like, "oh, well, you're born in kuwait, you must be kuwaiti." like, no, i'm not kuwaiti. that's not how it works in the gulf. it all matters where your parents come from. and that was my problem when i went to germany with the travel document. i get there and the guys like, "yah, velcome to germany, how vare you?" i was like, "i'm doin' good." he's like, "can i have your passport, please." of course i give him my travel document. he's like, "yah, it's good. yah." he opens it up, he's like, "oh, no. says here is not a passport. can i please have your passport." i was like, "no, that is my passport." "well, cannot be a passport, yeah. says here you're born in kuwait. can i please have your kuwaiti passport?" i was like, "i don't have a kuwaiti passport." "well, why don't you have a kuwaiti passport!" i was like, "hey man, relax. you know, in kuwait it doesn't matter if you're born there, it matters where your parents come from." he's like, "yah, well, where your parents come from?" i was like, "my parents are palestinian." he goes, "well, give me your palestinian passport!"

then the kuwaities came to my office. i had a deal.said no, we do not invest in the united states. we do not like the united states for investment purposes. we just liberated them. they have a huge kuwaiti fund. they say we do not investigate in the united states. we have great respect for you but we want deals outside. we do not like the united states. we gave them back their country. how stupid are we? whysay we want 50% of your oil forever or we're not letting you back in. >> go back to isis. you talked about taking their oil, i like the idea -- >> you stop their wealth. >> we're going to give the money to the families of military. >> correct. we lost thousands of people in iraq. well, and we have people walking around without an arm, without a leg and worse -- >> give them the money. >> give them millions. by the way, that's peanuts compared to what you're talking about. give them a lot of money. and keep a lot of money. >> you're going to surround the perimeter, take the oil. whau what else do you got to do? >> that will be the be

then about two months later the kuwaitis came to my office and saw me.o with them. we do not invest in the united states. we do not like united states for investment purposes. >> we just liberated them. >> they have had huge kuwaiti funds. we have great respect for you mr. trump but we deal with outside we do not like the united states. we just gave them back their country. i said hue stoow stupid are we? we want 50 percent of your oil or we don't let you back in. >> how butalk about taking oil perimeter. >> what we do with the money we get from oil is give it to the families of the military. >> correct. we lost thousands of people. >> 5,000. >> in iraq. >> and we have people walking around without an arm, without a leg. give them the money. fif them millions. that's peanuts compared to what you are talking about. >> give them a lot of money and keep a lot of money. >> you are going to surround the perimeter and keep the oil. what do do you with isis? >> that will be the beginning of the end. when you take the oil and when you stop the banking sources. y

forcing about half the kuwaiti population to flee. the united nations passed 12 resolutions, demanding iraq leave kuwait. saddam hussein refused saying he had the agreement of the kuwaiti people. the u.s. launched the operation desert storm. iraqis living in kuwait also had to flee, including najeem and his family. >> there was no border left and when the bombardment started the most important thing for us was to go back to safety. my children were young back then. i drove car straight from kuwait to iraq. >> reporter: since that invasion iraq has had a turbulent history. years of sanctions between 1991 and 2003 followed by the u.s. invasion and occupation. now i.s.i.l. is taking over a third of his country. najim mourns the be condition of his country. >> life has become a living hell there now. we even keep our doors open due good security. >> reporter: it's a sentiment echoed by those who fled. >> when i returned to iraq i was 12 years old. i felt a huge lifestyle difference between iraq and kuwait. in kuwait lifestyle is stable. >

reporter: iraqi forces enterkuwait in the early hours of the morning in 1990 forcing half of the kuwaiti population to flee. 400,000 on the move. the united nations passed 12 resolutions demand and saddam hussein said he had the support of the kuwaiti people. the occupation lasted for seven months and my 1991 a coalition launched operation desert storm. a moment many say was the beginning of a long end for saddam hussein and his government. iraqis living in kuwait had to flee including this man and his family. >> there was no border left. when the bombardment started the most important thing for us was to go back to safety. my children were young. i drove the car straight from kuwait to iraq. >> reporter: since that invasion kuwait has had a turbulent history. sanctions followed by the u.s. and the man mourns the state of his country and future of his children. >> life in iraq is a living hell. kuwait was much better. no one would dare bother you. we would keep our doors open. >> reporter: it's a sentiment of others. >> when i returned to iraqi was 12. i found a huge lifestyle gap betwee

saddam hussein refused, saying he had the support of the kuwaiti people. >> the occupation lasted for several months. a moment many say was the bebuying of south australia sin and his government. iraqis living in kuwait had to fleet, including this man and his family. >> there was none border left. when the bombardment started, the most important thing for us was to go back to safety. my children were young back then. i drove the car from kuwait to iraq. since that invasion, iraq had a turbulent history, years of sanction between 1991 and 2003, followed by the u.s. invasion and occupation. a civil war between 2006 and 2008, and i.s.i.l. fighters taking over a third of the country. this man mourns the state of his country. he worries about the future of his children. >> life in iraq is a living mel. kuwait was better for us. no one bothered you there. and we keep our doors open due to security. >> it's a sentiment occupied by others that fled. >> when i returned to iraq, i was 12. i found a lifestyle gap between iraq and kuwait. i was shocked. the situation is deteriorating after all t

sadaam hussein refused saying he had the support of the kuwaiti people. by mid january 1991, a coalition headed by the u.s. launched operation desert storm a moment that many say was the beginning of a long end for is a doom hussein and his government. iraqis living in kuwait fled, including this man and his family. >> there was no border left, and when the bombardment started the most important thing for us was to go back to safety. my children were young back then. i drove the car straight from kuwait to iraq. >> since that invasion, iraq's had a turbulent history years of sanctions between 1991 and 2003 followed by the u.s. invasion and occupation and their civil war between 2006 and 2008 and now isil fighters taking over a third of the country. he mourns the state of his country and worries about the future of his children. >> life in iraq has become a living hell now. kuwait was much better for us. no one there would dare to bother you there. we even keep our doors open due to good security. >> it's a sentiment echoed by others lieu fled. >> when i r

>> reporter: so, you are a muslim, kuwaiti-born palestinian american?outhful, brother. ( laughter ) >> reporter: amer was nine when the first gulf war broke out. his family fled kuwait. how was the transition for you from kuwait to houston? >> well, i didn't know what to do and how to acclimate. i mean, i came here, like, a week before halloween. >> reporter: wow. >> freaked me out. i was like, "why is everybody dressed this way? what is happening in america today!" people asking me for candy. "i'm not going to give you candy. you have blood on your face!" things can get rough in texas. you never know. it'd be like, "hey, mo!" >> reporter: 20 years later... >> "hey, mo, you one of them a- rabs, huh? you one of them muslims, huh?" i'm like, "no." ( laughter ) >> reporter: ...mohammed amer is the first arab-american to star in his own nationally televised one-hour standup special. is that kind of what you're going for in some of your act, just to point out these prejudices against arabs and muslims? >> sure. my way of addressing it is sharing different pe

. >> reporter: iraqi forces enter kuwait in the early hours of the morning, forcing half the kuwaiti population to see. some 400 people on the move. the united nations passed 12 resolutions demanding iraq leave kuwait. the occupation of kuwait lasted 7 months and by mid january, a coalition launched by the u.s. launched operation storm, the moment many say was the beginning of a long end to saddam hussein and his government. iraqis living in kuwait had to fleet, including this man and his family. >> there was none border left. when the bombardment started, the most important thing for us was to go back to safety. my children were young. i drove the car from kuwait to iraq. since that invasion iraq had a turbulent history, years of sanction between 1991 and 2003, followed by the u.s. invasion and occupation. a civil war between 2006 and 2008, and i.s.i.l. fighters taking over a third of the country. this man mourns the state of his country. >> life in iraq is a living mel. kuwait was better for us. no one bothered you there. and we keep our doors open due to security. >> it's a sentim

>> i think the jordanians, the saudis, the kuwaitis, the kurds are all fighting isis on the ground. yes, they need leadership, resolve, support and material from us. we haven't provided any of it. difference. >> do you think you'll be on the debate stage next month? >> well, i certainly hope so, i think we have gathered a lot of good momentum. you know, i prefer to call it the happy hour debate, by the way, but when i went into that debate, less than 40% of republican voters had ever heard my name. i'm not a professional politician, i'm not a celebrity. so as more and more people get to know who i am, our support continues to grow. i'm looking forward to being at the fair tomorrow, on the soapbox tomorrow. >> okay, thanks so much, ms. fiorina. >>> next, matthew dowd and donna brazile are standing by for full analysis of where this race stands. the donald is dominant, how long will that last? they'll break it all down. >>> and brand-new details in that hillary clinton e-mail firestorm, what she's saying now. >>> plus, will joe biden really jump into the 2016 race? >> announcer: "this

saddam is just trying to get the kuwaitis to produce less oil. just chill.ulation after another. it continued for 11 years. david ignatius you visited iraq in 1980. talk about america's long throw, tragic slide into iraq that began 25 years ago. >> well it seemed like we were doing everything right 25 years ago. i remember the night the iraq yea tanks rolled into kuwait city. our correspondent carol murphy who i sent to kuwait doubting all the u.s. claims that saddam is bluffing. he's not really going to do it. that's the line we were hearing from u.s. officials. sent her anyway. here she was on the top of the highest hotel and i was sitting at the typewriter and we were just changing you know, every edition to record this amazing invasion. carol stayed in kuwait after the iraqis came, hid out in houses of kuwaiti citizens, filed by throwing messages over fences to embassies. won a pulitzer prize for her reporting. what happened after the brief war was an iraq that was really fragmented. the kurds loved us. it's still remembered. it's one reason they're such

the kuwaitis, the emirates know this is their fight. do we need more special forces? yes.d bombing runs that are more effective? yes. but what we need first and foremost is to stand behind our allies, give them what they have asked us for and let them fight this fi. it's important to remember they have lost more citizens at the hand of isis than anyone else. >> harold ford. staying on willie's line of thinking. you would vote for or against the iranian deal? if you voted against it, what you would offer quickly in place of it? two, when isis front, would you commit to putting troops on the ground? >> first of all, i would never discount the possibility of troops. but we also are not at that point yet. i believe if we appropriate support our allies, we will not get to that point. that is the false choice that obama offers. with regard to the iranian deal, of course i would vote against it. this is a terrible deal. my first day in the oval office i would make two phone calls. one would be to bb netanyahu, my good friend to reassure him we'll stand with the state of israel. t