over half of the awols, people going awol in the united states are afghan. so obviously you got a problem here. the state department just brushed aside and said, we see no reason to interview them. if it's good enough to interview them for other visas why not interview them for this? mr. desantis: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. hice, for five minutes. mr. hice: thank you, mr. chairman. i think this is an extremely important issue that we are talking about with the numbers. high numbers going awol. why are there so many afghans that go awol? what is the deal here? mr. sopko: you know, we weren't able to interview all of them because some have disappeared. we tried to interview as many afghans we could and also talk to people back in afghanistan and talk to other people. the reasons are mixed. some of it is they are afraid to go back. it's a war-torn country, so stay here in the united states. others are, they were upset when they found out that to go back to their units they would have to pay bribes to g

they go awol. it sounds as though there is a significant portion of this program that could wisely be done in some place other than the united states. would you agree with that? >> i think it's worth looking into. we do discuss that. but i think a first spot is just requiring in-person interviews for these military trainees by the state department. >> and you're saying that's not happening? >> that's not happening. and that's what the state department refused to acknowledge as being helpful. >> all right. and did i hear you correctly moments ago too that this does happen with others? that it's not happening with afghans, is that correct? >> yes. and that's what's so perplexing. for every other type of visa, they do do in-person introduce, but they don't do it for these people. >> so is there a specific policy where these individuals are waived from that particular of vetting? >> as far as i know, it's a policy of the state department, not the policy of the department -- >> just for this -- just for

why are there so many afghans that go awol? what is the deal here? >> we don't-- we weren't able to interview all because some have disappeared, we tried to interview as many as we could. the reasons are mixed. some is they are afraid to go back. it's a war-torn country, so stay here in the us. others were upset when they that to go back to their units they would have to pay bribes to get their jobs back and they refused to do it. i think it's the fact that they are here and it's a good chance to state if they could and they claim-- >> is there any national security threat because you didn't mention that? >> i am certain there is a national security threat. some people totally disappeared and we don't know where they are in the state department hasn't been helpful to the department of homeland security in tracking them down. >> why have they not been responsive to track these individuals down? >> i think you have to ask the state department that. >> are there specific individuals to ask? have there been individuals at the state standing in the way of

they go awol. it sounds as though there is a significant portion of this program that could wisely be done in someplace other than the united states. would you agree? >> i think it is worth looking into. we discussed that. a first spot is requiring in person interviews for these military trainees at the state department. >> you're saying that is not happening? >> that is not happening and the tote department refused knowledge is being helpful. did i hear you correctly that this does happen with others? that it is not happening just with afghans? >> that is what is so perplexing. for every other visa they do in person interviews but they don't do it for these people. >> is there a specific policy where these individuals are waived from that vetting? >> it is a policy of the state department, not the-- >> just for afghans? >> i cannot speak beyond that. >> who can give me an answer to that? >> i will have the staff who worked on it get back you. >> please do so. i want to join my other colleagues in

why are there so many afghans that go awol? what is the deal here? >> we weren't able to interview all of them because some of them have disappeared, but we tried to interview as many afghans as we could, and also talked to people in afghanistan. the reasons are mixed. some of it is they are afraid to go back. war-torn country so they stay here in the united states. others were upset when they found out that go back to their unit they would have to pay bribes to get their jobs back. they refused to do it. others, i think it's just the fact that they're here and it's a good chance to stay if they could, and they claimed asylum. >> is there any national security threat? >> i'm certain there is a national security threat, particularly we have people who have just disappeared and we don't know where they are and the state department has a member helpful to the department of homeland security in tracking them down. >> why have they not been responsive to help track these individuals down. >> i think you have to ask the state department. others specific in

inathan: a 7 on your side team, students getting a diploma while awol, in some cases missing as many as 150 days of the school year. michelle: we are hearing more from the group behind the investigation and the school's response to complaints. we hear new information that was uncovered tonight. reporter: obtained by the 7 on your side i-team's all hear from students are graduated, despite missing most of this cool year, to getting good grades quite rarely showing up. ballou high former school music teacher and union representative and recalled a story of one student. >> she came to me like the last day asking for a pocket so she could pass and i'd literally never seen the girl in my entire life, no idea who she was. the d.c. public schools chancellor said he only discovered the allegations tuesday night from abc 7 news. >> i want to know from any teacher in the district to feels they are being pressured to give students a grade they do not deserve, i want to know directly. >> at the end of the day, the situation that was going on was illegal, unethical. nathan: she pressure came from

secondly, going awol would not be a disqualifier. the only thing that could potentially be a disqualifying factor out of this whole thing with the mental health facility is if he was involuntarily committed. under federal law, if you are involuntarily committed to a mental institution that fact is something that could diss disqualify you from owning a gun. hans says the fbi was told about that. but the fbi in texas says there is nothing derogatory in his background that would have prevented a gun sale. >> it's remarkable when you realize there are basic systems not in place to be able to get relevant information to relevant people. >> yes. and the other thing is when it things like men health it's complimented. >> because there are lots of mental health issues that would have nothing to do with your gun ownership or how safe you would be. pete williams for us from washington. >>> new details coming out about the of the shooter are not comforting to the reeling commune of sutherland springs. marrian atencio has been there since the ea

. >> right now at 5:00, the awol students gettingdy lomas anyway -- diplomas anyway. the first to expose the widespread absences. whistle blower has more to say. topic one, high profile firing for sexual more axes fall. we get in on the conversation now. who will fly your plane come christmas? a glitch that could impact thousands of flights. larry: it started with the item investigation. michelle: how there are questions about attendance and graduation rates at ballou high school and it's spreading. larry: we have multiple angles. starting with nathan baca here with more on what the former ballou teacher revealing tonight about faking the grade. >> these are the records with the unexcused absences. he is taking action. >> there are 181 school days in the school year and records show high school seniors 140 and as many as 151 days in unexcused absences. the graduation lists from last school year show the seniors graduated ballou high. >> the grade they give students i do not expect it to be any -- reflect anything other than what the students earned. nathan: but "7 on

criticisms leveled at janet yellen was that so often fed governors would go awol and start saying thingsounter to policy and the markets surely the fed governor needs to be somebody showing leadership and -- >> but we have so many speakers out there in the public arena. when you have a market that's been a one-way bet, it's been good having a lot of different speakers, because it's put a two-way bet in the market on the dollar and some other assets, hasn't that worked in janet yellen's favor she is the communicator at the fed. she knows how this will be received >> maybe but what's happened also i markets get confused move one way and then another. during the good old days of greenspan, volcker, bernanke, the markets knew where the fed was going. what direction there was we lost different voices and there's a sense of maybe discord within the fed i think that's less healthy than throwing out different ideas >> i disagree. i think you get more price discovery and you have a market going one way higher, you might get a firmer stock market as well i think it's a good thing they are communic

people in military briggs that are serving sentences and dishonorable damages that did less than go awol get a lot of americans hurt and chanced a lot of americans with getting killed. >> for you, the most important thing i understand was that he be dishonorably discharged? >> i guess i got my wish with regard to that. >> he cited his treatment in captive as a reason for him to video prison time. he was a taliban hostage. i heard you say that you don't really think he was -- he gets the right to call himself a hostage. >> he was a volunteer now, wasn't he? >> by walking off you're saying he volunteered to be a hostage? >> right exactly. >> he's actually now -- they're going to appeal the dishonorable discharge that he received as part of the sentence? >> it's absolutely insane that anybody could look at saturday night bergdahl's actions and objectively say he was not dishonorable in his conduct. he certainly was dishonorable in his conduct. >> i heard you say that in the courtroom you got the sense that people in the courtroom didn't fully understand what it's like to make the kind of sa

additional issue other than the concern about what future soldiers might see who are considering going awol or deserting their post. that is the only concern that i have, that there should have been more of a signal sent, but the sentencing was pretty extreme on this young man and i don't think the american public understands how extreme it was. >> all right. i want to move forward here and take a look at what is happening this week. the president will be in japan tomorrow as he kick off his 12 day trip through that region. let's listen here as we talk about how what is happening there affects americans. there are americans in south korea for instance who are affected by what the president does and says in that region. listen to lieutenant colonel aaron bright, he talked to brooke baldwin earlier. >> only thing that worries me is my family and getting them out in a timely manner. >> winnow as a family of four, i would know that his job would take him one way and i would be responsible for me and the girls and the dog. >> what is the plan if you were to get that call? >> we would have a meet

>> we have a system that is completely awol as well as the fact the trump administration has done nothingilicon valley to stop providing a platform for isis and al qaeda to be able to place recruitment videos as well as tactical videos on the construction of bombs particularly in the arab media which we monitor through the counterextreechl project daily. >> now trump has pledged support of sissi, what does that look like and does that mean we have two administrations aren't doing what they need to get done? >> this president has rarely met a strong man around the world that he doesn't like so i think that's probably just more rhetorical. he likes that style of leadership that we've seen. i think the trump administration gets credit in the sense that it has been very successful at denying islamic state territory and it comes at the cost of more freedom to drop bombs, more civilian casualties. that one goal of reducing islamic states territory has bled into once again into something else when islamic state ma stat ta sizes and we see a whole host of new threats that we're not doing anything

a young man named james monroe, he speaks french by the way and he's awol from school but he is gainfullyemployed. washington says as lafayette is lifted off, he said take care of him, as if he were my son. now i'm going to tell you about another battle that happened just after brandywine that nobody knows about is called the battle of mud island. we don't know about because who would want to know about a battle called maidan island? pretty bad badly. in way, just below philadelphia between philadelphia and the atlantic are 214 other side. one is on mud island called fort -- the other one is called fort mercer. washington understands that he must hold these two forts or else the british will be resupplied fromer the sea after they've gone into philadelphia and that army will come after his army after brandywine and white that out and it will never be something that we know as -- they have told these two forts into the river runs over and for that task washington called on to french engineers who were named generally speaking we don't know. i know them but general historians don't really r

nuclear tests and we refuse to talk to them and we go back and forth so these these brief periods of awol where there's a chance to try to put this on a on a different track are rare and need to be taken advantage of and unfortunately i think at least for twenty seventeen that that opportunity has passed ok so even if it's past for this yeah what stu you think the u.s. the international community's options on now. you know we've been through this a several times normally the north koreans test you know twenty times a year roughly speaking not only not you know not i.c.b.m.'s but yes so i think we have a pretty good established routine here there will be a u.n. security council meeting the japanese of already called board they will negotiate for a couple of months or so and then pass a new round of sanctions that expands the category of things that are being sanctioned or people being sanctioned and in the meantime the north koreans will probably carry out i am not suggesting a submarine launched ballistic missile test and you know we'll do the dance all over again. mr walsh i'm afraid tha

living with, you've been living and working with this thing, this part of you that has gone slightly awolted it in the book i describe it as i treated it as an uninvited guest. i had a couple of bounces, mr. chemo and mr. radio and they were going to escort it guest from my body in the nicest possible way, you're leaving, buddy and you're not coming back. >> rose: and good for you. >> and luckily touch wood that that has been the case. >> rose: the book is called what does this button do, bruce dickinson an auto biography as well as iron madeen, live album. thank you. >> cheer, thank you very much. >> rose: pleasure. >> thank you for joining us. see you next time for more about this program and earlier episodes visit us online at pbs.org and charlie rose.com. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. >> you're watchin >> pati narrates: people always talk about the beauty of the state of oa

it's because our democratic colleagues have chosen to go awol on the process, and have forced us to use a reconciliation process, that we are only able to do for 10 years. that's the simple solution, if our democratic colleagues would work with us to come up with a bill that would get 60 votes. we can still get 60 votes on a reconciliation bill and make it permanent, so it's in their hands. i would hope they would consider that. secondly, the ranking member was pointing out that, that's the business and investment tax is paid by corporations, was permanent. -- i thinkn comments the senator from michigan and others -- talking about corporate giveaways. some of the ideas, the best ideas in this bill, were bipartisan. this would reduce corporate breaks -- rate to 24%. this breaks up ideas that we have had. we would check to build the best product we could. unfortunately, without their help, when it comes to voting for any of it. then, the criticism we have heard on the decision to repeal the individual mandate tax: this is paid by people of low and middle income. i think, roughly 50% of th

you have mentioned we are not talking about awol from sea to suck shining sea. technology in some places. we need to be able to not only the cost, but the strategy on the southern border and we will want to know the same thing for the northern border. there is a higher number of aerial systems on the southern border than the northern border for the northern border is more open quite frankly none the southern border and its 2000 miles longer so we need greater attention to the northern border and to be able to figure out cost. the initial cost estimate that came in the appropriations committee was about $20 million a mile for the construction of the wall 10 years ago when we were building 650 miles of fence that exists currently that was about two half-million dollars a mile so i'm trying to figure out why the cost has gone up 10 times in 10 years. we do have inflation, but it's not that great, so that's an area we need greater clarity on to determine how we are securing a border and doing it with the taxpayers dollars in mind as well. >> i look forward to workin

your dimension we are not talking about awol from sea to shining sea. we're talking about technology wallme places -- about a from sea to shining sea trade were talking about technology in some places, physical barriers in some places. there's a much higher number of unmanned aerial systems on the southern border than the northern border. the northern border is more open, and 2000 miles longer. we will get greater attention to the northern border. we will figure out cost. initial cost estimate they came to us was about $20 million per mile for construction of the wall. 10 years ago, where building -- all of these, about $2.5 million per mile. process has gone up 10 times in 10 years. we have inflation, but it's not that great. that's an area where we will get greater clarity on to determine where we are securing the border . >> i look forward to working with you should be confirmed. >> appreciate that very much. --have spoken as well about before about election security issues, and foreign actors trying to interfere, not only in our free speech, but in

awol is just common sense, folks. it is that the president has been saying.f you guys have as well. the ability to throw rocks and how these assaults in its wide open spaces is there is no barrier at nothing to stop it from happening. i'm surprised that it doesn't happen more often. >> were not talk about something the president was tweeting about this morning. the owners are considering keeping their teams in the locker room during the national anthem so that there's no controversy that no one can see if their teammates are standing or sitting down. the president thought that was a really bad idea. the nfl don't think he'd been on a new idea keeping teams in the locker room. that's almost as bad as stealing. when will the highly paid commission a get tough and smart. the issue is killing your leg. what are your comments? >> i'm with the president 100%. this is outrageous that roger goodell would allow, would recommend it seems that the players stay in the locker room. it is a friend to all americans to support our great nation, great flag in great veterans.

they go awol.t sounds as though there is a significant part of this program that could wisely be done in someplace other than the united states. would you agree? >> it is worth looking into. requiringrst spot is in person interviews for these military trainees by the state department. >> you say that is not happening? >> that is not happening. that is what the state department refused to acknowledge as being helpful. >> and it i hear you correctly moments ago that this does happen with others? and is not happening with afghans? >> yesterday that is what is so perplexing. for every other type of visa, they do in person interviews. but they do not do it for these people. >> is there a specific policy where these people are waived from that vetting? >> as far as i know, it is the policy of the state department. >> just for afghans? >> i cannot speak beyond that. >> who can give me an answer on that? >> i will have the staff give you an answer. host: john sopko will be here at 9:00 eastern time and wil

idid learn i did learn to say hungry like awol in polish a few years ago.ht be doing a jig himself with some special guests. covent garden aren‘t telling us yet who this special guests are but pudsey bear was the person that put the last bauble on the tree and he will be the one lighting it up again in all its glory efficiently. the weather today, fairly cloudy for most of the uk with one or two exceptions and it is certainly milder than yesterday. for some, a good 1a degrees milder and this time yesterday. let‘s start in scotland, we do have is showers in the north—west, this is at 9am, and a lot of dry weather. some brightness around as well. as we move brightness around as well. as we m ove a cross brightness around as well. as we move across england, this is the forecast for all of england, we have two weather fronts sinking south, they are both fairly weak but they‘re producing some rain and some grey and murky conditions. today there will be a lot of cloud across all of england and still some spots of rain. in wales, you have a weather front crossing

but it's because our democratic colleagues have chosen to go awol on the process and forced us to usethe budget reconciliation process, that we're only able to do this for ten years. so there's a simple solution, and that is if our democratic colleagues would work with us to come up with a bill that would get 60 votes, and we could still get 60 votes on a reconciliation bill and make it permanent. so it's in their hands, and i would hope they would consider that. secondly, the ranking member was pointing out that the business and investment taxes paid by corporations was permanent, and there's been comments, i think the senator from michigan and others talking about corporate giveaways, but some of the best ideas in this bill were bipartisan and referring to the bill that would reduce corporate rates to 24%, we embraced some of those bipartisan ideas that the committee has heard from in the 70 plus hearings that we've had, and the other imput that we've gotten and tried to build the best product we could, unfortunately without their help when it comes to voting for any of it. and then