next card is john m. kelly. good afternoon >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is john kelly i'm a native san franciscan and democratic and a member of the sierra club, however, today, i speak four myself today thank you for your service. i have come to speak about your agrees ground water supply project you know because you approved the project it was an historic decision because for the first time after 80 almost 80 years ground water will be mixture in to san francisco's high quality hetch hetchy water. this is decision t is going forward whether the drought conditions exist or not your spooilz our agency is not proud of this decision there's been have little publicity about it and very few san franciscans know it ground water is subterranean and a decision to insert ground water into our legendary hetch hetchy you high quality drinking water shouldn't, subterranean i ask the commission immediately send notice to all san francisco residents informing them of your historic decision to change the composition and quality of our drinking water let the sun

tammany boss john kelly impose tight discipline and strict orders over tammany's army of district leaders, precinct captains and all the other war healers in the city neighborhood. they noted kelly's system resemble the catholic hierarchy. out in the field doing the grunt work of the organization were tammany's parish priest, those infamous war healers who knew their neighborhoods and their neighbors. they knew who needed a job, a favor, or a friend. they defended the poor when reformers try to restrict voting privileges to the middle class and rich property owners in the late 19th century. one of those reformers, andrew white, the president of cornell university had this complaint about the ill effects of universal suffrage. >> in american cities, crowds delivers -- may exercise virtual control. the vote of a single tenement house managed by a professional politician will neutralize the vote of an entire street of well-to-do citizens. >> tammany of course would take that complaint as a complement. how do they do it? how did the peasants, how did they exercise such power in a city of such

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attorney john kelly successfully sued simpson for wrongful death in the civil trial.he plaintiffs won a judgment of $33.5 million and dr. michael baden is a forensic pathologist hired by simpson's defense. he examined the victims and simpson himself after the murders. >> tom, should he love the cameras and the media or not? >> i think he does love the cameras and the media i think this guy has got to be be out front even in prison we have it hear from this guy. because he can't quit thinking about himself being the sociopath that he is. being the self-indulgent individual where it's all about him. i think he actually loves the cameras. he loves the attention. >> were the cameras a reason for the verdict or not? do you assign the cameras the responsibility? >> well, again you mean the cameras in the courtroom. >> yes. i have always been against that for many reasons. if you are testifying in open court with live cameras. you are not concerned about with what you are being asked. you are more concerned with the cameras on you. i can recall after 8 and a half days on the

john kelly successfully sued simpson for wrongful death in the civil trial. they won a judgment of $33.5 million. dr. baden is a forensic pathologist he examined the victims and simpson right after the murders. >> it he love the cameras in the media? >> i think he does love the cameras in tand the media. in prison we have to hear from this guy. he can't quit thinking about himself being the sociopath that he is. being the self indulging man he is he loves the attention. >> were the cameras a reason for the verdict or not? >> you mean the cameras in the courtroom? >>ive always been against that for a lot of reasons. main one is if you are testifying in open court the live cameras you are not being concerned with what you are being asked you are more concerned about the cameras going on you. i can recall after 8 and a half days on the stand people looking at me. how am i going to answer this? it effects testimony. cameras should never be allowed. >> you won the civil case. no cameras in that civil case. there were cameras in the criminal case. could you have wo

john kelly colorizing senior at tufts university. he is the survivor of an intimate part of violence and rape while a college student, special organizer for know your mind. and we are careful you are here. jane stapleton, university of new hampshire prevention, elevation. extensive experience in working to end violence against women in college and university settings the lead developer and evaluator of the new york power social marketing campaign. she trains organizations of up to facilitate and implement comprehensive strategies. with that, in statements will be admitted in their entirety. could you start and some up in five minutes the essence of yours. hopefully we will have time for questions and answers. >> they cupola senator and other members of the committee present today. as noted, and the recent graduate of the university of virginia. my a experience as a survivor, i learned a great deal about the dynamics are around campus of sexual assault. i want to let out several observations about the challenges faced by survivors. as

emily renda, john kelly and jane stapleton. >> mr. chairman, while the next panel is assembling itself, let me say that i understand that there are circumstances that come through the sexual assault reporting mechanism at these universities that amount to less than criminal activity. my point is that unless you have somebody in the room who understands what felony sexual assault is and an ombudsman is not nearly as expert as a prosecutor or police officer, and if the institution can't support connecting with the police department in a way that is easy and supportive for the alleged victim, then you have real problems down the road. because by the time they do figure it out, it could easily be too late to gather the appropriate evidence. all sorts of statements have been made that fouled up criminal prosecution. you've really put the individual at risk in terms of defending her rights as a victim through the law enforcement process. >> i got that. i think we'll hear from someone on this panel that maybe a victim doesn't, they get caugh

attorney john kelly successfully sued simpson for wrongful death in the civil trial.he plaintiffs won a judgment of $33.5 million and dr. michael ben is a forensic pathologist hired by simpson's defense. he examined the victims and simpson himself after the murders. >> tom, should he love the cameras and the media or not? >> i think he does love the cameras and the media i think this guy has got to be be out front even in prison we have it hear from this guy. because he can't quit thinking about himself being the sociopath that he is. being the self-indulgent individual where it's all about him. i think he actually loves the cameras. he loves the attention. >> were the cameras a reason for the verdict or not? do you assign the cameras the responsibility? >> well, again you mean the cameras in the courtroom. >> yes. i have always been against that for many reasons. if you are testifying in open court with live cameras. you are not concerned about with what you are being asked. you are more concerned with the cameras on you. i can recall after 8 and a half days on the s

john kelly, did george w bush have a plan when warned about the 9-11 attack? was he prepared? not john. when they hit us, he was taken back. president obama's intelligence lack is a far different story. all have taken the president by surprise as mentioned. what's going on? i ask you. tom from california. bill, you pointed out mr. obama is always taken by surprise. why is he not held accountable? because he was re-elected tom. a majority of voters chose him and have to live with the decision. we all do. >> another from texas. i was somewhat surprised watching the media be tough on hillary. do you have a reaction? >> some on the left feel hillary clinton is not liberal enough. they see her as closet moderate. liberals don't like. that that's why they went after her i think. jim says i know you're against the death penalty. so how can you say the usa should impose the death penalty? a comment after seeing governor christie dancing with jimmy fallon. that exercise is good. has me laughing. that exercise comment just mean bill. i didn't mean it to be mean faith. it was the tip of t

emily renda, john kelly and jane stapleton. >> mr. chairman, while the next panel is assembling itself, let me say that i understand that there are circumstances that come through the sexual assault reporting mechanism at these universities that amount to less than criminal activity. my point is that unless you have somebody in the room who understands what felony sexual assault is and an ombudsman is not nearly as expert as a prosecutor or police officer, and if the institution can't support connecting with the police department in a way that is easy and supportive for the alleged victim, then you have real problems down the road. because by the time they do figure it out, it could easily be too late to gather the appropriate evidence. all sorts of statements have been made that fouled up criminal prosecution. you've really put the individual at risk in terms of defending her rights as a victim through the law enforcement process. >> i got that. i think we'll hear from someone on this panel that maybe a victim doesn't, they get caugh

joining us with more, fist on c nbs we welcome your host in colorado, kelly, governor john hickenloopers today. thanks for joining us today. >> glad to be with you. >> you probably have heard in the annual cnbc survey of the states that are the best place to do business in, colorado overall came in number eight. you were number one in access to capital for businesses to do by, they have to have capital. you're number one in that category. you're also very high in the cost of living category. it's expensive, relatively speaking, to live in colorado. how do you assess the state of your economy in your state there? >> well, what we've tried to focus on is entrepreneurs and young folks just building their businesses. we are more expense thaichb siv of the other midcontinue negligent states but when you compare us to either coast i think we're still a bargain. then you look at the quality of life. here we are in beautiful aspen, i mean, you can't have a higher quality of life and have, you know -- live the the life you want to live. >> governor, interesting you chose that phrase. it reminds

kelly to john rogers, the reporter.gers takes kelly to get his apartment and gets exclusive before is allowed to tak take ah and going to summit with those are the good old days. nothing comes of this for several years until this guy who runs a pool hall beer joint starts saying, i know the solution to the dr. kelley case. and so nellie muench winds up being charged, but the story gets a little trickier because she'd meanwhile, has a boyfriend who is another doctor, and she tells the boyfriend that the golly, i'm pregnant. well, she wasn't but she starts this ruse about being pregnant. she i feel where's the close in shore before she's supposed going trough of the kidnapping, there's an announcement that she has given birth. well, okay, people can have babies. there's, babies come when they will. it a try before the trial, that's how things are, and they managed to get the trial moved to central missouri where her family has a lot of ties. this is a huge -- everything in the county and the county surroundings are going

my name is john kelly and i may senior at tufts university and the special projects organizer. i work alongside dana. i -- finished up a rulemaking committee on the depart and of education with cats here and i'm a trained rape crisis counselor for the state of massachusetts. i my name is cat riley and i'm according for the university of texas medical branch. i have been working with student conduct sexual assault cases hearing those for nine years now. i've worked at five different institutions. a new career was really worn april of 2011 and that's the title ix coordinator. my role became that at that time and we have been pursuing the educational pieces, training, victim advocacy all of those issues in each of the schools that i've been at so trying to be very inclusive in that process. >> i'm horrible at technology i will say that right now. i am lindy aldrich. i bring a unique perspective to this. we are legal aid provider massachusetts and we have a second office in oregon. we serve over 400 victims of rape and sexual assault the year and we specialize only in rape and sexu

so you a have few voices in the republican party people like john mccain, kelly ayotte, marco rubio that are hawkish and in favor of military action. the broader republican party, not just rand paul and the notable isolationists. people like john boehner i'm not seeing any enthusiasm from them for my military action. aside from the small core i don't think there's going to be a ton of pressure for military action. i think you'll see a lot of people who are reluctant to be associated with military action. >> i think that's the difference a decade makes. we're not seeing every republican stand up in favorite of going to war like they did in iraq. many democrats, too. that's completely gone. you see what you showed. real apprehension and cautious words even from somebody like marco rubio who would have supported. it. >> not so much from dick cheney. we'll talk about that. have a good weekend. >>> we have developing news we're following now on capitol hill. we have been listening to this house hearing about the irs and those lois learner e-mails moments ago. it got a tad heated between congr

senators will hear from the education department, and tufts university student john kelly, a survivor of sexual assault. this hearing comes on the heels of three campus sexual assault meetings recently held by missouri democratic senator claire mccaskill who championed the issue. this is live coverage on c-span3. >>> good morning. the senate committee will come to order. this is the 11th in a series of hearings to inform this committee's authorization of the higher education act. i released my opening thoughts on what the act should look like, i've asked all stake holders to submit their thoughts and comments on the proposal by the end of the summer, august 29th. i plan to continue to add to that proposal in today's hearing will help determine how best to proceed on that very important topic. the focus of today's hearing campus sexual assault is a profoundly important one. too many students are being assaulted on our nation's college campuses. according to current research, an estimated 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted or victims of attempted sexual assault while in college. as we

is john kelly and i am a special projects organizer alongside dana. i recently finished a stint on the violence against women act and i am a trained rate crisis counselor for the state of massachusetts. i am aame is kat reilly, title ix coordinator for the university of texas. i have been working with student conduct, sexual assault cases, hearing those for about nine years now. i have worked at five different institutions. a new career was really born in april of 2011 and that was title ix coordinator. my role became that at that time , and we have been pursuing educational pieces, training, victim advocacy, all of those issues in each of the schools i have been that. i have tried to be very inclusive in that process. >> i am horrible at technology. i will just say that right now. i am the deputy director of the victims rights center. i bring a unique perspective to this. we are a legal aid provider in massachusetts. we have a second office in oregon. we serve over 400 victims of rate than sexual assault a year. we serve only victims of rape and sexu

kelly to john rogers, the reporter. e takes kelly to his apartment and gives the exclusive before he is allowed to take a bath and go home and see his family, but those are the good old days and nothing comes of this for several years until this guy who runs a pool hall pier joined a starts saying i know the solution to the dr. kelly case. the story is trickier. she has a boyfriend who is another doctor. she tells the boy friend, i'm pregnant. well, she was not a starts this ruse about being pregnant. she wears these. shortly before she is supposed to go on trial there is an announcement this she has given birth. okay. people can have babies. babies come when they will. that is how things are. they managed to get the trial moved to central missouri or family has a lot of ties. this is a huge thing. everyone in the counties and surrounding are going to the trial. everyone wants to know about the baby, but she does not show up with the baby. she winds up being acquitted. mainly because her lawyers played big city verses wo

kelly wang and john chen are also critical to the media for focusing too much attention to the killer elliot rodger and his family. >> it is the word of hatred. this is the word of violence. >> it promotes the killer as a celebrity. >> reporter: these parents would rather focus on a letter written about their sons by their college classmates. >> they loved and were loved. and will forever be remembered as the magnificent men you raised them to be. >> the loss of our sons is unbearable. as parents, i could give away my own life in exchange for my son's life. >> in our heart, many times, we still picture his coming back home. and we really hope we are the last family to have to endure this kind of unspeakable pain. >> well the families were also upset that the gunman's parents never reached out to them personally. never apologized. well last night, the shooter's father did e-mail them an apology. >> it was a booze run gone bad. tonight, santa clara county deputies are pouring in on a bizarre attack. a guy who stole cigarettes an liquors on a store. at bascom avenue. the attacker punched

kelly wang and john chen are also critical of the media for focusing too much attention on the alleged killer elliot rodger and his family. >> we don't want americans to go into the killer's minds because it's a world of hatred and violence. [ non-english language ] >> reporter: these parents would rather focus on a letter written about their sons by their college classmates. >> they loved and were loved and will forever be remembered as the magnificent men you raised them to be. >> the loss of our sons are unbearable. as parents, i could give away my own life in exchange for my son's life. >> in our hearts, many times we still picture his coming back home and we really hope we are the last family have to endure this kind of unspeakable pain. >> reporter: ken bastida, kpix 5. >> the families had been upset the gunman's parents never reached out to them personally but this week the father emailed them an apology >>> nearly 300 suspected child predators off the streets in southern california after a sting operation. operation broken heart involved agencies from five southern california c

. >> field investigator john kirk is certain kelly nash has caught caddy on camera. >> i said, mate, the best pieces of footage of this. since the film of sasquatch in 1967. >> the craziest footage is the one that kelly nash taped. i've seen every creature in the water, and i don't know what that was. that's what got us to want to go up and try to find it and figure this out. >> jonathan hillstrand, king crab captain and star of discovery channel's "deadliest catch," believes caddy is a giant sturgeon. he set sail in 2011 hoping to prove his theory. >> the "anchorage daily news," whatever, actually put a $100,000 reward on this thing. so i was thinking about that, too, going wouldn't that be nice if i could bring this baby in. >> but despite an exhaustive search, he returns empty-handed. >> i really had high hopes about finding this thing. i'd love to go back up there, and when i get a little older, a little more time on my hands, i will go up there, and i'll disprove or prove this thing. >> until then, the myth of caddy lives on. after all, perhaps the mystery is what we love most o

john? >> reporter: kelly, this is a situation that is an opportunity for republicans to point out what theythat we've learned today tells us about the success or failure of obamacare. a lot of these numbers are have been out but publicized because of an a.p. report this afternoon. is what they show is when you sign up for obamacare you have to fill out a bunch of information, who you are, where you live, how much money you make, your dependants and that sort of thing that then gets matched against federal databases and if those databases don't all match, it could be the spelling of your name, it could be a digit in your social security number or it could be comparing the income estimate you gave with what you earned a couple of years ago which is the last they have in the federal database, that then triggers a review by federal officials. about a million cases are cases about the discrepancy between the 2012 tax returns that they had -- that they were being checked against and what you said your income was going to be this year. another 1 million approximately were cases involving integrati

you say that because you had kelly ayotte, john mccain, other republicans calling for a solution to getting bergdahl home, i wonder, i was blogging about the bergdahl situation back in 2009. >> right. >> when you had people going on the competing cable network and saying that the taliban should just save the united states the money and go ahead and execute bowe bergdahl. there was a lot going across that was not that hard to find if you just googled bowe bergdahl's name over the last five years, you would have known there was a nacient right that was waiting to attack this guy, has been attacking him in the worst way going back to 2009. the white house only knew there were some republicans that wanted him brought home? they didn't know about this huge issue on the right about bowe bergdahl calling him a desserter for five years? >> no, of course they did. there was also the rolling stone article pointing to that fact. they absolutely knew about all of this. they will be the first to say this is really complicated. i think they did not anticipate, though, the fact that you would have some of

joining our "closing bell" exchange, kelly connelly from jhs capital advisers, rich petersen from s&p capital iq, ken mahoney from mahoney asset management. john manley from wells fargo funds management. and our own rick santelli. welcome one and all. kelly, i want to start with you because you made the case that now is a good time from where you see it to take some profits that's different from the views of a couple of our other panelists which we'll get to in a moment. why do you say that? >> well, i think that we have to factor in some behavioral finance into the equation here. i do expect a pullback. we're going into the summer months which is typically very slow for the market. on top of that we've got the midterm elections coming up. and given the conduct of the government over the last several years, i expect more turmoil and more volatility. and the market doesn't like uncertainty. we're in the fifth year of this bull market. so i think that as far as the economic news we've heard as much good economic news as we're going to hear for a while so, i think people should take some profits off the table, and i am a big advocate of asset all

john mccain, lindsay graham, and kelly ayotte. over and over they've raced to the tv cameras to attack the administration. and above all, to try and destroy the career of susan rice. at the time of the attacks, she was u.n. ambassador. a top candidate for the secretary of state. mccain, graham and ayotte vowed to block the nomination. their strategy was character assassination. >> with the comments she made on those sunday shows, that was either incompetence tense or blatantly misleading the american people. >> she's the point person, so disconnected to reality, i don't trust her. >> just a select committee. if appointed, clears her of any wrongdoing besides not being very bright. >> she's not very bright. these were ugly insults. which they justified by saying rice had misled the american people. >> in contradiction to what ambassador susan rice said on every sunday show when she first went on on this incident that this was of not a spontaneous reaction to a video. >> she was making things up. a protest by hait full video, we had

he mentioned kelly ayotte and john mccain, republican senator jim inhoff is another one who has been very vocal in supporting trying to really push to bring bowe bergdahl back. prior to the release he said the mission to bring our missing soldiers home is one that will never end. it's important we make every effort to bring this captured soldier home to his family. since bowe bergdahl has been released he's changed his tune a bit. let's listen to what he had to say. >> my response is the president knew full and well that these are the highest ranking taliban people in captivity and that's the issue. it wouldn't make any difference who bergdahl was. you don't swap out and turn back to the fight people who have killed americans, people who are the brain power of taliban. they're the top guys. they're the ones they've all been wanting to get back and they're getting back at a time right after the president will have drawn our numbers down to a very low number. >> lisa, i think anybody who has observed these republicans over the years would not be surprised by the way that they've shifte

light. >> secretary of state john kerry seeking support to push reform 'n and iraq shiite led government. the country's main oil refinery is in the hands of insurgents. kellyght is here with visits today. >> such a critical time right now. john kerry is meeting with kurdistan's rhohani. the deep divisions, they have given rise to islamist militant group army known as isis. it continues to spread more terror and violence while ceasing moreland in iraq in the northern and person territories. >> he has not declared he would wait. he has made it very clear in the most recent statement he is preparing with the increased intelligence and the work that the military is doing at this point in time and the president is prepared to take action when and if the president decides that is important. >> taking action in terms of possible military action. political observers say maliki who has close ties to iran must also make it very cler if iraq will align with iran or the u.s. >> the maliki government will have to choose iran or us. if iran they know what iran will do. it will do what it did for syria. it will send in troops, will give them real support, tons of am nati

kelly kron4 news. >>secretary of state john kerry is in baghdad tonight. as insurgents tighten their grip on the iraq. intense fighting has pushed government forces back into the baghdad suburbs. catherine heenan reports. >>we are dealing with an emergency situtation >> catherine: alarm at the white house at the continued advance of insurgents. >> catherine: isis fighters celebrated new victories as they raced down the euphrates river valley towards baghdad. over the weekend, the sunni insurgents seized the two main border crossings linking baghdad with syria and jordan. >> catherine: their job made easier as government soldiers fled their posts. an iraqi army spokesman called the pullback a strategic withdrawal. >>"this is a tactical measure so we can re open new fronts in western anbar these forces have been redeployed in a stronger, more secure position." >> catherine: california senator barbara boxer says the explanation is simpler. >>they ran away. >> catherine: with no good news from the fighting fronts, secretary of state kerry delivered a grim warn

kelly. earlier, irs commissioner john koscanen faced a group that they've been misled by his agency. lawmakers asking why it took more than a year for them to find out that the e-mails from the woman at the heart of this scandal appeared to have vanished quite some time ago, and that her hard drives have been "recycled, losing the exact e-mails that they were seeking." straight, right? here are some of the most heated moments from today's hearing. >> what i didn't hear in that was an apology to this committee. >> i don't think an apology is owed. there is not a single e-mail that has been lost since the start of this investigation. >> nobody believes you. >> monday, our investigators asked your agency whether any other hard drives crash and we learned that six other hard drives of the people we're investigating were involved. you didn't tell us that. >> we told you on monday. >> on monday. >> and what did you do -- >> because we asked you. you are the internal revenue service. you can reach into the lives of hard working taxpayers and with a phone call, an e-mail, or a letter, you ca

kelly. earlier, irs commissioner john koscanen faced a group that said they've been misled by his agency.that the e-mails from the woman at the heart of this scandal appeared to have vanished quite some time ago, and that her hard drives have be

kate kelly and john ford and kevin o'leary. also bob pisani for more on today's markets.despite questions about the fed and geopolitical concerns. the important thing is move uh. we saw the consumer price index. hotter than expected. you don't see a lot of inflation is market is concerned it might manifest. is complacency an issue? what about inflation. >> we have talked about this on this show. going back to markets at that time end of last week saying it was raising the revenue outlook for the year. is there strength in the corporate space? are companies spending both on investment, tech and also in what we are seeing across the deal space putting the cash to work? >> yeah. i think the m & a part has excited investors. look at the stocks that are doing particularly well today. you've got expedia, king, trulia, netflix. some of the momentum names which might be take out targets. volume stronger than it's been lately. volume overall has been weak over the past 30 days. it will be interesting to see what addone's got. it's reporting earnings this afternoon. not a lot of en

john, what can you tell us? >> reporter: kelly, they're definitely sending, this new group, a clear signal that they're getting ready for battle. that could be a problem, by the way, for the united states as well. first, take a look. the several thousand heavily armed shiite fighters paraded through sadr city. they're supporters of mack taud da al sadr. he is aligned with who yesterday said u.s. military advisers being sent to iraq would be attacked. now, meantime, the al qaeda linked militants isis have reportedly taken control of a border crossing in the northwestern part of the country, and this as iraqi forces continue to battle for control of that major oil reserve also in the northern part of iraq. and this continues to be a key battleground because if isis fighters were to take control of it, that would obviously continue to fuel their fight. now, we're getting reports that the first group of u.s. military advisers are on the ground right now in bag dad, this of course as u.s. military forces remain in the persian gulf awai

meanwhile, john mccain and his two sidekicks, lindsey graham and kelly ayotte -- >> this is one of the greatest threats to our national security since the end of the cold war. >> the greatest threat since the cold war? that sounds familiar. here's what he said about iran in 2006. quote, the most serious crisis we have faced outside of the entire war on terror since the end of the cold war. and here's what he said about russia's invasion of georgia in 2008. >> we have reached a crisis, the first, probably, serious crisis internationally since the end of the cold war. >> he's got cold war on the brain. here's what he said about north korea in 2003. >> i think it's a crisis of great magnitude, a greater threat than iraq poses in the short term. >> and when he wanted to bomb saddam hussein in 2003, he said, quote, i believe iraq is a threat of the first order. for mccain, everything is a threat. everything is a crisis. everything is the worst thing since the cold war. president obama is working with his national security team to figure out what to do. the one thing he won't do -- listen to

the dow right now down 26 points, kelly. >>> with 45 minutes to go. now, secretary of state john kerry meeting with iraqi government officials today as isis reportedly has captured one of iraq's largest oil refineries as well as several more towns. ayman mohaddin joins us now with the latest developments. ayman? >> reporter: kelly, it's a diplomatic, uphill battle for secretary of state john kerry. he's trying to push iraqi officials to try and form a new government that really represents the cross section of the ethnic and sectarian groups in the country. now, that's going to be an uphill battle because he's facing two major challenges. one, the timeline. the united states does not want this process to drag on. there's some concerns that according to the iraqi constitution, now that they've had their parliamentary elections about a month ago, that this could drag on for almost another 75 to 85 days, and that's time the u.s. says iraq simply doesn't have because of the gains that isis is making on the ground. but at the same time, some are beginning to question whether prime mini

john mccain and lindsey graham and marco rubio and kelly ayotte and all the other republicans in congress who commented on this today say they have to come up with a way to turn this into bad news. they have to turn, figure out a way to turn it into bad news that the guy who allegedly led the benghazi attack has been arrested. the way they decided to make it into bad news is that that guy is not going straight to guantanamo. so they're all lining up behind john mccain on this and saying, yeah, the guy's got to go to guantanamo, good thing we've still got a guantanamo, right, senator mccain? good thing we and the republican party still have your leadership to follow on issues of foreign policy and terrorism and what ought to happen at a place called guantanamo. >> i believe we should close guantanamo. i'm for closing guantanamo bay. we need to close guantanamo. i think guantanamo should be closed. i think it's become a symbol and i would move those detainees to ft. leavenworth, kansas, where we have a federal prison. >> john mccain ran for president of the united states in 2008 saying he w

nbc's kelly o'donnell just wrapped up a briefing with john boehner. >> speaker boehner was not a part of this briefing. this was a briefing with a small group of reporters and gop aid. there is now a public statement from john boehner on the record raising questions about how this prisoner swap took place. there is a lot of dense new information coming through. i am going to give you some of the headlines from this. what we have learned is that congress was briefed in a very select way in november of 2011 and january of 2012. i am talking about the speaker and the key chairman of committees, armed services, intelligence told about the possibility of the swap with bowe bergdahl and some not entirely identified detainees from the taliban. conversations took place at that time. serious questions, i'm told, were raised from members of congress about things like were all other options exhausted. what was the risk of doing something like this? what threats could still take place for american personnel? lots of serious questions that were raised. what followed were letters written by members

john kerry landing in iraq where he will meet with the country's prime nin ster. >> this after 8 people are killed in twin blasts overnight. militants are ceasing even more cities. kelly wright is here now with what we can expect from kerry's visit toot. >> secretary of state john kerry will meet with nouri al-maliki along with sunni leaders to take about ending the crisis in iraq urging them to come together to fight a common enemy. they arrive in iraq to advance the wave of violence in baghdad taking control of four more towns and three border crossings into syria and jordan. kerry will discuss u.s. actions underway to help iraq to help the threat from isis. this is about isis terrorist designs on the state ofiraq. no one should mistake what is happening or why. the united states is prepared as we have been in the past to help iraq be able to stand