this is about, well, obama and this and that. in 's no place in america which we can't have a circumstance on which we can incarcerate someone and make sure -- we don't have any breakouts from federal maximum security prisons. if you did, there would be the -- congress would be excited about it. it hasn't happened. so the idea we can't incarcerate people safely is defied by the facts. what we can do is safeguard our prison staff if we put them in a situation where there's overcrowding. i would hope that we would reject this amendment -- i would be glad to yield. mr. wolf: it boils down to a whole issue of trust. i was specifically told by the ustice department that the uighurs from guantanamo way would not be released. we had a meeting in my office, the white house was there. they were all there. they said they will not be released. we got a call from somebody in the administration who called us to say the helicopters are getting ready and leaving guantanamo, and by the way they at least -- they had leased an apartment at seven corners. these were three p

. ♪ in the arms of the angel >> america's dogs can't afford four more years of obama. 'sur dogs need leadership now. >> who let the dogs out? >> this guy. and that's why we need to join mitt romney this american. and dog gone it, i ride outside. paid for by the woof pac. >> with us now is liz winstead co-creator of the daily show and dana milbank of "the washington post." it seems to me, liz, that obama does have some skill in this area of the stiletto attack on people's he's had a urging to go after for a long time. but, saved for the comedy night to do it. >> well, i think that -- i think that he has an advantage where he's got some great writers. and i think you really can hit hard when you -- when you make a point with humor, you disarm somebody because you can't really stop laughing like if somebody makes you laugh it's automatic, right? you can't like pretend you're not laughing or think it's not funny. and so when your charm can come from speaking truth, pointing out some hypocrisy and getting a laugh in it, there's really nothing more powerful. >> well, what do yo

s medal from president obama. we know dr. west as one of america's premier champions for racial and social justice. a teacher to so many both inside and outside of the academy. one who walks the walk if ever there was one. he is the author of many books including the bock race and democracy matters and his memoir. he has moved from princeton to new york becomes a professor at union theological seminary. he speak truth to power on television, radio and wherever he is needed. what a pub liication they are both brought back to princeton and they may return often -- publication -- if you think looking at this it is a small book you are deceived. this is a biography of one of the giants of african-american history. a man who lived from the reconstruction to the watch on washington and it is book that fits du bois' stature and faces the question he asked who am i as a black man and an american and what is nation and a race and what is africa in the history and collective imagination and how is it possible to form and sustain a meaningful collectivety and what is the specifically black contribution to cul

explained that the obama initiation of poses that changing of borders by force during her two hour testimony before the u s house committee on foreign affairs. ms newman reiterated america's commitment and support for the cope with the government in ukraine and not support had been quite lucrative. she says that the us has provided eighteen million dollars in non legal assistance to keep and nine million dollars in funding to be use for the upcoming made twenty fifth i election. i ended the interim government is also suppose be using those funds up with our overall relations campaign that the u s assistant secretary of state did the knowledge that was in a blender put in on monday publicly called for a de escalation in violence when he asked for the upcoming referendum in eastern ukraine to be deleted. nonetheless ms newman disregarded the statements made by the russian leader insisting still that moscow is determined to de stabilize ukraine. the was a report from ortiz marine park. anti government protesters in eastern ukraine are refusing to post on sunday's referendum on greater autonomy from kiev. despite the russian president calling for the buck to be too late the d

president obama announces a new plan to wrap up america's military involvement in afghanistan. after this year, the president plans to keep just 98-hundred u-s forces in afghanistan. he plans to cut u-s forces to about five-thousand troops by 20-16. afghanistan has been the nation's longest war. and the president says, it's ha ".afghanistan and iraq." this all depends on a new security agreement with afghan leaders. afghanistan's current president will not sign it, but both candidates who will replace him have indicated they would sign after they take office. currently there are 32- thousand american forces in afghanistan. seenew this morning in the north bay. been set up inside the marin county civic center. the exhibit includes dozens of photographs. and a memorial wall dedicated to fallen soldiers. kron 4's charles clifford was in marin county with a up close look. a's/twins max scherzer vs sonny gray it was supposed to be a hist pitcher's duel top 3rd/ 2-2 tie offices off gray his 8th of the is season 3-2 tigers bottom 4th/ 4-3 tigers john jaso 2-run home run off scherzer 5-4 a's top 7th/ 5-4 a's tori hunter solo home run off dn otero co

s in just a moment. is chasing bail only on al jazeera america >> we're glad you're watching a. i'm jonathan betz with tonight's top stories. russian president vladimir putin spoke out against president obamaismissed accusations that russia is interfering in ukraine. went on to say the if president obama wants to judge he should sit in a courtroom. outcome of presidential election from ukraine on sunday. >>> aaa says 36 million americans will hit the road this holiday weekend. gasoline will be high. driving up prices at least 3.50 now. >>> faa says two planes almost collided at george bush intercontinual nine airport. air traffic controller mistakenly directed one plane into another. quickly corrected though. >>> boil order in portland, oregon, it is not the kind of bacteria that can make people sick. donald sterling announced that he is giving his wife permission to sell the team. >>> i'm jonathan betz. "america tonight" with joie chen starts right now. >>> on "america tonight" an exclusive insiders look into medical care in arizona's prison system. shocking allegations of neglect by prison health workers that left inmates at risk. >> when i went back to his cell, i could smell blood befo

world, which we -- that america was the issue, was the problem, and president obama came in to kind of work on ourselves. not work on the world. i think the world -- >> it's not you,s it's me. >> i was going to say that, too. everybody is taking my lines today. >> aww, poor thing. >>> coming up, kareem abdul jabbar talks about language in the locker room. plus, will oprah winfrey replace donald sterling as owner of the clippers? if other nba owners force him out? eric has news next. >>> welcome back, everybody. three provocative topics, seven pulsating minutes. see, when you take a week off or two. first up, kareem abdul-jabbar sat down with bill o'reilly last night to chat about the very provocative comment made by a black sports writers who suggested that nba players and specifically african-american nba players stop using the "n "word. here's kareem's interesting response. >> people who don't understand what we fought for in this country during the civil rights movement think that they can clean that word up. i don't think it can ever be cleaned up and i think black americans should avoid using it. >> interesting. interesting. a very classy guy. >> if you watch

world, which we -- that america was the issue, was the problem, and president obama came in to kind of work on ourselves. not work on the world. i think the world -- >> it's not you,s it's me. >> i was going to say that, too. everybody is taking my lines today. >> aww, poor thing. >>> coming up, kareem abdul jabbar talks about language in the locker room. plus, will oprah winfrey replace donald sterling as owner of the clippers? if other nba owners force him out? eric has news next. i'm nathan and i quit smoking with chantix. when my son was born, i remember, you know, picking him up and holding him against me. it wasn't just about me anymore. i had to quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven o help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. chantix didn't have nicotine in it, and that was important to me. [ male aouncer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal tughts or action while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which

> host: 401(k)s, entire financial structure of america can would have an can cratered, you understand that? people in the congress and bush administration, good republicans as well as obama administration were told, we're all in a financial calamity. we as an american people have to come together to resolve this. >> guest: juan, here is one of the problems why things don't work in washington. on left you have trial lawyers and other groups that send lots of money to democratic politicians. on right, republicans, you've got wall street, you've got big corporations who send a lot of money to politicians. when the objective is, is only get reelected as it so often is with something like 90% something re-election rate in this town, if that is the objective instead of doing business for the people, you will have dysfunctional, non-working government. i've become a political environmentalist, juan. i believe in recycling trash and politicians for the same reason, because each left in one place too long begins to emit a foul smell. there is disease in this town. you come with high motives and best exthicks. doesn't take long before you get corrupted. get them out before they ca

america's c.e.o.'s and chamber types we've seen one of these coom by ya moments where obama says well gee whiz can't you do better or can't you please just be a more to a more patriotic caring compassionate company the answer is pretty clear mr president it's no they won't do that not until you punish predators with the loss of money a loss of tax benefits a loss of government contracts a loss of offshore banking a loss of subsidies a loss of all that unlimited access that you give them every day at the white house a penalty for shipping jobs overseas maybe consider that only then will we begin to make inroads to bringing humane balance back to the relationship between. the worker in america's top management you have to force them to do it and maybe we can build a new america where wall street corporate strip miners they're not encouraged to lay waste to the lives of american workers along with our entire american economy joining me now from new york is less leopold these executive director of the labor institute and he's author of numerous books including how to make a million dollars it's a million do

s&p case-shiller index comes out. may confidence is out as well. >>> bank of america discovered an counting error when preparing its 10q. >>> and in washington, president obamal host the 014 science fair. he'll announce steps for his innovate to ed cates campaign. >>> and coming up, "squawk box" will be right back. >>> welcome back to "squawk box". a look at the utility sector this morning and why it is actually a winner so far. dominic? >> andrew, these companies literally power the american economy. utility companies are the conduits for electricity, natural gas. all that stuff that powers the american economy. they are less economically sensitive to the ups and downs of the overall systems. these companies make stuff no matter what the economy is like. 30 companies are in the s&p 500 utilities sector. which has the most potential up side is the question? wall street analysts have taken their best stab? according to analyst surveys, here are the top five. number two, centerpoint energy. it focuses on energy and natural gas distribution. it's trading at 24 bucks. that's a potential 9% upside. the ohio based electricity provider predicted $35 or 10% potentia

america [ applause ] >>> ladies and gentlemen, secretary hagel. >> thank you, good morning. mr. president, mrs. obama, vice president biden, dr. biden, so particularly welcome the families of the fallen who are here with us this morning. we admire you. we are grateful. we will never forget your sacrifice sacrifices and the sacrifices of your loved ones. ladies and gentlemen, i very much appreciate the opportunity to be here sh, to be here this morning in this place, as we observe this very sacred, very sacred day in america, memorial day. we gather to remember those who sacrificed everything in defense of our nation. this memorial day has a special meaning, given that next week marks the 70th anniversary of the d-day landings at normandy, and a day that perhaps was america's bloodiest day in all of world war ii. a day with more than 10,000 allied casualties. such a staggering toll is difficult to comprehend. as we commemorate the fallen, i think of the wisdom and the humility of our then supreme allied commander dwight d. eisenhower. not long after the first anniversary of d-day, he said that any battlefield commander, no matter how ac