here has found strength in diversity. >> the predominant gang inside bergen county jail is united blood nation. they recruit anybody. they believe in numbers. it's a numbers game for them. there could be bloods from different ethnic backgrounds, black, white, hispanic. when i worked in the state prison system system i actually had a blood gang member who was a hindu. their willingness to accept anybody into their gang is what makes them the most dangerous. because we don't know where they're coming from. >> sometimes blood members don't even know each other. one blood everyone seems to know is michael bates, who has just met with his attorney and is not pleased with what he has learned. >> i got to go to trial now. >> why? >> they're throwing double-digit figures at me. i don't want it. if i got to do some time, they got to give it to me. i'm not pleading guilty to nothing. >> bates has pled not guilty to multiple charges of weapons possession and aggravated assault. he had hoped to reach a plea deal for a sentence of five years, but the prosecution had a harsher sentence in mind. >> 15 and th

being a convicted murderer, goodell is also an admitted member of the jail's largest gang, the united blood nationjail officials have identified rendell maldanado as a high-ranking member of the gang. they recently transferred him to another housing unit at the request of prosecutors to separate him from his co-defendants as their trial for aggravated assault and kidnapping approaches. >> they don't want us to communicate. it's not going to happen. we're too close to each other. >> one of the co-defendants maldanado was separated from is jesus henrique-marte. the housing units they now occupy are divided by a glassed in recreation area. though they're not supposed to communicate, they sometimes get away with it, when either one is in the rec area. >> we know sign language and they don't know what we're talking about. they trying to messed up with our head. it don't really matter. >> henrique-marte has been known to violate other jail rules, as well. such as jamming the lock on his food court door so he can open it at will. >> that's how we get to see the tv. more comfortable than standing up. ther

national anthem was developed based on the war of 1812, that poem was turned into music, and it represents the united states defending its own equities, and that song represents the sacrifice and bloodure for the whole history of our nation. and i think -- talk about pompous, this author and kaepernick are both pompous in their approach to the fact that if you don't like it here, you don't have to be here. but the majority of american citizens i think are very proud of our heritage, they're very proud of the service of members of the military, and i think -- this is why we are reminded at sporting events of the greatness of our nation. and i'm sorry if you don't want to listen, if you don't think it's appropriate, then i think you may be in the wrong place. and there's other countries like cuba, north korea, iran. you go go there, and they'll agree with you. liz: colonel tony shafer, good to see you. come back soon. >> thank you. liz: the highly anticipated season 7 of the hit game of thrones premiering last night. a record 16 million fans tuned in. the number doubled last year's viewership during their premier episode. this significant increase crashed h bo go, the hbo streaming we

blood sugar, activate your within. ask your doctor about once-weekly trulicity. lou: joining us tonight, former u.s. ambassador to the united nationsor john bolton. let's start with the syrian ceasefire. it's holding. one day it's been. but you talk about almost immediate progress. putin and trump have achieved it. john: we'll see how long it lasts. lou require only said that so you can say that. john: these ceasefires have not had a long-term impact. i think there is a bigger issue because of the obama strategy for going after isis that in part gives trump a dilemma. as iraq expands its control over mosul, the iranians are actually now building a physical bridge across the territory of the baghdad government linking up with the assad regime in syria, the hezbollah because the obama administration didn't have a strategy for what happens after isis is defeated. the iranians had a strategy, the syria have a strategy, the russians have a strategy. their strategy is coming into place as isis is eliminated. lou: it seems the trump strategy you are leaving. >> biggouambiguous. that's the destruction of isis and the retaking of mosul. thi

at the united nations security council where we have israelis and palestinians launching attacks at each other. the you know their radicalized and encouraged to kill innocent israelis in cold blood is a buying power but this is fourth with its reckless and destructive agenda against our people holy sites there are these council of the palestinian authority will stop being that there will be found and of dollars every month the battle. people in the city face negation subjugation discrimination. and violence. now the protests have expanded beyond just jerusalem we've witnessed protests in both the jordanian capital of amman and in turkey and at the same time we've also witnessed clashes not only in jerusalem but in other parts of the west bank and also in a man in a man you had a situation where two jordanians were killed by a security officer at the israeli embassy in what the israelis say was an attempted terror attack the country's former foreign minister simply leave me has warned that this violence has the potential to flare up into quote a holy war and extend beyond just the israeli palestinian conflict so certainly there are a lot of concerns and particularly in light of f

nations shed blood together. today the economy of the united states and canada are similarly intertwined. we are one another's number one trading partner. if confirmed, i will work tirelessly to further enhance our strong economic partnership. i will work to foster further growth for more jobs for both countries while promoting free trade so that workers can can compete on a level playing field. if confirmed, i would advance our shared goals of energy security, a robust and secure energy grid and a strong and resilient energy structure. recognizing that our cooperation on energy is linked with the environment, i will also work to advance our shared environmental goals, stewardship of our common watershed, landmass, wildlife, farm life and the air we breathe. from coast to coast to coast as the canadian say, the atlantic, the pacific and the arctic. at 5525 miles, the u.s. canada border is the longest shared border in the world. in kentucky we know if you think about borders. we have seven states with whom we share a border and the only trouble comes when they go home after losing to the k

continental together, sophomores together, and forged the special bond when two nations shed blood together. the economies of the united states and canada are similarly intertwined. we are one another's number one trading partner. if confirmed i will work tirelessly to enhance our economic ownership. andmost successful integrated economics relationship between any two countries in the world. 400,000 people crossing the border every day is a testament to the strength of this relationship. i believe we can do better. if confirmed i will seek new opportunities to create jobs for both countries while creating free and fair trade to ensure that american businesses and workers can compete on a level playing field. a significant part of our economy is our energy relationship, the world's largest. if confirmed i would advance our shared goals of energy security, a robust energy grid, and a strong and resilient energy infrastructure. recognizing that our cooperation on energy is inextricably linked with the environment, i will also work to advance our shared environmental goals, stewardship of our common watersheds, landmass, w

units are the life blood of the naacp. the units are on the ground. the units do the work. the units know what's going on. and the function in the national office from my perspective is to support the units in doing their work. and so at this luncheon every year we honor our units with the juanita jackson mitchell award. and here to present the mitchell awards, juanita jackson mitchell awards for 2017 once again is jeanette lou ard. >> thank you, brad. the north carolina state conference is our first recipient of the juanita jackson mitchell award. this award is named after fierce advocate and attorney mrs. juanita jackson mitchell who in her lifetime fearlessly took on systemic injustice. indeed she was an integral part of the fight to desegregate schools, restaurants and public facilities. we award this accolade to state conferences for exemplary legal redress committee activities. this year we honor the north carolina state conference and the texas state conference. as it relates to the north carolina state conference, as the lead plaintiffs in the voting rights case striking down racial discriminatory voter id laws in north carolina,

nations shed blood together. today the economies of the united states and canada are similarly intertwined. we have one another's number one trading partner. if confirmed, i will work tirelessly to further enhance our strong economic partnership. the most extensionive and integrated economic relationship of any two nations in the world. the nearly 2 billion in goods and services and 400,000 people crossing the border every day are testaments to the strength of this relationship. i believe we can do better. a significant part of our economy is our energy relationship. a robust and secure energy grid and a strong and resilient energy infrastructure. recognizing that our cooperation on energy is inextricably linked the environment, i will also work to advance our shared environmental goals, stewardship of our common watersheds, land mass, wildlife, farm life and the air we breathe, from coast to coast to coast as the canadians say, the atlantic, the pacific and the arctic. at 5,525 miles, the u.s./canada border is the longest shared border in the world. we in kentucky know a few things about b