jim matthews is a former british soldier who fought with kurdish forces against isis in 2015.matthews was charged with terror offences by the british government, which were later dropped. hejoins me now. thank you for coming in. first of all, in the case of shamima begum, what do you make of the situation she finds herself in? what does the british law say about this because my own experiences of british terror law is it is not clear, not consistent, not readily understandable or predictable? it should be all of those things. i think she is in a separate category from the fact all is fighters and militants and so on. i understand the case may not be straightforward because she was a child when she went there. she could have been groomed and brainwashed. she has been pregnant and so on. this case does not exist in isolation. the people of that region, syria generally, and the north of syria, where i thought, simply do not have the infrastructure and resources to cope with the thousands of captured is fighters, of terrors, also the refugees. the kurdish forces that i fought alon

his preconceived ideas in afghanistan his views are not widely known but his his previous boss jim matthews resigned because of president from attempts to withdraw troops from syria and i think he probably may of this be of the same ilk as well so there are concerns here about the speed of the whole process so he will want to reassure he's also said that there are no plans afoot to withdraw the fourteen thousand u.s. troops here you may remember there was a leaked documents of the taliban had said that they had an agreement that seven thousand of those troops home if the force would be withdrawn by april but he is insisting that no instructions for that to happen and tony of course after seventeen years of war there are now splinter groups in the country so how can we be sure that the taliban is speaking for all groups in these peace talks currently going on. well actually we can be sure there are as you say many splinter groups many factions many people with different ideas i think the concern is that if you look back at the taliban over all the one that had sharia law the harsh punishment

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jim, poppy? >> kara, thank you very much. now to that stunning "new york times" reporting that the president asked former acting attorney general matthew whitaker to have the u.s. attorney who supported the president, donated to the president, worked on his transition oversee the cohen probe. i think a lot of people didn't know the name geoffrey berman, now they do and the president is calling all of this fake news but what can you tell us? >> poppy, the "times" report tries to follow on the story that pamela brown and i reported in december about how frustrated the president has been over the michael cohen investigations. he thinks the prosecutors in manhattan are running amok, going rogue and looking to whitaker to do something about it. now, the "times" takes it a step further last night reporting that he actually called whitaker asking him to put u.s. attorney berman, who he interviewed personally, back on the case despite the fact berman recused himself. he was someone who worked on the trump transition, donated to the campaign and it's not clear that whitaker did anything to address his concerns but the fact he asked at all, agai

. >> matthew dowd, you look at that, and even as i was talking to jim moran about this, a human being deserves redemption and a chance, it doesn't seem possible for him to govern at this point. >> all parts of this relate to him and his performance at the conference are not defensible and obviously those pictures are duh despicable and there are facts to be gathered obviously from what he has said in this. i think it's only not possible because of his performance and that going on, but it's not possible today unfortunately in the moment we're in, where speed is everything, and i think -- i have never called in all the time i have criticized people, called on them to resign or called on them to quit because i don't think that we shouldn't automatically impose the sentencing phase of politics, and in this case, we're basically saying that the political equivalent of the capital punishment is basically the death penalty for politics in this, and i think we have to put all of these things in context and make a decision in a more thoughtful and deeper way. that's one, and another part of t

jim see him.ody wanted to >> i thought, maybe i better cast this guy? >> jimmy: he's a magical kid. >> you know? >> jimmy: yeah, okay. >> so anyways -- so, no, the matthew. yeah. and then i heard a rumor that you're making another "termitor" movie? >> yes. [ cheers and applause ] i can neither confirm nor deny -- >> jimmy: okay. >> that there might be linda hamilton coming back to kick some serious ass. >> jimmy: ye! [ cheers ] >> i can't confirm that nor deny. >> jimmy: you can't for or deny. how about can you confirm nor deny aold schwarzenegger? >> i can confirm nor deny that.l >> jimmy: ? [ laughter ] how do you have time to do all that and -- i mean the "avatar" 2 and 3? >> yes, yes. [ cheers ] "avatar" 2, 3, 4, 5. >> jimmy: yeah, no. >> seriously. >> jimmy: are you really? >> serusly, they're all written. and we've done the capture. the -- >> jimmy: have you done "avata 4" as well? >> we're working on it, yeah. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: reealy? >> >> jimmy: i got -- i was blown away. we had you on last time for "avatar."an i've never seen a film like that. i thought it was my favorite movie of that year because the 3-d. >> yeah.st >> jimmy: i ever -- >

jim has a well deserved day off. in just minutes a powerful house committee with democrats newly in command will face off against the powerful administration official who is on his way out, acting attorney general matthews set to appear before the judiciary committee in what's sure to be the biggest public showdown so far. those are the key words. so far of the new and divided congress. until last night it wasn't clear that this would happen. whitaker refused to show up this morning if committee chairman democrat jerry nadler made good on the plan to have a subpoena ready and waiting to compel whitaker to answer the lawmakers' quess.

jim has a well deserved day off. in just minutes a powerful house committee with democrats newly in command will face off against the powerful administration official who is on his way out, acting attorney general matthew whitaker is set to appear before the judiciary committee in what's sure to be the biggest public showdown so far. those are the key words. so far of the new and divided congress. until last night it wasn't clear that this would happen. whitaker refused to show up this morning if committee chairman democrat jerry nadler made good on the plan to have a subpoena ready and waiting to compel whitaker to answer the lawmakers' questions. the questions begin with whitaker's three-month oversight of the mueller probe which he spent much of the previous year attacking on television, radio and online. we'll bring you the session live. it begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern at the bottom of the hour. until then we have experts and analysts standing by beginning with manu raju on capitol hill. for a guy who has only had this job since november -- whitaker -- and who will be replaced likely this month, there is a lot of drama around this. >> reporter: no question about it. the firing of jeff sessions that

from jim jordan, a member of the freedom caucus saying that while the president was giving a great speech, congress is putting together a bad deal on immigration. we want to hear your thoughts. matthewsorth carolina. i don't think that the president is going to shut the government down. problem with the coverage. this is not the problem in america, this wall. we have more serious problems. we have children being arrested down there and put in cages. the water is still no good in flint, michigan. distraction of a wall is keeping the country tied up in nothing. there will never be a real wall there. that we arehis era going over this, nothing is getting done. education ofto the the american people. this stuff, it would be so simple. and people can't see through it. it is almost elementary. we get caught up in repeal and replace. that getting to the point -- how are we going to lead the world if we can't lead ourselves? rich in hickory hills, illinois. good morning. caller: the last gentleman was talking about -- my opinion about this presidency and how he's dealing with these issues. i don't think they are dealing with these issues at all. we talked about this border wall. the problem