after five hours, there was good news for achmed. his nephew was released. >> i was nervous and worried about what was going on. i was nervous and i am happy now. >> reporter: we have learned that all five individuals who were detained have been released.>> jessica, you are in the thick of things yesterday, what was it like being in the airport with the crowds?>> reporter: you could feel the ground shaking. there were protesters on the second floor and the first floor and you could not see past anybody. there were hundreds of people and it may have been thousands.>> jessica, thank you. >>> a man was detained after returning from sudan on friday. he was questioned for five hours at jfk and finally released yesterday. the student is a legal u.s. resident, but sudan is one of the nations listed in mr. trump's immigration ban. >>> there is a travel warning. officials are saying that uc students and staff should not travel internationally outside of the united states.>>> the held up signs and chanted slogans saying that president trump's

host: go back to augment jalopy -- achmed clalabi. chalabi.uest: if there is one person responsible for the overthrow of saddam hussein, it would be cha labi. i remember when i came into the agency, going to a conference in new york of all these iraqi opposition figures, and there he was, and everybody knew he was a lying sleaze ball, but everybody knew he was important and that he had the year of very powerful politicians in the united states , and he would just sort of work the room. 1999 when98 and nobody really had -- no one believed that saddam was going to be removed from power -- if anything, it looked like saddam was going to finally get out from underneath sanctions -- ahmed chalabi kept on attacking, pressing his case, and he eventually found very sympathetic ears in the bush administration. the information that he would pedal to us that would often calm to the cia, it was just the worst information. it was so erroneous and so silly at times. host: so how often were you called back to the oval office? guest: when i returned from iraq

guest: i have this to say about achmed -- the man was a liar, a cheat, and a sea of, and you cannot believenything he said. host: would you say the same about saddam hussein? guest: no, to be honest, i think saddam was a more reputable person. there were times when he lied and cheated and times when he stole, but you seem to me to be a more honorable person. host: when he came into leadership, didn't he have 19 people assassinated, pulled them out of the room -- ? guest: in 1979, yeah. he had brutal methods. 'm not saying i approve of those methods, but to be honest with you, saddam was in a period of constituting his rule. it was around the time he became both president and head of the command council. congress is all about making sure everybody knows he is in charge. host: go back to ahmed chalabi. guest: if there is one person responsible for the overthrow of saddam hussein, it would be chalabi. i remember when i came into the agency, going to a conference in new york of all these iraqi opposition figures, and there he was, and everybody knew he was a lying sleaze ball, but verybody knew