dave mercer has more. >> reporter: they are images that have shocked guatemala, soldiers savagely beatoung men 80 kilometers west of guatemala city. the soldiers asked the adolescence why they were running and warned them this is how they were trained. the video went viral, and has called into question the militaries role in helping to police the country. human rights workers says the video shows a clear abuse of power. they have requested police protection for the young men and their families. >> translator: using violence against violence isn't the way to resolve things. that's why they are laws proceed urs and laws that need to be respected and human rights also need to be respected by all people. >> reporter: in the department capitol, people were shaken by the video. maria says the soldiers acted like drunks fighting in the streets rather than government authorities. >> translator: i felt their pain inside me. i have children and it makes me think, what would i do if something like this happened to them. it's wrong. they were doing it for fun. >> reporter: street sellers like fran

dave: the democrat mr. harry reid, the senator from nevada back then. should republicans get heat for thinking of the same right now? democratic strategist david mercerrty.net it is hard to take those things back. beware of youtube, harry reid. >> harry reid isn't running for president for one, he is retiring next year. and we are talking about the presidential candidates. dave: you went from 1 to 3. >> 1 he is not running for president 2 he is retiring next year. 40, not he has changed that position. 4, he is not running for president -- dave: we don't have much time. the fact is that is out there, democrats have said not only similar things to donald trump but with an even nastier sort of demeanor. trump at least that i am sympathetic to these people and we will try to work out a deal for them but they got to go back home, not so harry reid. they got to go back, that is it. >> donald trump is a man of action and right or wrong on different things that he said he has forced us to debate issues in a non politically correct fashion that need to be debated. what is urgent that we debate within the country is a question of citizenship, citizenship, not