complex take for example the amount of money we've wasted on the beautiful island retreat of guantanamo bay cuba the gorgeous beach beach side war on terror prison resort and military base surrounded by a very fertile minefield just a stone's throw away from havana in miami beach this beauty has cost us taxpayers about five point six billion dollars over the years for just the prison facility alone and of course like a kid in college or your favorite political party it always needs more money yes according to the miami herald the pentagon is looking to spend nearly five hundred million dollars in new construction at the naval base including two hundred fifty million for a new earthquake proof house the bed hospital two hundred fifty million dollars five beds five beds two fifty. pentagon mathematics at its very best but it's not just the pentagon looking to squeeze money out of u.s. taxpayers no to no our lovely political parties are also looking to oring every last nickel out of their followers with the republicans raising a massive eighty six million in the first seven months of the year leavi

complex take for example the amount of money we've wasted on the beautiful island retreat to guantanamo bay cuba the gorgeous beach beach side war on terror prison resort and military base surrounded by a very fertile minefield just a stone's throw away from havana in miami beach this beauty has cost us taxpayers about five point six billion dollars over the years for just the prison facility alone and of course like a kid in college or your favorite political party it always needs more money yes according to the miami herald the pentagon is looking to spend nearly five hundred million dollars in new construction at the naval base including two hundred fifty million for a new earthquake proof house the bed hospital two hundred fifty million dollars five beds five beds two fifty. pentagon mathematics at its very best but it's not just the pentagon looking to squeeze money out of u.s. taxpayers no no no no our lovely political parties are also looking to oring every last minute go out of their followers with the republicans raising a massive eighty six million in the first seven months of the year

is requesting nearly five hundred million dollars for proposed reconstruction at guantanamo bay the detention center in cuba are to be important i have brings us the details now marina what can you tell us. well forty one detainees and fifty five hundred residents reside at the guantanamo bay navy base a forty five square mile island prison the trumpet ministrations says it's intent on refilling and by the looks of things even expanding according to the miami herald the us military is planning for nearly half a billion dollars in new construction at the detention center or over the next four years included in the short term development plans a sixty six million dollars school for up to two hundred seventy five students that breaks down to two hundred forty thousand per child additionally a one hundred twenty four million dollars for new barracks twelve point four million dollars to build a new dining room for prison staff while eight point four million dollars has been allocated for a new clinic for detainees the u.s. navy has requested two hundred fifty million dollars to build a five bed hospital now the

the third trip, he went to cuba very briefly, and only two guantanamo -- to guantanamo bay. he also went to the virgin islands. the most important visit was to puerto rico. we will talk about that one. let's see what these visits tell us about the themes of the legacy that president truman was to leave. the first was to mexico city. truman kept a diary. in 1947, he wrote quite a few entries about his visit to mexico. we can follow the visit through his diary. we will try to do so. his plane is landing. he writes, "perfect day, my pilot never misses a schedule. step down from the plane, the mexican president comes down the steps from the observation tower at the same time. we meet, i like him at once. he introduces his cabinet, i introduce my secretaries and aides. the platform is beautifully decorated and flowers. the mexican president welcomes me. i am made a citizen of the federal district by its governor. he pens a beautiful gold medal on me. i make a suitable reply. i mispronounced to the delight of everybody. somebody yelled from the crowd that everybody mispronounces i

cuba. separated from his old prison home by the width of the atlantic. >> you know what is there? >> yes. >> guantanamo. >> guantanamo baytion. >> yes. >> i say good-bye. hope never to see y >> before we explain how he ended up in guantanamo in the first place. we'll tell you how a talent for languages helped him survive there. how much english did you speak when you landed in guantanamo? >> almost none. >> in the office of his new apartment in mauritania, he showed us how he learned english in guantanamo. he read and writes fourth language with help from the u.s. navy. >> where did you get the glasses? >> glasses, i got from navy hospital. in the guantanamo bay. thank you, doctors. and their choices. i took the ugliest one. as a sign of protest. >> he was his own teacher in, soaking up new vocabulary, wherever he could. >> i am, letting you now into my world. okay. this is how i love the english language. this is the original. >> you would, what, hear something and write it down. >> hear something. write it down. ask. >> ask a guard. >> or interrogator. >> to chortle. >> snorting. >> to chortle. >> skyscraper. riot. sui