we're talking about, "the counter-revolution of 1776: slave resistance and the origins of the united states of americahis latest book just out is called, "race to revolution: the u.s. and cuba during slavery and jim crow." when we come back, we will talk about the second book, about cuba. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in chicago with juan gonzalez in new york. i want to turn to president obama's remarks at the white house's fourth of july celebration last year. this is how president obama described what happened in 1776. >> on july 4, 1776, a small band of patriots declared that we were a peaceful, created equal, free to think and worship and live as we please. but our destiny would not be determined for us, would be determined by us. it was bold and it was brave and was unprecedented. it was unthinkable. at that time in human history, it was kings and princes and emperors who made decisions. but those patriots knew there was a better way of doing things, that freedom was possible and that to achieve their freedoms,

the peace and security of the world. may god bless the people of france. and may god bless our united states of america. applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, president hollande and president obama will lay a wreath in honor of those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice to liberate europe. please now observe a moment of silence. >> ladies and gentlemen, rise for a 21 gun salute, a playing of "taps," and a flyover by the united states air force f-15's. ♪ [taps plays] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seats until president hollande and president obama thank veterans and then move to the observation point at omaha beach. an announcement will be made when the ceremony has ended. ♪ ♪ .>'s gretchen mortenson >> if you want to subsidize housing in this country and we want to talk about it and the populace agrees we should subsidize it, put it on the balance sheet and make it clear. make everyone aware of how much it costs. when you deliver through third-party enterprises and through a subsidy of a public ,ompany with ride shareholders a lot of that subsidy can be extracted and that is not a good

strategy of how we're going to sell to people outside the united states of america. so with 95% of consumers outside of the united states of america and a rising middle class around the globe. the middle class is going to double in the next 20 years. they are going to double. that means more people with more disposable income to buy products and to use services that are so critical. take aviation, for example. because there is a rising middle class around the globe and a lot more people want to travel, that's 35,000 new airplanes that are in demand. that's how many we're going to have to build over the next 20 years. 25,000 new airplanes. well, that could be really good news for the united states of america and u.s. manufacturing because those are great middle-class manufacturing jobs. but guess what? those jobs are not secure. the brazillians want to build airplanes, the europeans already build airplanes, the chinese want to build airplanes, and they are all competing for that rising middle-class market that is demanding new airplanes. they all want to get on the act

colleagues we must make this threat and the president of the united states must make decisions and i am convinced the national security of the united states of america is at risk here and the sooner that all of us realize it the better off we will be. i yield to my collyialolleaguao south carolina. >> the senator from south carolina. >> i would ask to be recognized for four minutes. >> without objection. >> thank you. mr. president, contrary to what maybe poplar belief there are plenty of democrats worried about iraq. the question is what do we do it about it. it is complicated. but we have to asess does it matter what happens with iraq? yes, i think it does. iraq could be a fail state that spreads against the country you will feel at the gas pump and at the wallet. it will affect the world oil market and throw it into turmoil. military does it matter? it does in this regard. isis is an off shoot of al qaeda because they al qaeda kicked them out. they will have safety from syria to the gates of baghdad. they are sworn to attack us. part of their agenda is to strike our homeland. their goal is to create an islamic state that would put the people unde

iraq in cairo before traveling to iraq kerry had this to say about the present state of both libya and iraq the united states of america is not responsible for what happened in libya nor is it responsible for what's happening

enough to get him a meeting with the treachery of the united states of america. can you say crony capitalism? john stossel can, and he is next.

the banking and security might not be there. why is this important? first of all, 95 percent of consumers in the world live outside the united states of america. unless we just want to sell to people in the united states we better have a good strategy on how to sell to people outside. so it 95 percent of consumers outside of the united states of america and a rising middle class around the globe, the middle-class will double of the next 20 years of a double. that means more people with more disposable income to buy products and to use services that are so critical. take aviation, for example. because they're is a rising middle class from the globe and a lot more people want to travel , that is 35,000 new airplanes that are in demand. that is how many we will have to build over the next 20 years. 305,000 new airplanes. well, that could be really good news for the united states of america and u.s. manufacturing because those are great battle glass manufacturing jobs. guess what, those jobs are not secure. the brazilians want to build airplanes in the europeans want to build airplanes, the chinese want to build airplanes, and they are all competin

the united states of america did not create religious liberty. religious liberty created the united states of america. it is the reason we live in this great country. [applause] you may have noticed there was a controversy over the "dynasty" family a while ago -- "duck dynasty" family and while ago. >> [inaudible] >> the guy is right. one of the first defenders was the governor of louisiana. you may have thought i defended them simply because the family is from louisiana. you may have thought i defended them simply because they are friends of mine. you may have thought i defended them because my little boys are big fans. you may have thought i defended him because i think it's great to have a tv show you can actually watch with your family, you don't have to worry about the language and the images and all that other nonsense that comes up. [applause] the reason i defended them is this -- i am tired of the left. i'm tired of their hypocrisy, tired of them saying they tolerate debate and dissent. the reality is this -- they do tolerate debate and di

the globe to dream of a better world. many people call me a dreamer. i suppose. that is why i have always felt that home in the united states of america. ause] america was given the privilege to carry the dreams of humanity. my own dream was to be a shepherd. it came true, you know? [laughter] i watched the sheep, not to lose one. at night, i watch the sows, in order, not to miss one. the dreams of a young sheperd were interrupted by david, israel's george washington, who called me to serve when i was 24 years old. he entrusted me with heavy responsibilities. he made me general of the israeli minister of defense. he charged me with securing our young nation's ability to defend itself. i worked hard. i had little time to study. i did not know a single word of english. after a war of independence, they suggested i go to the united states to learn english, study the american dreams. he told me that is what i have to do. so i did. i learned that america is not a land for the idle. america is the home for the daring. the american dream is about hard work. pioneering spirit, can-do attitutde. the great bodies that steer under the marble dome,

the hard work of our staff. so thank you to pat ey senator , thart, thanthank you to senator. at the end of the day, we've done a great service to the people of the united states of america. and i yield back. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i'm -- i come here every week now for 72 consecutive weeks that the senate has been in session to urge colleagues to wake up to the growing threat of climate change. and today i have the pleasure and honor of being joined by my friend and colleague, senator joe manchin of west virginia, so i would like to ask unanimous consent that the senator from west virginia and i be allowed to engage in a colloquy for the time that we've been allotted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: senator manchin and i come from different states in very different parts of the country. we're the ocean state. he's the mountain state. but we both came here today to say that climate change is real, that human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, are causing dramatic changes to earth's atmosphere and oceans, and to seek responsible solutions t

the clerk: department of state, brian a. nichols to be ambassador of the united states of america to the republic of peru. national credit union administration, j. mark mcwatters of texas to be a member. department of defense, christine e. wormuth of virginia to be under secretary. the presiding officer: the question is on the aguilar nomination. the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote:

the senate will proceed to the consideration of the following nominations which the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations: department of state, stuart e. jones of virginia to be ambassador of the united states of america to the republic of iraq. robert stephen beecroft to be ambassador of the united states of america to be the arab republic of egypt. department of treasury. karen dynan of maryland to be an assistant secretary. department of interior, esther puakela kia'ana of hawaii to be assistant secretary. vincent g. logan of new york to be special trustee, office of special trustee for american indians. executive office of the president, jo emily handelsman of connecticut to be an associate director of the office of science and technology policy. the presiding officer: there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on the jones nomination. without objection all time is yielded back. the question is on the jones nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote:

. >> the exchange for five hardest of the hard core al qaeda/taliban will pose a threat to the united states of america. >>> plus we are calling in the brass. three former generals from the army and the marine corps weigh in on bowe bergdahl, his family, the accusations and that rock solid military ethos that leaves no soldier behind. >> period, full stop. we don't condition that. >>> just in time for the beach, hillary clinton's new tone on policy and politics. finally, nostalgia amidst diplomacy. the secretary of state returns to saint rhea. this is "state of the union." good morning from washington, i'm candy crowley. combat veteran, anti-vietnam war protesters, politician and the top u.s. diplomat john kerry has not spoken publicly about the u.s.-taliban deal until now. cnn foreign affairs reporter alleys lav vitt caught up with the secretary of state in france and asked him about the five taliban leaders released in exchange for sergeant bergdahl. >> we're told these five can roam around the country. pretty vague on what those restrictions and monitoring are. on a scale of one to ten, ten being th

the peace and security of the world. may god bless the people of france. and may god bless our united states of america. [applause] the cemetery superintendent phil rivers talked with c-span about the d-day invasion in the creation of the ceremony in 1994 when c-span produced a special on the 50th anniversary of the invasion. this runs about 20 minutes. >> when was the cemetery built? >> the construction of the cemetery commenced in 1948. >> what was the purpose of it? >> the purpose? well, let's back up a little bit. through the normandy invasion and subsequent days later, the united states establish temporary cemeteries throughout the beachhead area to bury our war dead. in 1948 congress annexed a 1923 law that permitted the construction of world war i cemeteries. with this law being annexed, the government went into a repatriation program that each family with a family member at normandy was asked to make a decision. permits and overseas burial or -- permanent overseas burial or repatriation to the united states. when that process was completed, 39% of our war dead remains here at normandy. 61% were b

in germany the cost a year in college is around 4% of the median income. and in the united states of america, the cost of going to a year of college is about 50% of the median income. well, what a difference between less than $is ou $1 out of $20 1 out of every $2. what an incredible difference. so at a minimum, shouldn't we be acting today to enable those who have these high-interest student loans to refinance them to a reasonable low rate? the presiding officer: time has expired. mr. merkley: shouldn't we be able to do that? i ask for 30 seconds. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you. i'll wrap by saying this is common sense. let's lower this burden and then let's go on and do much more to control the cost of tuition, raise the impact of pell grants, and pursue low-interest student loans as a tool for our students from here going forward. thank you, mr. president. i'm delighted to have this chance to have spoken to a fundamental challenge of young americans in every state of the united states of america. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the sena

the united states, but some were unconvinced. >> the hardest of the hardcore al qaeda/taliban, will pose a threat to the united states of america. >> the president has now set a precedent that will encourage enemies of the united states to target men and women in uniform to capture them in order to carry out similar exchanges in the future. >> reporter: the senators were slowing bergdahl in deteriorating health, why the administration moved so quickly and bypassed congress. but that didn't get much support either. >> that didn't sell me at all. don't tell me that he was impaired. >> there was no intelligence that indicated from a medical standpoint that his life was in danger. >> on a day where the taliban released the video that showed bergdahl was handed over to american forces, those who served with him stressed again that he was a deserter. >> he's a sergeant north united states army. and the united states of america has had and always will have a responsibility for getting its soldiers back. >> back in haley, idaho, the backlash related to his release is hard to escape. plans for a big celebration this month have been canc

the president of the french republic and the president of the united states. >> [speaking french] >> please remain standing for the national anthems of the french republic and the united states of america. french]king ♪ ♪ [drumroll] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> presidents, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. >> [speaking french] >> it is our privilege to welcome all the distinguished visitors joining us today. we extend a special welcome to the d-day and world war ii veterans and their family members in attendance who honor us all with their presence. today we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the d-day landing which began on the morning of june 6, 1944. [applause] >> today's ceremony will honor our military men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for the liberation of europe. including among those we honor are the 9,387 of our fallen veterans interned at this sacred ground and the 1,557 missing in action inscribed on the walls of the missing. >> [speaking french] >> ladies and gentlemen. please bow your heads for the invocation delivered by the most reverend f. richard spencer. >> may we join our hearts together in prayer. almighty and eternal god, as we gather

the united states of america did not create religious liberty. religious liberty created the united states of america. it is the reason we live in this great country. [applause] you may have noticed there was a controversy over the "dynasty" "duck a while ago -- dynasty" family and while ago. defenders wasst the governor of louisiana. you may have thought i defended them simply because the family is from louisiana. you may have thought i defended them simply because they are friends of mine. you may have thought i defended them because my little boys are big fans. you may have thought i defended him because i think it's great to have a tv show you can actually watch with your family, you know have to worry about the language and the images and all that other nonsense that comes up. [applause] the reason i defended them is of the left.tired i'm tired of their hypocrisy, tired of them saying they tolerate the bait and dissent. the reality is this -- they do tolerate debate and dissent for everybody except for those that have the temerity to disagree

of us ,hould never forget two words republican unity. [applause] all candidates who are running for the u.s. house and u.s. who wants toybody become the president of the united states of america has to remember and fight for two things. protect our second amendment rights. [applause] no amnesty. [applause] let us get started. [indiscernible] we will do the presentation of colors. willscout mason jeffries lead us in the pledge. please stand and remain standing until the end of the national anthem. thank you. >> let us pray. god our loving father, as we gather, we lift up our hearts to you in a moment of gratitude. grateful that you have marvelously created each of us in your own image and likeness, and thus gifted us with the divine origin and divine destiny . from this derives our unique human dignity, precious, and upheld by the fundamental human rights, rights that come directly from you. inalienable.re the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. give us to recognize our divine origin, giving dignity to each human being, regardless of their class or culture or condition. grant us the courage and desire to secure that dignity by upholding the fundamental right

in the united states of america, no parent should ever have to have that worry. that's why epa exists. that's our job. we are directed by our laws and it is reaffirmed by the court that we are here to protect public health in the environment. today, climate change that is fueled by carbon pollution is super charging risks. not just to our health but to our communities, to our economy and to our way of life. that is where epa is delivering on a vital piece of president obama's climate action plan. i want to thank janet mccabe who is our acting assistant administrator. and all of the entire team and teams across epa who worked so hard to deliver this proposal. they should be incredibly proud of their hard work. i know i am incredibly proud of it. [applause] but today, today epa is proposing a clean power plant that will cut carbon pollution by using clean energy source. although we limit pollutants like mercury, sulfur, currently there are no limits on carbon pollution on power plants. for the sake of our family's health and for our kids future, we have a moral obli

presser by the ministry of foreign affairs to shed light on the circumstances of the prisoner swap, and particularly the guarantees that the qatari government gave the united states of america in terms of the national security of america. will they stay for more than one year. beyond that what kind of restrictions that the qatari government puts on the detainees. these are issues that many people are looking forward to hear from the qatari government. >> qatar, of course, helped to broker the deal, central to the deal in itself. what is their interest in this case. why did they get involved? >> if you go back a few years ago when the united states of america was willing to talk to the taliban about a way out. reconciliation happens when the internet or foreign troops pull out of afghanistan. the taliban was given few addresses. would you like to go to turkey, saudi arabia, qatar. they said they'd like to move to qatar, because they are more neutral when it comes to the afghan issues. the qatar government was involved, trying to convince both sides to agree on a platform. then, if you remember last year, the afghan government was a little skeptical thinking that we want the

that will look for a partner and in the united states of america. here? appens next the showas on yesterday and said give me a chance to really take this company to double digit growth. give me the opportunity as ceo of the company to take it forward. the market said he can come back again. a third attempt has been batted off. we'll see what happens with shire pharmaceuticals. deked to you. >> thank you very much. the number two official assay u.k. treasury is dismissing talk of a housing bubble. said it is localized and people should not get carried away. aftermments come expectation bank of england stability would outline action to stop household from sinking a levels of debt that could reckon the economy. ukraine and russia scuffle a cease fire. this cease fire extends to friday. the u.s. said russia has sent thousands more troops into the ukraine border. we'll prices are lower for a third day of missed speculation the iraqi production will not be disrupted by escalating violence while ministers are taking control of the refinery in the north and extend

bless israel, and god bless the united states of america. amen. >> please be seated. entative from the fourth district of massachusetts, the honorable joseph kennedy iii. >> good morning, everyone. mr. vice president, members of the congressional leadership, it is an honor for me to join you this morning on stage. thank you all for the work that you did to make this moment and this congressional gold medal possible. i'd also like to thank the congressional gold medal committee, congressman trent franks, co-sponsor in the house, for their partnership in shepherding the bipartisan legislation behind this award through the house and the senate. and to our guest of honor, president peres. at 91 years young, you have famously said that you aren't ready yet to consider your legacy. that the future is much more interesting than your past. with all due respect, mr. president, i think it would be hard to find a person in this room that does not see the future of israel through the lens of your legacy. last year i had the honor of meeting president peres on a trip to israel with

it would cast a fraction of what we spent fighting wars and what is more dangerous to the united states of americafor example, what is going on in crimea but what is going on on the southwest boarder of the united states. >> why don't we do this, republicans ought to adopt a penny plan, balance the budget. have a consensus to obamacare, school choice and secure the boarder. where are those voices? now i keep hearing and reading republicans, that they are going to buy into an amnesty bill. why would they do that? >> that's what i asked. why in heaven's name would you reward people who came by the thousands, broke your laws, broke into your country and are now behaving illegally in the united states of america? why is the republican party doing it? sean, the only thing i can think of, they are afraid of media, bad publicity and want to get this off the table so they think it can help them. i think it's a disaster politics. you know -- >> the idea that obama can pick and choose who laws he chooses to a boy, that's what jonathan is referring to when he says we're at a constitutional tipping point. >>

the rules of the interrogation process on board that ship is governed by whom? >> by us. >> and when you say us, which department of us? the united states of america? he united states of america. the intelligence gathering agencies. with it's those associated with the department of defense, whether it's the cia or some combination or combination that includes the fbi. the fbi is now an intelligence gathering organization. in addition to a law enforcement organization. >> and bob bair, as a cia operative yourself, i know you've been present for some of these interrogations, et cetera. you've been listening to judge mukasey outlining the conditions on the ship where khattalah currently is. can you walk me through some of the things that are likely going on right now, the kinds of questions, the kind of circumstance he's in? >> he'll probably be confronted by i'd say a dozen people asking questions. there will be a cia officer there who will be asking about potential imminent threats or any threats at all. you'll have somebody from the joint special operations command looking for tactical information. you'll have an fbi agent who's looking for evidence

the president of the united states must make some decisions, and i am convinced that the national security of the united states of americais at risk here and the sooner that all of us realize it, the better off we will be. i yield to my colleague from south carolina. the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: i would ask to be recognized for four minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. graham: mr. president, contrary to what may be popular belief, there are plenty of democrats in this body very much worried about iraq. the question is what do we do about it? it is complicated, i will be the first to admit, but the first thing we have to assess as a nation, does it really matter what happens in iraq. clearly, i think it does. economically if iraq becomes a felled state, the oil production in

the president of the united states must make some decisions and i'm convinced that the national security of the united states of americaat all of us realize it the better off we'll be. i yield to my colleague from south carolina. >> the senator from south carolina. >> i asked to be recognized for four minutes. mr. president, contrary to what may be popular belief, there are plenty of democrats in this body haven't worried about iraq. the question is what do we do about it. it's complicated but the first thing we have to assess is does it matter what happens in iraq? clearly i think it does. economically if iraq becomes a failed state the oil production in the south falls into the hands of the iranians, iraq becomes a failed state that spreads economic chaos throughout the region. we'll feel it at the gas pulls and in your wallet eventually. an economic collapse in iraq will affect our economy and our ability to recover. it would throw the world oil market into turmoil. so it matters economically. militarily does it matter? it does in this regard. isis is an offshoot of al qaeda because al qaeda kicked them out. these p

the openly nazi base of kiev's new army. wiki leaks cables but the u.s. ambassador. and the quote cycle paths of cia special ops. prove once again that the united states of america is and will remain the greatest force for freedom the world has ever known the bomb hits a new high this month claiming the u.s. with the main liberators against the nazis and s m b c reports that in reality world war two never ended well publicly that what tells demanded quote full details difficult to charge those responsible for the holocaust privately even as the war against fascism was still raging the white house was creating what it called red lines to america for tens of thousands of nose these despite being classed as a menace to us security you want the man responsible for hiring cash cash the white house created new identities for nazi mass murderers like klaus welby and deleted the records of their crimes such as waterboarding the two chamba had manacles with the spikes facing in dangling chains we tonicize soon closed bobbie arrived they held my nose checked me with water i thought my lungs would bust then came the questions when bobby to the chain i went all the way and

guarantee from the united states wasn't exactly firmly worded, but it is interpreted by everyone as a guarantee of ukraine's independence or territorial integrity by the united states of america and of course the united states of america watches as ukraine is being gently torn apart by vladimir putin. i emphasize gently because vladimir putin is not actually invading it, but rather is grabbing enough power within it to manipulate the rest to take over all of ukraine. what is the united states doing? it is confirming the worlds ever-growing opinion of it as foolish, weak, toothless. what are we doing with regard to the fact that china is increasingly extending its power over the western pacific? well, we are sending a future, not nearly enough to protect them of course. not nearly enough to protect anything, while making loud noises about renewing our commitment to allies in the area, precisely the same mistakes as the 1921 of which mistakes can be expected to have the same results. starting in the 1980s and the 1990s, the united states has been suffering attacks from various terrorist. the u.s. government has several times in the sonorous way by which george w. bush after 9/1

you that this poses a takeover of iraq in the iraq-syria area which is now the largest concentration of al qaeda in history, is a direct threat to the united states of america. our director of national intelligence, general clapper, has said in open testimony that this concentration of al qaeda-oriented and al qaeda-affiliated groups will be planning attacks on the united states of america. and the saddest part about all of this to me is the fact that 4,400 young americans lost their lives, thousands lost their limbs, thousands are scarred for life because of the experience that they had serving in iraq. and they had it won. in the words of general petraeus , we won the war and lost the peace, and that is a direct responsibility of the president of the united states who is commander in chief. but i grieve for those families who lost their loved ones, who fought so bravely and made such sacrifices, and to see all of that, all of that success where the surge succeeded thanks to one of the finest generals in history, general david petraeus. we see this all now torn asunder because of a policy of withdrawal without victory. and when those withdrawals and that p

the pursuit of happiness. on that day, when we pass this resolution in the congress of the united states of america, we will have said to the world that the united states of america understands and recognizes the human rights of persons regardless of their sexuality. i thank you for the opportunity to give these expressions, and i pray to live to see the day that this resolution will pass the congress of the united states of america. mr. pocan: and thank you, representative green, not only because you've been a veteran fighter for civil rights for everyone in this country, but i believe that's the first time that that resolution has been introduced in the body of congress, to recognize this month as pride month. and we appreciate all the hard work you've done to make sure that happens, and i agree with you, i look forward to the day that we actually get a chance to vote on that in the month of june and make sure we recognize everyone in this country. so thank you for your contributions. mr. green: i thank you very much. i look forward to working with you and other members of congress to give us the opportunity t

>> i think the question is will these people be a threat to the united states of america? his group of isis in the estimate of our director of national intelligence will plan attacks on the united states of america. it has really almost nothing that do with the casualties. it has everything to do with the threat that they pose. we need to use air strikes. right now if we don't do anything, then you will see the iranians come in and they are already in. you will see them in greater numbers if maliki feels he can not get help from the ut et cetera. he should help down in favor of a coalition government that can bring everyone together. >> the isis are the worst of the worst. even one of the extremist groups can't stand them. >> you will see the rest of my interview with senator mccain and why he thinks that the taliban trade has put america at risk later. but first, developing tonight, radical insurgents in iraq who have ever taken over several cities are now just miles from baghdad. with me fox news military analyst k analyst colonel david hunt. why is this hunt happening? >

the debt. while i was speaker of the house, i said no to all debt and that what we need to do in the united states of americabt if we continue to borrow. we have to stop the borrow and stop being slaves to china through the borrowing and keep the >>> one of the things is how democrats play the race card against conservatives drives me nuts. why do you think they can get away with it? >> we're the party of ideas so let's face i conservatives have our own challenge wez like to think our addictions aren't as bad as the other guy's. we've got republicans just as addicted to the federal dough, interested in driving up more debt and more spending. we saw some of the results just a couple weeks ago. i think people are fed up with the status quo. we should be focused on the national debt, getting back to a balanced budget. that is what we should be talking about. >> then, what is your position? what would you do in iraq today? >> what we need to do, sean, is make sure we're supporting the number one democracy in that region, israel the problem with iraq, there are many, but the main problem is people around the worl

it's a tragedy they were sent here but we're the united states of america. at are we supposed to do, kick them out? >> as a matter of fact, you have to create a situation where they don't come in the first place and now that they are here, the mere fact you're asking the question is the sort of thing that gutierrez and others are banking on and basically saying the political system in washington is not equipped to deal with this in a methodical way. the president has to come in and act decisively and when he does, it actually exacerbates the problem and we'll be back here a month from now with a new bach of kids. >> there was an editorial who says this threatens to transform the nation. do you believe that? >> i believe the nation is being transformed and this is a come upon innocent but i'm not surge it's the biggest. i took the president seriously when he said he wanted to fund mentally transform the united states of america. that's not me saying so. that's what he said he wanted to do. i think he's gone about that in a variety of ways. immigration is a big

the united states of america does not ever leave our men and women in uniform behind. s commander-in-chief, i am proud of the service members who recovered sergeant bergdahl and brought him safely out of harm's way. as usual, they performed with extraordinary courage and professionalism, and they have made the nation proud. right now, our top priority is making sure that bowe gets the care and support he needs, and that he can be reunited with his family as soon as possible. i am also grateful for the tireless work of our diplomats and for the cooperation of the government of qatar in helping to secure bowe's release. we have worked for several years to achieve this goal, and earlier this week i was able to personally thank the emir of qatar for his leadership in getting this done. as part of this effort, the united states is transferring five detainees from guantanamo bay to qatar. the qatari government has given us assurances it will put in place measures to protect our national security. i want to express gratitude to the afghan government, which has always supported

the violent death rate of the united states is one-third of the violent death rate in mexico and if you compare violent death rates in other countries, mexico is one of the safer count from central america down south. you have to go down to chile that has a death rate that is comparable to the relatively lower death rate of the united states. colombia had a violent death rate of 15.4 times that of the united states. our rate today is 6.5 violent deaths per 100,000. 10 years ago, it was 4.5. at that time, mexico's was 13.2. 4.6 violent death rate in the united states, 13.2 violent death rate in mexico. drug wars and the massive killings that have taken place, maybe 70,000 or more that have died in the drug wars, that is part of the statistics that has taken mexico at a higher violent death rate. now a violent death rate of 18 per 100,000 and perhaps there is some index that u.s. death rate as gone from 4.6 on up to 6.5. but the ratio remains the same. mexico is more violent than the u.s., but significantly less violent than countries like hon did your asand guatemala. the highest murder rate, they ave said on the floor is honduras. i haven't seen those numbers, but i can tell you the vio