bush wrote about the necessity of closing guantanamo. there were a host of other high-ranking officials that agreed with the necessity of closing it. colon powell reiterated this year just how necessary it was. i want to go and express my sincere disappointment that you would so casually impugned the integrity of our military officers and men and women serving in the pentagon that they would be presenting what there is not their full judgment to this at the restoration. it is in the national security interest of the united states in closing guantanamo. i think you all an apology and i think when you were serving, you would not let that cloud your judgment and i feel like that kind of comment is indicative of why it is so difficult to have a reasoned debate and a reasoned analysis of this issue. it is a critical national security issue. they'll looking and assessing and whether or not guantanamo the cheney's and international terrorists would be inside u.s. prisons or secured military prisons, we don't have to speculate. we have the wisdo

katko: isn't it true that guantanamo bay is a military -- guantanamo bay is a military facility? governor haley: yes it is. if you find out and talk to the department of defense i would love to get an answer. mr. duncan: would the gentleman yield? in response to the governor's question about a legal case. i filed a bill that gives the house of representatives standing in court if the president does violate the ndaa law and brings guantanamo bay terrorists to u.s. soil. the bill i filed, h.r. 661 -- 617 would give paul ryan and the house of representatives standing to stop this through legal means. i would ask riggelman to sign on. thank you. i yield back. >> in the chair thanks the gentleman and thanks governor haley for her valuable testimony. the first panel, governor come you are excused. the clerk will prepare the witnesses table for the second panel.

bush on behalf of guantanamo prisoners. six years later, he won a landmark case at the supreme court against the bush administration. today we speak with his family and friends and hear michael in his own words. >> this is no time for compromise, no time for political calculations. us,oward zinn admonishes the job of thinking people not to be an aside of the executioners. remindsin nation prize us all that the job for each of us is not to be an aside of the executioners. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. brazil's senate has voted to suspend president dilma rousseff immediately and begin impeachment proceedings against her on accusations of tampering with accounts to hide a budget shortfall. the 55 to 22 senate vote followed more than 20 hours of debate. one politician described it as the "saddest day for brazil's young democracy." vice president michel temer will assume the presidency during rousseff's suspension. temer himself has been

those who remain in guantÁnamo bay are the worst of the worst.leased an even higher percentage of them would remain a threat to our national security. any attempt to transfer these detainees in the home state of colorado or to any other state. congress has responsibility. >> they must remain in place. thank you.he i yield back to the maximum from texas is recognized. >> how much time do i have lefte >> five seconds. >> okay coming thank you. >> i am pleased to yield everything we have left to theis chair of the oversight committee page apology from missouri.ha in that gentlelady is recognized.dm >> mr. chairman, it is reckless to propose this amendment. not only does it allow them to come here on our own shores inin her neighborhood and the administration costs potentially $475 million to move them here. but it also removes the prohibition that these detainees could be transferred to somalia, libya area. we do not want these terrorists released back onto the battlefield where they could kill our soldiers. this is a reckless amendment they needs t

we've gotten lawyers to guantánamo, stopped the most overt torture, and freed half of the guantánamoer 300. [applause] we have gotten maher arar out of syria. canada has apologized for his torture, given him a substantial recovery -- in canadian dollars, which is no embarrassment anymore. [laughter] they said he was an innocent man, but he remains on the u.s. terror list. we have slowed, but not yet stopped a remarkable grab for authoritarian power. i also don't look hope -- i also don't lose hope, because i think about the early days of guantánamo. at first, we were few. but now, we are many. at first when ccr began, we were the lonely warriors taking on the bush administration at guantánamo. now we are many. now we, just on antánamo alone, are over 600 lawyers, most from major firms of every political stripe. [applause] these lawyers have an understanding of what is at stake -- liberty itself. this struggle -- this struggle will be seen as one of the great chapters in the legal and political history of the united states. [applause] today, war, torture, disappearances, murder surrou

obama signed an executive order to close the guantanamo bay detention camps within a year. since the populations that dropped from 242 to 80. >> guantanamo is too inexpensive, too inefficient and too wasteful of military resources. it's not an asset, it's a liability. >> while an obama administration task force found many detainees should remain in u.s. custody, in 2011 a review board looked at the cases and reached a different conclusion. even though most of the evidence was the same. >> what's happening is that essentially the obama administration is willing to take on more risks in its transfers. the system is benefitting the detainees, 22 out of 29 times the detainee has won a transfer in this process. >> the commander of the "uss cole" who lost 17 sailors to an al qaeda attack in millenniumen in 2000, says the u.s. has a moral responsibility. >> to insure that not one more american or any citizen from any nation dies at the hands of a terrorist released from guantanamo bay. >> in 2012, a former aide to osama bin laden was flown to his native sudan to enter a program. n

guantanamo remains our best option right now. it's the safe and appropriate location to hold detainees. it's secure and distant from our homeland. guantanamo also provides humane conditions for the detainees, they have appropriate access to health care, the same as our troops have there, they have recreational activities and culture and religious materials and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman who serves on the select committee on intelligence, the gentleman from kansas, mr. pompeo. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pompeo: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in opposition to the nadler amendment as well. these are in fact the worst of the worst, the detainees that remain now, well under 100, are not cooks and bottle washers but serious men who meant to do serious harm to the united states. i want to spend the time that i have talking about a particularly pernicious

$5.5 million like guantanamo? no. $86,000 a year. why then would we waste millions of dollars on guantanamo when we know these detainees can be held safely, securely, without any fear of escape for a fraction of the cost? because this has become a political symbol, the symbol which the other party is willing to fight for even if it means wasting almost $500 million every single year to keep guantanamo open. all of us are committed to preventing terrorist attacks. terrorism -- terrorists deserve swift and sure justice and severe prison sentences, but holding detainees at guantanamo does not administer justice effectively. it does not serve our national security interests and it's inconsistent with our country's history as a champion of human rights. there are convicted terrorists being held safely in federal prisons in more than 20 states, including my own. it the marion federal penitentiary in southern illinois, we are holding convicted terrorists. how many people from southern illinois have come to me and objected to the fact that t

why is guantÁnamo still open?ontinued political opposition back in washington. >> guantanamo needs to be kept open to detain these unlawful enemy combatants, but the next one. we will hold terrorists off the battlefield. the right place to take them is not a federal prison in virginia. >> among republicans, the idea of adding to the numbers in guantÁnamo is gaining traction. whether that happens could be a decision left to the next president. nora: there are strong opinions regarding the proposal to close the detention facility. michael hayden, the former director of the u.s. national security agency and cia was in wales. he spoke to the bbc. in the bush administration, we worked very hard to reduce the prison population. we pushed more people out the president bush then president obama has pushed out. there's a general continuity that we want to get as close to zero as possible. we need to be careful. right now the american intelligence estimates is about 1/3 of the people we have released, either with certainty

he was wrong about guantanamo as left was wrong. need a place, high security place to put high-level, hard-core terrorists you capture on the battlefield. by closing guantanamo, that leaves us with no place. there is a bright side. the bright side he was so determined not to add prisoners to guantanamo, that basically he turned our military loose on battlefield. we have been doing it. left gets, yeah, close guantanamo but we're killing guys instead of imprison them. deirdre: you pointed out to me before, colonel, guantanamo bay is obviously separated from the u.s. by an ocean. there were all kinds of strategic and placement location, if you like, safeties that were built in? >> there are indeed and you know if you bring these terrorists to u.s. soil, then all sorts of rights kick in and it becomes an orgy for guantanamo. the lies told by the left on guantanamo from the begin having been destructive and counterproductive for the left because again we're killing terrorists. prisoner at guantanamo consistently have better treatment, be

obama: for many years, it's been clear that the detention facility at guantanamo bay does not advanceur national security -- it undermines it. this is t this is the opinion of experts, this is the opinion of many in our military. it's counterproductive to our fight against terrorists, because they use it as propaganda in their efforts to recruit. sharyl: but we've learned that premise of a propaganda tool is not supported by the administration's own head of intelligence in at least one memo. "full measure," with our partner "circa," has obtained an unclassified document written by james clapper, the director of national intelligence. it's an assessment provided in february to republican congressman mike pompeo on the house permanent select committee on intelligence, clapper states -- "extremist propaganda has occasionally used guantanamo as one of several reasons to allege that the u.s. indiscriminately persecutes muslims." "isil has invoked the alleged mistreatment of muslims, likely designs this propaganda to justify the group's violent treatment of western hostages." but, the memo

guest: guantanamo is a continuing area of debate. the nadler amendment would relieve restrictions on closing guantanamo. congress has been fighting the obama administration since 2009 over efforts to shutter the controversial prison. and i expect that amendment to fail. it being a republican controlled congress and most republicans opposed to closing guantanamo and some democrats as well. the concern largely being where we put the detainees who remain there. the walorski amendment would require a memorandum of understanding with any country that we -- any country we send detainees to, that we transfer detainees to. and then they would have to report that memorandum to congress. so it would add another layer of bureaucracy to efforts to transfer all the cleared detainees out of guantanamo. host: what other amendment should we watch for when debate continues tomorrow? this is the first day of two. guest: i expect the next traunch of amendments to be significant in size as well, the house is hoping to finish by 7:00 or 7:30 wednesday ni

then why does he add only one man to guantÁnamo during his tenure?e gave his 2013 speech, the white house released a fact sheet that purported to contain pre-can additions for the use of lethal force outside areas of hostility. the presidential policy guidance on which the fact sheet was based remains classified. so what does the fact sheet say? first, there must be a legal basis for the use of lethal force. it does not do fine find whether legal basis means complying with ratified treaties and when the united states ratified the treaty it becomes part of u.s. law, domestic law under the supremacy clause of the constitution which says treaties that shall be the supreme law of the land. these treaties include the united nations charter which prohibits the use of military force except in self-defense or when approved by the security council. it also includes that geneva geneva convention which prohibits the targeting of civilians. also the international covenant on civil and political rights which guarantees due process and the right to life. the admin

moderator: one other issue that has come up in the guantanamo issue.n this year's bill, you don't let the funding be used for the transfer to the u.s.. this past week, the senate the army secretary, and there was a whole and his nomination along the lines of the same issue. senator roberts says he feels that republicans have successfully run out the clock on guantanamo. -- do youcheck online agree? that it is a done deal and it is too late to do anything. have the republicans want? guest: i don't know about one. we had a direct vote on this. votedelmingly the house on leaving the restrictions in place. the house has voted that way ever since president obama has been in office. under democratic and republican majorities, that has been -- those restrictions have been in play. i think that's where congress and the american people are. moderator: are you concerned about this big something that republicans have to protect against for the duration of obama's term? guest: current restrictions, which say you can't bring guantanamo detainees to the u.s. , and y

host: outside of guantanamo, is here about the placement of military troops overseas. guest: the money is money for afghanistan, continued operations in the middle east against isis, there's money in here dealing with the ukraine russia.n and so this is affecting all spending world-wide and the military does have a pretty big foot print across the globe. got to re there, you've figure out a way to pay for them. host: another take on that from a 28er, who says that isn't it very difficult to make a dod budget with the drifting undefined pentagon mission statement hard to plan spending? guest: it's been frustrating, i assume, that that person is fight ng to isis and the in the middle east, you know, there's much broader defense spending policies and priorities out five years, 10 years, for g and eneral base spendin national defense but the isis issue has been a source of here.ration all over d.c. largely because the congress won't take up the issue of the ew authorization of military force, and the parameters of it. the white house has sent a to ion of what they'd like s

. >> one issue that has come up in recurrent years has been the guantanamo issue and in this bill you don't let any of the funding be used for the transfer. week the senate confirmed the secretary and the was a hold along the lines of the same issue and senator robert said he was listing the whole because he felt like republicans have successfully run out the clock on guantanamo. i wonder if you agree? if you think it is a done deal and it is too late to do anything. have the republicans won? >> i don't know about won. we did have a direct vote and overwhelmingly the house voted to leave the restrictions in place and the house has voted that way ever since president obama has been in office. those restrictions have been in place. i think that's where congress is and i think that is where the american people are. >> are you still concerned this is something to protect against? >> i think the current restrictions which say you cannot bring guantanamo detainees to the united states and you cannot alter facilities to house them -- i think that will stay in place. i do not for see that cha

[laughter] area where hene could be invaluable, closing guantanamo. because trump knows a thing or do about running waterfront properties into the ground. [laughter] [applause] alright, that is probably enough -- i mean, i've got more material -- no, no. [cheering] i don't want to spend too much time on the donald. following your lead, i want to show some restraint. because i think we can all agree that from the start, he has gotten the appropriate amount of coverage befitting the seriousness of th his candidacy. [laughter] i hope you are all proud of yourselves. to give his hotel business a boost, and now we are praying that cleveland makes it through july. [laughter] hm, hm. [laughter] hm. [laughter] and michelle, we have decided to stay in d.c. for a couple more years -- thank you. this is where our youngest daughter could finish high stayl, and michelle can closer to her plot or she has a ready made plans to see them every day -- take a look. [laughter] decision has actually presented a dilemma because traditionally, presidents do not stick around

every time this has come up, there is some issue with guantanamo. host: eventually, he does wind up signing a bill? guest: every year, he does sign. last year, he did veto the first version. they did come to an agreement and he signed that. host: leo shane covers congress for "military times." they finished their work on the defense authorization bill. your forging saying a bigger military pay raise -- your reporting saying ebola terry may your reporting saying a bigger military pay raise. guest: this is a frustration for the white house. the cuts proposing to army in strength and other services is too drastic and will leave the military not prepared to face the threats of the future. administration request for next year, we are looking at 20,000 more soldiers added to the bottom line. the republicans will say we are keeping it fairly steady. a slight increase but we are looking at maintaining the army, not cutting it down as much as obama wants to. adding more people means adding more personnel costs, health care costs, and housing costs. it is a c

a permanent part of the cuban government, to the taking of guantanamo, to the failure to recognize it1959, to the cutting off of relations in 1961. this is a major, major victory for the cuban people, and that should be understood. we are standing at a moment that i never expected to see in our history. amy: that was michael ratner. it was july 22. it was that historic day in washington, d.c., when the cuban embassy was opened after almost half a century. if you could talk both about the significance of michael ratner, from his work around guantanamo, ultimately challenging the habeas corpus rights of guantanamo prisoners, that they should have their day in court, and winning this case in the supreme court, to all of his work. also talk about cuba, noam, something that you certainly take on in your new book, who rules the world? >> well, michael ratner has an absolutely fabulous record. his achievements have been enormous. a tremendous courage, intelligence, dedication. a lot of achievement against huge odds. the center, which he largely -- it was a major -- he ran and was a major act

new round of detainees in guantanamo bay is set to be transferred this summer. news on this up to two dozen prisoners will be sent to a number of nations as president obama aims to reduce the prison population before leaving office. one official is describing the 80 remaining detainees, as quote the worst of the worst and was not confident and this is the deal. those nations receiving these prisoners may not be able to keep them locked up or even track them. so, here's what i know, that came out from a congressional testimony and hearing before the house committee on oversight and government reform just this week. one of the things that we've been most concerned about from the very beginning was that prisoners, even back in 2010, when they looked at 240 who were detainees back then would never be outright released. if you're giving them to countries can't keep up with them, can't track them or keep them behind bars isn't that outright released? >> there is a couple of things here. one, is this bad for our national security? yes, of course it is. two, is it going

. >>> an american flag that through over guantanamo bay cuba has a new home in camden, new jersey, the stars and stripes were presented to the camden county police chief. seven members rurped home from their duty in the new jersey national guard and they served 11 months securing detainees at guantanamo. >>> pomp and circumstance this afternoon in ewing, the college of new jersey held its commencement ceremony, nearly 1500 undergraduates received their degrees today. >>> michael nutter will soon have have a permanent place at the convenience center. the dedication ceremony will be held next thursday, the theater will be used for film festivals and movie screenings and corporate meetings. he recently served as board of directors. >>> and finding ways to ease poverty in philadelphia. political leaders and social leaders were on hand to offer ideas to increase job training and literacy, and organizers say that 550,000 people in the city of philadelphia struggle to read. >>> philadelphia officials have announced that the city is one of just 11 cities across the country to receive grants to

artist molly crabapple on her drawings of the guantanamo detention center.nd radio talkshow host hugh hewitt on his book "the happiest life." you can join us any time on c-span.org. >> up next, the washington journal. and at 2:30 p.m., a discussion on human rights abuse in north korea. >> tonight on the communicators, tim winter, president of the parents council on the 20 years of the tv ratings system. meant to protect children from sex and violence on tv has failed. tim winter: there is actually no series on broadcast television today that is rated appropriately for children. is rated as appropriate for children to watch. we learned that the tv networks themselves right the show and the tv advertisers who pay the on the ratings just like the parents do. so there is a conflict in terms of rating the shows properly. the tv stations do not rate anything is appropriate for mature audience and it is incapable of rating rings properly. announcer: watch it on c-span tonight. of the centerr for transgender equality talks about transgender restroom debates. indiana

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and that is closing guantanamo.nows a thing or two about running waterfront properties into the ground. all right, that is probably enough. i have more material. no, no. i don't want the spend too much time on the donald. following your lead, i want to show some restraint. because i think we can all agree that from the start he has gotten the appropriate amount of coverage befitting the seriousness of his candidacy. i hope y'all are proud of yourself. the guy wanted to give his hotel a boost, now we're praying that cleveland makes it through july. hmm, hmm. hmm. as for me, and michelle, we've decided to stay in d.c. for a couple of more years. thank you. this way our youngest daughter can finish up high school. michelle can stay closer to her eady making plans to see them every day. take a look. but our decision has actually presented a bit of a dilemma because traditionally presidents don't stick around after they're done. and it's something that i have been brooding about a little bit. take a look. >> the obamas a

and that's closing guantanamo. because trump knows a thing or two about running waterfront properties into the ground. all right, that's probably enough. i've got more material. no, no, no. i don't want to spend too much time on the donald. following your lead, i want to show some restraint. because i think we can all agree that from the start, he's gotten the appropriate amount of coverage befitting the seriousness of his candidacy. i hope you all are proud of yourselves. the guy wanted to give his hotel business a boost, and now we're praying that cleveland makes it through july. hm, hm, hm. hm. as for me and michelle, we've decided to stay in d.c. for a couple more years. this way our youngest daughter can finish up high school. michelle can stay closer to her plot of carrots. she's already making plans to see them every day. take a look. but our decision has actually presented a bit of a dilemma because traditionally presidents don't stick around after they're done. and it's something that been brooding about a

guantanamo. 91 men still -- it is a very painful lesson what the u.s. has come to represent to the rest of the world. >> what do you think somebody have to do in order to label themselves journalist? as you know, you got very strong views and there's never any doubt what you think. couldn't anybody in our society say i'm a journalist and i want to credentials and i should have access to everything? >> i think the whole journalism movement and noncitizen journalist movement has been extremely important. for so long the mainstream media didn't go. places on the ground. they had that elite group of pundits. they were missing so much of the story. i think about ferguson. the networks did go to ferguson to their credit. it was after michael brown was killed by darren wilson the police officer. they showed people being tier gassed. they showed the militarization of police. there was not a lot of showing of the political leaders but the people in the crowd. i remember watching cnn one day one of the journalist, was walking along with a protesters, now we're tu

he wrote the book "guantanamo diary." on june 2, he is set to go before the periodic review board, which could recommend his release. his brother, yahdih ould slahi, who lives in germany, had planned to come to the united states for a series of public events ahead of his brother's hearing. but when he arrived at jfk airport in new york saturday, he was detained by customs and border patrol, held overnight, interrogated, and sent back to germany. slahi spoke out about his brother's case in a video recording after arriving home. going ate 2, he is another hearing. we hope you will be released. we have created a petition. i would like to ask you to sign it. we need your help. only with your help can we make eye brother free man. of course his mother is no longer living. she died in 2013, but he has the rest of his family waiting for him. amy: agribusiness giant monsanto has rejected a $62 billion takeover bid from the german pharmaceutical firm bayer, but said it remains open to future negotiations. a merger between the firm

its drone programs, had been encouraging tourism and providing tourist organizations just as the guantanamorison -- he talked all the time about how terrible it was to treat somebody like a terrorist and punish them with imprisonment in guantanamo with indefinite detention without so much as giving them the right to have a trial. and not only has he continued the system of indefinite detention and he intended to continue this even if you're able to close guantanamo, his plan was simply to shift it to american soil, the us and much more than that. he has institutionalized the program were now we don't only just imprison people without any charges or due process, we don't just eavesdrop on them, which was one of his big critiques of the bush administration suffers giving them due process or trial, we now target them for execution, for a death penalty. for a long time a staple of democratic analogy has been the death penalty is wrong, even with a full trial and appeals and to process and lawyers and all of the constitutional rights that are 40 to criminal defendants and you president obama has

this was the guantanamo review board and then 2011, a new body was set up to reassess the detainees.o it's the same evidence in almost every case and they concluded that they were willing to take that risk and transfer them out of the camps. >> okay. now, transfer out of them. it always bothers me when i hear this word transfer. in my view they are released to host countries. >> correct. >> that we have cut some deal with. we have given them weapons deals. >> we have made a promise of some kind. >> it's always a deal. they don't want -- they are getting a deal. so they want them. we release them and sometimes we have some sort of deal where they watch them for a year and then they are free to go, right? >> we don't know the details of every specific arrangement for agreement. but what we do understand is that once they are out of u.s. custody and they are in the custody of another country, that it's really on them to put them through some kind of rehab program, which is typical. and then to track them. but what we know from the statistics is that about a third are suspected or confir

they sound nice, where was freedom of religion and expression for people in guantanamo bay, tortured in abu ghraib, was that freedom in practice? bet you loved that, didn't you, did you hold that up as example of liberty and democracy, american way, the american life? george bush flushed it down the toilet, said we can flush it away because we are talking about terrorism. >> the united states intervened in bosnia to protect muslims, intervened in afghanistan and is supporting a government that's been elected twice biy the afghn people. >> fareed, i think you spent too much time in the cnn world. >> the real world is determined by polls, not by what you say, and polls overwhelmingly show it as do two elections. >> you're living in hollywood, some kind of make believe world. >> i come back to the simple proposition that if the groups you seem to support from al qaeda to isis were as popular as you claim, why do they hold elections? why do they go around murdering, slaughtering, raping, forcing people into submission? >> for a moment i thought you were talking about guantanamo bay, you

passing health care, signing executive orders, not closing guantanamo.t. but i have to say, it is great. it looks like you are really enjoying your last your the presidency. sorry hanging out with nba players like steph curry golden , state warriors. that was cool. trying to make sense because -- kind of makes sense because both of you like raining down bombs on people from long distances. speaking of drones, how is wolf blitzere -- how is wolf still on television? i am ready to project tonight possible winner anyone in here , in the situation room? [boos] larry: sorry, i like wolf. vice president joe biden is here. i hear he is moving back to delaware. he won't have to answer any difficult questions like, hey don't i know you from somewhere? but i have to say about the first lady, it is so nice to have dinner with you. she is the academy of grace, poise.and isn't she? she really is. not to be confused with future first gentleman bill clinton, his three favorite strippers are named grace, class, and boys. poise. let me just say, mr. president, the office

these things sound very nice but where was it for people in guantanamo bay, was that freedom in practicei bet you love that, didn't you, fareed? did you hold that up as american life? george bush flushed those down the toilet. he said we're talking about terrorism. >> but the united states intervened in bosnia to protect muslims. it has intervened in afghanistan and supporting a government that has been elected twice by the afghan people. >> i spent you've spent too much time in the cnn world. in the real world, people in afghanistan hate americans. >> it's determined by polls, not what you say and the polls overwhelmi overwhelmingly show it, as do two elections. >> you live in hollywood. >> if the groups that you seem to the support from al qaeda to isis, were as popular as we claim, why don't they hold elections? why do they have to murder, slaughter, raping and forcing people into submission? >> for a minute i thought you were talking about guantanamo bay when you were talking about rain, murder and oppression but obviously you're not talking about that. >> he reminds me of markest id

. >> where is the freedom of religion for people in guantanamo bay? was that freedom in practice? i bet you loved that, fareed. did you hold that up as democracy, the american way, the american life? you know, george bush flushed those down the toilet. he said we can flush them away because we're talking about terrorism. >> but the united states intervened in bosnia to protect muslims. it has intervened in afghanistan and is supporting a government that has been elected twice by the afghan people. >> fareed, i think you've spent too much time in the cnn world. in the real world, the people of afghanistan hate the americans. >> the real world is determined by polls, not by what you say and the polls overwhelmingly show it as do two elections. >> you're living in hollywood. some kind of make-believe world. >> i come back to the very simple pro significance, if the groups that you seem to support from al qaeda to isis were as popular as you claim, why don't they hold elections? why do they have to go around murdering, slaughtering, raping, forcing people into submission. >> for a mom

unrelated disagreement between kansas city pat roberts and the white house over the closing of guantanamo. >>> and gay rights advocates are praising a proposal by mexico's president to legalize same-sex marriage. the proposal would require an amendment to the mexican constitution. top catholic leaders criticized the president's call and urged lawmakers to listen to their conscience and vote against it. >>> new numbers from the cdc reveal a hick drop in the number of americans without health insurance. by the end of last year, number of uninsured adults had fallen to just over 9% down from 16%ness 2010 when obamacare went into effect. >>> a major new report finds that genetically engineered foods are safe for animals to eat. gmo foods did not lead to an inreese of cancer, obesity or host of other health issues. >> the growing controversy over transgender barge use is met mostly with a shrug in this seattle school district. yesterday there were celebrations as the district opened its latest gender neutral bathroom. nearly half of the city's public high schools have restrooms that can be use

>> in this country, i would change gaunt guantanamo used to be 799 prisoners, now only 122. they each have their own lawyer and doctor. we could use that money wasted there and put it in the school systems. >> sydney? >> i would lower the p that is a high number which we most definitely need to increase. to think people are livering on streets who aren't as fortunate as us. >> armstrong: unamerica, bryce? >> lower education costs. it is hard to get an education. cost of private schools. every parent wants that for their child. i think we should lower the cost. >> armstrong: raphael armstrong? >> raphael: i think it is great. >> armstrong: we can't thank you enough. you may know their parents. you have to give encouragement to parents when they do a good job. parents are in the business of raising children, being involved and making them good stewards of society but citizens that contribute and return the investment to make america a better place that is who we are. that is what we should be about. good day, thank you for joining us from the show. [captioning provided by u.s.

is necessary for -- [inaudible] >> well, justin, we have made clear that closing the prison at guantanamo bay is a top priority because taxpayer funds could be much more effectively spent in housing those individuals in facilities that have already been built here in the united states. and we could do that. and in doing so, we could save millions of dollars in taxpayer funds. you know, we've also been, expressed a concern that is shared by national security experts in both parties that extremist organizations use the continued operation of the prison at guantanamo bay as a recruiting tool. and the president believes that the american people would be safer if we took that recruiting tool, that propaganda tool away from extremist organizations. this is all important particularly when you consider that we've demonstrated in this country that we can effectively detain convicted terrorists on american soil in a way that doesn't pose an enhanced security threat to the american people. we've also demonstrated that we can bring terrorists to justice on american soil. using the american criminal j

maria: the obama administration set to transfer more guantanamo prisoners. pentagon to transfer 24 ra discussional detainees out of the guantanamo bay prison this summer. this comes as the white house continues to try to close the facility despite congressional resistance. the obama administration has reduce it had prison population from 242 to 80 detainees so far and i should point out that government officials have said that some of the men have return today terrorism overseas and actually killed americans. to new york city where one person was killed and two other wounded following a shooting last night a concert where hip-hop artist ti was reported to perform. a man was shot in the stomach and taken to a hospital where he died a short time later. no arrests have been made and as unclear. electronic's company lg said nine out of ten people suffer from the fear of losing power on their cell phone. low-battle an anxiety. lg polled users this year and it's given a choice between hitting the gym or starting the smartphone. one out of three people are likely t

that's one area where donald's experience count invaluable, that's closing guantanamo.a thing or two about running water front properties into the ground. >> obama out. >> there it was. the white house correspondents' dinner. for where a city that loves itself celebrates itself and the white house press corps get together with the president and lots of famous people from los angeles. larry wilmer? >> yeah, his jokes weren't funny. whoever wrote president obama's jokes he was good. >> and don lemon, he flipped him the bird. >> we see the comedians go on after obama and they flop. he's going after opponents. >> look, i mean, part of the difference is the comedians are out of place. they don't understand washington or know anything about politics. they're not willing to really put a hard edge on its. obama has a mean undercurrent. in the last few years there's score settling going on, but it's real. >> because he owns the microphone for the whole night. they have to look diminutive. >> certainly a dig at hillary clinton, when he said i was running on cpt, which is colored