>> if you read the text of the national defense university speech, the president in effect is admitting his reliance on drones, this program of targeted assassination, may have some upsides but it has significant downsides. he's now acknowledge ago. >> stephen: what downside? >> the downside is it alien aets a substantial part of the world's population. oh, no! are you saying the arabs may not like us? >> the presiden the arabs, many, don't like us. >> stephen: that's why we need this. we can't be the good guys. good guy countries finish last. >> if war is good, europe right. if war is bad, i'm right. >> stephen: i'm not saying war is good. i'm saying vigilance is necessary. that sound good. i like that. when is the last time congress declared war. >> world war ii. >> stephen: really? against the japanese and the nazis, that's last time? >> that is correct. >> stephen: what have we done since then? >> workaroundleading to the commander in chief claiming ever more authority to do whatever the hell he wants to do. >> stephen: and it seems to have work outside on the okay. >> we may differ

president obama delivered an important counterterrorism speech at the national defense university in washington d.c. today the speech comes at a time when the public as well as lawmakers are questioning the tactics the obama administration has continually used in the ongoing war on terror those tactics include the president's drone policy as well as indefinite detention so did anything new come from today's speech well to help me break it all down i'm joined now by political commentator sam sax and david remes he's a human rights lawyer david thank you for joining us let's start with you did we learn anything coming out of today's speech well i can't speak as an expert to everything he spoke on but i don't think that we got very much new from him on guantanamo it was disappointing that he endorsed indefinite detention it was disappointing that he said he'd go back and re were you the yemenis to send home and most of all it's disappointing that he can to new. to blame congress for his

adherence to any written policy, jake >> jessica yellin, you're looking at live pictures of national defense universitybama to speak about national security in the next couple minutes. in the audience we're told it's made up of students from national defense university, national security counter terrorism legal and human rights experts and, of course, u.s. government officials who have worked on the policies as well as speech itself. i want to go very quickly to gloria. why is president obama doing this speech now? there doesn't seem to be any huge demand by the democratic party for him to explain these policies. is the fact that rand paul gave that filibuster a few month ago about drones? is that part of this? >> i think this is a president right now who wants to press the reset button here because he is, as you know, jake, the constitutional scholar who has a lot of questions about how these policies are enacted himself. not only from his democratic base about the questions of guantanamo which, after all, jake, he promised to close when he first became president of the united states. i think he's got

president obama, a major speech yesterday at the national defense university on national security issuesthe war on terror. we don't call it that any more. on drones and on gitmo the boy scout's making a major decision saying it's okay to be gay and be a boy scout. it is not okay to be gay and be a boy scout leader. lois loisler lois lerner who was in charge of the irs tax policy has been forced to walk the plank. we'll cover it all and take your comments at 866-55-press. >> that's the way to reach us by phone our toll-free line. your comments on twitter wedge and on facebook at facebook/bill press show. here to help us take apart the president's president's speech peace by peace and plank by plank, chris landers is the senior legislative counsel for the aclu. good to have you back. >> good morning. >> a neighbor here on the hill. a member of the hill tribe, the growing hill tribe of guests on the "full-court press." joining the team peter ogburn and dan henning. >> hey hey hey. >> alicia cruz on the phones and cyprian boulding as always. chris, you have big plans? >> staying in town. now

was president obama yesterday at the national defense university. we will be taking your thoughts and comments on that for the first 45 minutes here on "the washington journal." the new york times." otheris a plan for detainee's perhaps not being transferred from guantanamo bay. this is a story from "the washington post." of opposition already to that planned the president announced yesterday day -- i want to take you for the the republican senator from georgia talking about his concerns about the president's plan for guantanamo. [video clip] >> i have bad one to advocate maintaining guantanamo but my reason is simple -- if we were to capture some of the benghazi areorists who we know today running free, what are we going to do with them? we have no place to take them. are we going to bring them into an article 3 court? we trust the libyans to prosecute? one simplet question. the other question is we got 166 of the meanest and nastiest killers in the world located at guantanamo bay today. what the president has said is that we will move toward closu

he'll be speaking at the national defense university.he new york% times," we're going to limit our use of drones. we're going to transfer responsibility for drones from the c.i.a. to the pentagon. and we're going to stop using the signature strikes that have resulted in the deaths of collateral deaths of so many civilians with these drone strikes. and michele bachmann said she's got the answer to all of the problems with the i.r.s. just abolish the i.r.s. we don't need the i.r.s. she says all americans will just pay their taxes voluntarily. sure, they will, michele. more of that, everything else here on current tv. stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. when i first felt the diabetic nerve pain, of course i had no idea what it was. i felt like my feet were going to sleep. it progressed from there to burning... to li

coming up on r t today president obama spoke at the national defense university the speech centered around counterterrorism tactics around the globe we'll have an update on the speech and what it means when it comes to drones at guantanamo bay straight ahead. a man suspected of being connected to the boston bombers was fatally shot by f.b.i. agents law enforcement claims that the suspect attacked them during questioning more on the shooting and the suspects relationship with the boston bombers. u.s. marine veteran brad brandon robb was thrown into a psychiatric facility by the authorities after he posted critical comments about the government's on facebook now the veteran is facing a are filing a civil suit for what he claims was a wrongful detention will speak with his lawyer. is thursday may twenty third five pm in washington d.c. lopez and you are watching r.t. president obama delivered an important counterterrorism speech at the national defense university in washington d.c. today the speech comes at a time when the public as well as lawmakers are questioning the tactics the obama admi

you need to know this earlier today president obama gave a landmark speech at the national defense university in which he outlined his administration's counterterrorism policy this is the first major foreign policy speech of the president's second term and he took the idea the opportunity to once again announce his support for closing down the guantanamo bay detention center urging congress to cooperate this time with his efforts as president i have tried to close gitmo i transferred sixty seven detainees to other countries before congress imposed restrictions to effectively prevent us from either transferring detainees to other countries or imprisoning them here in the united states given my administration's relentless pursuit of al qaeda leadership there is no justification beyond politics for congress to prevent us from closing a facility that it should should have never been opened. the other major focus of obama's speech was is ministrations use of lethal drone strikes against terrorism suspects a central component of the president's counterterrorism strategy the cia run drone program ha

and why at national defense university? why this rehashing of american national security strategy when right now the strategy seems to be working pretty well, jamie. >> jamie: i am scratching my head on that one. but there is bipartisan support for the closing of gitmo. i thank you for your service to our nation, for your friendship special for being here today. >> thank you, jamie. happy memorial day. >> eric: jamie,ure know it's a hard job market. but they say a significant number of college graduates are find theeing work. what others can learn from their success to find a job of their own. on this memorial day weekend sunday, let's take a look at the military sacrifice and service as we pay tribute to those who have served and made the ultimate sacrifice. >> my name is sergeant estabba... >> retired major. >> i have six tours of duty. this country has given me family everything. >> my first fire fight was 8 1/2 minutes, felt like 2 days. for a second, you stop thinking about the rounds that are flying past you or hitting

[applause] >> "after words" with guest host judith of the national defense university. this week yasser and his book that this information. the former senior adviser to ambassador richard holbrooke repeals that the foreign policy plan supported by the late ambassador and former secretary of state of of the clinton must is regarded by president obama for political reasons. he argues the conflict over the afghanistan policy has weakened america's ability to shape policy in south asia and the middle east. this program is about an hour. >> welcome to "after words" and especially vali nasr. it's a treat to see you after a long time away. i did enjoy your book for perhaps different reasons i will go through that but i wanted to thank you very much for coming in today. vali nasr is the dean of the school of the advanced international studies at johns hopkins and the author of the book "the dispensable nation," which i have here, american foreign policy in retreat. vali nasr is an american political commentator, scholar of contemporary islam. he has briefed president, congress,

rosen, president obama, meanwhile, addressing a speech at the national defense university. >> journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs. our focus must be on those who brake the will you. that's why i've called obvious congress to pass a media shield law to guard against government overreach. and i've raised these issues with the attorney general who shafers my korn. so he's agreed to review existing department of justice guidelines, governing investigations that involve reporters. >> sticking with president obama, he's moving to reign in the use of drones while at the same time taking steps towards closing the guantonomo bay military prison in cuba. the president vowed to continue combath terrorism but said the use would only use targeted drone strikes when there is a clear threat to national security. >> america does not take strikes to punish individuals. we act against terrorists who pose a continuing and imminent threat to the american people. and when there are no other governments capable of effectively addressing the threat and before any strike is taken, there

first of all, how to get into the national defense university for this address? would assume your face is one of the most famous on capitol hill. >> there are some secrets that cannot be disclosed. but it was great to get in there. president obama, when i just listened to that segment, he said i was not listening to him read i was hanging on every single word. i really expected years a major policy changes and i did not know whether i was going to speak up or not. if he had said something like, to show my commitment to guantanamo next week we will start releasing those prisoners that have been cleared, or if he had said, we're taking drones out of the hands of the cia and immediately or we're going to immediately say the signature strikes where people are killed on the basis of suspicious behavior will no longer be allowed, if he had said anything like that significantly, i would not have spoken up. >> you told the new york times that you don't like being called a heckler. why not a? is a negative term and i think it is a positive thing when people find the coura

tonight on the big picture earlier this afternoon president obama gave a huge speech at the national defense university in which he described in detail new policies towards drones guantanamo bay and counterterrorism in general is this the beginning of the end of the war on terror more on that with my cabin tonio just a moment also a group of activists is leading a campaign to fight sexism and social media is there boycott of facebook the beginning of a broader movement against rape culture and you wouldn't know it by listing the mitt romney but electric cars are here and are the future of transportation tell you why in tonight's deal you take.

barack obama gave a major address on counterterrorism policy this afternoon at washington's national defense university. actual safety school. (laughter) all right. in the speech president obama questioned how our overzealous prosecution of the war on terror and the prison at guantanamo bay may be affecting our souls. >> look at the current situation where we are force feeding detainees who are being held on a hunger strike. is this who we are? is that something our founders foresaw? >> jon: oh, i don't know. (laughter) i actually think on a scale of "founders foresaw" prisoner mistreatment would take a backseat to "black president." (laughter) i think the first thing they would say is "who's that guy?" and "will he get me a sandwich?" (laughter) but it is a good point, how a nation and its leaders react to threats both external and internal says a great deal about that administration's values and ideals. and while it's hard to judge an administration by the actions it says it wants to take but can't, perhaps we can learn something about the administration from the actions it says it won't take but doe

these are live images right now from the national defense university. he controversial prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. it is the first national security speech of this president's second term. we're expecting the president to clarify language on the drone policy and hand over control of the drones from the cia to the military. the president will also outline a number of steps to close the prison at guantanamo bay. just yesterday, a letter was sent to congress confirming the drone program has killed four americans overseas. images you just saw on your screen a second ago. it says they pose a continuing and imminent threat of violent attack against the u.s. we will certainly bring the president's remarks to you as soon as they start. meanwhile, new developments in the murder of a british soldier in the streets of london in broad daylight. the two men suspected in yesterday's attack had been the subject of a british security service investigation in the past. let's go live to london. i understand there may have been more arrests today? >> reporter: that's r

necessary that's how barack obama described has controversial drone program in a speech at the national defense university. he said drones strikes made america safer. he laid down a series of steps aimed to address guantanamo bay. not everybody in the crowd was convinced. screaming truth of power this de-- case brakbrak barack obama demanding the close sure of guantanamo bay. >> these desperate people. >> today -- i once again call on congress to lift the restrictions on detainee transfers from gitmo. >> it was a wide-ranging speech about u.s. counter terrorism polls in which he also addressed the legality of drone strikes and the controversy surrounding them. america's actions ae legal. so this is a just war. a war waged proportionally in last resort and in self-defense. >> nearly 12 years after the september 11th attack, president obama says the country needs a new way to deal with this counter terrorism policy. but he's going to need congress' approval for some of the changes he wants and in this tough political climate. the president's ambitions may go nowhere. >> republicans in congress were immediat

in a speech at the national defense university, he announced he signed a policy document setting out strict guidelines for washington's use of drones. he says conventionally -- conventional air less effective and that ground invasions would lead to more casualties. we are joined by our washington correspondent. you were listening into that speech. it wrapped up just moments ago. what more can you tell us? >> obama reaffirmed his national security priorities, especially the war on terrorism in the u.s. and worldwide. he said that drone strikes are effective, legal, and also necessary. he significantly expanded drone strikes since 2009. we have seen more than 1000 drone strikes. many dangerous terrorists have been killed by them, but the u.s. is paying a high price for that. we have seen so-called -- so- called collateral damage. many innocent civilians have been killed. that's one reason americans are not so popular in the so-called muslim world. it was important what he said about wonton amo. we might see another -- about wonton amo -- guantanamo. we might see another attempt to clos

in a speech at the national defense university, he announced he signed a policy document setting out strict guidelines for washington's use of drones. he says conventionally -- conventional air less effective and that ground invasions would lead to more casualties. we are joined by our washington correspondent. you were listening into that speech. it wrapped up just moments ago. what more can you tell us? >> obama reaffirmed his national security priorities, especially the war on terrorism in the u.s. and worldwide. he said that drone strikes are effective, legal, and also necessary. he significantly expanded drone strikes since 2009. we have seen more than 1000 drone strikes. many dangerous terrorists have been killed by them, but the u.s. is paying a high price for that. we have seen so-called -- so- called collateral damage. many innocent civilians have been killed. that's one reason americans are not so popular in the so-called muslim world. it was important what he said about wonton amo. we might see another -- about wonton amo -- guantanamo. we might see another attempt to clos

also today in that speech at the national defense university, president obama expected to talk about embassy security in light of four americans who died at the consulate in benghazi. he'll talk about beefing up security around the world and about what was a first term goal that the president has not yet been able to do, closing the military prison at guantanamo b bay. all of that as part of his speech on terrorism today. >> tracie potts, thank you so much for that. >>> and now it's timent f for y first look at scrambled politics. ted cruz is running out of friends in washington. wednesday on the senate floor he said he didn't trust republicans when it comes to the debt ceiling. his colleague senator john mccain called that position bizarre. >>> former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld supported ending don't ask, don't tell but so sure about same sex marriage. he's not sure if marriage equality is a civil rights issue. >> i was proud of the work that the congress did in the 1964 legislation and 1965 legislation. i guess i just don't equate the two. it's not a subject i'm knowledge

he'll be speaking at the national defense university. >>> now to a developing story, the fbi is trying to figure out if the boston bombing suspects had a role in three other murders. this morning a friend of tamerlan tsarnaev was killed in florida. he was shot after he lunged at a federal agent with a knife during an interview. police had spoken to the man several times about his link to the tsarnaev brothers, but today's interview was focused on an unsolved triple murder in walton, massachusetts. the man apparently lived nearby at the time of the crime. >>> the president and first lady showed carol king she's got some friends at the white house and this evening the singer was awarded the gerswin prize for popular song. she's the first woman to get this award. some of king's popular hits include you've got a friend and natural woman. gloria estefan, james taylor and billy joel were among the performers. >> i wonder if you cover all the performers who sang her music, aretha franklin, natural woman. >> i think back then even it sold i want to say 10 million albums, no downloading or anyt

speaking at the national defense universe, mr.eclared the post-9/11 era all but over, announced new standards for the use of drones, and renewed his call to close the u.s. military prison at guantanamo bay. we're back with dan henninger and bret stevens and matt kaminski also joins us. the president's allies in the media are saying he has essentially declared the post-9/11 era over and we're going back to the standards of going after terrorists before 9/11. >> right. >> right? is that what he said? >> return to the clinton doctrine without the muscle and emphasis. >> do you think that that's what he's doing some. >> that's exactly what he's doing. he's basically saying we can't have an endless war, it goes against our values, our tradition. >> isn't that true? >> well, look, war isn't declared when we say it -- it doesn't end when we say it's over. he even points out we face a continued and one might argue a growing threat from al qaeda in various places we didn't realize existed. before 9/11 maybe they would hit a navy ship or bo

obama, speaking at national defense university in washington, said the accidental killing of civilians by drones will haunt him for the rest of his life. here's major garrett. >> reporter: president obama said the threat of terror will never be eliminated but that 12 years after 9/11 the fight can and must be conducted on a smaller scale. >> from our use of drones to the detention of terror suspects, the decisions that we are making now will define the type of nation and world that relieve to our children. >> reporter: mr. obama has deployed drones more aggressively than president obama. for that, the president offered no apologies. >> dozens of highly skilled al qaeda commanders, trainers, bomb makers and operatives have been taken off the battlefield. plots have been disrupted that would have targeted international aviation, u.s. transit systems, european cities and our troops in afghanistan. simply put, these strikes have saved lives. >> reporter: but they have also killed hundreds of civilians and this week mr. obama ordered sharp new limits on drone killings with the pentagon, not

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anytime you want to listen i go to you first here just recently president obama said at the national defense university about the war on terror we define we must define the nature and scope of this struggle or else it will define us how did you react to that because i think it already has defined us. well i think that part of the timing and the content of president obama's speech was very much bound up with this notion of looking forward what is going to be his legacy he was elected as an anti-war president he has ruled he has been in office as a war president and i think he's trying to reclaim at least through rhetoric his anti-war identity now the problem is of course there's a huge gap between what he says and what he's doing we know that just recently there was another drone strike in pakistan against and apparently against a leader of the pakistani taliban who no one in the u.s. believes are a threat to the united states very much a threat to the pakistani government and this is exactly the opposite of how president obama described what would be his new policy on drones for instance so i think wha

president obama will focus on national security and counter-terrorism when he speaks at the national defense university in washington about two hours from now. among the issues he'll address.. the use of drone strikes. the speech comes just a day after the u-s government admitted to killing four americans in overseas drone strikes. the justice department says only one of those u-s citizens was specifically targeted.. al qaeda cleric anwar al-awlaki. the president will also talk about the future of the military prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. the wall street journal is reporting the administration is ready to jump start efforts to close the prison. president obama's pick for commerce secretary. chicagoan penny pritzker begins the confirmation process this morning. pritzker is appearing before the senate's commerce, science and transportation committee. illinois u-s senators dick durbin and mark kirk delivered statements on her behalf. durbin praised her business, entrepreneurial, and civic experience. he also believes she'll be able to boost job growth. my vision is the commerce department will continue

coming up on r t today president obama spoke at the national defense university the speech centered around counterterrorism tactics around the globe we'll have an update on the speech and what it means when it comes to drones and guantanamo bay straight ahead. a man suspected of being connected to the boston bombers was fatally shot by f.b.i. agents long force that claims that the suspect attacked them during questioning more on the shooting and the suspects relationship with the boston bombers. u.s. marine veteran brad brandon rob was that thrown into a psychiatric facility by the authorities after he posted critical comments about the government's on facebook now the veteran is facing a are filing a civil suit for what he claims was a wrongful detention will speak with his lawyer.

. >>> reporter: president obama went to the national defense university to lay out his strategy for dealing with terrorist threats. he defended the use of drone strikes to target terror suspects overseas. >> simply put, these strikes have saved lives. >> reporter: the president conceded the strikes have resulted in civilian casualties. but he said to do nothing would invite more. and he argued congress is briefed on every strike including the one that killed al qaeda organizer anwar al- awlaki. >> i would have detained and prosecuted awlaki if we captured him before he carried out a plot. but we couldn't. >> reporter: the white house is promising to look at ideas for extending oversight of drone strikes. two senators have already drafted legislation to do just that. senator angus king of maine is cosponsoring the bill with florida's marco rubio. >> it's so the executive isn't judge, jury and prosecutor and executioner all in one. and it's just a check and balance on this very important process. >> reporter: a demonstrator interrupted president obama as he renewed his vow to clos guantanomo

he spoke with judith yaphe of the national defense university on c-span's "after words." >> host: welcome to "after words," and welcome especially vali nasr. it's a treat for me to see after a long time away. it's great to have you here, and i have to tell you i did enjoy your book for very different reasons, but i will go to that but it wanted to thank you very much for coming in today. vali nasr is with us. is the dean of the school of advanced international studies at johns hopkins and author of the book "the dispensable nation" which i have here. vali nasr is an iranian american public will commentary, scholar of contemporary islam in the middle east. he has breached president, congress, many influential and non-influential people. he was born in tehran in 1960 and his family came to the united states having left iran after the revolution. he has a bachelors from tufts university, a masters degree from a fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts and earned his ph.d in political science from mit. 100 i will go through your long list of accomplishments. they are special but i would

today, the president promised more transparency in strategies during a speech at the national defense university. he also announced a change in the administration use of drones. there have been nearly 400 strikes during president obama's tenure in office. >> the use of drones is heavily contrained. america does not take strikes when we have ability to capture individual terrorists. the preference is to detain, interrogate and prosecute. >> why don't i you sit down i'm going to tell what you i'm going to do. >> that is the president responding to code pink protestor from san francisco who got in by posing as a member of the media. after hammering the president over drone strikes and failing to shut down guantanamo bay she was escorted out by the secret service. >> tonight money matters turn around at gap continues. today reporting a 43% increase in earnings last quarter. gap says it's attracting more customers and boosting sales with bright colors and lively marketing. wall street we leaved when the dow closed only 12 points down. the pan dora lost about $28 million last quarter but the number of

in a planned speech at washington's national defense university, president obama is also expected toill make good on a pledge to close the controversy will present at guantanamo bay. he will also use the location to warn americans about the dire threats that continue to face, even some fellow citizens. attorney general eric holder told congress yesterday that four americans have been killed by droned strikes in pakistan and yemen since 2009. >> the u.s. air force has launched an unarmed missile from vandenberg air force base. this comes at must have the the test flight was postponed because of tensions with north korea. if the test are aimed at making sure that the weapons systems are accurate and reliable. the missiles are designed to deliver nuclear weapons. >> jurors in the penalty phase of the jodi arias trial say that they are dead locked. after several hours of deliberations yesterday, they told a judge that they cannot come to a unanimous decision. the judge ordered the jury to try and to the livermore and the hopes of breaking the deadlock. deliberations will resume this morn

he'll outline his updated policy thursday at the national defense university in washington. topics will include the use of military drones against terrorists, which has been criticized by human rights activists. the president will also talk about closing the prison at guantanamo bay, which he first pledged to do during his presidential campaign five years ago. just ahead a new study about an every-day item that has more germs than a toilet. and, still to come this midday: we're checking in on the markets. plus the latest as yahoo purchases micro-blogging yahoo purchases micro-blogging site "tumblr are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the "name your price" tool. you tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. careful, though -- that kind of power can go to your head. that explains a lot. yo, buddy! i got this. gimme one, gimme one, gimme one! the power of the "name your price" tool. only from progressive. with 123 days after being grounded for battery issues the streamliner is back up in the air. t

the national defense university. where the speech was held. benjamin listed herself as press in order to get an invitation. benjamin is a well known bay area activist, and one of the founders of the group. 'code pink'. during the most recent bush administration, she camped out near the president's texas ranch. to protest the iraq war. more recently she has written a book criticizing the u-s drone program. > > anny: right now, here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. it isn't a pretty shocked. clear skies and only a few high clouds coming in. we are expecting clear conditions tonight and chile and some spot especially the north bay and and land. saturday, patchy morning clouds are possible, mild and breezy, and then for the weekend, sunday morning drizzle and then for memorial day, rain chances are in the forecast. highs today, and what was still below average, not the bottom out at the upper 30's said in a record low. santa rosa 77. 74 for it livermore valley area. temperatures right now are in the '50s. 60 degree reading and copper. sate

today's revelation comes on eve of a major national security speech by the president at national defense university tomorrow. >> obama administration did not hess dayhesitate to order drone, but it has not been the case with terrorists in libya. new development tonight in hunt for suspects in deadly september 11 attacks on our consulate in benghazi. the fbi has been tracking more than a dozen possible suspects but what they say is poor security within libya has hindered their, federa efforts g them to justice, james ros rosen with our report. >> reporter: these three unidentified only people that fbi has publicly labeled suspects in the benghazi case, military law enforcement officials told fox news they have been tracking at least 18 can bes, and security continues in benghazi have hammered the activity -- hampered the activity in the city. the white house confirmed that its determine knack as to how any benghazi suspects should be handled. -- our other critical national security o strong reffence to accomplish that through prosecution. either in an article 3 court or reform mildtary commission. >

followed by president obama at national defense university on counterterrorism policy. and then republican senators behind see graham, john mccain and sacksby chambliss respond to the president's speech on counterterrorism policy and uantanamo bay. >> on this memorial day weekend, we want to chairman the chairman of the senate veterans affairs committee, bernie sanders, independent, have the v. thank you, sir, for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> two reporters with us to help ask questions. steve vogel of "the washington post," national reporter, and politte co-defense reporter. >> one of the things we've heard over the last few weeks is that the veterans affairs department has missed a number of internal deadlines when it comes to cutting down backlogs of hundreds of thousands of plans. can you give us a view of what the problem looks like and what you're hearing? >> here's 30,000 view. number one, it's property to understand is that for whatever reason, and i don't want to cast aspersions, the v.a. was maybe one of the very few major institutions in american society tha