who are suggesting that the enforcement of our immigra

guantanamo and they did not report, you know, inhumane conditions or anything like that. that is not mentioned, i don't think, in the book written by the lawyers who represented them. so it was a mass exodus situation and we did the best we could. >> would you do it again in exactly the same way if you had it to do again? >> i mean, i don't know. it would depend on the circumstances and also depend on whether we thought this was really a case of persecution. >> let me ask you this: would you, again, house asylum seekers in guantanamo? >> well, the clinton administration did. in fact, they doubled -- and they started putting other nationalities in there, too. probably not because of the associations of guantanamo now. >> would you segregate asylum seekers in some other way, then? >> well, i think it's always -- given the abuses of the asylum system right now, i would always prefer to process asylum seekers outside the united states. >> and don't you think we should do a better job with asylum seekers in this country in terms of the kinds of facilities that we provide, part

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you report that director gina haspel ran a secret agency black site for prisoners at guantanamo.reaction to that news. amy: people talk about -- wolfgang: people talk about saudi arabia. saudi arabia is so economically powerful that no one holds saudi arabia responsible for human rights violations. we have this ongoing war in yemen. thousands and thousands of victims of the war, and dozens and dozens of war crimes,s, all supported by thehe western stat. much thateciate very people are now talking about saudi arabia because it gives us the opportunity to talk about the human war, and there is one dimension of the human war which -- o of the yemen war which is partly discucussed in europe, ad that is the arms trade with saudi arabia. it is a very tempting situation. here you have the saudi arabian agents backed by the prince who commit this brutal crime. that is awful. that is tragic. but we tend to forget the arms traders. lawyer heading the european center in berlin, so what we now want to do is to file cases against the arms traders as complicit in these war crimes. amy: often w

at 12:15 live coverage of a new america discussion about guantÁnamo bay and the 40 military detaineesheld there. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. every year c-span covers state of the state addresses from around the country. you can search for your governor@c-span.org. right now we hear from vermont governor phil scott who gives his second inaugural address in montpelier. this is a little more than 30 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. >> the chamber will please come to order. >> i like bill lee as well, just for the record. [applause] >> how about those red sox. [applause] >> mister president, madam speaker, mister chief justice, members of the general assembly, distinguished guests and fellow vermonters. i think the people of vermont fo

an extraordinary part of it was guantÁnamo made it into a major film in a critical way.another contribution i felt of that film was the tracing of what came out of the mind of dick cheney. society, this kind of fascist war that came out of the bush regime and his delivered these powers to trump and pants. >> we will leave the last few minutes and go live to the u.s. house. you can watch the rest anytime live on c-span -- on c-span. it is a snowy day in washington. theress soldiers on as house is about to gavel in here at noon. work starts at 4:00 eastern. four bills on the schedule in the house. we have live coverage now here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. january 14, 2019. i hereby appoint the honorable anthony g. brown to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now rec

president guantanamo. >> the first.nd that prison wasas closed don by michael ratner and the center for constitutional rights through the litigation, what we call the first wonton of a litigation and we're trying to close the second one down as well. the important piece is that as an asylum question, william barr saw people coming from haiti not as a silence but largely as people that were threats to both the democratic system and a threat to the economy. he is quoted as saying that "why would we let all of these haitians coming into the united states, to florida, so close to the election?" indicating there's a political view of this that these folks coming are largely going to create political havoc for the republicans in florida, which -- the idea we're looking at now is with president trump's a view of asylum, which is wrong and illegal and seriously problematic, having someone like william barr who is an old hand it only the nine people find unconstitutional, but creating a legal structures to did pain fofolks is go

i mean, like we said at guantanamo, i was at guantanamo bay in november. from their families. we don't think about the coast guard deploying. that is a mission they're deployed and their family isn't getting anything. we're hearing this across the federal gofr federal government. it is important to remember they are part of the armed force ands they aren't getting salary. it is important the family speaks out when they can't do that. >> julia ainsley, thank you so much for all of your reporting. that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. tonight since announcing her 2020 run, senator kamala harris joins rachel maddow live for a one on one interview. that is not to be missed. watch rachel maddow tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern, excuse me. and remember to follow our show tomorrow and every day, every week day online, on facebook and on at which timer at mitchell reports. and here is chris jansing in for "velshi & ruhle." >> i am chris jansing. they will join us from davos in switzerland. it's january 23rd. let's get smarter. >>> president trump d

verage is at 10:00 at 12:15, a new american discussion about guantanamo bay their --etainees held there. senate confirmation hearings for william are to be the next attorney general begins tuesday. nominated to replace jeff sessions. of counsel and served as u.s. attorney general for george h.w. bush. watch the confirmation process 9:30illiam barr tuesday at a.m. on c-span three. c-span, where history unfolds daily. a 1979, c-span was created as public service by america's cable television companies and today, we bring you unfiltered congress at coverage of the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. [inaudible] held a rally outside the white house. several members of congress lawyerincluding denny -- steny hoyer, mark warner, chris van hollen, ben arden -- ben cardin, and bernie sanders. >> please welcome aflcio

appealing to other countries to take them, even thinking about sending them to guantanamo. lester? >> andrea mitchell tonight in washington, thanks. from cancer surgery has missed her first supreme court arguments in 25 years. our pete williams is in washington. pete, what do we know about her recovery? >> it's the first time she's missed courtroom argument for health reasons, despite two earlier cancer surgeries. on december 21st, doctors removed part of her lung after finding three cancerous lumps. she was released from the hospital four days later and has been recuperating from home. she's 85, and doctors say it usually takes about a month to recover from this kind of surgery. but she will not miss any work on the court. she'll continue to participate by reading the legal briefs and the oral argument transcripts. no word on when she'll be back on the bench, lester. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> kevin spacey made his first appearance today in a massachusetts courtroom, the actor pleading not guilty to a felony count of indecent assault and battery. new clues potentially reveal

military prison at guantanamo guantanamo bay cuba. next, the house rules committee meets to consider a $12 billion for recovery efforts following damage caused by natural disasters. this portion is an 1:20. mr. mcgovern: it provides more than 12 billion for communities that have experienced events like hurricanes, deadly wildfires. and farmers, coastal communities preparing for the future storms and people like dislocated workers and veterans and students. this bill funds immediate priorities like social services and resiliency. it provides $600 million to puerto rico. these are our fellow american citizens. we have an obligation to help them. they were short changed and that ends now with this new majority. a call for a more accommodating process, we had to use closed rules to re-open the government. but we have put a call out for amendments. i can't remember we had amendments on a disaster supplemental. lastly, let me say anyone who cares about disaster relief should convince the president. the trump shutdown is preventing. they can

cpealing to otherntries to take them, even thinking about sending them to guantanamo. >>> sreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time more than 25 years. the 85-year-old justice is still recovering from the cancerrg y that she had last month. pete williams is in washington. pete, what do we know about her recovery? >> reporter: phillip, this is th first time justice ginsburg has missed any courtroom argument in herye 2s on the bench. she was not here monday when the court came back after the holiday break. she's still recovering at home fromurry on december 21st. doctors removed part of her lung after finding three cancerous lumps. she was released from the hospital four days later and has been recuperating from home. she's 85 years old, and doctors say it usually takes about a month to recover from this kind of surgery. but she's still participating in the court's work. she' do that by reading the legal briefs and the transcripts of the oral but the court hasn't yet said when she'll be back on the beh. philip? >>> now to the saudi teen headlines ar

navy base at guantanamo bay has been charged with obstruction of justice in the mysterious death of a civilian worker at the base. captain john middleton was removed from command after the body of christopher turr was found in the water in 2015. middleton is now accused of failing to tell investigators that he fought with turr and having an affair with turr's wife. authorities say he is not charged this the man's death. >>> next, the richest couple in the world is calling it quits. amazon chief jeff bezos and his wife are divorcing after 25 years. they got married before bezos founded amazon and his other businesses. they issued a public statement today on twitter, and their g t divorce settlement could set a record. here's abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: tonight the worlds richest couple calling it quits. amazon ceo, jeff bezos and his wife mackenzie announcing the surprise split on twitter, "after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends." but no word as to what happens to bezos' estimated $137 bill

food is the 17th naefrps of the opening of military prison at guantanamo bay in. there is a discussion on what happens to the prison and the 40 detainees starting live at 129:15 eastern on c-span3. be with us more road to white house 2020 coverage. the focus on former obama administration mousing and urban the development secretary. expected to announce whether he runs for president in 2020. live from san antonio, texas, to hear his remarks. starting live at 11:00 a.m. eastern. foam is saturday on our companion network c-span. and food is the 21st day of the government shutdown. it ties the record for the longest government shutdown in u.s. history. the house continuing to work on four bills to reopen certain agencies and departments. but in the senate, majority leader mitch mcconnell has said he will not consider any measure the white house frooinds unacceptable. earlier this week president trump issued a veto threat against the house bills. so they are unlikely to see floor time in the senate. we will follow the story and bring you updates when available. can yo

this is the view, and we are having a today at guantanamo? this is the whole issue we have been surrounded with since 9/11 on whether or not military tribunals can be used to try civilians who were charged with terrorist activities or supporting such activities. where many of them have been tried. some are tried -- this is again a political decision to try them in the u.s. district court. they happened during the george w. bush administration and the barack obama administration. i don't know if they will happen in the trump administration, but there is a laundry list of those civilians who the government thinks, and the congress thanks, because our supreme court has ruled the validity of military tribunals if our congress adopted as a methodology or method for such prosecution. so that is essentially the short story of a long, long period of discussion in our judicial circles. yes, sir? >> like some of you know, i volunteer at the national museum of health and medicine. what to say something about words. we display his radius and cervical bon

while we have justice against jamal al-badawi, there is still one more who awaits justice at guantanamod he need to well. laura: what advice do you have for those serving with our military who face these dangers on a daily basis. this is something everybody thinks about. >> god love each ander single one of them for their dedication to serve our navy and our nation, to sail the high seas and keep our country safe at home. it will be their sacrifice and their service that will insure our nation stays safe from terror. laura: well said, sir. retired navy commander kirk lippold. eric: back at home, authorities in texas filing murder charges against one suspect in the death of a 7-year-old girl. jazmine barnes was shot and killed while riding in her mother's car in houston last week. hi, jeff. reporter: investigators in houston saying they identified the suspect through a tip they received. eric black, jr. was arrested in the death of 7-year-old jazmine. black admitted to taking part in the shooting. through their interviews, the county sheriff's office believe jazmine and her family were i

talking about isis, isis fighters could be detained at guantÁnamo bay.ters including ted cruz and marco rubio calling on donald trump to test send terrorists to the detention camp in cuba. lawmakers say it would stop the extremists from being released and committing more crimes. donald trump about to fill the military prison with, quote, bad dudes. us service members killed during a combat mission in afghanistan, the second death this year. the incident is under investigation. this comes days after sergeant cameron meadows was killed during a gunfight. about 14,000 american troops are currently stationed in afghanistan. some good news, flights are back in the air after unconfirmed drone fighting near newark airport overnight, two pilots reported a drone in the air while preparing to land in new jersey. one claim the unmanned aircraft came within 30 feet of the plane's wing. and all operations, and the area was safe. take a look at this. the statement video that mimics exactly how catastrophic a midair drone collision can be for airplanes. look at that. g

resignation and with obama there was one, the white house counsel, greg craig, promised to close guantÁnamobay in the first year, things didn't work out that way. that seemed like resignation under pressure but apart from that i had difficulty identifying other examples of resigning under pressure. short answer is if you are going to fire people you will have high turnover rates. if your predilection is to fire people, there you go. the other thing donald trump does the drives up turnover numbers is when someone is fired he often take somebody from another position. for instance mcilvain he, john kelly sticks down, mick mulvaney moves to that. it is like wack a mall. you've chosen one person but created a vacancy and causing upheaval and disruption. i also think another reason that turnover rates are higher is turnover begets more turnover. it creates a sense of chaos and create anxiety and stress when people are publicly fired and people are concerned about their jobs. with the mueller investigation there's probably some honest and concerned whether they need to hire their own attorneys wh

still waiting for justice for the mastermind of the entire plot against the uss cole who is down in guantanamoing a military commission. he still needs to be held accountable. so until that chapter's fully closed, there's still some loose ends hanging out there for the crew and families, and for me, as well as the american people. jon: there were a number of people indicted as a result of the attack. have they all been either killed or located in some way? >> well, in many ways you have a lot of bit players that contributed to what happened in the attack on the uss cole. some of them received a little bit of justice. overall, i think it was unsatisfactory. you had a yes, ma'ammy government that was -- yemeni government, at worst, they were sympathetic. at best they, in fact, aided and abetted in the attack in many ways. but nonetheless, there's been some sense of justice. the fact that we're going after the ringreeders, the fact that we're -- ringleaders, the fact that we're still able to hold these people accountable, it's u.s. policy that we will hunt you down and east capture you or kill yo

not a lot of evidence trump does what graham wants him to do, whether syria or sending people to guantanamo or anything else. whether this three-week plan flies and whether trump is like that's a great idea, i have my doubts. >> what do you think this would mean overall, anne, would it mean politically an admission of defeat if he were to go along this? >> the president, as charlie alluded to, is likely to see it that way. graham's proposal here is sort of the all of the above, the government reopens, sort of the optics that he sees as bad for the president and bad for republicans generally would improve, there's a chance at least much negotiation with democrats, daca may come as part of that negotiation. graham appears to be putting that on the table. the president appears to be putting that on the table, at least that's one persian of one of his tweets this morning. and then if the president doesn't get what he wants, doesn't get money for the wall, those negotiations fail, and then he can go the national emergency route but the immediacy of real opening the government, it would be off th

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they're not pulled aside and detained forever and day or put at guantanamo. so this, again, shows the fallacy of all this . we do not have an emergency on our border. we just don't. this is the president making this up. because if we had such an emergency, why now? why didn't you do this six months ago? why didn't you do this in the first quarter of 2018? and the fact is this is political gamesmanship. the president has to save face with the base who have already told him if you do not deliver this wall, the rest of your presidency will be threatened. that's the plain and simple truth. >> thank you both. >>> let's get back to the breaking news. federal prosecutors in new york city have charged natalia veselnitskaya with obstruction. the attorney, you may remember, was also the person that met with candidate trump's inner circle, including don jr. i'm joined on the phone by nbc investigative reporter tom winter. richard engel also joins me from london. he has interviewed this woman. on the phone, danny cevellos. >> so, craig, the bottom line on this, is this r

the accident happened in the east of the country, between the cities of baracoa and guantanamo.think seven people were killed. three of them according to local radio in cuba were cubans. four argentinians, one german and one french. we understand two british people were injured and they are being treated in hospital. is this a popular tourist area? what do we know about what has happened? cuba has opened up in the last few years. more flights going to cuba. this was on the eastern tip of the island. it is pretty dangerous roads. a lot of potholes and tight bends and sadly each year in cuba there are a lot of bus crashes. what are the foreign 0ffice saying? bus crashes. what are the foreign office saying? the foreign office are seeing very little. they say they are aware and ready to offer assistance. people with family and friends travelling in cuba at the moment might want to be in touch with them. at the moment, two injured? two injured and we think not seriously. those are unconfirmed reports from local radio in cuba. it's been quite a gentle start to the new year in terms of

you have to work on it in guantánamo and everywhere. amy goodman: that's a very important point.ihih bouchaab: that's it. amy goodman: that's- yahdih bouchaab: i think i was very happy to see you, because- amy goodman: with that, we're dismissed-and warned against continuing to report from western sahara. during our discussion, the wali repeatatedly mentioned the close u.s.-moroccan relationship, which dates back to 1777, when morocco became the first nation to recognize the united states. while the u.s. has never recognized moroccan sovereignty over western sahara, washington has played a pivovotal role in shoring up morocco's occupation. in addition to secretary of state henry kissinger hoping for a rigged vote at the united nations security council regarding western sahara, president jimmy carter's state department in 1979 gave $200 million tohe u.s. compmpany northrop page communications to build an "intrusion detection sysyst"" for the nearly 1,700-m-mile wall mororocco built in wesestern sa, which is lined with an estimated 7 million land mines. a year later, cartrter provi

he had promised to close guantanamo bay within his first year, thins didn't really work out that way so he stepped down. that seemed like a resignation under pressure. but apart from that, i had difficulty identifying other examples of resigning under pressure. so, the short answer is, if you're going to fire people, you're going to have high turnover rates. if your predilection is to fire people, then there you go. the other thing that president trump does that drives up the turnover numbers is when someone is fired, he oftentimes takes somebody from another position so,, for instance, mick mulvaney. john kelly steps down, mulvaney moves over to that. now there's a vacancy in o.m.b. so a lot of times it's like whack-a-mole. you've chosen one person but then created another vacancy in your a-team and you're causing all the upheeskal, disruption, etc. i also think, another reason why the turnover rates are higher, is that turnover begets more turnover. it creates a sense of chaos. it creates a lot of anxiety and stress when people are publicly fired. and i think people are concerned a

we'll show you, this is one example that has been used on terror suspects at guantanamo bay.procedure is traumatic. i'm joined by ruby carr who is an attorney representing one of the people on a hunger strike. i should mention her client she says is being force fed and hasn't heaten for three weeks. what is your view of this congress that's being reported by the a.p. and what is the hunger strike designed to achieve? >> thank you. the hunger strike started after the individual saw some discrimination against them, a lot of racism against them. so the detention center they have been in, there are detainees from other countries as well as -- and the other nationality individuals have been granted bonds or they have much more access to their due process than these individuals from india. they are voicing their opinions because they are not aware of what their rights are and most time they get orders of removal because they didn't understand the process and judges give them the final deportation orders on the first hearings. >> so they're trying to use a type of peaceful protest

in the pardon of six reagan officials for the iran-contra scandal and oversaw the opening of the guantanamomilitary prison, which was initially used to indefinitely detain haitianan asylum seekers from haiti. barr also openly backed mass incarceration at home and helped develop a secret drug enforcement administration program, which became a blueprint for the national security agency's mass phone surveillance effort. he went on to work as general counsel for verizon. but on tuesday, senators asked few questions about barr's past record, while focusing heavily on his views about special counsel robert mueller's probe into russian meddling in the 2016 election. barr vowed to allow mueller to complete his probe. >> when is your jim mattis moment, when the president has asked you to do something but you think is inconsistent with youroath? doesn't a qb some's as you embark on this journey -- doesn't that give you some pause as you embark on this journey? >> it might if i was 45 or 50 years old, but it doesn't give me cause right now. i had very good life -- i have a very good life. i love it. b

if i had done that as a white house aide, i would a one-way ticket to guantanamo bay.t's just one day he's done it in public. in the campaign, he had a press conference and he said, russia, if you're out there, i hope you'll find hillary's missing e-mails. on that day, russia began hacking hillary's e-mails. all done out of public! so, i'm for more transparency. but i have to say, the president has been extraordinarily transparent as a useful idiot of the russians and mr. putin. >> well, look, though, i mean, that's your language. i wouldn't adopt it. but we're in different positions. my point is this. there's a difference between saying stupid things and doing stupid things and being an agent of russian interference. >> right. and that's a meaningful legal distinction. and i think that's another point of this report. but niger, my point to you is, you used "treason." i would never use that. i've seen no basis for that conclusion. >> i'm saying, that's what the investigation was about, was the fundamental question that this investigation, this "new york times" story is