the obama administration said the u.s. was likely to lose a court case in an international tribunal over iran's claim to some 400 million in assets that the u.s. froze after the first hostage seizure in iran in the late 1970s. officials said the settlement of that claim the tune of $1.7 billion overall came just as washington was finalizing a separate prisoner swap for the four americans who were set free. >> there was a conscious strategic decision that was made on the part of the obama administration as we were implementing the deal to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon to resolve other longstanding concerns we had with iran. >> now, the state department acknowledges this was not the typical way we do business sending $400 million in hard currency, foreign currency aboard an unmarked cargo plane to be delivered more or less in the dead of night to tehran. they said they were forced to get creative because the u.s. does not have diplomatic relations with iran. critics are saying this amounts to ransom and it has

ultimately, that is basically what happened but the obama administration was reluctant to be seen to be cooperating with the bush administration's son never took us up on this offer of a straddling auto czar and we basically had to put in place ourselves. it worked out ok in the end. that is an example of where the notion of the incoming cooperating with the outgoing and the incoming had basically just run against and defeated was a bridge too far. it was not a eisenhower and truman moment of the kind that you referenced in your opening remarks but it was a clear indicator that there were limits to the number of and depth of cum buy ya moments. in the midst of the financial crisis was absolutely critical to the financial well-being of the entire planet and steps that president bush took at the end of his administration to staunch the crisis were largely picked up by the obama administration and extended. there was not an abrupt shift in policy. it is interesting that the person whom president obama picked to be his first treasury secretary and therefore really the navigator of the cou

what about going after the obama administration?l happened on their watch. >> all on their watch, and there's one common theme here. they're all, whether obama or whether clinton, they're all within the purview of the state department which seems to be a fiefdom which he has considerable influence over. i want to ask you, kellie ann conway, the first woman to lead a republican presidential campaign, she says there are shy voters, undercover voters who will make the difference in the election for donald trump irrespective of polls? what do you think? >> if you are complaining about the polls, your guy is probably losing. when trump was up in the polls he cited them constantly, he couldn't speak two or three sentences without telling you how well he is doing in the polls. i'm winning in the polls, that's what he would say constantly. now that the polls say something different, pollsters are weighting things wrongly, people are hiding their beliefs, i think it is a sign their guy is down. >> jason riley always with great >> jason riley

this is under the obama administration. does any of this fall on her shoulders? >> absolutely, it does. part and parcel on her shoulders. in fact, in philadelphia, at the convention, this was a major theme in her speech. i get credit for the iranian deal. i blame hillary for the hillary deal. it's squarely on her shoulders as head of secretary of state. and the obama administration knew that this money that, you know -- the money flowing in would be used for terrorism. they don't care. hillary clinton did not stand up and push back against this problem. >> steve, are we going to hear it on a campaign trail? is this something that donald trump is going to be talking about? >> he should be talking about it and should come up in the first or second debate. she'll just shrug it off and say, donald, you don't know what you're talking about. he has to be prepped for that, on that and the other iranian travesties. >> what about the idea of congress controlling the money purse? how does the u.s., the president himself, get off spending $1.7 billion of our dollars for som

the obama administration is saying nothing to see here, critics argue that cash payment amounts to ransom. one of the reporters that broke this story will join me in an exclusive interview. welcome, everyone, to "the intelligence report," i am trish regan, the wall street journal reporting $400 million in cash was airlifted to iran on the same day four americans who were held in tehran were released. the state department is trying to downplay timing saying it is a coincidence. >> we don't pay ransom. it is our policy. this was not ransom. any suggestion that it had anything to do with ransom is utterly false. trish: yet the us does acknowledge the iranian negotiators wanted the cash because they wanted to show they got something in the deal. since the cash payment was made, two more uranian americans have been detained. has this deal put americans at greater risk? does it suggest the united states of america is willing to pay ransom and what does it mean for hillary clinton who brags that it was she who initially got he ran to the table to talk? blake berman is breaking down this controve

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is and why e he believes it is so definitive, that's the largest of all scandals within the obama administration. i would assume pulling out of iraq in 2011, i was on the last combat. >> you've been an inbed as well. look at afghanistan. president obama wabted to draw down afghanistan down to nearly nothing. and it was the military who objected, the military dug in their heels and kept the forces in. afghanistan and at least minimal. >> he's sending 8500 and they asked for 20. i want to point out one political -- >> interjected, it's not a different issue because if you're cooking the books and saying isis is contained, they're not a threat, then the military thinks we don't need it. >> you say if they are cooking the books. >> it's not. >> what is here? it is a task force of the republicans. i don't believe anything a task force of the house republicans, the house democrats, no, i believe the inspector general. >> he just said, there's more to come. he's just beginning his probing. all you're repeating now -- >> it's why islamic extremism has continued to spread. ask the five terror attacks tha

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. >> nsenator, the payment of $40 million, obama administration says that was not a paid ransom for the americans. do you believe that? >> no, greta, not at all. i said it was a ransom at the time. i find it highly suspect that that a 36-year-old claim was miles per hour rack uhe husbandly solved on the same day. and now we have more american hostages in iran. >> why do you think the president did this company inside dental with the time of the release of the -- time of the nuclear deal? if it weren't ransom, wouldn't he have come up with a better way? >> what also happened at the same time this cold hard cash was flown into iran in an unmarked aircraft and the hostages were released was the final nuclear deal. i and many others had been sharply critical of the president for not negotiating the release of all these hostages before he even sat down at the tail to talk about the nuclear deal. so i suspect that he wanted to have these hostages gone even though the price of it was $3400 million and small up marked bills flying into iran on an up marked aircraft like it was a drug cartel tra

jonathan, thank you. >>> the obama administration is phasing out the use of private prisons. a deputy attorney general is instructing officials to not renew or to substantially reduce upcoming contracts with the companies. an inspector general's report concluded that private facilities are less safe and secure than those run by the government. an industry spokesman tells the washington post that conclusion is wrong. >>> the idea that democrats wanted obamacare to fail all along so they could achieve the real objective of a single payer system is no longer just conspiracy theory. many see the scenario playing out right now. >> reporter: aetna out. humana out. united health care, out. three of the nation's top insurance companies say they are significantly scaling back their participation in obamacare. >> right now, just about every health insurance company in obamacare is losing money. there are very few exceptions. and they're not losing a small amount of money, but losing huge amounts that are not sustainable. >> reporter: a long-time supporter of government-run health care

and i wonder whether the obama administration is giving her some space, some room, to distance herselfthis policy and really put obama's legacy in some ways at risk. >> but hold on a moment. is that the right thing to do for the white house, to be communicating in certain ways for how it should appear for hillary clinton, who is running for president? we know that president obama is in her camp. but we're talking about his actions and how he communicates with the american people. >> i think the consequence of this could be very serious. it could not only squander president obama's legacy of peacefully resolving our difference with iran over the nuclear issue, but i think it could further erode our position in the middle east and increase the problems we have there. i think it is a very, very risky tack to take. but i can't really explain it other than for the politics here in the united states. it has very little to do with iran. >> hillary, thank you so much for joining me this morning. hillary man levy writ. >> thank you. >>> still to come, donald trump and his running mate, mike pen

this comes among other legislation from the obama administration. virginia, the largest exporter of coal in the united states, will be crushed by obama/clinton policies, crushed. it's going to have a huge negative impact on virginia. thanks to obama/clinton agenda, coal exports from the port of virginia, the largest port for coal exportation, you know that, the largest. they export more than any other place. tremendous number of jobs. largest in the country. have to climb significantly. in fact, at record numbers over the last three years. soon you won't have any jobs. virginia has seen a stunning 70% decline in coal jobs since 1990. hillary clinton will finish the mining industry off for good. there will no longer be. and we're not going to let that happen. not going to let it. according to the heritage foundation, by 2030, the obama/clinton energy restrictions will eliminate another half a million manufacturing job, reduce economic output to $3.5 trillion and reduce incomes by $7,000 per person. meaning you're going to be making a lot less money ye

this is a settlement that the obama administration negotiated. there is another $2 billion iran wants that is in new york banks. the supreme court said no. that money goes to victims of iranian-funded terrorism. harris: lisa in here. >> why should we believe anything that the obama administration is saying in the first place? ben rhodes, deputy national security advisor, has already bragged about key deceiving the media and public. why should we believe anything they say in the first place? secondly this is consistent with the obama administration's theme on foreign policy i look on foreign policy alienating our friends and bringing our enemies closer. bee end fromming our enemies. iran is country whose supreme leader said death to america. yet we reward them with $100 billion. this is the largest state sponsor of terrorism since 1984 yet we allow them and set them up to get a nuclear weapon in the next decade. this is consistent with president obama, the obama administration's policies which is very troubling. >> so many things that josh earnest

and the obama administration is clearly trying very hard to get that list down to zero or as close to zero as they can get it before president obama leaves office. and a few more names may be add to it over time by that parole-like review board. but there are still going to be dozens of men, currently 41, who are not recommended for transfer, either because they're facing charges before a military condition, or more likely because by numbers they are simply deemed too dangerous to be released but untriable. they will have to be housed somewhere. president obama's plan to close gitmo was not to let them go but to bring them to a different prison on domestic soil. congress has forbidden him from doing that. so most likely come january 20th, when the next president takes office, those men at least will still be there. >> brangham: all right, charlie savage of "the new york times," thank you very much. >> thank you. >> sreenivasan: one of the most contentious issues during the current presidential election is how to confront isis and who wao responsible for the rise of the extremist group

a federal judge in texas has temporarily blocked the obama administration's guidelines on transgenderhroom policies in public schools. they permitted students to use restrooms that correspond toom their chosen gender identity. the district court judge granted the nationwide injunction latena sunday-- a move that had been sought by 13 states. still, white house spokesmansm josh earnest defended the president's directive today in washington. >> our goal has been from the beginning to provide for the safety, and security, and dignity of students all acrossde the country. we certainly have the confidencf in the legal basis for issuingin that guidance. but obviously, we're respectful of rulings that are put forward by federal judges. and i'll let my colleagues at the department of justice speak to the next step in the legal process. >> woodruff: we'll explore the implications of the texas ruling later in the program. russia has stopped using an iranian military base to launch air strikes in syria-- for now.c the announcement came just houro after iran's foreign minister criticized moscow,

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you think this is something about obama and his administration? he is will tock go places that -- willing to go places historically we never go for reasons you outlined? >> obama is supposed to be a constitutional scholar. doesn't have much respect for the constitution. he defies his own justice department officials but he is desperate at this point, has been for a long time, for a legacy of peace, love, understanding in foreign policy and he kept pursuing this, kept trusting the worst people on earth, while ignoring our allies. i think he is just a man who is prisoner of his own profound delusions from his row mantaization of islam, to his belief he could bring the muslim brotherhood along as moderate alternative to isis. he's clearly pa threatic, delusional man. trish: history will judge him but shouldn't something be done in here and now? i will talk to chairman royce in a bit who will hold a hearing on this? if in fact we all assume this was a quid pro quo, colonel, what should the ramifications be? >> well, the ramifications, to me, should hav

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the obama administration has carried out that policy. we will not pay ransom because that only encourages more to be taken. i agree with that point. we are not going to pay ransom. here we had to make this payment. it was a matter of when we were going to make it. it was litigated in american courts, money that was owed, it predates the american administration. it was going to have to be paid. the administration made judgments as to when to pay it. >> you can understand the perception would cause a problem. >> i understand perception. understand this was well understood at the time in january. it has nothing to do with hillary clinton. she was not secretary of state at the time. just make sure people understand. >> not asking in that context but just about this administration. i want to ask you about syria as well because this week the video and the pictures and images of this little boy, the 5-year-old being taken out of the rubble after this airstrike hit his we've since learned his 10-year-old brother wound up dying as a result of tha

for the obama administration said it is it old news.ry clinton's team said she was not in office. how does it play politically. >> the obama administration needs to drop the charade and admit it paid 400 million ransome to iran and by doing so, they put a target on every american's back and no surprise that since the deal was executed iran took even more american hostage and the reason why hillary clinton was capable. she started negotiations in 2011 and naive that iran is nothing more than hard liners that are bent to injuring america and her allies. >> two issues are being discussed. whether or not somebody or people like the iran deal that was cut months ago. the second part is was it money toward a ransome. republicans love to use the words. no way, it was a deal that was cut. and on top of the deal cut, and the money would be transferred over to iran, we got prisoner ares and so we did well. we did better than what the original deal. >> the wall street journal totally disputes the claim. the hostages were held on the runway until a

they are going to understand that the obama administration four months remaining, they're not going toe them but they're going to understand something else, we are in a position now in that region that even our partners are not going to be in solidarity with us seeing what we are doing. they are partners that we have to have seen us go in secretly not just for that exchange but for the entire iran deal so this is a loss of trust in the region. jenna: interesting thatyou are bringing up the point we haven't scored yet, we talked about what our government is saying but it ran a saint but haven'ttalked about what our error partners are saying and you're saying there's damage there to those relationships . for them were also reading this knows as we are . >> if you look at the era media and tv or radio, 80 percent of the exchanges on the issue of the us and iran are very unfavorable to us. they believe this administration since the beginning, since the letter that was sent by the president in 2009, they perceive us as having abandoned them and i'll say it one more time, when we negotiated

i think this is the single biggest scandal of the obama administration. when history books are written about this in 20, 30, 0 years and we learn what was in the usama bin laden document kach people will be appalled what was withheld from intelligence analysts, the ways that the books were cooked and what the american people didn't know as they had to make important decisions about the future of the country. >> the iran deal is not going away. those chickens will come back to roost. >> that is it for the panel. stay tuned to o >>> finally tonight, one late night show one group had a breaking news this week. democrats behind the polls in every single state. then we found out it was democrats behind the poles, not behind in the polls. >> my name is nicholas house of the great democratic state of rhode island. >> proudly cast 21 votes for senator bernie sanders. >> our camp vote. >> i'm proud to announce that oklahoma where our state motto is labor. >> the great state of kansas. >> the father of the new political revolution, 74 votes for bernie sanders. >> y

now the obama administration claims that finding bob levinson is a high priority but it can't be that/2 years into obama's presidency. when it comes to bob levinson, we are exactly where we were at the beginning of his presidency, nowhere. is that your definition of high priority? not mine. and that's my off the record comment tonight. results on the screen right now, should the u.s. hold off giving or returning money to countries holding americans hostages. 71% say yes hold off and balance say no. and don't forget to vote on twitter every night. that's all for now. see you again tomorrow night here at 7:00 p.m. eastern. go to my facebook page. i posted a video of prime minister netanyahu. check it "the o'reilly factor" is next. good night from washington, d.c. tomorrow night, 7:00 p.m. eastern, right here. >> "the o'reilly factor's" on. tonight -- >> what i've done my whole life is win. we had 17 people and i ended up winning. >> a political scientist says trump has an 87% chance of becoming president. is that hooey or based on reality? we investigate. >> we don't pay ransom. we just

trace gallagher has the latest details on that. >>> plus a sharp reversal by the obama administration saying the release of u.s. hostages by iran was indeed tied to the $400 million payment tired of re-dosing antacids? try duo fusion! new, two in one heartburn relief. the antacid goes to work in seconds... and the acid reducer lasts up to 12 hours in one chewable tablet. try new duo fusion. from the makers of zantac. >>> breaking tonight, a major admission from the obama administration over the controversial payout to iran to get hostages back in january. here is the money reportedly wrapped in cellophane, delivered in an unmarked cargo plane to iran. it was handed over nearly the same moment, in fact they waited for this plane to arrive before they released 5 american hostages. that adds up to ransom. but the state department, under some pretty strong questioning today, admiral ron kirby basically gave that idea confirmation. >> in basically english, you said you wouldn't give them the 400 million in cash until the prisoners were released, correct? >> that reese correct. >> we did no

or the barack obama administration to extradite him, et cetera. having said that, do you remember the conversation after 9/11 between then president george w. bush and the pakistani vice president about the possible extradition of osama bin laden when and wherever he might be caught? do you remember that conversation? >> yeah, but i don't see how that would be relevant. >> no. the relevance is this. i mean, the relevance in the mind of -- and mind you, i'm not arguing for lowering the evidentiary thresholds. i'm talking about outside the u.s. perceptions of this administrations. faced with this ultimatum, as it were, the pakistani vice president then responded that they had to have evidence. strong evidence that osama bin laden was involved. and the george w. bush respond was, if you'll pardon me not in so many words, bullshit, what evidence? we want him. >> come on, i heard this comparison being -- look. >> let him finish. >> okay. >> i am -- i am in favor of evidentiary thresholds. but isn't it the case that there generally is an assumption, in

and the obama administration continuing to stonecall on this. people are wondering, you're on the cotton family farm in arkansas. i must say it looks like a very nice place to be on this sunday. president obama didn't keep it a secret. he announced last january we were giving this money to iran. let's look back at what he said. >> iran and united states are now settled a long-standing iranian government claim against the united states government. iran will be returned its own fus, interest, but much less than the amount iran sought. >> now, i understand the point you made in your first answer. we're talking about $400 million in cash, ahn unmarked plane, we're talking about the hostages waiting on the tarmac until the plane landed, but you certainly would agree that the administration did not keep this payment, maybe the nature of it, but they didn't keep the payment secret. >> well, they didn't keep the nature of it. straight cash in 500 euro notes, a note notoriously used to terrorism around the world so much so that the european union is taki

the obama administration denies it. this is appalling. this is not how we should be running our foreign policy. it is one of the problems that we see where iran looks at the u.s. and looks at us as this weak country willing to give concessions to iran while they play us like a fiddle. i think this is incredibly serious. i think the fact that they're still holding american hostages there in iran and the fact that we can't stand up to them, i think it's a fundamental problem of this administration. >> i'll tell you what, we've got to go. i'll tell you, all you're doing is encouraging more of the same activity. going leave it there. >> that's right. >>> coming up, this tweet by th locally transmitted zika cases in florida. see you at the top. >>> the p.c. police targeting liberals like ellen degeneres. she photo shopped an image of herself on usain bolt's back saying, "this is how i'm running errands from now on." some tweeted accused her of this. >> i think in the last year, donald trump has mainstreamed meglomaniacs. >> it's trump's fault?

jonathan, thank you. >>> the obama administration is phasing out the use of private prisons. a deputy attorney general is instructing officials to not renew or to substantially reduce upcoming contracts with the companies. an inspector general's report concluded that private facilities are less safe and secure than those run by the government. an industry spokesman tells the washington post that conclusion is wrong. >>> the idea that democrats wanted obamacare to fail all along so they could achieve the real objective of a single payer system is no longer just conspiracy theory. many see the scenario playing out right now. >> reporter: aetna out. humana out. united health care, out. three of the nation's top insurance companies say they are significantly scaling back their participation in obamacare. >> right now, just about every health insurance company in obamacare is losing money. there are very few exceptions. and they're not losing a small amount of money, but losing huge amounts that are not sustainable. >> reporter: a long-time supporter of government-run health care

the obama administration continues to say the $400 million flown into iraq under cover of darkness wasn't a ransom payment. >> let me be clear, the united states does not pay ransoms. the only people making that suggestion are right wingers in iran who don't like the deal and people in the united states who don't like it deal. >> and as reported by the wall street journal was the first installment in a $1.7 billion settlement to resolve a arms deal from the 1970s and telling fox news it was purely coincidental that the payment happened at the same time iran released four u.s. prisoners. and they're claiming this deal is putting american lives at risk by putting a price on our heads. and tom cotton among the cors of voices demanding full, honest answers and details on where the money is going. >> they gave it to them in cold hard cash that we cannot trace and that even the white house press secretary admitted may be going into the hands of uger terrorist organizations. >> since the cash was air lifted in january, iran has arrested two more iranian americans. >> patricia stark live for us.

lou: bef excited, they agreed with obama administration. that they would also seek his approval or that of the administration, and avoid those conflicts, that does not seem to be an issue with mr. obama but it is a violation of their agreement, like so many violations seem to consider. david bossie great to you have with us. >> thank you. lou: we're comes right back. >> the story of the olympic games that everyone is talking about. nothing to do with the performance of the athletes, everything to do with the conduct of the american athletes we talk about converse we ebony williams and chris ant, they join me next. >> and the swing suter's amazing stunt is a very close call, we show you what happens my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... which adds fuel to my botto

the obama administration has carried out that policy.o, we will not pay ransom because that only encourages more to be taken. so i agree with that point. we are not going to pay ransom. here we had to make this payment. it was a matter of when we were going to make it. it was being litigated in international courts, money that america owed that predates this iranian administration. it was going to have to be paid and the administration made judgments as to when to pay it. >> you can understand the perception can cause a problem. >> i understand perception, but i understand in that was well understood at the time in january. had nothing to do with hillary clinton. she was not secretary of state at the time. >> not asking in that context, but just about the administration. i want to ask you about syria because the pictures the and images of the little boy, the 5-year-old being taken out of the rubble after this air strike hit his family. we found out his 10-year-old brother wound up dieing from that air strike. this came after president ob

of the table. >> there is also a pattern here, if you go back to what happened between the obama administration and cuba, we had an american being held by the cubans on gross. the u.s. wanted him back and what happened, there was an exchange. congress would not have allowed it, but president obama allowed four spies to be released and in conjunction with that, he also opened more travel with the island and we got alan gross back. so this is the president's pattern of going around congress to get done what he wants to do. >> and we don't know how the money was used. cia director john brennan says the money they're getting hack used for relatively benign -- >> they all said before they know iran supports terrorism. the president's statement with edo not pay ransom for hostages, is the obama's version of i did not have sex with that woman t. iranians believe it was ran some. the hostage, at least one believes it was ransom and the department of justice believes it looks and seems like a ransom. >> they were warning about it. although there isn't a sense it was illegal? >> the money is held over no

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