there are no human rights abuses occurring at guantanamo bay house republicans are trying to re-impose the ban on transfers back to yemen. and at the first congressional hearing on guantanamo in four years, closing it seems more controversial than ever. i have a hard time seeing how it is responsible to shut down our detention facilities and send these individuals home where they almost sure would be released and almost surely would return to threaten and kill more americans. republican congressman mike pompeo sits on the house intelligence committee. wab: do you support the right to a fair trial? pompeo: i support the absolute right for those military tribunals to move forward down at guantanamo bay. wab: there are indefinite detainees meaning people who are not cleared for transfer, and yet there's not sufficient evidence to carry them to a military tribunal. so doesn't that violate the right to a fair trial? we are still at war. and we have captured enemy combatants. we have the absolute authority under the laws of war. i'm a veteran myself. when the war's over, we'll always act in

i took a group of senators to guantanamo bay a couple of weeks ago. soldiers are living in substandard barracks, communication facilities are not adequate. even if you oppose detention operations at guantanamo bay you should know that in barely 20 years there have been five different humanitarian operations at guantanamo bay to include post-haiti earthquake operations. this amendment would allow for military construction to ensure that guantanamo bay naval station, regardless of detainee operations, treats our troops to the highest standards they deserve and preserves it for humanitarian contingency operations in the future. i would urge a "yes" vote. oh and i ask unanimous consent to modify the amendment with the modifications at the desk. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. sanders: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. sanders: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: sanders: i raise a point of order that the amendment is not germane to underlying resolution and therefore violates t

they were in guantanamo bay. i was in guantanamo bay a few months ago. and the president is so eager to shut that place down. and that's what he did with this trade. he got rid are of five people in guantanamo bay. and he also was having really bad press with the rise of isis and everything. he thought that getting this soldier back would cause the american people to forget about everything else in the world and praise him on his foreign policy and it's really back fired. >> there has been some -- it's not just republicans who are angry that he didn't notify congress according to the law. >> yeah. it's the law. at the end of the day congress has a role it to play. i get he is the commander and chief. he has a lot of leverage. when we put into law that ultimately is signed by the executive branch that he has to notify us. he has to come to correct me if i am -- congress. he us being offended by what happened to congress but on behalf of the american people who put us there to defend what they want. >> why did he fail to notify you? >> i think because -- w

army sergeant spent yearsgl white house traded him for five guantanamo bay detainees.r says the army is to charge him with des certification. we could very well find out what investigators learned in a news conference scheduled minutes from now, so let's get to it. >> shepard smith reporting live from the fox news desk. >> now we know the military will charge sergeant bowe bergdahl with desertion the

on the question of the terrorists from guantanamo bay that were released and have been held in qatarast year that also very controversial because one of them at least made contact with his old taliban buddies. so this is a very complex case emotions high. and at 3:30 today, we are going to find out what the next steps are that the u.s. army plans to take. >> 3:30 p.m. eastern, a little bit less than two hours from now. cnn a lot of coverage of that. barbara, we'll be watching together with you. thank you very much. >>> let's take a quick break. we're standing by for that news conference the ceos of lufthansa and germanwings, we expect new information on the investigation into the crash in the french alps. it apparently killed 150 people. before earning enough cash back from bank of america to help pay for her kids' ice time. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time. and 2% back at the grocery store. even before she got 3% back on gas all with no hoops to jump through. katie used her bankamericard cash rewards credit card to stay warm and toasty during the heat of competitio

i don't care about closing guantanamo bay, but they need to be housed somewhere. that is our facility. you say they've been down there so long they are ineffective. nelson mandela was in prison 27 years and came out for good and ran a country. camp boco gave us the leadership of isis. these guys are there for a reason. they are not there for parking tickets. there is no reason to let them out because your political ideology about guantanamo bay. >> why close gitmo if there is proof they are going back to the fight? >> the biggest reason to close it is it actually does have more harm than good. there are currently 129 die tan'stan detainees in gitmo. but the people being recruited is so many more than that. it is so costly. >> what? >> i don't understand that. >> they talk about the fact that we have this and hold them. if we have them and have the proof, we should bring them on to american soil and charge them. >> we have to decide what we are doing here. the same day we are flying sortees, let's decide whether we are going after these people and trying to kill th

five members of the taliban who had been held at guantanamo bay. reports emerged in january that the pentagon had decided to charge bergdahl with desertion, but so far the pentagon has adamantly denied those reports. let's go first to ed lavandera. he's live with so much to impact on this. i think as we await sort of news of any kind of disciplinary action let's begin with the possibilities. what are the options he could face? >> brooke i just hung up a phone call with the attorney for bowe bergdahl. and he tells me confirms to us that what the u.s. military will announce here at 3:30 eastern time is that bowe bergdahl has indeed been charged with two charges, desertion and misbehavior before the enemy and that his case is now being referred to an article 32 hearing which is the equivalent of a grand jury proceeding in the u.s. military court system. so bowe bergdahl apparently will face criminal charges. this according to his own attorney who was brief on these matters a short while ago. and we expect this to be the announcement here in a couple o

i don't care about closing guantanamo bay, but they need to be housed somewhere. that is our facility. you say they've been down there so long they are ineffective. nelson mandela was in prison 27 years and came out for good and ran a country. camp boco gave us the leadership of isis. these guys are there for a reason. they are not there for parking tickets. there is no reason to let them out because your political ideology about guantanamo bay. >> why close gitmo if there is proof they are going back to the fight? >> the biggest reason to close it is it actually does have more harm than good. there are currently 129 die tan'stan detainees in gitmo. but the people being recruited is so many more than that. it is so costly. >> what? >> i don't understand that. >> they talk about the fact that we have this and hold them. if we have them and have the proof, we should bring them on to american soil and charge them. >> we have to decide what we are doing here. the same day we are flying sortees, let's decide whether we are going after these people and trying to kill th

the prisoners at guantanamo bay.uest: this is actually a problem we have come to see in the public. week tend to conflate everything into one issue. there are three separate distinct issues here and we need to deal with them on their own levels. one is, the spin or the way the administration framed this. and what they said, the right answer and why they said that, that -- those are political judgments, rhetorical things. that is one issue. we could have a big debate about that. the second issue, the wisdom of the mechanics of the swap itself. every soldier, we have an obligation to bring every soldier back. it does not matter what they did, so that is irrelevant. how we bring them back, that does matter. and there have been many situations where soldiers have been kept in terrible circumstances because of the good of the nation always comes first. we can about them, we are going to bring them back, but how and when we do that, that, -- the nation comes first. so we could have a debate about the wisdom of the swap. th

the obama administration agreed to release five high value prisons from guantanamo bay in exchange for the soldier. upon his release his parents appeared in the rose garden with president obama. little comfort to theparents to lost their son and claim he was killed while searching for bergdahl. >> he's not a hero. he left his post in war. >> senior defense officials tell us it's likely bergdahl will be offered a plea bargain to avoid jail time. let's turn to business. stocks fell across the board for a third day wednesday falling back into the red for the year. the dow jones dropped nearly 300 points. overseas saudi arabian air strikes in yemen are causing a surge in oil prices. could we see a spike in u.s. gas prices as a result of the escalating conflict? >> reporter: we could, but many analysts are telling us this morning that the spike in oil prices we saw at $3 per barrel jump in crude and prices overnight, that could be very short-lived because yemen is not a big oil producer per se. there is a little bit of lmg in oil production but it isn't a big player. that means the supply c

sure it sold book, but been in office for six years and we are still force-feeding people in guantanamo bays uncomfortable. for both of you, what bearing or relevance? >> yes. i think novels are inevitably political. but the political content of a novel depends on the reader. if you are to sports toward asking ethical questions, then practically any text becomes loaded with political meaning. i certainly feel that my most recent book in dubai is investigating all sorts of political things, how countries are structured. >> i think from the former soviets, whatever, you do get political. i want to capture the feeling of what it is like to be in these two giant countries when one does well and the other collapses. yeah, it is a very 20th century of experience that i have had. a part of me wishes i was working in a burger king in denmark and having a decent life instead of -- >> that is a good segue, because of the prospect of you working in a mcdonald's in denmark. what do you think the future of the novel is? philip roth a few years ago called the novel a dying animal, and he elaborated, sayi

. >>> plus, an american soldier rescued from a taliban prison in exchange for five guantanamo bay detainees. he's now charged with desertion. we talked to the woman in the photo about her new-found internet fame. >> and good morning. we do begin with break news coming to us right now from north philadelphia. >> that's where firefighters have spent hours battling a massive warehouse fire. >> let's look at the scene, this is from overnight. it is from the 2400 block of the west west moreland street. >> it appears the fire started just before about 2:30 this morning and quickly grew to four alarms. the fire is now under control but we have no word on what caused it. we do know that the where house where it started was abandoned. >> we want you to know that septa service along this line is suspended. >>> it is march 28th, it's chilly but it is sunny and there's so many events happening on this day. good morning, bill anderson. >> good morning to you karen hepp. >> we're going to find out what's going on with the weather. it's been all over the place for the last couple of weeks. we'll get to ca

these five members of the taliban who were held at guantanamo bay? all as part of this agreement with the taliban, they were swapped for bowe bergdahl who by the way, was promoted and received pay the entire time he was held captive by the taliban. so i've got ed lavandera, i've got barbara starr, they've covered the bergdahl story extensively. welcome back to the two of you. as we await this official statement from the army. barbara let me just begin with you. why don't we run through these initial charges and explain to me what this will mean for him. >> well it's very serious, brooke. desertion. it doesn't really get more serious than that. but that may be a difficult charge to make. to make a charge of desertion, you have to have the evidence that the military person deliberately left his post and had no intention of returning. intended never to come back to be potentially with enemy forces. this gets down to the essential question that we don't know the answer to -- did bergdahl absolutely intend to willfully desert his post? or was this a confu

they are still force-feeding people in guantanamo bay. is problematic to have obama's name on your book jacket. so what bearing do politics have on your novels? [chatter] [laughter] gary: yes. i think novels are inevitably physical -- notably political. the content actually depends on the reader. neil: it asks more ethical questions than any text. my most recent book, set in dubai, i think it investigates all sorts of physical things, how countries are structured and what that says about american society. gary: being from these former soviet whatever, you do get political. i want to capture the feeling of being in to join countries -- russia and the u.s.. i was privileged to be in one superpower that collapsed and another that is doing great. [laughter] it feels like everywhere i go, wherever i went in aging -- in beijing -- it is a very 20th-century experience i have had. a part of me which as i was just working in a burger king in denmark and having a decent life. >> that is a good segue. the prospect of you both, and all not was workin

guantanamo bay, a chef from tunisia was delighted to be offered a new home in uruguay. it was a country he knew little about but knew it was a long way from the life he'd been living. as a prisoner never charged with any crime but with no home to return to. >> i want to stay in uruguay and rebuild my life. if i didn't what would i do? >> i have a passport or papers. i asked for the americans to send me back to tunisia but they refused. >>reporter: he'd like to open a restaurant serving arabic food. he would also like to be reunited with his mother. >> when we were -- uruguayen authorities made my promises but they have not been fulfilled. >>reporter: one of the other men has moved out of the house donated by the uruguay trade union movement and now live in a nearby hotel. he says it was too crowded. their costs are covered by the government here and the united nations refugee agency. their resettlement was a priority for the president of uruguay who just left office. his successor is less enthusiastic about the project. there was plenty they would like to have said. non

six guantanamo bay detainees who were released and settle in uruguay. we begin with stories making headlines around the world. in bangladesh. taken to jail on monday officials say rachman admitted to. >> joint military drills involving south korea and the u.s. south korea's military says the missiles were fired from the city of nampho and flew about 300 miles before splashing into the sea of japan. threats of violence towards south korea. >> a massive fire engulfed more than 400 homes in manila, philippines, firefighters did not act quickly enough say rm. >> outside the shadow of benjamin netanyahu is the country's minister naftali bennett. many. >> some say had he is on track to become prime minister in the coming years. he's been described as a phenomenon had israeli politics. naftali bennett. >> behind the did i guise -- disguise is a hawkish politician. a party that under bennett has been seen as young and cool, while remaining more conservative than prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> i people there should be new politicians. in politics he's con

the administration was required to tell congress that they were releasing five detainees from guantanamo bay. there were allegations that that perhaps was a violation as well. you can imagine this may once again reignite that political debate in washington, but from a military perspective they're going through with the questions that had been if you will, unanswered for years as to how sergeant bowe bergdahl disappeared off his military base. >> this is the proper way to do it with him here at home in custody and not leaving him out abroad. these are serious charges carrying up to life in prison. thank you for your reporting. don't forget to catch "road map" on shift. >>> jeb bush has stressed he is independent from his brother, but tonight he'll appear with the former president to raise money in texas. we have our eye on the first person to officially enter the presidential race ted cruz. he is explaining why terrorism made him rethink the music he listens to. that's ahead on "now." let's take a look at your credit. >>i know i have a 786 fico score, thanks to all the tools and help on exper

. >>> three months ago six men were freed from guantanamo bay and send to uruguay.e the transition to their lives has proven to be difficult. >> reporter: after more than 12 years detained at guantanamo bay, this man, a chef from tunisia, was delighted to be offered a new home in uruguay. it was a country he knew little about, but knew it was a long way from the life he had been living, as a prisoner never charged with a crime, but with no home to return to. >> translator: i want to stay in uruguay and rebuild my life. if i didn't what would i do? i have no pass port or papers i asked for the americans to send me back to tunisia, but they refused. >> reporter: he would like to open a restaurant here serving arabic food and asked the authorities for help. he also would like to be reunited with his mother. >> translator: when we were in guantanamo uruguayan authorities made many promises but these promises haven't been held. >> reporter: he and another man have moved out of the house, and now live in a nearby hotel. he says it was too crowded. their costs are goved by

just think about guantanamo bay, congress having passed laws that the u.s.not fund any transfer of detainees from guantanamo bay into the united states. basically blunting a key obama administration foreign policy objective. so the critics are saying go for the power of the purse, don't undermine any president of the united states by writing letters to adversaries. jake? >> barbara starr, thank you so much. joining me now live from capitol hill is democratic senator barbara boxer from california, senior member of the foreign relations committee. senator boxer, thanks for being here. democrats and their supporters are using a lot of strong words to describe this letter from republicans. there's treason, traitor, hash tag 47 traitors is trending. i want to get your reaction to what former secretary of state hillary clinton had to say about it late this afternoon. >> one has to ask, what was the purpose of this letter? there appear to be two logical answers. either these senators were trying to be helpful to the iranians or harmful to the commander in chief in

the number one mission failure to me at guantÁnamo bay is one of my troops gets killed or seriously injuredat is mission failure for me. and so we sometimes will have a detainee be cooperative. the 1st opportunity he gets he knees someone in the groin. i we will not back off from common procedures of movement from one point to another. that said, the folks that live in communal pots individual cells they go in and out of but they have a 22 hours a day where they can walk outside on their own car play soccer, read a book and it is very -- it is nothing like prison. it is everything like a detention facility that is will run. they go into their cells at night and then we have the preventive medicine people come in and make sure they are cleaning the place up make sure the places sanitary enough to live in. randomly searched cells. so i don't know if i have answered your question, but that is usually from the detainees who are in single cells. if they are in a a communal setting, which is what we prefer because if they are on the golf course and we are the good guys and would like to see them

remembers of 378 military police company are headed to guantanamo bay they'll work at 5 to ten detentions and hospital. they are proud of their sons and daughters. they're already looking forward to the return. >> nor than 600 needless jewish fap families all thee need is something at passover. it volunteers with project hope. it is more than 12 0 0 check in. matza and other fish for passover seder. the project hoped 15 years ago with happened full of volunteers. today more than 400 people took sglart still to come on "action news" tonight a new study reveals what many long suggestion inspected about sending time with their children. what researchers found that really count. >> but first it was all "the buzz" around wilmington delaware. these folks were flying high with drones. melissa. >> and walter, clouds increase as we go throughout the overnight hours and tracking light rain showers and even wet snow showers for some locations early tomorrow morning. let's talk about the details in the accuweather forecast music: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪♪ sometimes, at last doesn't h

but came with a controversial price as not one but five taliban commanders were released from guantanamo bay prison in exchange for bergdahl's freedom. bergdahl's parents were even invited to make a rose garden appearance alongside the president of the united states, where they celebrated their son's release and shared a greeting in arabic. >> i called bob and januarynie bergdahl and told them after nearly five years in captivity their son bowe is coming home. >> i would like to say to bowe right now who's having trouble speaking english. [ speaking in a foreign language ] i'm your father bowe. >> within days we started hearing troubling stories about exactly how bergdahl left his base in the dead of night after asking his team leader for help mailing his computer and belongings back home and inquiring as to what would happen to him if his military gear turned up missing. and after administration officials suggested bergdahl has served with "honor and distinction" before going missing "the kelly file" had an exclusive interview with six of his platoon mates who had some very different feelin

they are headed to guantanamo bay, florida excuse me cuba these national guard troops will work at fiveetention facilities and a hospital and families say they're proud of sons and daughters and will be happy when they are home once again. >> so vietnam veterans in the area got an overdue tribute for service. delaware valley vietnam vets held ceremonies to honor the men on the 4 anniversary of last u.s. forces to leaf vietnam. they also observed k 9 vetians day with a visit from two local k 9 teams. >> indiana governor defended state law that many say could be interpreted as a means of sanctionsing discrimination a occurring this week on this week with george stephanopoulos they say the people in indiana are intolerant of those with a different view. >> we stepped forward for a purpose of recognizing religious liberty rights of all the people of indiana of every faith we suffered under this avalanche for the last several days of condemnation and it's completely base list. >> the measure prohibits state laws that hamper a person's ability to follow his or her own religious beliefs. since

parents announcing the deal made to bring him home in exchange for five prisons being held at guantanamo bayat, there was a big parade to be held at his home town in idaho and that was canceled after questions raised by members of his platoon about desertion. and so again, two charges that officially announced against him today, one carrying a five-year sentence and the other carrying a potential of life in prison. >> and chris, as you mentioned, that deal became quickly controversial, both because of questions surrounding the way that bergdahl did leave his base at that point and also because of questions around making a deal with the taliban and the release of five relatively senior commanders. is the administration concerned that now the announcement of these charges will re-raise some of those questions and bring back some of that controversy? >> reporter: look, i know that it was talked about today in the brief briefing, they know this will renew that controversy. just worth a reminder that there were critics that said the tool made and of course nobody is unhappy when an american is br

the obama administration agreed to release five high-valued taliban prisoners from guantanamo bay in exchange for bergdahl. later one of the taliban prisoners tried to re-engage in the fight in afghanistan but was stopped. upon his release, bergdahl's parents appeared in the rose garden with president obama. little comfort to sandra and andy andrews who lost their son darren in afghanistan and claim he was killed while searching for bergdahl. >> he's not a hero. he's a traitor. you know, he's a deserter. he left his post in war. >> reporter: officials here tell nbc news it's likely bergdahl will be offered a plea deal to avoid jail time. tonight, bergdahl's attorney would not discuss that but did ask all americans to withhold their judgment about bergdahl until all the facts emerge. lester? >> all right jim. thank you. >>> now to another story we've been closely following. conflicting accounts tonight whether the president of yemen has fled his country as rebels gain ground on forces loyal to the government. the rebels claim today they overtook a key airport as well as a military bas

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president obama's controversial trade of five guantanamo bay detainees in exchange for army sergeantdahl got a lot more troubling this week. the u.s. military charging bergdahl with one count of desertion and one count of misbehavior before the enemy, charges carrying a maximum sentence of life in prison. also ahead, the u.s. military officially working for iran. the u.s. led coalition in iraq carrying out air strikes now over the city of tikrit where iranian led forces are engage

desire as that was unraveling this looked like a story that came with the opportunity to empty out guantanamo bay. with the opportunity to finance interest to close guantanamo and the consequences that continue to bring out now to be charged with desertion. to those who would be swapped out for those in the taliban and the looks worse and worse. lou: we have our first official candidate senator ted cruz is an opening to early? >> no. he made the right choice and did it well he asserts tough questions isn't went to abc and cbs but he also had a great to launch with the evangelical launch a and i would warn any republican who thinks it is the easy out to be disqualified they're wrong he will go the distance and and a conservative candidate will have to see if they could take on jeb bush. >> through his campaign to be the energizing significant portion of his base? famous but isn't enough and a general election so it isn't just enough to maximize the turnout. there are more to regrets than republicans but u.n. >> that is a good job of independence but the republican party needs to be beyond that. bu

negotiated with the taliban here to get bergdahl released and released the five prisoners from guantanamo bay. but then we also heard soldiers who had served with bow bergdahl to say this is a man who deserted his post. he left a note to say he was going to start a new life walked out of his basin in a province in afghanistan and also then endangered the soldiers that went to look for him. we don't know the figures in terms of the numbers of soldiers who were killed in this search but some of his colleagues are saying up to six people were killed in trying to find bowe bergdahl. so he did certainly remain hostage for five years. apparently tortured. but then all of these people coming out and saying, well, he was in the wrong here. but that's what the army investigator are saying they're going to charge him on these two counts. >> what is next in the process? >> there are going to be preliminary hearings first. as i say on these two counts. on the count he deserted his post and for that the maximum sentence could be five years in prison. but then this other charge of misbehavior and endamping

special forces in have afghanistan as part of the exchange for five taliban commanders imprison at guantanamo bay. if convicted of both charges he could face life in prison. >>> happening today a university of virginia student, bloody while being restrained by two state liquor control agent plans to plead in the guilty in court. marquis johnson facees two misdemeanor charges. the entire incident is caught on tape. the gash in johnson's head required stitches. virginia's governor has ordered the agents be retrain. >>> a student caught on camera using a racist chant with his fraternity at the the the university of oklahoma is speaking publicly for the first time. levi petit says he is sorry and embarras that had he took part in the chant. when the video went viral earlier this month the university chosed the school's chapter of the sae and expelled petit and other student for leading that chant. >> bottom line is the word said in that chant were mean, hateful and racist. i would be deeply sorry and a shame of what i have done for the rest have my life. >> second student expelled, parker rice has on

they are deploying to guantanamo bay, cuba to provide security for detainees there. we spoke to the father of one soldier. >> oh, yes, the whole family is here to support her. we are definitely going to miss her, we are very proud of her, and i'm proud to have a daughter follow in my footsteps. >> the guard members come from all over the garden state including atlantic burlington and camden counties. >>> tracking some wet weather through the area. that's a cloudy view from center city. we have rain and snow this morning. 38 degrees at 4:27. christine maddela is in the first alert traffic christine. >>> this is a live look at cottman avenue at 4:27. no major problems on 95 or the schuylkill expressway. your drive times when we come back. >>> from traffic stop to mangled crash scene, the accident overnight that sent a police officer to the hospital and a breakdown that may have saved his partner. >>> and back on the scene of a deadly plane crash. federal investigators will come to chester county today to try to figure out why the plane went down and who was on board. >

special forces in afghanistan as part of the exchange for five taliban commanders imprison at guantanamo bay. >>> police investigating an alleged kidnapping in california, now say it is a hoax. denise hopkins was reported missing on monday. her boyfriend aaron quinn told police that intruders abduct her from her home, in california, 30 miles north east of san francisco and held her for $8,500 ransom. she turn up outside her father's apartment in huntingdon beach 400 miles away. police say they had doubts from the start. >> mr. quinn and mrs. hopkins has taken valuable resources away from our community and taken focus way from the true victims of our community, while instilling fear among our community members. >> the police want to question hopkins but they say she has cut off contact and hired a lawyer. >>> still ahead this morning are you looking for a job? if so three is on your side. we will let you know which company wants to give out hundreds of jobs. >> that is good news. >>> she's a little life safer. meet the young new jersey girl who just honored rather for saving her grandfather's

>> you could just sort of think about guantÁnamo bay.once you've got them, what do you do with them? is sort of the same problem that obama has right now. the people that were left there they didn't have anyplace to go and hadn't yet repatriated and there were lawsuits going on to keep some of the attorneys and lawyers to stay in the united states said they weren't buying the voluntary thing anymore. so it just took them that long to get rid of everybody. >> what kind of interaction if there was then he went on between the different nationalities in the camp? >> well, you know they all went to the same swimming pool, that pretty much they lived separately in the camp and they were mistrustful of each other. the japanese are mistrustful of the germans and vice versa. so i mean one of the reasons the geneva convention does not allow people countries in wartime to put multiple people together is a cause of the conflict and they certainly have been in that makes a lot of the narrative of the camp section of the book. >> how many people were

at it year after year after year. >> as ofz january this year 122 prisoners still detained at guantanamo bayuys what do you think? >> he said he made the promise. we said he couldn't keep the promise. it's koch plitcomplicated. i told mika a year ahead of time, he's never going to be able to do this. for him to say six years later, i should have done it day one. good do it you're president. >> there are so many things that went wrong when it was set up in the first place. >> so complicated, mark halperin. if it was just simple that dick cheney was evil they could go i'm going to be good. no, it's not that way. this wasn't a comic book. he wasn't captain america. he couldn't just put on the helmet and the mask and the "a" and go in there and run and save the world. >> former secretary of state likes to say, could have, should have would have. >> as john boehner says if apples and nuts were -- >> exactly. >> okay. let's move on willie. >> this is a terrible story from the "new york times" this morning. 37-year-old woman died after being struck by plywood that blew off a construction site in ne

he was released from captive tie for a prisoner swap of 5 al qaeda militants who were held at guantanamo bay. >> as long as i am out of here before the diaper changing contest, i will be happy. kennedy: you don't want to be here. >> no. kennedy: you don't want to make it a threefer ? >> no. kennedy: arm said they were charging him with desertion. >> this is a good news story for administration. initially the swap for about one day. then it quickly unraveled. it seemed this is where we'll end up, here we are. kennedy: do you remember what wt got off front page, i do it was the v.a. scandal, they were trying to dislodge with the convenient timing of bergdahl swap, but then once people were over that, he was alive and well they realized he was a trader. >> i thought something was fishing his dad at press conference with the zz top beard, you can make a case you want him back regardless, but the price is high, 5 top taliban byes for a deserter. tell us, this is a hellish choice, there are no good options, they go out, shea solution or coat it -- sugar coat it, they are dishonest. kennedy: he is

president obama's controversial trade of five guantanamo bay detainees in exchange for army sergeant more troubling this week. the u.s. military charging bergdahl with one count of desertion and one count of misbehavior before the enemy, charges carrying a maximum sentence of life in prison. also ahead, the u.s. military officially working for iran. the u.s. led coalition in iraq carrying out air strikes now over the city of tikrit where iranian led forces are engaged

the obvious reason this swap occurred was to close guantanamo bay. this was also a pr move with the embarrassing display at the rose garden and then susan rice praising bowe bergdahl and saying he was such a great soldier. and now we have to live with the consequences consequences and have five members of the taliban back in the middle east and three have tried to join the taliban again because of president obama's ego. >> you think that's bad? i am getting the sense that you don't think that is a good idea. >> you think they would repent. >> i think i see the problem. >> we won't. >> how long do you think you would last as a taliban prisoner? >> taliban bride. >> which comfort do you think you would miss the most? >> they don't drink. obviously -- >> that's a dumb question on my part. >> dumb question. >> there is no way we can trust a man who deserted. why would we suddenly take his word for what it is. of course he will say things like that so his sentence won't be as harsh. and of course the white house is going to defend their actions -- i get i

terrorist here and there, and that's a good thing, but they also serve as better recruitments than guantanamo bay ever did. we cannot win a war on terror with tactics alone. but we have to have a strategy of overpowering strength physically mentally, and virtually. what america needs is leadership with the courage to call islamic terrorism what it is. pure evil. [applause] >> leadership matters. we must be clear principled and consistent. this will embolden our allies to be the same, including our islamic allies who have been burned by the flames of terrorism. they are looking to us for guidance and leadership and that only comes through strength. we need leaders who understand that our interest aligns with other common-minded nations and not those who seek to fund terrorism or seek to create regional unrest or seek nuclear weapons. we need leaders who understand what it means to be on a team. leaders who truly believe in america and our greatness and what can achieve in tandem with our national partners, international partners. of course, we haven't had that kind of leadership in the packs six o