for more on guantanamo we're joined in new york by shayana kadidal, attorney for the guantanamo global justice initiative at the center for constitutional rights. this represented many of the prisoners in guantanamo. in london, we're joined by investigative journalist andy worthington, who's latest piece is called, "guantanamo scandal: the 40 prisoners still held but cleared for release at least five years ago." he reports in the that of the 169 prisoners still held, over half, 87 in total, were cleared for release by president obama's guantanamo review task force. he's the author of the book, "the guantanamo files: the stories of the 774 detainees in america's illegal prison." he is co-director of the film, "outside the law: stories from guantanamo's." shayana kadidal, a first response to yesterday's supreme court ruling. >> i think in practical ways it marks the end of the guantanamo litigation that began more than 10 years ago. it has been for years since the supreme court decided the guantanamo case and since then, detainee's have won about two- thirds of their challenges in the tr

blood shutting the guantanamo and restoring abs corpus and in the cause guantanamo and i will follow through on that guantanamo will be closed that represents a real problem and that's why we're going to close that saturday when restorative course is always a fast forward less than a year after president obama took office and attempted act of terror by a man named omar faruq abdul matal of otherwise known as the underwear bomber he tried to hide a bomb in his underwear and he happened to be from or at least trained in yemen that caused president obama to halt the release of any detainees from yemen well today there are still one hundred sixty nine prisoners being held at guantanamo bay and one half of them though have already been cleared for release and where the engine author of the book the guantanamo files joined me a little earlier to talk about what that means for american citizens i started off by asking him what he thought about today's announcement by the supreme court to not take on this case take a look. well you know this is a very depressing ruling by the supreme court d

plus trapped in a legal limbo dozens of guantanamo bay prisoners have been cleared for release but only a few have actually been set free so why is the pentagon still detaining men they deemed innocent delve into this with the author of the guantanamo files. and if you think the u.s. is still the land of opportunity you may want to keep dreaming one well respected economist says the american dream is now a myth or give you a few good reasons why it's harder to improve your socio economic status today than ever before. it is monday june eleventh five pm in washington d.c. my name is christine and you're watching our t.v. well some interesting news came down this afternoon that may cause some of you to want to take cover but should at the very least cause all of us to take notice the u.s. navy has confirmed that an unmanned aerial vehicle a drone has crashed on maryland's eastern shore just a few hours ago a spokesman for the patuxent river air station said the crash happened during a routine maintenance flight near bloodsworth island around noon today no one was injured when this forty f

plaza trapped in legal limbo dozens of guantanamo bay prisoners have been cleared for release but only a few have actually been set free so why is the pentagon still detaining men they deem innocent we'll delve into this with the author of the guantanamo files. it is monday june eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our team. well the very interesting news came down this afternoon and may cause some of you to want to take cover at the very least should cause all of us to take notice the u.s. navy has confirmed that an unmanned aerial vehicle has crashed on maryland's eastern shore just a few hours ago a spokesman for the patuxent river air stations of the crash happened during a routine maintenance flight near bloodsworth island around noon today and no one was injured when the forty four foot long aircraft came barreling toward the earth the navy is now in the process of setting up a safety zone around the crash site and the cause is still being determined and you know this comes at an interesting time congressman peter king was on c.n.n. state of the u

and he promised to shut down guantanamo. the problem is it created all sorts of problems in terms of potential. what do you do when you do capture these people? you can't bring them to guantanamo anymore. huge political problems as you try to bring them to the u.s. homeland. they learned that in the first months of the administration. if you turn them over to other countries you run the risk that those countries are going to end up torturing them. so the perception out there is that instead of capturing and detaining terrorists they've been killing them. well, that's a little bit of an oversimplificatio oversimplification. in most cases they don't have the opportunity to capture people. so they can't go into certain areas of pakistan. they can't be on the ground in yemen. and so they are killing those people instead. you talk to people in the administration, advisers of the president, and they say, well, that may be true, but it is also true that the lack of a detention policy created some sort of perverse incentives toward

i was going to get to guantanamo bay later. but i think you better respond. >> first of all the, it remains the position of this administration that guantanamo should be closed. that is the president's position. that's the administration's position. [ applause ] the fact that it has not closed is the result not simply, not even principally of the intrinsic difficulty but because the congress has put numerous roadblocks in our way prohibiting us for example, from the kinds of civil, normal trials in federal courts that have actually a very good track record of convictions and long sentences. i say this with regret. also in the spirlt of bipartisanship i will note that the bush administration also sought to close guantanamo and moved out many detainees, over 500 and faced none of the congressional restrictions that we face. so two presidents, not simply one, wanted to close guantanamo. which begs the question, if both presidents wanted to close it, might they both be right? that's a question for congress, though not for congressm

them go and let's quickly go back to two thousand and eight where the supreme court ruled that guantanamo detainees had the right to challenge their detention in court that was a big deal and i was the right decision because we can't just create a giant black hole that's a terrorism exception when it comes to our laws but you see since that the d.c. circuit courts and the conservative justices well they've reinterpreted that ruling and they've refused to order the release of a single detainee now we're going to get more into the role that they played and one of our interviews tonight but so this week the supreme court made a decision on whether or not it would hear the appeals of seven of these. pending cases and the highest court in the land the beacon of justice decided not to hear that they decided not to take any responsibility responsibility for the fact that the hay vs rights as they granted to these individuals are rights in name only there are many if they don't actually exist if not one single detainee can actually use them many of whom by the way have already been cleared for re

whole lot more about our federal government and our justice system than this story it is remember guantanamo bay right that prison in cuba where you've been detaining people for years that prison that this president promised to close down upon coming into office but which at this point thanks to a lack of political will congressional bullying and media fear mongering doesn't look like it's going to close anytime soon well there are still one hundred sixty eight hundred sixty nine detainees being held at the facility and what we've learned throughout the years since nine eleven although most americans probably aren't all that informed about it is that there were hundreds of people who were in fact innocent just scooped up for things as unfortunate as being at the wrong place at the wrong time but that's not to say that every detainee doesn't deserve to be there that they're not a bad guy but if we're going to hold ourselves up as a beacon of democracy and justice in this world we can't just keep holding people in a cell for ever and then not letting them see a courtroom because the government

plus taking the moral low ground abu ghraib and guantanamo bay aren't only examples of u.s. human rights abuses but they do speak volumes about america's hypocrisy so one of the larger implications of this blatant disregard for international law. and marching for a cause of thousands of new york city protesters hit the streets in opposition of the n.y.p.d. stop and frisk policy a look at the law that has angered so many. it is monday june eighteenth at four pm in washington d.c. my name is christine for you're watching our tea. well it wasn't too long ago that the u.s. and russia were celebrating an historic partnership agreement but the passing of the strategic arms reduction treaty or start it was to be a reset in u.s. russia relations as it turns out the celebrations were short lived but heightening tensions between the two countries on many levels there's russia's anger at the u.s. being unwilling to budge on its plans to build a missile defense shield there is the u.s. is angry at russia and its refusal to approve a plan for the u.n. security council to intervene in syr

>>> an nbc news exclusive, our cameras go inside guantanamo bay prison. and you may not believe how your tax dollars are being spent. >> it's official, the springtime of 2012 was the warmest ever. and from cherries growing in michan to bears in colorado, mother nature is thoroughly confused. >>> new threat, more tonight on the huge piece of tsunami debris that washed up on u.s. shores. tonight, what we're learning about what else came along for the ride. >>> and the warning to parents. why children are at risk when the doctor orders a c.a.t. scan. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. the world may be about to witness another civil war. we have already witnessed horrible violence yet again in syria where the fighting goes on. a civilian uprising, remember, brutally outgunned by the heavy hand of the regime trying to crush it. the united states tries to fend off withering questions about when the world will act. the problem is syria's leader assad still has a lot of power and a lot of friends around the world, and while the wheels of diplomacy grind

tonight on r t taking the moral low ground abu ghraib and guantanamo bay aren't the only examples of u.s. human rights abuses but they do speak volumes about america's hypocrisy so what are the larger implications of this blatant disregard for international law. plus congress might not be able to agree on health care tax breaks or the budget but it sure can get its act together on one thing war coming up we'll tell you why the drums of war are beating louder than ever. good evening it's monday june eighteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for you're watching our team. well it wasn't too long ago the u.s. and russia were celebrating an historic partnership agreement with the passing of the strategic arms reduction treaty or start it was to be a reset in u.s. russia relations as it turns out the celebrations were short lived with heightening tensions between the two countries on many levels now there's russia's anger at the u.s. being unwilling to budge on its plans to build a missile defense shield there is the u.s. is angry at russia for its refusal to approve a plan for

president of the united states really has the power to close guantanamo i mean what would you have to do with the people who are there yeah i have no idea which is why i'm not in politics but that is the question right a lot easier to say i'm going to close then actually go through with that whatever you think is the reason that get my remains open the bottom line is it probably won't be closed for a very long time. in a few minutes we're looking at the challenges serbia's new president facing our special interview that's coming up after an update of our top stories in a minute and a half from the. the of them in. the. future.

even though president obama promised to close the prison at guantanamo bay or get him out it remains open why this week let's talk about that and i think the logistics of closing it of prevented president obama for making it happen do you think it was a mistake for him to make such a promise no i don't i think that. i think he's i think is still committed to the policy he's trying to roll the rock and it's a tough rock to roll i say that i'm ready to be fed up of both the u.s. imperialism you should deal your own hughes first and then you will deal we ve issue of the world after a get is one time obey just an example of our imperialism of course it is an example you know because you want to impose democracy enos some countries and you're not even able to impose democracy in your own country i think it's an issue i think it's hard for us to you know portray as being the sort of promoter of human rights while also keeping people in prison for as long as they have without any trials or any any chance that us just as applied to them so yes i think it's an issue if you think it's fair for

but a very close advisor to the president said to me that guantanamo's going to be like span dow prison, the german prison where the nazis were. there may just be one toothless member of the taliban left but it will still be open years and years from now. >> stephen: and the rest of it? >> the rest of... >> stephen: the prison? just one guy will just sit there? >> well, i don't know if he was being literal about it but the point was it's pretty complicated. it will take a long time. >> stephen: sorry, i didn't realize it was a metaphor. (laughter) thank you so much. >> thank you. >> stephen: dan klaidman, the book is "kilil

but a very close advisor to the president said to me that guantanamo's going to be like span dow prison, the german prison where the nazis were. there may just be one toothless member of the taliban left but it will still be open years and years from now. >> stephen: and the rest of it? >> the rest of... >> stephen: the prison? just one guy will just sit there? >> well, i don't know if he was being literal about it but the point was it's pretty complicated. it will take a long time. >> stephen: sorry, i didn't realize it was a metaphor. (laughter) thank you so much. >> thank you. >> stephen: dan klaidman, the book is " " after college, i moved back in with my parents. i was worried about 'em, you know? i mean for instance my mom went to bed tonight before making my dinner. which is fine, i mean i, i know how to make dinner. it just starts to make you wonder. is this what happens when you age? my friends used to say i was the lucky one. i had the fun parents. where's the fun now? night guys! [ sighs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] venza. from toyota.

but i certainly heard about guantanamo and abu ghraib and palestine and other dissidents in the region. the message i heard was, we want you to live up to your own ideals. we want you to live up to your own rhetoric. it wasn't that those things undermined their belief in the values, it was that they thought we weren't doing a good enough job and they wanted us to measure up. the second thing that i wanted to note is, i was in doha for a conference that the brookings organizes there every year, in march of 2004. it was a very, very, very tense time. we were in iraq. things were not going well. abu ghraib had broken. and i think it was march. it was the week that don rumsfeld was up on the hill answering questions about abu ghraib. we got to doha. we had people from across the region. they were pretty angry at the united states. but we actually had trouble getting them into the sessions of the conference because they were all watching the abu ghraib hearings up in their hotel rooms. they were fascinated by the fact that our defense secretary was getting hauled up on the hill to face this

but a very close advisor to the president said to me that guantanamo's going to be like span dow prison, the german prison where the nazis were. there may just be one toothless member of the taliban left but it will still be open years and years from now. >> stephen: and the rest of it? >> the rest of... >> stephen: the prison? just one guy will just sit there? >> well, i don't know if he was being literal about it but the point was it's pretty complicated. it will take a long time. >> stephen: sorry, i didn't realize it was a metaphor. (laughter) thank you so much. >> thank you. >> stephen: dan klaidman, the book is do you see it ? there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getting away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is. >> stephen: (cheers and applause) >> june 20, 2012. from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york. this is dale dale with jon stewart. captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome

our favorite guantanamo detainee. >> hi, jon! >> jon: you look ridiculous.e a fabbrioox jay muppet.t-(laughter) or an old school islamic rapper. is that a ms. pac-manama sheen? >> yeah! cost u.s. taxpayer a lot of money! gitmo love playing with pac-man. get chased by women in burkas! (laughter) the remind gitmo of gitmos wives back home! (audience reacts) >> jon: gitmo, i'm pretty sure that those are ghosts, not... >> huh? gitmo's wives dead? waaah! gitmo hate america! gitmo get revenge. (ululating) (laughter) >> jon: no, they're ghosts in the game gitmo. those aren't burkas. i'm sure your wifes are fine. >> oh. well gitmo still get revenge. >> jon: how are you planning to do that? >> get america drunk in prison, paying to take care of gitmo and friends. >> jon: gitmo! i hardly think you can... >> one second, jon, time for gitmo to order gitmo's lunch. hold on. (laughter) hold on, let me see what we got. (laughter) gitmo have lobster... make that two. baby back ribs and a mojito. >> jon: wait, i thought pork and alcohol were against your religion. >> they a

he flinched in some respects. >> eliot: give the best example of the flinch. >> guantanamo. when he came in, there was one thing that the administration needed to do to make it ease your to close down guantanamo. that is take in some small number of detainees who were there so then you have the moral stature to get the europeans other allies to take--to take the detainees and that didn't happen. >> not only did it not happen but the pushback came from within his own party. >> absolutely. >> eliot: you can fault this as a failure of domestic white house politics or not, but when they began to talk about taking the detainees from guantanamo and taking them to other facilities in the united states-- >> there were very few profiles of courage. but look, they made certain priorities. governing the white house, you do triage. they chose healthcare. they were worried these other issues would be distractions. the question was could barack obama walk and chew gum at the same time. i think he could have. >> eliot: it's hard to know. coming back to your point, you have significant cons

he is closing guantanamo, guantanamo is still open. there is nowhere to put the people.nowhere to go with these crazy people. >> greg: bill? joe? thoughts. >> on this topic? >> i think it's interesting you have these two noble peace prize winners duking it out. if they were actually duking it out and al gore kept running up and turning up the air conditioner. >> isn't that time to take this away from obama? >> yes. what he is doing he is waging peace. i'm for the drones. >> destroy everything and declare peace. >> jimmy carter, has he lost jimmy carter? >> he has lost jimmy carter which makes him very elder statesman. i defended obama on the drones, i said go and as far as carter is concerned. i get it. i get it because if you look at those habitats for humanity you've seen what the drones can do for the terrorists. they would destroy those houses, they have been made from hay and hair, drones would level them. >> greg: and being lonely can increase death. those on their own will more than likely to die than those living with family or friends. rebecca, this is a great a